John Lithgow, born in Rochester on October 19 1945, is one of our "Famous Residents". Lithgow was a magna cum laude graduate of Harvard and a Fulbright Scholar who was probably best known as the head alien on 3rd Rock From the Sun (1996-2001).
Maybe his experiences in Rochester lent a hand in his superior acting in the following movies: Memphis Belle Footloose The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Blow Out Twilight Zone: The Movie All That Jazz Raising Cain The Manhattan Project Harry and the Hendersons Distant Thunder At Play in the Fields of the Lord Cliffhanger A Good Man in Africa The Pelican Brief Don Quixote Kinsey The World According to Garp Shrek Lithgow is also an accomplished actor on the stage, recent roles include: The Sweet Smell of Success Dirty Rotten Scoundrels -Tony Nominated He has expanded his creative contribution as the author of a number of children's books . Notes and References Refer to hisBiography on IMDB (the Internet Movie Data Base) LithgowForKids.com - see his interesting collection of kids books You've Got to Have Pep - YouTube Video Other YouTube Videos