badmojo1006
Footballguy
Tough call, but I went with Duck from 3rd Rock from the Sun
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What is John Lithgow's signature role? (1 Viewer)
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IMAX 3D
Footballguy
That one guy
Footballguy
I remember liking his Don Quixote movie...but going w/ George Henderson
The General
Footballguy
Didn’t look a thing like him but was a good Churchill in “The Crown”.
The guy has great range. Is very funny.
The guy has great range. Is very funny.
AAABatteries
Footballguy
3rd Rock
arctic_panzer_wolf
Footballguy
First thing I thought of was him all crazy playing with a train set in Dexter and Harry and the Henderson's. Tough call
Mister CIA
Footballguy
In 3rd Rock, dressed as a pirate for Halloween.
"Where are your buccaneers?"
"Under my bucking hat!"
"Where are your buccaneers?"
"Under my bucking hat!"
Charlie Steiner
Footballguy
El Floppo
Footballguy
Charlie Steiner
Footballguy
AhrnCityPahnder
Yinz-o-riffic
Trinity Killer. the rest of it (that I've seen, anyway) is good enough but ultimately forgettable.
Nick Vermeil
Footballguy
Voted Garp. Love him in that. Love him in general. We could use more Lithgow in life.
That fourth season of Dexter was some of the best tv ever and in large part because of how great Lithgow was in that role. Dude won the Emmy that year and deservedly so.
Since all the later seasons after that were so bad and the show petered out I think it has caused people to forget or diminish their memories of how amazing those early seasons were.
Lithgow was the bad guy in a 90s De Palma movie called Raising Cain where he had multiple personalities. I'm sure it wouldn't hold up today, but I remember that movie and Lithgow being creepy as #### and crazy as hell back then which might have been why the Dexter folks thought he would make a good Trinity.
Since all the later seasons after that were so bad and the show petered out I think it has caused people to forget or diminish their memories of how amazing those early seasons were.
Lithgow was the bad guy in a 90s De Palma movie called Raising Cain where he had multiple personalities. I'm sure it wouldn't hold up today, but I remember that movie and Lithgow being creepy as #### and crazy as hell back then which might have been why the Dexter folks thought he would make a good Trinity.
Bull Dozier
Footballguy
Agreed. I never watched it either, but If you counted the minutes, I've seen Lithgow in more 3rd Rock promos in my life than in everything else I've seen him in combined.Cjw_55106 said:
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Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
Liked the one where he first learns about tipping in restaurants. Starts out with a stack of singles in front of him and then pulls them off one by one every time the waiter makes a mistake.
bagger
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msommer
Footballguy
to the rest of youse 3rd rock voters
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badmojo1006
Footballguy
I can think of at least 4 roles (Garp, Footloose, Banzai, Dexter) that I enjoyed more, but as far as signature role, still got to go with 3rd Rock
saintfool
Dead sexy
he's a fun actor. able to ham it up, chew scenery and everything else with the best of them. however, he's able to dial it down for roles too. i think of him like this in films like "Love Is Strange" with Alfred Molina. He's really kind of reliable in that you never ever think he's the problem with whatever bad movie or tv show you're watching.
Lithgow was a small part of that movie but I thought he was great. Particularly loved the part where he has kind of a breakdown and admits that his other family is a total mess.
