John Lithgow Filmography

The Campaign (2012) aka "Southern Rivals"


How I Met Your Mother (2011) - TV
stars as Jerry Whitaker

Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011) aka "Caesar: Rise of the Apes"
stars as Charles Rodman

New Year's Eve (2011)
stars as Mr. Cox

Leap Year (2010)
stars as Jack

Dexter (2009) - TV
stars as Arthur Mitchell

The Macabre World of Lavender Williams (2009)
stars as God

Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009)
stars as Edgar West

Classical Baby (I'm Grown Up Now): The Poetry Show (2008) - TM


Dreamgirls (2006)
stars as Jerry Harris

Twenty Good Years (2006) - TV
stars as John Mason

Paloozaville (2006) - TV
stars as The Mayor

E=mc2 (2005) - TM aka E=mc2 - Einsteins grobe Idee (Germany)
stars as Narrator (voice)

Untitled Aisha Tyler Project (2004) - TM
stars as Jan van de Bunt (voice)

The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004)
stars as Blake Edwards

Kinsey (2004)
stars as Alfred Seguine Kinsey

Shrek 4-D (2003) aka Shrek's Never Before Seen Adventure
stars as Ghost of Farquaad (voice)

Freedom: A History of Us (2003) - TV
stars as Benjamin Rush

Orange County (2002)
stars as Bud Brumder

Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Dance Party (2001) - VI
stars as Lord Farquaad

Shrek (2001)
stars as Lord Farquaad (voice)

Rugrats in Paris: The Movie - Rugrats II (2000) aka Rugrats in Paris - Der Film (Germany)
stars as Jean-Claude (voice)

Don Quixote (2000) - TM
stars as Don Quixote de La Mancha / Alonso Quixano

C-Scam (2000)


A Civil Action (1998)
stars as Judge Walter J. Skinner

Homegrown (1998)
stars as Malcolm/Robert Stockman

Johnny Skidmarks (1998) aka The Killer Inside
stars as Sergeant Larry Skovik

Officer Buckle and Gloria (1998)
stars as Narrator

Secret Service (1997) - TM
stars as Capt. Thorne

Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues (1997)
stars as John

Hollow Point (1996) aka Rysk Roulette
stars as Thomas Livingston

3rd Rock from the Sun (1996) - TV aka Life As We Know It
stars as Dr. Dick Solomon

Redwood Curtain (1995) - TM
stars as Laird Riordan

The Tuskegee Airmen (1995) - TM
stars as Senator Conyers

My Brother's Keeper (1995) - TM
stars as Tom Bradley/Bob Bradley

World War II: When Lions Roared (1994) aka Then There Were Giants
stars as Franklin Delano Roosevelt

A Good Man in Africa (1994)
stars as Arthur Fanshawe, British High Commissioner

Princess Caraboo (1994)
stars as Professor Wilkinson

Silent Fall (1994)
stars as Dr. Rene Harlinger

The Pelican Brief (1993)
stars as Smith Keen

The Country Mouse & the City Mouse: A Christmas Tale (1993) - TM
stars as Alexander (voice)

Love, Cheat & Steal (1993) aka Love, Cheat and Steal
stars as Paul Harrington

The Wrong Man (1993) - TM
stars as Phillip Mills

Cliffhanger (1993) aka Cliffhanger, traque au sommet (France)
stars as Qualen

Sylvester and the Magic Pebble (1993)
stars as Narrator (voice)

Raising Cain (1992)
stars as Carter/Cain/Dr. Nix/Josh/Margo

Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories (1992) - VI
stars as Narrator (voice)

The Boys (1991) - TM aka The Guys
stars as Artie Margulies

Ricochet (1991)
stars as Blake

At Play in the Fields of the Lord (1991)
stars as Leslie Huben

Kid-Size Concert (1990) - VI
stars as Host

Ivory Hunters (1990) - TM aka The Last Elephant
stars as Robert Carter

Memphis Belle (1990)
stars as Lt.Col. Bruce Derringer

Traveling Man (1989) - TM
stars as Ben Cluett

Out Cold (1989) aka Where's Ernie? (Australia)
stars as Dave

Distant Thunder (1988) aka L'enfer apres l'enfer (Canada: French title)
stars as Mark Lambert

Harry and the Hendersons (1987) aka Bigfoot
stars as George Henderson

Baby Girl Scott (1987) - TM
stars as Neil Scott

The Manhattan Project (1986) aka Deadly Game
stars as John Mathewson

Mesmerized (1986) aka My Letter to George
stars as Oliver Thompson

The Amazing Bone (1985)
stars as Narrator (voice)

Santa Claus (1985) aka Santa Claus: The Movie
stars as B.Z.

2010 (1984) aka 2010: The Year We Make Contact
stars as Dr. Walter Curnow

The Glitter Dome (1984) - TM
stars as Sgt. Marty Wellborn

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984) aka The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai
stars as Lord John Whorfin / Dr. Emilio Lizardo

Footloose (1984)
stars as Reverend Shaw Moore

The Day After (1983) - TM
stars as Joe Huxley

Terms of Endearment (1983)
stars as Sam Burns

Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)
stars as John Valentine (Segment #4)

I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can (1982)
stars as Mr. Brunner

The World According to Garp (1982)
stars as Roberta Muldoon

Not in Front of the Children (1982) - TM
stars as Richard Carruthers

Blow Out (1981)
stars as Burke

Big Blonde (1980) - TM aka Dorothy Parker's Big Blond
stars as Herbie Morse

Mom, the Wolfman and Me (1980) - TM
stars as Wally

The Oldest Living Graduate (1980) - TM
stars as Clarence

All That Jazz (1979)
stars as Lucas Sergeant

Rich Kids (1979)
stars as Paul Philips

The Big Fix (1978)
stars as Sam Sebastian

Obsession (1976)
stars as Robert Lasalle

Hallmark Hall of Fame (1974) - TV
stars as Maj. Kendall Laird