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John Lithgow
Lithgow in Central Park in 2007
Born
John Arthur Lithgow
(1945-10-19) October 19, 1945 (age 71)
Rochester, New York, U.S.
Alma mater
Harvard College
London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
Occupation
Actor, musician, poet, author, comedian, singer
Years active
1972–present
Spouse(s)
Jean Taynton (m. 1966–80)
Mary Yeager (m. 1981)
Children
3, including Ian Lithgow
John Arthur Lithgow (/ˈlɪθɡoʊ/ LITH-goh; born October 19, 1945) is an American actor, musician, singer, comedian, voice actor, and author. He has received two Tony Awards, six Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, three Screen Actors Guild Awards, an American Comedy Award, four Drama Desk Awards and has also been nominated for two Academy Awards and four Grammy Awards.[1][2] Lithgow has received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and has been inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame.
Lithgow is well known for his television roles as Dick Solomon in 3rd Rock from the Sun, Arthur Mitchell in Dexter and Sir Winston Churchill in The Crown as well as for his roles in films Blow Out, Twilight Zone: The Movie, Footloose, Harry and the Hendersons, Raising Cain, Shrek, Rise of the Planet of the Apes and Interstellar. His performances in The World According to Garp and Terms of Endearment each earned him Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actor.
On the stage, he has appeared in many Broadway productions including the musical adaptation of Sweet Smell of Success and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. In 2007, he made his Royal Shakespeare Company debut as Malvolio in Neil Bartlett's production of Twelfth Night. 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, such as Marsupial Sue, for children. His work for children has earned him Grammy Award nominations and two Parents' Choice Silver Honor Awards.
Contents
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1 Early life
2 Career
2.1 Stage career
2.2 Film career
2.3 Television career
2.4 Children's entertainment
2.5 Podcasts
2.6 Other appearances
3 Filmography
4 Discography
5 Bibliography
6 Awards and nominations
7 References
8 External links
Early life[edit]
Lithgow was born in Rochester, New York. His mother, Sarah Jane (née Price), was a retired actress. His father, Arthur Washington Lithgow III, was a theatrical producer and director who ran the McCarter Theatre in Princeton, New Jersey.[3][4] His father was born in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, to an American family of Scottish and English descent. Lithgow is descended from Mayflower passenger and colonial governor William Bradford.[5] Because of his father's job, the family moved frequently during Lithgow's childhood; he spent his childhood years in Yellow Springs, Ohio, where activist Coretta Scott King babysat him and his siblings; he spent his teenage years in Akron (living at Stan Hywet Hall)[6] and Lakewood, Ohio.[7]
Lithgow attended Harvard College, and graduated with an A.B. magna cum laude in 1967, in history and literature. He lived in Adams House as an undergraduate. Lithgow later served on Harvard's Board of Overseers. Lithgow credits a performance at Harvard of Gilbert and Sullivan's Utopia Limited with helping him decide to become an actor.[8] After graduation, Lithgow won a Fulbright Scholarship to study at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. Also, after graduation, he served as the Director of the Arts and Literature Department at WBAI, the Pacifica radio station in New York City.
Career[edit]
Stage career[edit]
In 1973, Lithgow debuted on Broadway in David Storey's The Changing Room, for which he received both the Tony and Drama Desk Award as Best Featured Actor in a Play. The following year he starred opposite Lynn Redgrave in My Fat Friend, and in 1976 he starred opposite Meryl Streep in Arthur Miller's A Memory of Two Mondays. He was nominated for the Best Actor Tony Awards for Requiem for a Heavyweight (1985) and M. Butterfly (directed by John Dexter, 1988).
In 2002, Lithgow won a Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical for his portrayal of J.J. Hunsecker in the Broadway adaptation of the 1957 film Sweet Smell of Success. In 2005, Lithgow was elected into the American Theater Hall of Fame for his work on Broadway.[9] He was also nominated for a Best Leading Actor in a Musical Tony for Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.
In 2004 and 2007, Lithgow debuted Carnival of the Animals' elephant character — nurse Mabel Buntz — with the New York City Ballet and Houston Ballet, respectively.[10]
In 2007, Lithgow played Malvolio in the Royal Shakespeare Company's production of Twelfth Night, at The Courtyard Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom.[11]
In 2008 through 2009, Lithgow played Joe Keller in a Broadway revival of Arthur Miller's All My Sons.[12]
Lithgow starred alongside Jennifer Ehle in Douglas Carter Beane's comedy Mr & Mrs Fitch presented Off-Broadway by Second Stage Theatre from February 22, 2010 to April 4, 2010.[13]
Lithgow returned to Broadway as Joseph Alsop in the Manhattan Theatre Club production of David Auburn's new play The Columnist, with previews starting on April 4, 2012. The performance earned him a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play.[14]
The National Theatre tempted Lithgow to appear on the London stage in the winter of 2012/13 as Police Magistrate Aeneas Posket in a revival of Arthur Wing Pinero's The Magistrate.
It was announced in February 2014 that he would return to Central Park's Delacorte Theater and Shakespeare in the Park for the 2014 summer season in the title role of Shakespeare's King Lear directed by Tony Award Winner Daniel Sullivan. The production was the play's first there since 1973 and Lithgow's first time there since 1975, when he had played Laertes.[15]
In Fall 2014, Lithgow returned to Broadway as Tobias in a revival of Edward Albee's A Delicate Balance. He stars opposite Glenn Close, Martha Plimpton, Lindsay Duncan, Bob Balaban and Clare Higgins. Tony winner Pam MacKinnon directed the limited 18-week production at the Golden Theatre.[16]
Film career[edit]
In 1976 he starred in a pivotal role in Brian De Palma's Obsession with Cliff Robertson and Genevieve Bujold as Cliff Robertson's long time business partner Robert Lasalle. At first Lithgow appears to be supportive of his partner but toward the end of the movie it is revealed he is the true antagonist and is responsible for the kidnapping of Robertson's wife and chief engineer of her doppelganger's appearance years later.
