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John Lithgow

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John Arthur Lithgow ( LITH-goh; born October 19, 1945) is an American actor. He studied at Harvard University and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art before becoming known for his diverse work on stage and screen. He has received numerous accolades including six Primetime Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, a Laurence Olivier Award, and two Tony Awards, as well as nominations for two Academy Awards, a British Academy Film Award, four Grammy Awards, and four Screen Actors Guild Awards. Lithgow has won two Tony Awards, his first for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his Broadway debut in The Changing Room (1972) and his second for Best Actor in a Musical for Sweet Smell of Success (2002). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Lithgow is the 221st most popular actor (up from 402nd in 2019), the 511th most popular biography from United States (up from 727th in 2019) and the 113th most popular American Actor.

John Lithgow is most famous for his role as the father in the movie "3rd Rock from the Sun."

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Among actors, John Lithgow ranks 221 out of 13,578. Before him are Silvana Mangano, Gene Kelly, Melina Mercouri, Maximilian Schell, Daniel Day-Lewis, and Jessica Lange. After him are Marsha Hunt, Christopher Walken, Gary Oldman, Claude Rains, Nicole Kidman, and James Hong.

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Among people born in 1945, John Lithgow ranks 34. Before him are Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Rod Stewart, George Miller, Richard Henderson, Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi, and Ian Gillan. After him are Ehud Olmert, Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, Moshe Katsav, Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi, and Dusty Rhodes.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Lithgow ranks 511 out of 20,380. Before him are Gene Kelly (1912), William Howard Stein (1911), Billie Holiday (1915), Jack Kerouac (1922), Jessica Lange (1949), and Katherine Johnson (1918). After him are Marsha Hunt (1917), Ice Cube (1969), Christopher Walken (1943), Nicole Kidman (1967), J. P. Morgan (1837), and James Hong (1929).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, John Lithgow ranks 113. Before him are Faye Dunaway (1941), John Saxon (1935), Fred Astaire (1899), Eddie Fisher (1928), Gene Kelly (1912), and Jessica Lange (1949). After him are Marsha Hunt (1917), Christopher Walken (1943), Nicole Kidman (1967), James Hong (1929), Robert Taylor (1911), and Romina Power (1951).

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