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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
Lord Farquaad
for Lord Farquaad in Shrek 5: The Final Layer
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Rumpelstiltskin wants revenge on Shrek revives all of Shrek’s foes and they kill Fiona and kidnap his babies, Shrek and Donkey team up to find a way to revive Fiona. Shrek and Donkey hitch a ride on Dragon and get to Far Far Away so Artie can warn the kingdom and they add Puss to the team, who just arrived with Kitty and Perrito. when Prince Charming overpowers Artie and The trio find Shrek’s Dad, Alkawf, who they have to survive but they eventually make Peace. Shrek gets a tip that Merlin can help and he admits that the only way is for Shrek to trade his soul in order to get Fiona back. Shrek undergoes the procedure and Fiona is brought back, but Shrek is gone and Donkey, Puss, and Fiona get teleported to Far Far away castle and get chained up by the Villains. Then it’s Shown Shreks Dad followed Shrek and Merlin shows him what happened, Shrek’s Dad then goes to save them and find Artie who’s chained to a House and they go together. Alkawf and Artie try to enter and get surrounded by guards and Kitty and Perrito save them knowing Puss knew them, They then enter but get chained up until Gingy, from out of nowhere comes and casts a spell to unchain everyone and a big battle begins! Each Villain is killed off and the Spell is undone and Shrek is brought back and everyone celebrates.