In 1979, Lithgow portrayed Lucas Sergeant in Bob Fosse's semi-autobiographical movie All That Jazz. The character was loosely based on the real-life director/choreographer Michael Bennett, best known for his work on Dreamgirls and A Chorus Line.
In 1983 and 1984, Lithgow was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performances as Roberta Muldoon in The World According to Garp and as Sam Burns in Terms of Endearment. Both films were screen adaptations of popular novels. Lithgow originated the character of Dr. Emilio Lizardo/Lord John Whorfin, an Italian physicist inhabited by an evil alien, which he played in the 1984 cult film The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension. In 1984, Lithgow also played a pastor who condemns dancing in Footloose. In 1985 he played the evil toy manufacturer in Santa Claus: The Movie.
He later played the role of American space engineer Walter Curnow in 2010, the sequel to the science fiction classic 2001: A Space Odyssey.
John Lithgow on the red carpet at the 40th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards on August 28, 1988.
In 1983, Lithgow appeared in a remake of the classic Twilight Zone episode "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" in Twilight Zone: The Movie as the paranoid passenger made famous on the television show by William Shatner. In an interview with Bill Moyers, Lithgow reveals this role as his favorite of his film career.[17] In 1991, he starred in the movie Ricochet opposite Denzel Washington as Earl Talbot Blake, a criminal seeking revenge against the policeman who sent him to prison. Also in 1991, he played missionary Leslie Huben in the film adaptation of Peter Matthiessen's novel At Play in the Fields of the Lord. In 1992, he starred as a man with multiple personality disorder in Brian De Palma's film Raising Cain and the narrator in Doctor Seuss Video Classics: Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories, and in 1993, starred as the villainous Eric Qualen in the Sylvester Stallone movie Cliffhanger.
In 1986, Lithgow starred in the science fiction film The Manhattan Project. As lead scientist in charge of nuclear research involving plutonium, he learns a lesson from the teenage son of his new girlfriend about the moral danger of doing pure research that will certainly lead to death and destruction.[18]
In 1987, Lithgow starred in the Bigfoot-themed family comedy Harry and the Hendersons. In 2002, he narrated Life's Greatest Miracle, a documentary about human embryonic development, while in 2004, he portrayed the moralistic, rigid father of Alfred Kinsey in that year's biopic Kinsey. In 2006, Lithgow had a small role in the Academy Award-winning film Dreamgirls, as Jerry Harris, a film producer offering Deena Jones (Beyoncé Knowles) a film role.[19] He starred in a lead role in the science fiction film Rise of the Planet of the Apes.[20]
As a voice actor, Lithgow voiced the evil Lord Farquaad in the Shrek movie franchise who also appears in Shrek, Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Dance Party, Shrek 4-D which was originally Shrek 3-D and used as an amusement park attraction and Shrek the Third.
Television career[edit]
In television, Lithgow is probably most widely known for his starring role as Dick Solomon in the 1996–2001 NBC sitcom 3rd Rock from the Sun. He was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award in the category Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series in each of the program's six seasons and won three times, in 1996, 1997, and 1999. His son Ian regularly appeared alongside him as Leon, one of his physics students.
In 1986, Lithgow received a Primetime Emmy Award in the category Outstanding Guest Performer in a Drama Series for his appearance in the episode The Doll of the Amazing Stories anthology series.
Additionally, Lithgow has been nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or a Special for The Day After (1983), and two Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Special for Resting Place (1986) and My Brother's Keeper (1995). Lithgow was approached about playing Dr. Frasier Crane on Cheers, but turned it down. Lithgow starred with Jeffrey Tambor in the NBC sitcom Twenty Good Years.
Since 2006 he has starred in Campbell Soup Company's commercials advertising their Campbell's Select premium soup brand.
On March 5, 2009, Lithgow made a cameo on NBC's 30 Rock, in the episode "Goodbye, My Friend," with several references to his role in Harry and the Hendersons.
In September 2009, Lithgow joined the cast of Dexter as Arthur Mitchell, a serial killer and Dexter Morgan's nemesis.[21] He won a Golden Globe Award for this role,[22] and won an Emmy for Outstanding Guest Actor In A Drama Series.[23]
He guest starred on How I Met Your Mother in the role of Barney Stinson's father, Jerry.[24] John voiced The White Rabbit in the ABC mini-series, Once Upon a Time in Wonderland.
Lithgow portrays Winston Churchill in the 2016 Netflix drama series The Crown[25] for which he won a Screen Actors Guild Award and an Emmy. He also starred as a professor of poetry who becomes implicated in the murder of his wife in the first season (spring 2017) of the NBC mockumentary series Trial & Error.[26][27]
Children's entertainment[edit]
Lithgow reading a book to children in 2007
Lithgow has done extensive work for children, including several books and albums. Some of his book titles are Marsupial Sue, Marsupial Sue Presents "The Runaway Pancake," Lithgow Party Paloozas!: 52 Unexpected Ways to Make a Birthday, Holiday, or Any Day a Celebration for Kids, Carnival of the Animals, A Lithgow Palooza: 101 Ways to Entertain and Inspire Your Kids, I'm a Manatee, Micawber, The Remarkable Farkle McBride, Mahalia Mouse Goes to College and I Got Two Dogs. He also appeared as a guest on the Canadian children's program, Ants in Your Pants.
