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John Lithgow
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October 19, 1945 in Rochester, NY
Biography:A distinguished actor of stage, television, and movies who is at home playing everything from menacing villains, big-hearted transsexuals, and loopy aliens, "John Lithgow" is also a composer and performer of children's songs, a Harvard graduate, a talented painter, and a devoted husband and father: in short, he is a true Renaissance man.

Once hailed by the Wall Street Journal as "the film character actor of his generation," Lithgow is the son of a theater director who once headed Princeton's McCarter Theater and produced a series of Shakespeare festivals in Ohio, where Lithgow was six when he made his first theatrical bow in Henry VI, Part 3. His parents raised Lithgow in a loving home that encouraged artistic self-expression and took a broad view of the world. As a youth, Lithgow was passionate about painting and at age 16, he was actively involved with the Art Students League in New York.... Full Biography

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John Lithgow, nominee Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical for "Dirty Rotten...
John Lithgow, nominee Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical for "Dirty Rotten...
John Lithgow, nominee Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical for "Dirty Rotten...
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John Lithgow, nominee Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical "Dirty Rotten...
John Lithgow, nominee Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical "Dirty Rotten...
John Lithgow, nominee Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical "Dirty Rotten...
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Nov. 4, 2009, 10:03 AM EST
Murder 101: John Lithgow's serial killer pushes Dexter to the edge in Showtime drama
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