John Lithgow

Born: October 19, 1945 in Rochester, New York, USA

Married to:
Mary Yeager (12 December 1981 – present) (2 children)
Jean Taynton (10 September 1966 – 1980) (divorced) (1 child)

I’ve had parallel careers in the theatre and in movies. In the theatre, I often play characters with a strong sense of innocence who aren’t as intelligent as I am. The reason: my size. I seem sort of big and good-natured on stage. It would be too much for a big man to play a forbidding character on stage. So I play big people who are fairly gentle. It’s a wonderful thing to build a career on. What I offer to movie-makers is that I can put a tremendous amount of theatrical background and technical equipment at their disposal. I can make believable the over-the-top characters.

SHREK 2001 dir. Andrew Adamson Vicky Jenson Starring: Mike Myers Eddie Murphy All that Jazz 1979 dir. Fosse starring Roy Schneider Jessica Lange Confessions of a Shopaholic 2009 dir. PJ Hogan Starring Isla Fisher TERMS OF ENDEARMENT 2004 dir. James L. Brooks Starring: Shirley McClaine Debra Winger Blow Out 1981 dir. Brian De Palma Cast Travolta Nancy Allen ORANGE COUNTY 2002 dir. Jake Kasdan Starring Colin Hanks Jack Black NEW YEAR’S EVE dir. Garry Marshall Stars: Sarah Jessica Parker Jessica Biel THE CAMPAIGN dir. Jay Roach Stars: Will Ferrell Zach Galifianakis LOVE IS STRANGE 2014 dir. Ira Sachs Stars: Marisa Tomei John Lithgow THIS IS 40 dir. Judd Apatow Stars: Paul Rudd Leslie Mann Leap Year dir. Anand Tucker Stars Adams Matthew Goodel RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES dir. Rupert Wyatt Stars: James Franco Andy Serkis

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