Lithgow launched into a career as a recording artist with the 1999 album of children's music, Singin' in the Bathtub. In June 2002, Lithgow released his second children's album Farkle and Friends. It was the musical companion to his book The Remarkable Farkle McBride, which tells the story of a young musical genius. Farkle and Friends features the vocal talents of Lithgow and Bebe Neuwirth backed by the Bill Elliott Swing Orchestra. In August 2006, Lithgow released The Sunny Side of the Street, his third children's album and first with Razor & Tie. This album features versions of classic songs from The Great American Songbook including “Getting to Know You” and “Ya Gotta Have Pep”. Produced by JC Hopkins, the album features guest appearances by Madeleine Peyroux, Wayne Knight, Sherie Rene Scott and Maude Maggart. Lithgow also makes occasional appearances on stage and television singing children's songs and accompanying himself on guitar.
Podcasts[edit]
On October 1, 2010, Lithgow appeared on Doug Benson's podcast Doug Loves Movies, along with fellow guests Paul F. Tompkins and Jimmy Pardo. He has also appeared on Chris Hardwick's show The Nerdist Podcast.
Other appearances[edit]
Between 1978-80, Lithgow appeared in ten episodes of the radio drama revival series CBS Radio Mystery Theater.
Lithgow voiced the character of Yoda in the National Public Radio adaptations of The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. He provided narration for the IMAX film Special Effects: Anything Can Happen. He hosts Paloozaville, a children's Video on Demand program on Mag Rack based on his best-selling children's books. He appeared in the most recent Campbell's SelectSoups commercials, portraying a restaurant waiter serving "customers" in their own household. He often delivers commencement addresses at American universities. Lithgow also appears in Books By You, a children's computer game, and guides them through the steps to finish a pre-designed book.[28]
In 2005, Lithgow became the first actor ever to deliver a commencement speech at Harvard University[29] and received an honorary Doctor of Arts from his alma mater.[30][31][32] He was featured at Heinz Hall in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on December 4–6, 2009 for performances of Mozart's Requiem with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. He narrated some letters written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, some poems, and sections from the Book of Revelation in certain parts of the performance.[33]
In 2011, he performed a dramatic reading of a Newt Gingrich press release on The Colbert Report[34] and made a call to Colbert's annual Atone Phone "by mistake."[35] He also voiced a South Carolina TV ad for Colbert Super PAC humorously attacking Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney.[36]
In September 2011, Lithgow was featured in a one-night only production of Dustin Lance Black's play, 8 — a staged reenactment of the federal trial that overturned California's Prop 8 ban on same-sex marriage — as Attorney Theodore Olson to raise money for the American Foundation for Equal Rights.[37]
Filmography[edit]
Main article: John Lithgow on screen and stage
Discography[edit]
Singin' in the Bathtub (1999, Sony Wonder)
Sweet Smell of Success (2002, Masterworks Broadway)
The Sunny Side of the Street (2006, Razor & Tie)
Bibliography[edit]
Remarkable Farkle Mcbride (2000, Simon & Schuster)
Marsupial Sue (2001, Simon & Schuster)
Micawber (2002, Simon & Schuster)
I'm a Manatee (2003, Simon & Schuster)
A Lithgow Palooza (2004, Simon & Schuster)
Carnival of the Animals (2004, Simon & Schuster)
Lithgow Party Paloozas!: 52 Unexpected Ways to Make a Birthday, Holiday, or Any Day a Celebration for Kids (2005, Simon & Schuster)
Lithgow Paloozas!: Boredom Blasters (2005, Running Press)
Marsupial Sue Presents "The Runaway Pancake" (2005, Simon & Schuster)
Mahalia Mouse Goes to College (2007, Simon & Schuster)
I Got Two Dogs (2008, Simon & Schuster)
Awards and nominations[edit]
Main article: List of awards and nominations received by John Lithgow
Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series 2017 Emmy Winner for The Crown
References[edit]
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Jump up ^ HFPA Nominations and Winners HFPA Nominations and Winners Archived 2010-12-12 at the Wayback Machine.
Jump up ^ "John Lithgow Biography (1945–)". Filmreference.com. Retrieved 2013-02-26.
Jump up ^ "John Lithgow Biography – Yahoo! Movies". Movies.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2013-02-26.
Jump up ^ "Excerpt: "Drama" by John Lithgow - A Midsummer Night's Dream - Coretta Scott King". Scribd. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
Jump up ^ Breckenridge, Mary Beth (2013-04-19). "Actor Lithgow Revisits Akron Roots". Akron Beacon Journal. Retrieved 2013-04-21.
Jump up ^ NBC. "Former Akronite John Lithgow takes on killer role for 'Dexter'". cleveland.com. Retrieved 2013-02-26.
Jump up ^ "'Stupid mistake' changed John Lithgow's life – for the better < News". PopMatters. 2006-10-09. Retrieved 2013-02-26.
Jump up ^ "Theater Hall of Fame inducts Thompson, Lithgow, others". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Jump up ^ "John Lithgow adds Houston Ballet dancer to his résumé,". The Houston Chronicle.
Jump up ^ Billington, Michael. "Theatre review: 'Twelfth Night', The Courtyard, Stratford-upon-Avon", The Guardian,September 6, 2007
Jump up ^ Cohen, Patricia. "Two Fathers Are Learning Lessons of 'All My Sons' ", The New York Times, November 12, 2008
Jump up ^ Hernandez, Ernio. "Blurb vs. Blog: Lithgow and Ehle are Gossipers 'Mr. & Mrs. Fitch', Opening Off-Broadway Feb. 22" playbill.com, February 22, 2010
Jump up ^ Jones, Kenneth. "John Lithgow Is David Auburn's 'The Columnist', Beginning Broadway Previews April 4" playbill.com, April 4, 2012
Jump up ^ Kozinn, Allan (2014-02-13). "Shakespeare in the Park Lineup: ‘Much Ado About Nothing' and ‘King Lear'". The New York Times.
