Performance of the Day

Actor: JOHN LITHGOW

Show: "3rd Rock from the Sun"

Character: Dick Solomon

Years: 1996-2001

John Lithgow has long been one of the most versatile actors in Hollywood (don't believe me, check out his two Oscar nominated performances). In the mid 90s, he took on the television audiences with his role as 'Dick' in "3rd Rock from the Sun" (not to be confused with "30 Rock"). Lithgow played the head commander to a group of aliens, who come to earth, masquerade as humans, and study life on this planet. Lithgow is hilarious, especially with former SNLer Jane Curtain. Check him out on Netflix (all six seasons of the show are on instant play).

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in NYC

in high school, 1960s

with Jane Curtain on "SNL", 1970s

on the set of "Animal House", 1978

with Gilda Radner on "SNL", late 1970s

with James Brown and Keith Richards, 1980s

with great friend Dan Akyroyd on the set

of "The Blues Brothers", 1980

his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame