John Goodman

John Goodman

John Stephen Goodman (born June 20, 1952) is an American actor. He rose to prominence in television before becoming an acclaimed and popular film actor. Goodman has received numerous accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Vanity Fair has called Goodman "among our very finest actors."

Goodman is known for his collaborations with the Coen brothers, acting in films such as Raising Arizona (1987), Barton Fink (1991), The Big Lebowski (1998), O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000), and Inside Llewyn Davis (2013). He took on leading roles in King Ralph (1991), The Babe (1992), Matinee (1993), The Flintstones (1994), and 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016). Goodman also had supporting roles in Revenge of the Nerds (1984), True Stories (1986), Sea of Love (1989), Bringing Out the Dead (1999), Storytelling (2001), Speed Racer (2008), The Artist (2011), Flight (2012), Argo (2012), The Hangover Part III (2013), and  Atomic Blonde (2017). He has voiced roles in The Emperor's New Groove franchise (2000–2008), the Monsters, Inc. franchise (2001–present), The Jungle Book 2 (2003), and Bee Movie (2007). On television, Goodman gained recognition by playing the family patriarch Dan Conner in the comedy series Roseanne (1988–1997; 2018) and The Conners (2018–present). Goodman had regular roles in the HBO drama series Treme (2010–2011), the legal drama series Damages (2011), the political comedy series Alpha House (2013–2014), and the HBO comedy series The Righteous Gemstones (2019–present). He has been a frequent host of Saturday Night Live (1989–2013) and has guest starred in The West Wing (2003–2004), Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (2006), and Community (2011–2012).  Goodman started his career at The Public Theatre, acting in numerous productions, including Henry IV, Part 1 (1981), The Skin of Our Teeth (1998), and The Seagull (2001). He made his Broadway debut in Big River (1985), for which Goodman received a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical nomination. He returned to Broadway in revivals of the Samuel Becket play Waiting for Godot (2009) and the newspaper comedy The Front Page (2016). Goodman debuted his West End in a revival of David Mamet's American Buffalo (2015).

Acting

2026

Judy

Unknown

2025

2025

2025

2025

2025

Smurfs

Papa Smurf (voice)

2023

2023

2023

Monarch: Legacy of Monsters

Bill Randa (archive footage)

2023

2021

The Freak Brothers

Fat Freddy Freekowtski (voice)

2021

Monsters at Work

Sulley (voice)

2019

2019

2019

2019

Captive State

William Mulligan

2018

The Conners

Dan Conner

2018

Black Earth Rising

Michael Ennis

2018

Black Baby

Walter Sobchak (archive footage)

2018

Black Baby

Walter Sobchak (archive footage)

2017

Atomic Blonde

Emmett Kurzfeld

2017

2017

2017

2017

2017

Bunyan and Babe

Paul Bunyan (voice)

2016

Patriots Day

Commisioner Ed Davis

2016

Ratchet & Clank

Grimroth (voice)

2016

2015

2015

Trumbo

Frank King

2015

2015

2015

2014

2014

2014

2014

Party Central

Sullivan (voice)

2014

The Monuments Men

Sgt. Walter Garfield

2013

2013

Inside Llewyn Davis

Roland Turner

2013

2013

Monsters University

Sullivan (voice)

2013

The Internship

Sammy Boscoe (uncredited)

2013

2013

Alpha House

Senator Gil John Biggs

2013

Milius

Self

2013

2012

Argo

John Chambers

2012

2012

2012

The Campaign

Congressman Scott Talley (uncredited)

2012

ParaNorman

Mr. Prenderghast (voice)

2012

Drunkboat

Mr. Fletcher

2012

2012

Flight

Harling Mays

2012

2011

2011

The Artist

Al Zimmer

2011

Red State

Joseph Keenan

2010

2010

2010

Treme

Creighton Bernette

2010

Treme

Unknown

2009

The Princess and the Frog

"Big Daddy" La Bouff (voice)

2009

Beyond All Boundaries

Capt. Edwin Simmons

2009

Alabama Moon

Mr. Wellington

2009

Pope Joan

Pope Sergius II.