Jump up ^ "What Play Can Come Along Next Season That Will Be More Star-Studded Than A Delicate Balance?". Retrieved 24 May 2017.
Jump up ^ "Bill Moyers Journal . Watch & Listen". PBS. Retrieved 2013-02-26.
Jump up ^ Ebert, Roger. "The Manhattan Project Movie Review (1986) - Roger Ebert". www.rogerebert.com. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
Jump up ^ "John Lithgow a Fatherly Figure for 'Planet of the Apes' Prequel - Bloody Disgusting!". www.bloody-disgusting.com. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
Jump up ^ "Trinity, a War Machine, and a Slumdog Eying Planet of the Apes: Rise of the Apes". Dreadcentral.com. Retrieved 2013-02-26.
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Jump up ^ Goldberg, Bryn Elise (June 18, 2015). "John Lithgow, Matt Smith cast in Netflix's 'The Crown'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
Jump up ^ Hughes, William (February 16, 2016). "John Lithgow to spoof Making a Murderer and The Jinx for NBC". The A.V. Club. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
Jump up ^ "Lithgow has you guessing, laughing, in ‘Trial & Error’". Detroit News, Frazier Moore, Associated Press March 9, 2017
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Jump up ^ Beth Potier, "Of mice and manatees: Lithgow charms all: Commencement address gives star treatment by actor, author", Harvard Gazette, 2008-06-16.
Jump up ^ Avery, Mary Ellen (9 June 2005). "Harvard awards 8 honorary degrees". Havard University Gazette. Archived from the original on 20 July 2008.
Jump up ^ The Harvard Crimson Staff (9 June 2005). "Eight to Receive Honorary Degrees". The Harvard Crimson.
Jump up ^ "Honorary Degrees". Harvard University.
Jump up ^ "'Requiem' an extraordinary Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra tribute to Mozart - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review". Pittsburghlive.com. 2009-12-05. Retrieved 2013-02-26.
Jump up ^ "John Lithgow Performs Gingrich Press Release - The Colbert Report - 2011-19-05 - Video Clip | Comedy Central". Colbertnation.com. 2011-05-19. Retrieved 2013-02-26.
Jump up ^ "Atone Phone - John Lithgow Calls - The Colbert Report - 2011-28-09 - Video Clip | Comedy Central". Colbertnation.com. 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2013-02-26.
Jump up ^ "Colbert Super PAC Ad - Attack In B Minor For Strings". Colbertnation.com. 2012-01-15. Retrieved 2013-02-26.
Jump up ^ "Prop 8 Play On Broadway Makes Its Debut". The Huffington Post. 2011-09-20. Retrieved March 17, 2012.
External links[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to John Lithgow.
Official website
John Lithgow at the Internet Broadway Database
John Lithgow at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
John Lithgow on IMDb
John Lithgow at the TCM Movie Database
John Lithgow at FEARnet
Profile of John Lithgow – Downstage Center
2006 bio article on Lithgow
Razor and Tie Artist Page
Razor and Tie Media Page
TonyAwards.com Interview with John Lithgow
John Lithgow speaks at the Oxonian Society November 15, 2007
NYPL gallery of selected stage production photographs, 1967-1988
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Awards for John Lithgow
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Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
John Noble (2011)
Giancarlo Esposito (2012)
Michael Cudlitz (2013)
Aaron Paul (2014)
Jonathan Banks (2015)
Christian Slater (2016)
John Lithgow (2016)
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Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play
Anthony Hopkins (1975)
John Wood (1976)
Al Pacino (1977)
Barnard Hughes (1978)
Philip Anglim (1979)
John Rubinstein (1980)
Ian McKellen (1981)
Christopher Plummer (1982)
Harvey Fierstein (1983)
Dustin Hoffman (1984)
John Lithgow (1985)
Ed Harris (1986)
James Earl Jones (1987)
Ron Silver (1988)
Philip Bosco (1989)
Nathan Lane (1990)
Ron Rifkin (1991)
Brian Bedford (1992)
Ron Leibman (1993)
Brian Bedford (1994)
Ralph Fiennes (1995)
Frank Langella (1996)
David Morse / Christopher Plummer (1997)
Anthony LaPaglia (1998)
Brian Dennehy (1999)
Stephen Dillane (2000)
Richard Easton (2001)
Alan Bates (2002)
Eddie Izzard (2003)
Kevin Kline (2004)
Brían F. O'Byrne (2005)
Richard Griffiths (2006)
Frank Langella (2007)
Mark Rylance (2008)
Geoffrey Rush (2009)
Liev Schreiber (2010)
