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Acting · age 81

John Lithgow

Best rated: Interstellar (8.7)

Films
54
Avg rating
6.47
Peak run
2011’16
Oscar noms
2
CompareBacon number
Every film, by IMDb rating

The career

John Lithgow, acting career by IMDb rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run
Peak 2011 to 2016, 7.2845678919801990200020102020Interstellar 8.7Spellbound 5.5Career avg 6.47

Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.

John Lithgow's career barcodecoolhot
197254 films2025
Current formLast 5: 6.42 vs career 6.47 (−0.05)
  1. WCabrini2024 · 7.3+0.8
  2. WConclave2024 · 7.4+0.9
  3. LThe Rule of Jenny Pen2024 · 6.1−0.4
  4. LSpellbound2024 · 5.5−1.0
  5. LJimpa2025 · 5.8−0.7
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes

John by the numbers

Average
6.47
49 rated films
Vote weighted
6.57
bigger films count more
Median
6.4
half are better
Consistency
±0.77
rating spread
Career
54y
1972 to 2025
Total votes
6.82M
across every film
Best
8.7
Interstellar
Worst
5.5
Spellbound
Newest first

Filmography

Acting filmography
2025Jimpa posterJimpaJim5.81,232
2024Cabrini posterCabriniMayor Gould7.310,393
2024Conclave posterConclaveTremblay7.4289K
2024The Rule of Jenny Pen posterThe Rule of Jenny PenDave Crealy6.111,939
2024SpellboundBolinar5.59,414
2023Sharper posterSharperRichard Hobbes6.740,138
2023Killers of the Flower Moon posterKillers of the Flower MoonProsecutor Peter Leaward7.5315K
2019Pet Sematary posterPet SemataryJud5.7107K
2019Late Night posterLate NightWalter Lovell6.543,870
2019Bombshell posterBombshellRoger Ailes6.8138K
2019The Tomorrow ManEd5.92,693
2017Daddy's Home 2 posterDaddy's Home 2Don6.194,152
2017Beatriz at Dinner posterBeatriz at DinnerDoug6.011,438
2016The Accountant posterThe AccountantLamar Blackburn7.3404K
2016Miss Sloane posterMiss SloaneSenator Ronald Sperling7.590,020
2014Interstellar posterInterstellarDonald8.72.62M
2014Love Is Strange posterLove Is StrangeBen Hull6.713,842
2014The Jungle Bunch 2: The Great Treasure QuestMaurice·417
2012The Campaign posterThe CampaignGlenn Motch6.1144K
2011Rise of the Planet of the Apes posterRise of the Planet of the ApesCharles Rodman7.6611K
Better together?

John Lithgow's regulars

The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.

Takes

On John Lithgow

2 nominations, 0 wins

Awards record

  • Best Supporting Actor · Academy Awards 1984
    John Lithgow
    Nominated
  • Best Supporting Actor · Academy Awards 1983
    John Lithgow
    Nominated

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