Celebrated actor of stage, screen and small screen John Arthur Lithgow celebrates his 63rd year on Earth today.

John Lithgow is 6′4″ tall and is the son of a retired actress and father, not a basketball player. His family moved frequently throughout the Midwest in his childhood until his father became head of the McCarter Theater in Princeton, New Jersey when John was 16 years old.

After attending Harvard, Lithgow became an established and succesful Broadway actor winning his third Tony in 1988 for “M. Butterfly” several years after receiving an Academy Award nomination for the portrayal of the transgenerd character ‘Roberta Muldoon’ in “The World According to Garp” in 1982 and another nomination in 1982 for his role in “Terms of Endearment.”

In the 90’s Litghow anchored the successful series “3rd Rock from the Sun” winning three Emmy’s and a Golden Globe Award for his role.

Next up, Lithgow will appear in “Confessions of a Shopaholic” which will release on February 13, 2009 and stars Isla Fisher.

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