Bobby Cannavale (2011)
James Corden (2012)
Tracy Letts (2013)
Bryan Cranston (2014)
Alex Sharp (2015)
Frank Langella (2016)
Kevin Kline (2017)
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Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical
John Cullum (1975)
Ian Richardson (1976)
Lenny Baker (1977)
Ken Page (1978)
Len Cariou (1979)
Jim Dale (1980)
Kevin Kline (1981)
George Hearn (1984)
Ron Richardson (1985)
George Rose (1986)
Robert Lindsay (1987)
Michael Crawford (1988)
Jason Alexander (1989)
James Naughton (1990)
Jonathan Pryce (1991)
Gregory Hines / Nathan Lane (1992)
Brent Carver (1993)
Boyd Gaines (1994)
Vernel Bagneris (1995)
Nathan Lane (1996)
Robert Cuccioli (1997)
Alan Cumming (1998)
Brent Carver (1999)
Brian Stokes Mitchell (2000)
Nathan Lane (2001)
John Lithgow (2002)
Antonio Banderas / Harvey Fierstein (2003)
Hugh Jackman (2004)
Norbert Leo Butz (2005)
John Lloyd Young (2006)
Raúl Esparza (2007)
Paulo Szot (2008)
Brian d'Arcy James (2009)
Douglas Hodge (2010)
Norbert Leo Butz (2011)
Danny Burstein (2012)
Billy Porter (2013)
Neil Patrick Harris / Jefferson Mays (2014)
Robert Fairchild (2015)
Danny Burstein (2016)
Andy Karl (2017)
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Drama League's Distinguished Performance Award
Katharine Cornell (1935)
Helen Hayes (1936)
Maurice Evans (1937)
Cedric Hardwicke (1938)
Raymond Massey (1939)
Paul Muni (1940)
Paul Lukas (1941)
Judith Evelyn (1942)
Alfred Lunt (1943)
Lynn Fontanne (1944)
Mady Christians (1945)
Louis Calhern (1946)
Ingrid Bergman (1947)
Judith Anderson (1948)
Robert Morley (1949)
Grace George (1950)
Claude Rains (1951)
Julie Harris (1952)
Shirley Booth (1953)
Josephine Hull (1954)
Viveca Lindfors (1955)
David Wayne (1956)
Eli Wallach (1957)
Ralph Bellamy (1958)
Cyril Ritchard (1959)
Jessica Tandy (1960)
Hume Cronyn (1961)
Paul Scofield (1962)
Charles Boyer (1963)
Alec Guinness (1964)
John Gielgud (1965)
Richard Kiley (1966)
Rosemary Harris (1967)
Zoe Caldwell (1968)
Alec McCowen (1969)
James Stewart (1970)
Anthony Quayle (1971)
Eileen Atkins / Claire Bloom (1972)
Alan Bates (1973)
Christopher Plummer (1974)
John Wood (1975)
Eva Le Gallienne (1976)
Tom Courtenay (1977)
Frank Langella (1978)
Frances Sternhagen (1979)
Roy Scheider (1980)
Ian McKellen (1981)
Milo O'Shea (1982)
Edward Herrmann / Kate Nelligan (1983)
Jeremy Irons (1984)
Derek Jacobi (1985)
Bernadette Peters (1986)
James Earl Jones (1987)
John Lithgow (1988)
Pauline Collins (1989)
Robert Morse (1990)
Stockard Channing (1991)
Glenn Close (1992)
Stephen Rea (1993)
Sam Waterston (1994)
Cherry Jones (1995)
Uta Hagen (1996)
Charles Durning / Bebe Neuwirth (1997)
Brian Stokes Mitchell (1998)
Kathleen Chalfant (1999)
Eileen Heckart (2000)
Mary-Louise Parker / Gary Sinise (2001)
Liam Neeson (2002)
Harvey Fierstein (2003)
Hugh Jackman (2004)
Norbert Leo Butz (2005)
Christine Ebersole (2006)
Liev Schreiber (2007)
Patti LuPone (2008)
Geoffrey Rush (2009)
Alfred Molina (2010)
Mark Rylance (2011)
Audra McDonald (2012)
Nathan Lane (2013)
Neil Patrick Harris (2014)
Chita Rivera (2015)
Lin-Manuel Miranda (2016)
Ben Platt (2017)
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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
1950–1975
Alan Young (1950)
Sid Caesar (1951)
Jimmy Durante (1952)
Donald O'Connor (1953)
Danny Thomas (1954)
Phil Silvers (1955)
Sid Caesar (1956)
Jack Benny (1957)
Jack Benny (1959)
Dick Van Dyke (1964)
Dick Van Dyke (1965)
Dick Van Dyke (1966)
Don Adams (1967)
Don Adams (1968)
Don Adams (1969)
William Windom (1970)
Jack Klugman (1971)
Carroll O'Connor (1972)
Jack Klugman (1973)
Alan Alda (1974)
Tony Randall (1975)
1976–2000
Jack Albertson (1976)
Carroll O'Connor (1977)
Carroll O'Connor (1978)
Carroll O'Connor (1979)
Richard Mulligan (1980)
Judd Hirsch (1981)
Alan Alda (1982)
Judd Hirsch (1983)
John Ritter (1984)
Robert Guillaume (1985)
Michael J. Fox (1986)
Michael J. Fox (1987)
Michael J. Fox (1988)
Richard Mulligan (1989)
Ted Danson (1990)
Burt Reynolds (1991)
Craig T. Nelson (1992)
Ted Danson (1993)
Kelsey Grammer (1994)
Kelsey Grammer (1995)
John Lithgow (1996)
John Lithgow (1997)
Kelsey Grammer (1998)
John Lithgow (1999)
Michael J. Fox (2000)
2001–present
Eric McCormack (2001)
Ray Romano (2002)
Tony Shalhoub (2003)
Kelsey Grammer (2004)
Tony Shalhoub (2005)
Tony Shalhoub (2006)
Ricky Gervais (2007)
