John Lithgow did not play an evil character in which of these films?

In "A Civil Action" (1998), Lithgow played the Honorable Judge Walter J. Skinner. Walter Jay Skinner was a real federal judge best known for presiding over the 1986 Woburn, MA, water contamination case portrayed in the movie and book "A Civil Action". Played by Lithgow, the jurist, comes across as a "up to snuff" corporate flunky according to several film commentators. Those however who knew the real jurist said that this was far from the truth. Retired Massachusetts Appeals Court judge Gerald Gillerman, a friend, said: "He (Skinner) was a great judge, calm, and always dispassionate."

John Lithgow had roles where he behaved as an evil person in "Ricochet", a 1991 American action crime thriller film, "Raising Cain", a 1992 psychological horror thriller, and "Cliffhanger", a 1993 action thriller. Lithgow played a person with a multiple personality disorder. He was Dr. Carter Nix/Cain/Nix Sr/Josh/Margo. Next, he played Earl Talbot Blake, the main antagonist of Ricochet and was a psychopathic, ruthless, and vicious professional sadistic criminal serial killer. Third, Lithgow was Eric Qualen, a psychotic British former military intelligence officer, the leader of a gang of thieves trying to rob $100 million from the U.S. Treasury, respectively.

"A Civil Action" is an American legal drama that was written and directed by Steven Zaillian. Stars include John Travolta, Robert Duvall, James Gandolfini, Dan Hedaya, William H. Macy, Kathleen Quinlan, Tony Shalhoub, and Lithgow.