John Lithgow is well-versed in controversial children's authors, currently playing Roald Dahl on stage in Giant, and soon to ...

Actor John Lithgow said in a recent interview that he got backlash for joining the cast of the HBO's new "Harry Potter" adaptation thanks to J.K. Rowling's statements on gender.

"An Open Letter to John Lithgow: Please Walk Away from Harry Potter," the letter attempted to remind the actor that he’s working on a series created by someone who is "anti-trans" and has ...

While John Lithgow is American, he’s of British descent, with an expressive face and “twinkling” blue eyes often described by ...

John Lithgow is a man well aware of cancel culture and its ability to destroy careers in the blink of an eye. The Oscar-nominated actor tells Sky News: "It is terrible to be so careful about what ...

Actor John Lithgow says he ignored a request from a ... Rowling has angered many in the transgender community with her insistence that trans women should be banned from some female-only spaces.

John Lithgow revealed in a recent interview that he has been getting backlash for joining the cast of HBO's new "Harry Potter" show, thanks to series creator J.K. Rowling's anti-trans views.

Ian West/PA Images via Getty; Mike Marsland/WireImage John Lithgow wasn't thinking about J.K. Rowling's anti-trans rhetoric when he accepted his role in the upcoming Harry Potter TV series.

Why is this a factor at all?' the actor says about criticism he's receiving over taking a role in J.K. Rowling's new series.

John Lithgow “was just thinking about mortality and that this is a very good winding-down role” when he committed to being ...