Alec Baldwin (2008)
Alec Baldwin (2009)
Jim Parsons (2010)
Jim Parsons (2011)
Jon Cryer (2012)
Jim Parsons (2013)
Jim Parsons (2014)
Jeffrey Tambor (2015)
Jeffrey Tambor (2016)
Donald Glover (2017)
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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series
Patrick McGoohan (1975)
Gordon Jackson (1976)
Louis Gossett Jr. (1977)
Barnard Hughes (1978)
John Lithgow (1986)
Joe Spano (1989)
Patrick McGoohan (1990)
David Opatoshu (1991)
Laurence Fishburne (1993)
Richard Kiley (1994)
Paul Winfield (1995)
Peter Boyle (1996)
Pruitt Taylor Vince (1997)
John Larroquette (1998)
Edward Herrmann (1999)
James Whitmore (2000)
Michael Emerson (2001)
Charles S. Dutton (2002)
Charles S. Dutton (2003)
William Shatner (2004)
Ray Liotta (2005)
Christian Clemenson (2006)
John Goodman (2007)
Glynn Turman (2008)
Michael J. Fox (2009)
John Lithgow (2010)
Paul McCrane (2011)
Jeremy Davies (2012)
Dan Bucatinsky (2013)
Joe Morton (2014)
Reg E. Cathey (2015)
Hank Azaria (2016)
Gerald McRaney (2017)
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Dennis Weaver (1959)
Roddy McDowall (1961)
Albert Paulsen (1964)
James Daly (1966)
Eli Wallach (1967)
Milburn Stone (1968)
James Brolin (1970)
David Burns (1971)
Jack Warden (1972)
Scott Jacoby (1973)
Michael Moriarty (1974)
Will Geer (1975)
Anthony Zerbe (1976)
Gary Frank (1977)
Robert Vaughn (1978)
Stuart Margolin (1979)
Stuart Margolin (1980)
Michael Conrad (1981)
Michael Conrad (1982)
James Coco (1983)
Bruce Weitz (1984)
Edward James Olmos (1985)
John Karlen (1986)
John Hillerman (1987)
Larry Drake (1988)
Larry Drake (1989)
Jimmy Smits (1990)
Timothy Busfield (1991)
Richard Dysart (1992)
Chad Lowe (1993)
Fyvush Finkel (1994)
Ray Walston (1995)
Ray Walston (1996)
Héctor Elizondo (1997)
Gordon Clapp (1998)
Michael Badalucco (1999)
Richard Schiff (2000)
Bradley Whitford (2001)
John Spencer (2002)
Joe Pantoliano (2003)
Michael Imperioli (2004)
William Shatner (2005)
Alan Alda (2006)
Terry O'Quinn (2007)
Željko Ivanek (2008)
Michael Emerson (2009)
Aaron Paul (2010)
Peter Dinklage (2011)
Aaron Paul (2012)
Bobby Cannavale (2013)
Aaron Paul (2014)
Peter Dinklage (2015)
Ben Mendelsohn (2016)
John Lithgow (2017)
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Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy
1970–2000
Flip Wilson (1970)
Carroll O'Connor (1971)
Redd Foxx (1972)
Jack Klugman (1973)
Alan Alda (1974)
Alan Alda (1975)
Henry Winkler (1976)
Ron Howard/Henry Winkler (1977)
Robin Williams (1978)
Alan Alda (1979)
Alan Alda (1980)
Alan Alda (1981)
Alan Alda (1982)
John Ritter (1983)
Bill Cosby (1984)
Bill Cosby (1985)
Bruce Willis (1986)
Dabney Coleman (1987)
Michael J. Fox/Judd Hirsch/Richard Mulligan (1988)
Ted Danson (1989)
Ted Danson (1990)
Burt Reynolds (1991)
John Goodman (1992)
Jerry Seinfeld (1993)
Tim Allen (1994)
Kelsey Grammer (1995)
John Lithgow (1996)
Michael J. Fox (1997)
Michael J. Fox (1998)
Michael J. Fox (1999)
Kelsey Grammer (2000)
2001–present
Charlie Sheen (2001)
Tony Shalhoub (2002)
Ricky Gervais (2003)
Jason Bateman (2004)
Steve Carell (2005)
Alec Baldwin (2006)
David Duchovny (2007)
Alec Baldwin (2008)
Alec Baldwin (2009)
Jim Parsons (2010)
Matt LeBlanc (2011)
Don Cheadle (2012)
Andy Samberg (2013)
Jeffrey Tambor (2014)
Gael García Bernal (2015)
Donald Glover (2016)
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Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film
James Brolin (1970)
Edward Asner (1971)
James Brolin (1972)
McLean Stevenson (1973)
Harvey Korman (1974)
Edward Asner/Tim Conway (1975)
Edward Asner (1976)
Norman Fell (1978)
Danny DeVito/Vic Tayback (1979)
Pat Harrington Jr./Vic Tayback (1980)
John Hillerman (1981)
Lionel Stander (1982)
Richard Kiley (1983)
Paul Le Mat (1984)
Edward James Olmos (1985)
Jan Niklas (1986)
Rutger Hauer (1987)
Barry Bostwick/John Gielgud (1988)
Dean Stockwell (1989)
Charles Durning (1990)
Louis Gossett, Jr. (1991)
Maximilian Schell (1992)
Beau Bridges (1993)
Edward James Olmos (1994)
Donald Sutherland (1995)
Ian McKellen (1996)
George C. Scott (1997)
Don Cheadle/Gregory Peck (1998)
Peter Fonda (1999)
Robert Downey Jr. (2000)
Stanley Tucci (2001)
Donald Sutherland (2002)
Jeffrey Wright (2003)
William Shatner (2004)
Paul Newman (2005)
Jeremy Irons (2006)
Jeremy Piven (2007)
Tom Wilkinson (2008)
John Lithgow (2009)
