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John Lithgow awards and nominations
Awards won 21
Nominations 66

This article is a List of awards and nominations received by John Lithgow.

John Lithgow is an American actor, musician, singer, comedian and author. Over his extensive career with diverse roles on stage and screen he has received numerous accolades including 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 received Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor nominations for his performances as a transexual ex-football player in the comedy-drama The World According to Garp (1982) and a lonely banker in the family drama Terms of Endearment (1983). He portrayed Roger Ailes in the political drama Bombshell (2019) and prosecutor Peter Leaward in the western crime drama Killers of the Flower Moon (2023). For each film, Lithgow along with ensemble received nominations for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture.

For his roles on television, he has received six Primetime Emmy Awards. He won his first for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series playing lonely man in Amazing Stories (1986), followed by three wins for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for his role as Dick Solomon in the NBC sitcom 3rd Rock from the Sun (1996—2001). He later won for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series for playing a serial killer in the crime series Dexter (2010), and for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series playing Winston Churchill in the Netflix historical drama series The Crown (2017).

Lithgow started his career acting in numerous productions at The Public Theatre and off Broadway. He gained acclaim for his extensive work on Broadway, where he has received two Tony Awards. He won his first for Best Featured Actor in a Play for playing a rugby player in The Changing Room (1973), and Best Actor in a Musical playing newspaper columnist J.J. Hunsecker in Sweet Smell of Success (2002). Lithgow was also Tony-nominated for his roles in Requiem for a Heavyweight (1985), M. Butterfly (1988), Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (2005), and The Columnist (2012).

Major associations

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Academy Awards

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1982 Best Supporting Actor The World According to Garp Nominated [3]
1983 Terms of Endearment Nominated [4]

BAFTA Awards

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
British Academy Television Awards
2017 Best Supporting Actor The Crown Nominated [5]

Critics' Choice Awards

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
Critics' Choice Television Awards
2016 Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series The Crown Won [6]
2021 Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Perry Mason Nominated [7]
2023 Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series The Old Man Nominated [8]

Emmy Awards

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
Primetime Emmy Awards
1984 Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie The Day After Nominated [9]
1986 Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series Amazing Stories (episode: "The Doll") Won [10]
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie Resting Place Nominated
1995 My Brother's Keeper Nominated [11]
1996 Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series 3rd Rock from the Sun (episode: "Dick, Smoker") Won [12]
1997 3rd Rock from the Sun (episode: "See Dick Continue to Run") Won [13]
1998 3rd Rock from the Sun (episode: "Stuck with Dick") Nominated [14]
1999 3rd Rock from the Sun (episode: "What's Love Got to Do with Dick?") Won [15]
2000 3rd Rock from the Sun (episode: ""Frankie Goes to Rutherford") Nominated [16]
2001 3rd Rock from the Sun (episode: "Red, White, and Dick") Nominated [17]
2010 Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series Dexter (episode: "Road Kill") Won [18]
2017 Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series The Crown (episode: "Assassins") Won [19]
2021 Perry Mason (episode: "Chapter 4") Nominated [20]

Golden Globe Awards

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1997 Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy 3rd Rock from the Sun Won [21]
1998 Nominated [21]
1999 Nominated [21]
2010 Best Supporting Actor – Television Dexter Won [21]
2017 The Crown Nominated [21]
2023 Best Supporting Actor in a Television Series The Old Man Nominated [21]

Grammy Awards

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2002 Best Spoken Word Album for Children Ogden Nash's the Christmas that Almost Wasn't Nominated [22]
2004 Best Spoken Word Album The World According to Mr. Rogers Nominated [23]
Best Spoken Word Album for Children Carnival of the Animals Nominated
2006 Best Musical Album for Children The Sunny Side of the Street Nominated [24]

Screen Actors Guild Awards

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1996 Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series 3rd Rock from the Sun Won [25]
Outstanding Ensemble in a Comedy Series Nominated
1997 Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series Won [26]
Outstanding Ensemble in a Comedy Series Nominated
1999 Nominated [27]
2000 Outstanding Actor in a Miniseries or Television Film Don Quixote Nominated [28]
2009 Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series Dexter Nominated [29]
2016 Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series The Crown Won [30]
Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series Nominated
2019 Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture Bombshell Nominated [31]
2023 Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture Killers of the Flower Moon Nominated [32]

Tony Awards

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1973 Best Featured Actor in a Play The Changing Room Won [33]
1985 Best Actor in a Play Requiem for a Heavyweight Nominated [34]
1988 M. Butterfly Nominated [35]
2002 Best Actor in a Musical Sweet Smell of Success Won [36]
2005 Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Nominated [37]
2012 Best Actor in a Play The Columnist Nominated [38]

Theatre awards

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Organizations Year Category Work Result Ref.
Drama Desk Awards 1973 Outstanding Performance The Changing Room Won
1985 Outstanding Actor in a Play Requiem for a Heavyweight Won
1988 M. Butterfly Nominated
2002 Outstanding Actor in a Musical Sweet Smell of Success Won
2004 Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play Mrs. Farnsworth Nominated
Outer Critics Circle 2002 Best Actor in a Musical Sweet Smell of Success Won
2018 Outstanding Solo Performance John Lithgow: Stories by Heart Nominated

Critics awards

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Organizations Year Category Work Result Ref.
New York Film Critics Circle 1982 Best Supporting Actor The World According to Garp Won
1983 Terms of Endearment / Twilight Zone: The Movie Nominated
Los Angeles Film Critics Association 1982 Best Supporting Actor The World According to Garp Won
1983 Terms of Endearment / Twilight Zone: The Movie Nominated

Miscellaneous awards

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Organizations Year Category Work Result Ref.
AACTA Awards 2020 Best International Supporting Actor – Cinema Bombshell Nominated [39]
People's Choice Awards 1996 Favorite Male Television Performer 3rd Rock from the Sun Nominated
1997 Nominated
1998 Nominated
1999 Nominated
Satellite Awards 1997 Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy 3rd Rock from the Sun Won
1998 Nominated
2009 Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film Dexter Won
Saturn Awards 1984 Best Supporting Actor Twilight Zone: The Movie Won
1985 Best Supporting Actor The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Nominated
1993 Best Actor Raising Cain Nominated
2010 Best Guest Starring Role on Television Dexter Nominated
2019 Best Supporting Actor Pet Sematary Nominated

Honorary awards

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Organizations Year Award Result Ref.
Hollywood Walk of Fame 2001 Inductee Honored [40]
American Theater Hall of Fame 2005 Inductee Honored [41]
Harvard University 2005 Honorary Doctorate Honored [42]
American Academy of Arts and Sciences 2010 Fellow Honored [43]
Harvard University 2017 Harvard Arts Medal Honored [44]

References

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  9. ^ "Nominees / Winners 1984 Emmy Awards". Television Academy. Retrieved July 21, 2024.
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  12. ^ "Nominees / Winners 1996 Emmy Awards". Television Academy. Retrieved July 21, 2024.
  13. ^ "Nominees / Winners 1997 Emmy Awards". Television Academy. Retrieved July 21, 2024.
  14. ^ "Nominees / Winners 1998 Emmy Awards". Television Academy. Retrieved July 21, 2024.
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  22. ^ "45th Annual Grammy Awards". Grammy Awards. Retrieved July 21, 2024.
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  24. ^ "49th Annual Grammy Awards". Grammy Awards. Retrieved July 21, 2024.
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  30. ^ "23rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards". Screen Actors Guild Awards. Retrieved July 21, 2024.
  31. ^ "26th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards". Screen Actors Guild Awards. Retrieved July 21, 2024.
  32. ^ "30th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards". Screen Actors Guild Awards. Retrieved July 21, 2024.
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  34. ^ "1985 Tony Award Nominations". American Theater Wing. Retrieved July 21, 2024.
  35. ^ "1988 Tony Award Nominations". American Theater Wing. Retrieved July 21, 2024.
  36. ^ "2002 Tony Award Nominations". American Theater Wing. Retrieved July 21, 2024.
  37. ^ "2005 Tony Award Nominations". American Theater Wing. Retrieved July 21, 2024.
  38. ^ "2012 Tony Award Nominations". American Theater Wing. Retrieved July 21, 2024.
  39. ^ Vlessing, Etan (January 3, 2020). "'Parasite' Named Best Picture by Australia's AACTA Awards". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 3, 2020.
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  42. ^ "Harvard awards 8 honorary degrees". Harvard Gazette. Retrieved July 21, 2024.
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  44. ^ "Harvard Arts Medal Ceremony Honoring Actor JOHN LITHGOW". ofa.fas.harvard.edu.
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