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From 'The Old Man' to 'Giant,' John Lithgow is still going strong

NPR | By Dave Davies
Published April 2, 2026 at 7:08 AM EDT

Lithgow, 80, plays an intelligence agent in the FX action series The Old Man, and he's currently starring in the Broadway production of Giant, about a troubling side of children's author Roald Dahl.

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