Chris Colfer (2010)
Peter Dinklage (2011)
Ed Harris (2012)
Jon Voight (2013)
Matt Bomer (2014)
Christian Slater (2015)
Hugh Laurie (2016)
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Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor
Jason Robards (1977)
Robert Morley (1978)
Melvyn Douglas (1979)
Timothy Hutton (1980)
John Gielgud (1981)
John Lithgow (1982)
Jack Nicholson (1983)
Adolph Caesar (1984)
John Gielgud (1985)
Dennis Hopper (1986)
Morgan Freeman (1987)
Alec Guinness (1988)
Danny Aiello (1989)
Joe Pesci (1990)
Michael Lerner (1991)
Gene Hackman (1992)
Tommy Lee Jones (1993)
Martin Landau (1994)
Don Cheadle (1995)
Edward Norton (1996)
Burt Reynolds (1997)
Bill Murray / Billy Bob Thornton (1998)
Christopher Plummer (1999)
Willem Dafoe (2000)
Jim Broadbent (2001)
Chris Cooper (2002)
Bill Nighy (2003)
Thomas Haden Church (2004)
William Hurt (2005)
Michael Sheen (2006)
Vlad Ivanov (2007)
Heath Ledger (2008)
Christoph Waltz (2009)
Niels Arestrup (2010)
Christopher Plummer (2011)
Dwight Henry (2012)
James Franco / Jared Leto (2013)
J. K. Simmons (2014)
Michael Shannon (2015)
Mahershala Ali (2016)
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New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor
Jack Nicholson (1969)
Chief Dan George (1970)
Ben Johnson (1971)
Robert Duvall (1972)
Robert De Niro (1973)
Charles Boyer (1974)
Alan Arkin (1975)
Jason Robards (1976)
Maximilian Schell (1977)
Christopher Walken (1978)
Melvyn Douglas (1979)
Joe Pesci (1980)
John Gielgud (1981)
John Lithgow (1982)
Jack Nicholson (1983)
Ralph Richardson (1984)
Klaus Maria Brandauer (1985)
Daniel Day-Lewis (1986)
Morgan Freeman (1987)
Dean Stockwell (1988)
Alan Alda (1989)
Bruce Davison (1990)
Samuel L. Jackson (1991)
Gene Hackman (1992)
Ralph Fiennes (1993)
Martin Landau (1994)
Kevin Spacey (1995)
Harry Belafonte (1996)
Burt Reynolds (1997)
Bill Murray (1998)
John Malkovich (1999)
Benicio del Toro (2000)
Steve Buscemi (2001)
Dennis Quaid (2002)
Eugene Levy (2003)
Clive Owen (2004)
William Hurt (2005)
Jackie Earle Haley (2006)
Javier Bardem (2007)
Josh Brolin (2008)
Christoph Waltz (2009)
Mark Ruffalo (2010)
Albert Brooks (2011)
Matthew McConaughey (2012)
Jared Leto (2013)
J. K. Simmons (2014)
Mark Rylance (2015)
Mahershala Ali (2016)
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Satellite Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy
John Lithgow (1996)
Kelsey Grammer (1997)
Drew Carey (1998)
Jay Mohr (1999)
Frankie Muniz (2000)
Kelsey Grammer (2001)
Bernie Mac (2002)
Bernie Mac (2003)
Jason Bateman (2004)
Jason Bateman (2005)
James Spader (2006)
Stephen Colbert (2007)
Justin Kirk (2008)
Matthew Morrison (2009)
Alec Baldwin (2010)
Louis C.K. (2011)
Johnny Galecki (2012)
John Goodman (2013)
Jeffrey Tambor (2014)
Jeffrey Tambor (2015)
William H. Macy (2016)
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Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film
Stanley Tucci (1996)
Vondie Curtis-Hall (1997)
David Clennon (1998)
David Schwimmer (2001)
Linus Roache (2002)
Justin Kirk (2003)
Bill Nighy (2004)
Randy Quaid (2005)
Tony Plana (2006)
David Zayas (2007)
Nelsan Ellis (2008)
John Lithgow (2009)
David Strathairn (2010)
Peter Dinklage / Ryan Hurst (2011)
Neal McDonough (2012)
Aaron Paul (2013)
Rory Kinnear (2014)
Christian Slater (2015)
Ben Mendelsohn (2016)
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Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor
Marty Feldman (1974/75)
Jay Robinson (1976)
Alec Guinness (1977)
Burgess Meredith (1978)
Arte Johnson (1979)
Scatman Crothers (1980)
Burgess Meredith (1981)
Richard Lynch (1982)
John Lithgow (1983)
Tracey Walter (1984)
Roddy McDowall (1985)
Bill Paxton (1986)
Richard Dawson (1987)
Robert Loggia (1988)
Thomas F. Wilson (1989/90)
William Sadler (1991)
Robin Williams (1992)
Lance Henriksen (1993)
Gary Sinise (1994)
Brad Pitt (1995)
Brent Spiner (1996)
Vincent D'Onofrio (1997)
Ian McKellen (1998)
Michael Clarke Duncan (1999)
Willem Dafoe (2000)
Ian McKellen (2001)
Andy Serkis (2002)
Sean Astin (2003)
David Carradine (2004)
Mickey Rourke (2005)
Ben Affleck (2006)
Javier Bardem (2007)
Heath Ledger (2008)
Stephen Lang (2009)
Andrew Garfield (2010)
Andy Serkis (2011)
Clark Gregg (2012)
Ben Kingsley (2013)
Richard Armitage (2014)
Adam Driver (2015)
John Goodman (2016)
