He played a Cardinal in 'Conclave' and is slotted to take on the role of Dumbledore in HBO's 'Harry Potter' series. But the busy actor finds his spiritual nourishment in his craft. And at seventy-nine,

John Lithgow credits the timeliness of his latest film, Conclave, with why audiences have resonated with it. He and his castmates Ralph Fiennes, Isabella Rossellini and Sergio Castellitto received the Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture award from the Screen Actors Guild earlier this evening.

Fiennes was joined onstage by co-stars John Lithgow, Isabella Rossellini and Sergio Castellitto while accepting the prize for best movie cast.

Conclave” author Robert Harris isn’t staying up to watch the Oscars. The British writer of the papal thriller, which the movie with eight Academy Award nominations is based on, will be in a different time zone.

Rossellini appeared at the ceremony to introduce the papal drama alongside fellow stars Ralph Fiennes, John Lithgow, and Sergio Castellitto.

The esteemed group of Ralph Fiennes, Isabella Rossellini, and John Lithgow had enough collective gravitas on their own. Still, Harrison Ford, who had just presented them the best ensemble award ...