Question: Which actor starred in the 1998 drama film titled "Distant Thunder," and has also  received two Tony Awards, six Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, three Screen Actors Guild Awards, an American Comedy Award, and four Drama Desk Awards?

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Distant Thunder (1988 film): Distant Thunder is a 1988 American drama film directed by Rick Rosenthal and starring John Lithgow and Ralph Macchio.

John Lithgow: John Arthur Lithgow ( ; born October 19 , 1945) is an American actor, musician, singer, comedian, voice actor, and author.  He has received two Tony Awards, six Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, three Screen Actors Guild Awards, an American Comedy Award, four Drama Desk Awards and has also been nominated for two Academy Awards and four Grammy Awards.  Lithgow has received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and has been inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame.

Alan Cumming: Alan Cumming, OBE (born 27 January 1965), is a Scottish-American actor, singer/performer, author, and activist who has appeared in numerous films, television shows, and plays.  His London stage appearances include "Hamlet", the Maniac in "Accidental Death of an Anarchist" (for which he received an Olivier Award), the lead in "Bent", and the National Theatre of Scotland's "The Bacchae".  On Broadway, he has appeared in "The Threepenny Opera", as the master of ceremonies in "Cabaret" (for which he won a Tony Award), "Design for Living" and a one-man adaptation of "Macbeth".  His best-known film roles include his performances in "Emma", "GoldenEye", the "Spy Kids" trilogy, "Son of the Mask," and "X2".  Cumming also introduces "Masterpiece Mystery! " for PBS and appeared on "The Good Wife", for which he has been nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, two Golden Globe Awards and a Satellite Award.  A filming of his Las Vegas cabaret show, "Alan Cumming Sings Sappy Songs", aired on PBS stations in November 2016.

List of awards and nominations received by Lost: Lost is an American drama series that aired on ABC from September 22, 2004 until May 23, 2010.  It has been nominated for a variety of different awards, including 54 Primetime Emmy Awards (eleven wins), 48 Saturn Awards (thirteen wins), 33 Teen Choice Awards, 17 Television Critics Association Awards (four wins), 12 Golden Reel Awards (five wins), eight Satellite Awards (one win), seven Golden Globe Awards (one win), six Producers Guild of America Awards (one win), six Writers Guild of America Awards (one win), five Directors Guild of America Awards, two NAACP Image Awards (one win), two Screen Actors Guild Awards (one win), and one BAFTA Award.  Amongst the wins for the series are a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series, a Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Drama, a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series, and a Peabody Award.

Geoffrey Rush: Geoffrey Roy Rush {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (born 6 July 1951) is an Australian actor and film producer.  Rush is the youngest amongst the few people who have won the "Triple Crown of Acting": the Academy Award, the Primetime Emmy Award, and the Tony Award.  He has won one Academy Award for acting (from four nominations), three British Academy Film Awards (from five nominations), two Golden Globe Awards and four Screen Actors Guild Awards. Rush is the founding President of the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts and was named the 2012 Australian of the Year.  He is also the first actor to win the Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Critics' Choice Movie Award, Golden Globe Award, and Screen Actors Guild Award for a single performance in film for his performance in "Shine" (1996).

Cate Blanchett: Catherine Elise Blanchett, {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} ( ; born 14 May 1969) is an Australian actress and theatre director.  She has received international acclaim and many accolades, including two Academy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, three BAFTA Awards, six AACTA Awards, and three Screen Actors Guild Awards. Blanchett came to international attention for her role as Elizabeth I of England in Shekhar Kapur's 1998 film "Elizabeth", for which she won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress, the Golden Globe Award, and earned her first Academy Award for Best Actress nomination.  Her portrayal of Katharine Hepburn in Martin Scorsese's 2004 film "The Aviator" brought her critical acclaim and many accolades, including the Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, making her the only actor to win an Oscar for portraying another Oscar-winning actor.  In 2013, she starred as Jasmine Francis in Woody Allen's "Blue Jasmine", for which she won numerous accolades including the Academy Award for Best Actress.

Sam Waterston: Samuel Atkinson Waterston (born November 15, 1940) is an American actor, producer and director.  Among other roles, he is noted for his portrayal of Sydney Schanberg in "The Killing Fields" (1984), for which he received an Academy Award nomination, and his starring role as Jack McCoy on the long-running NBC television series "Law & Order" (1994–2010), which brought him Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Awards.  He has been nominated for multiple Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild, BAFTA and Emmy awards, having starred in over eighty film and television productions during his fifty-year career.  He has also starred in numerous stage productions.  AllMovie historian Hal Erickson characterized Waterston as having "cultivated a loyal following with his quietly charismatic, unfailingly solid performances."

Peter Krause: Peter William Krause ( ; born August 12, 1965) is an American television and film actor.  He has played lead roles as Casey McCall on "Sports Night" (1998–2000), Nate Fisher on "Six Feet Under" (2001–2005), Nick George on "Dirty Sexy Money" (2007–2009), Adam Braverman on "Parenthood" (2010–2015), and Benjamin Jones on "The Catch" (2016–2017).  For his work on "Six Feet Under", Krause was nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and seven Screen Actors Guild Awards, twice winning Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series.

Ian McKellen: Sir Ian Murray McKellen, {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (born 25 May 1939) is an English actor.  He is the recipient of six Laurence Olivier Awards, a Tony Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a BIF Award, two Saturn Awards, four Drama Desk Awards, and two Critics' Choice Awards.  He has also received two Oscar nominations, four BAFTA nominations and five Emmy Award nominations.

Sarah Jessica Parker: Sarah Jessica Parker (born March 25, 1965) is an American actress, producer, and designer.  She is known for her leading role as Carrie Bradshaw on the HBO television series "Sex and the City" (1998–2004).  She won two Emmy Awards for the show: one for Outstanding Comedy Series (as producer) in 2001 and another for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series in 2004.  For this role, she also won four Golden Globe Awards for Best Actress in a Comedy Series and three Screen Actors Guild Awards.  She reprised the role in the films, "Sex and the City" (2008) and "Sex and the City 2" (2010).

Supporting paragraphs: Distant Thunder (1988 film) John Lithgow
Answer: John Lithgow