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Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
Jason Alexander (1994)
David Hyde Pierce (1995)
John Lithgow (1996)
John Lithgow (1997)
Michael J. Fox (1998)
Michael J. Fox (1999)
Robert Downey Jr. (2000)
Sean Hayes (2001)
Sean Hayes (2002)
Tony Shalhoub (2003)
Tony Shalhoub (2004)
Sean Hayes (2005)
Alec Baldwin (2006)
Alec Baldwin (2007)
Alec Baldwin (2008)
Alec Baldwin (2009)
Alec Baldwin (2010)
Alec Baldwin (2011)
Alec Baldwin (2012)
Ty Burrell (2013)
William H. Macy (2014)
Jeffrey Tambor (2015)
William H. Macy (2016)
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Dennis Franz (1994)
Anthony Edwards (1995)
Dennis Franz (1996)
Anthony Edwards (1997)
Sam Waterston (1998)
James Gandolfini (1999)
Martin Sheen (2000)
Martin Sheen (2001)
James Gandolfini (2002)
Kiefer Sutherland (2003)
Jerry Orbach (2004)
Kiefer Sutherland (2005)
Hugh Laurie (2006)
James Gandolfini (2007)
Hugh Laurie (2008)
Michael C. Hall (2009)
Steve Buscemi (2010)
Steve Buscemi (2011)
Bryan Cranston (2012)
Bryan Cranston (2013)
Kevin Spacey (2014)
Kevin Spacey (2015)
John Lithgow (2016)
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Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical
1948–1975
Paul Hartman (1948)
Ray Bolger (1949)
Ezio Pinza (1950)
Robert Alda (1951)
Phil Silvers (1952)
Thomas Mitchell (1953)
Alfred Drake (1954)
Walter Slezak (1955)
Ray Walston (1956)
Rex Harrison (1957)
Robert Preston (1958)
Richard Kiley (1959)
Jackie Gleason (1960)
Richard Burton (1961)
Robert Morse (1962)
Zero Mostel (1963)
Bert Lahr (1964)
Zero Mostel (1965)
Richard Kiley (1966)
Robert Preston (1967)
Robert Goulet (1968)
Jerry Orbach (1969)
Cleavon Little (1970)
Hal Linden (1971)
Phil Silvers (1972)
Ben Vereen (1973)
Christopher Plummer (1974)
John Cullum (1975)
1976–2000
George Rose (1976)
Barry Bostwick (1977)
John Cullum (1978)
Len Cariou (1979)
Jim Dale (1980)
Kevin Kline (1981)
Ben Harney (1982)
Tommy Tune (1983)
George Hearn (1984)
No award (1985)
George Rose (1986)
Robert Lindsay (1987)
Michael Crawford (1988)
Jason Alexander (1989)
James Naughton (1990)
Jonathan Pryce (1991)
Gregory Hines (1992)
Brent Carver (1993)
Boyd Gaines (1994)
Matthew Broderick (1995)
Nathan Lane (1996)
James Naughton (1997)
Alan Cumming (1998)
Martin Short (1999)
Brian Stokes Mitchell (2000)
2001–present
Nathan Lane (2001)
John Lithgow (2002)
Harvey Fierstein (2003)
Hugh Jackman (2004)
Norbert Leo Butz (2005)
John Lloyd Young (2006)
David Hyde Pierce (2007)
Paulo Szot (2008)
David Alvarez, Trent Kowalik and Kiril Kulish (2009)
Douglas Hodge (2010)
Norbert Leo Butz (2011)
Steve Kazee (2012)
Billy Porter (2013)
Neil Patrick Harris (2014)
Michael Cerveris (2015)
Leslie Odom Jr. (2016)
Ben Platt (2017)
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Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play
1949–1975
Arthur Kennedy (1949)
Eli Wallach (1951)
John Cromwell (1952)
John Williams (1953)
John Kerr (1954)
Francis L. Sullivan (1955)
Ed Begley (1956)
Frank Conroy (1957)
Henry Jones (1958)
Charlie Ruggles (1959)
Roddy McDowall (1960)
Martin Gabel (1961)
Walter Matthau (1962)
Alan Arkin (1963)
Hume Cronyn (1964)
Jack Albertson (1965)
Patrick Magee (1966)
Ian Holm (1967)
James Patterson (1968)
Al Pacino (1969)
Ken Howard (1970)
Paul Sand (1971)
Vincent Gardenia (1972)
John Lithgow (1973)
Ed Flanders (1974)
Frank Langella (1975)
1976–2000
Edward Herrmann (1976)
Jonathan Pryce (1977)
Lester Rawlins (1978)
Michael Gough (1979)
David Rounds (1980)
Brian Backer (1981)
Zakes Mokae (1982)
Matthew Broderick (1983)
Joe Mantegna (1984)
Barry Miller (1985)
John Mahoney (1986)
John Randolph (1987)
B. D. Wong (1988)
Boyd Gaines (1989)
Charles Durning (1990)
Kevin Spacey (1991)
Laurence Fishburne (1992)
Stephen Spinella (1993)
Jeffrey Wright (1994)
John Glover (1995)
Ruben Santiago-Hudson (1996)
Owen Teale (1997)
Tom Murphy (1998)
Frank Wood (1999)
Roy Dotrice (2000)
2001–present
Robert Sean Leonard (2001)
Frank Langella (2002)
Denis O'Hare (2003)
Brían F. O'Byrne (2004)
Liev Schreiber (2005)
Ian McDiarmid (2006)
Billy Crudup (2007)
Jim Norton (2008)
Roger Robinson (2009)
Eddie Redmayne (2010)
John Benjamin Hickey (2011)
Christian Borle (2012)
Courtney B. Vance (2013)
Mark Rylance (2014)
Richard McCabe (2015)
Reed Birney (2016)
Michael Aronov (2017)
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