17 Celebrities Who Are Smarter Than You May Think

5. John Lithgow

John Lithgow graduated magna cum laude from Harvard with an A.B. in history and literature. He actually attended on a scholarship. It was during a performance at Harvard that he realized he wanted to be an actor. After Harvard he got a Fulbright scholarship to the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. Until he started working as an actor he served as the director of the arts and literature department at WBAI radio station in New York.