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John Arthur Lithgow (born October 19, 1945) is an American actor. He studied at Harvard University and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art before becoming known for his diverse work on stage and screen. He has received numerous accolades, including six Primetime Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and two Tony Awards, as well as nominations for two Academy Awards, a British Academy Film Award, four Grammy Awards, four Screen Actors Guild Awards, and a Laurence Olivier Award. Lithgow won two Tony Awards, his first for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his Broadway debut in The Changing Room (1972) and his second for Best Actor in a Musical for the musical Sweet Smell of Success (2002). He was Tony-nominated for Requiem for a Heavyweight (1985), M. Butterfly (1988), and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (2005). He has acted in the plays The Columnist (2012), A Delicate Balance (2014), and Hillary and Clinton (2019). He portrayed Roald Dahl in the play Giant on the West End, for which he was nominated for the Olivier Award for Best Actor. He starred as Dick Solomon in the television sitcom 3rd Rock from the Sun (1996–2001), winning three Primetime Emmy Awards for Best Actor in a Comedy Series. He received further Primetime Emmy Awards for his performances as Arthur Mitchell in the drama Dexter (2009) and as Winston Churchill in the Netflix drama The Crown (2016–2019). He also starred in HBO's Perry Mason (2020) and FX's The Old Man (2022). On film, he has received two Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor nominations for his roles as a transgender ex-football player in The World According to Garp (1982) and a lonely banker in Terms of Endearment (1983). He also acted in All That Jazz (1979), Blow Out (1981), Footloose (1984), Harry and the Hendersons (1987), A Civil Action (1998), Shrek (2001), Kinsey (2004), Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011), Love Is Strange (2014), Interstellar (2014), Late Night (2019), Bombshell (2019), Killers of the Flower Moon (2023), and Conclave (2024).
John Lithgow
Stanley Dover
for Stanley Dover in Green Arrow Season 1 (2014)
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Entering his third year as Green Arrow, Oliver Queen has become Star City’s most visible hero. A billionaire activist known for his sharp wit and sarcastic humor, he balances running Queen Industries with protecting the city’s streets. When the dangerous drug Vertigo spreads through the Glades, Oliver uncovers a criminal alliance controlling much of Star City. During his investigation, he meets Roy Harper, a fearless teenager defending his neighborhood. Though Roy initially distrusts him, he soon realizes Green Arrow genuinely cares about the people he protects. Oliver’s search for the truth leads him into conflict with crime boss Brick, the deadly assassin Constantine Drakon, and the elusive thief known as the Dodger. As Roy discovers Oliver’s secret identity, the two begin developing a mentor-student relationship. Meanwhile, Count Vertigo emerges as the mastermind behind the city’s growing chaos and uses experimental drugs and sonic technology to push Oliver to his psychological breaking point. With help from John Diggle, Ted Grant, and his allies, Oliver recovers and realizes Star City needs more than one hero. He officially begins training Roy as they dismantle Vertigo’s empire while Brick sparks a gang war across the Glades. Roy proves himself by saving civilians during the conflict, Drakon is defeated, and Oliver ultimately defeats Count Vertigo atop a Queen Industries skyscraper, bringing down the entire criminal network. In the aftermath, crime declines, Queen Industries helps rebuild the Glades, and Roy begins serious archery training. As reports of extraordinary heroes around the world continue to emerge, Oliver realizes Star City is only part of a much larger world. Post-Credits: Inside the Arrow Cave, Roy discovers files labeled SUPERMAN, WONDER WOMAN, and BATMAN. After viewing evidence of each, he asks, “Think they’re real?” Oliver smirks. “If they are, they’re having a stranger week than we are.”
