John Lithgow's Birth Card: The 3 of Clubs

In the record

John Arthur Lithgow ( LITH-goh; born October 19, 1945) is an American actor. The birth-card coordinate for October 19 is the 3 of Clubs — a calendar position, not a forecast of the 2002 Best Actor in a Musical (Sweet Smell of Success); 2026 Best Actor in a Play (Giant) win.

Tony Award record (leading acting)

• 2002 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical — Sweet Smell of Success as J.J. Hunsecker
• 2026 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play — Giant as Roald Dahl

The 3 of Clubs coordinate

John Lithgow's birthday maps to the 3 of Clubs (The Creative Communicator). Card Blueprints treats that as a 365-day coordinate: solar value = 55 − (2 × month + day), and the year is unused. It is not a prediction about a Tony Award and not a verdict on John Lithgow. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You move an idea across more than one channel without abandoning the one that needs depth.

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John Lithgow in the public record

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 four Actor Awards, seven Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, a Laurence Olivier Award, and three Tony Awards, as well as nominations for two Academy Awards, a British Academy Film Award and four Grammy Awards. Lithgow has won three Tony Awards, his first for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his Broadway debut portraying a rugby player in The Changing Room (1972), his second for Best Actor in a Musical for playing a fearful columnist in Sweet Smell of Success (2002), and his third for Best Actor in a Play for his portrayal of Roald Dahl in Giant (2026). He was Tony-nominated for Requiem for a Heavyweight (1985), M. Butterfly (1988), Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (2005), and The Columnist (2012). He has also acted in A Delicate Balance (2014), and Hillary and Clinton (2019). On television, Lithgow starred as Dick Solomon in the NBC sitcom 3rd Rock from the Sun (1996–2001), winning three Primetime Emmy Awards for Best Actor in a Comedy Series. He received further Emmy Awards for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series playing Arthur Mitchell in the drama Dexter (2009) and for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for his portrayal of Winston Churchill in the Netflix drama The Crown (2016–2019).

Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article John Lithgow (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.

Where the record meets the 9 of Hearts

A card is a calendar coordinate, not a cause. What follows sets one line of the card's own published language beside one sentence of the sourced record, paired by a documented rule. It is a resemblance offered for the reader to weigh — not a claim about John Lithgow, and not a forecast of a Tony.

You stay kind without picking up what is not yours. You're wired for a love that extends beyond the personal—compassion for people, causes, and the world. You feel others' pain as your own and are moved to ease it. At your best, you carry deep wisdom about what to hold and what to release.

In film, Lithgow has received two nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, for his roles as a transgender ex-football player in The World According to Garp (1982) and as a lonely banker in Terms of Endearment (1983).

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Also on the record

1. He also starred in the HBO drama series Perry Mason (2020) and the FX thriller series The Old Man (2022–2024).
2. In film, Lithgow has received two nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, for his roles as a transgender ex-football player in The World According to Garp (1982) and as a lonely banker in Terms of Endearment (1983).
3. 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).

Other leading Tony winners with this card

• Barbara Harris — 1967 Best Actress in a Musical (The Apple Tree)
• Brent Carver — 1993 Best Actor in a Musical (Kiss of the Spider Woman)
• Jennifer Holliday — 1982 Best Actress in a Musical (Dreamgirls)

FAQ

What is John Lithgow's birth card?

The 3 of Clubs. October 19 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. The year of birth is not used.

Does a birth card predict a Tony Award?

No. These pages are coordinates, not fortune-telling. A birth card names a calendar day in a 52-card year. It does not forecast awards, character, or fate.

Where do John Lithgow's dates come from?

Birth date 1945-10-19 is the day-precision date on John Lithgow's Wikipedia person page, verified against Wikidata P569 (CC0, day precision, Gregorian preferred). The two sources match. Year-only Wikipedia dates and Wikipedia↔Wikidata conflicts are dropped, not guessed. Tony Award wins come from the Wikipedia leading-acting lists, which record the Tony Awards. Page hooks and evidence come from the Wikipedia REST summary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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