• Name: John Lithgow
  
• Birth Name: John Arthur Lithgow
  
• Height: 6'4"
  
• Sex: M
  
• Nationality: American
  
• Birth Date: October 19, 1945
  
• Birth Place: Rochester, New York, USA
  
• Profession: actor
  
• Education: Princeton High School in Princeton, NJ
  
•   : Harvard University in Cambridge, MA (won a scholarship; graduated magna cum laude)
  
•   : London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art in England (with a Fullbright scholarship)
  
• Husband/Wife: Mary Yeager (a UCLA economics professor ; married in 1981), Jean Taynton (married on September 10, 1966; divorced in 1980)
  
• Father: Arthur W Lithgow (producer; head of the McCarter Theater in Princeton New Jersey)
  
• Mother: Sarah Jane Lithgow (a retired actress, teacher)
  
• Son: Nathan Lithgow (mother: Mary Yeager), Ian Lithgow (actor; mother: Jean Taynton)
  
• Daughter: Phoebe Lithgow (mother: Mary Yeager)
  

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• About the constant time-slot changes and ultimate cancellation of 3rd Rock from the Sun: "If NBC had set out to ruin it, they couldn't have done a better job. They kept trying to use us as a weapon instead of a show to be taken care of. It would have been nice to have stayed a big hit, but I'd rather be a great show that nobody was watching than a lousy show that was a big hit, which is the case for most of the others."

• Emmy Awards: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series, 3rd Rock from the Sun (1999)
• Screen Actors Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series, 3rd Rock from the Sun (1998)
• Screen Actors Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series, 3rd Rock from the Sun (1997)
• Golden Globe Awards: Best Performance by an Actor in a TV-Series - Comedy/Musical, 3rd Rock from the Sun (1997)
• Emmy Awards: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series, 3rd Rock from the Sun (1997)
• Golden Satellite Awards: Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy, 3rd Rock from the Sun (1997)
• American Comedy Awards: Funniest Male Performer in a TV Series (Leading Role) Network, Cable or Syndication, 3rd Rock from the Sun (1997)
• Emmy Awards: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series, 3rd Rock from the Sun (1996)
• Emmy Awards: Outstanding Guest Performer in a Drama Series, Amazing Stories (1986)
• Saturn Award: Best Supporting Actor, TWILIGHT ZONE: THE MOVIE (1984)
• Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards: Best Supporting Actor, THE WORLD ACCORDING TO GARP (1982)
• New York Film Critics Circle Awards: Best Supporting Actor, THE WORLD ACCORDING TO GARP (1982)

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