2009

Community

Vice Dean Laybourne

2009

In the Electric Mist

Julie 'Baby Feet' Balboni

2009

2009

Girls Gone Gangsta

Mortimer J Hamm

2008

Gigantic

Happy's Father

2008

Speed Racer

Pops Racer

2007

Bee Movie

Layton T. Montgomery (voice)

2007

Death Sentence

Bones Darley

2007

The Pixar Story

James 'Sulley' Sullivan (voice) (archive footage)

2007

Damages

Howard Erickson

2007

Evan Almighty

Congressman Long

2007

2007

2007

Boulevard of Broken Dreams

Self (archive footage)

2006

2006

2006

Cars

Sullivan Truck (voice)

2006

2006

2005

Kronk's New Groove

Pacha (voice)

2005

2005

2004

Beyond the Sea

Steve Blauner

2004

2004

Father of the Pride

Larry (voice)

2004

Clifford's Really Big Movie

George Wolfsbottom (voice)

2004

2003

2003

Masked and Anonymous

Uncle Sweetheart

2003

2003

The Jungle Book 2

Baloo (voice)

2002

2002

2002

Mike's New Car

Sulley (voice)

2001

Storytelling

Marty Livingston

2001

Monsters, Inc.

Sullivan (voice)

2001

2001

2001

On the Edge

The Dean (segment "Happy Birthday")

2001

One Night at McCool's

Detective Dehling

2001

2000

2000

Normal, Ohio

William "Butch" Gamble

2000

Ed

Big Rudy

2000

2000

2000

2000

Pigs Next Door

Phil (voice)

2000

1999

1999

1999

1999

Now and Again

Michael Wiseman

1999

The West Wing

Glenallen Walken

1999

SpongeBob SquarePants

Santa Claus (voice)

1999

The Jack Bull

Judge Tolliver

1999

Futurama

Robot Santa Claus (voice)

1998

1998

1998

Dirty Work

Mayor Adrian Riggins (uncredited)

1998

The Big Lebowski

Walter Sobchak

1998

Blues Brothers 2000

Mighty Mack McTeer

1998

Fallen

Jonesy

1997

The Borrowers

Ocious P. Potter

1997

Soul Man

Capt. Stan Hamel

1997

King of the Hill

Tommy (voice)

1996

Mother Night

Major Frank Wirtanen

1996

1996

1996

Pie in the Sky

Alan Davenport

1996

1995

A Streetcar Named Desire

Harold 'Mitch' Mitchell

1995

1995

1994

1994

The Flintstones

Fred Flintstone

1994

The Hudsucker Proxy

Newsreel Announcer (voice)

1993

1993

Grace Under Fire

Police Officer

1993

1993

Born Yesterday

Harry Brock

1993

Matinee

Lawrence Woolsey

1992

Frosty Returns

Frosty the Snowman (voice)

1992

1992

The Babe

Babe Ruth

1991

Barton Fink

Charlie Meadows

1991

King Ralph

Ralph Hampton Gainesworth Jones

1990

Arachnophobia

Delbert McClintock

1990

Stella

Ed Munn

1990

1989

Always

Al Yackey

1989

The Simpsons

Meathook (voice)

1989

1988

1988

Roseanne

Dan Conner

1988

Punchline

John Krytsick

1988

1988

The Wrong Guys

Duke Earle

1988

Talking Heads: Storytelling Giant

Cowboy singer ("Wild Wild Life")

1987

Burglar

Detective Nyswander

1987

1986

The Big Easy

Andre DeSoto

1986

True Stories

Louis Fyne

1985

1985

The Equalizer

Harold Winter

1985

Moonlighting

Donald Chase

1984

C.H.U.D.

Cop in Diner

1984

1984

1983

Heart of Steel

Raymond Bohupinsky

1983

1983

1980

1975

1975

Saturday Night Live

Self - Cameo (uncredited)

1967

1962

1953

1944

Golden Globe Awards

Self - Winner

Infos

Full Name
John Goodman
Gender
Male
Date of Birth
6/20/1952
Also Known As

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ジョン・グッドマン

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جون غودمان

Джон Гудман

Джон Стівен Гудмен

Джон Гудмен

Karl Mundt

John Stephen Goodman

Jonathan Stephen "John" Goodman

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