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John Lithgow
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- October 19, 1945, he's 66 and American.
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- An Artist with 6 releases, and credited 3 times on others' music. 11 collaborations.
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EditJohn Arthur Lithgow (; born October 19, 1945) is an American actor, musician, and author. He works across a wide range of media, including stage, television, film, book author and radio.
Lithgow is known for his roles as Dr. Dick Solomon on the NBC sitcom 3rd Rock from the Sun, Arthur Mitchell on Showtime's Dexter and Reverend Shaw Moore in Footloose. He appeared in the films The World According to Garp (1982) and Terms of Endearment (1983), receiving the Academy Award nomination, Best Actor in a Supporting Role for each.
On the stage, he appeared in the musical adaptation of Sweet Smell of Success, winning the Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical. He again appeared in a musical, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, receiving the Tony nomination for Best Leading Actor in a Musical.
He has also recorded music, such as the 1999 album of children's music, Singin' in the Bathtub, and has written poetry and short stories for children, such as Marsupial Sue.
The Biography appearing in this section is attributed to Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lithgow. Portions of this Biography may be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, version 3.0 or any later version, available at: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/. Additional terms may apply. See Wikipedia Terms of Use for details.
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John Lithgow At The Screen Actors Guild Awards In Los Angeles
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