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John Goodman
Actor

John Goodman

20 Jun 1952Born
74Age
168Credits
Saint Louis, Missouri, USABirthplace

Biography

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 various accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Vanity Fair has called him "among our very finest actors".

Goodman is known for his collaborations with the Coen brothers, appearing in films such as Raising Arizona (1987), Barton Fink (1991), The Big Lebowski (1998), and O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000), and Inside Llewyn Davis (2013).

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He took leading roles in King Ralph (1991), The Babe (1992), Matinee (1993), The Flintstones (1994), and 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016) as well as supporting roles in Revenge of the Nerds (1984), True Stories (1986),  Bringing Out the Dead (1999), Evan Almighty (2007), Speed Racer (2008), The Artist (2011), Flight (2012), Argo (2012), and Atomic Blonde (2017). He voiced roles in The Emperor's New Groove franchise (2000–2008), the Monsters, Inc. franchise (2001–present), Bee Movie (2007) and Smurfs (2025).

On television, Goodman gained recognition playing the family patriarch Dan Conner in the ABC comedy series Roseanne (1988–1997; 2018), and The Conners (2018–2025). Goodman has played an English professor in the drama series Treme (2010–2011), a military contractor in the legal drama series Damages (2011), a Republican senator in the political satire Alpha House (2013–2014), and a televangelist in the comedy series The Righteous Gemstones (2019–2025). He also guest-starred in The West Wing (2003–2004), Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (2006), and Community (2011–2012), and is a member of the Five Timers Club, having hosted Saturday Night Live 13 times from 1989 to 2013. 

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 Beckett play Waiting for Godot (2009), and the newspaper comedy The Front Page (2016). Goodman made his West End debut in a revival of David Mamet's American Buffalo (2015).

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Known for

Filmography

The 80 most recent of 168 credits.

  1. 2027SkeletonsFilm
  2. 2026DiggerFilm: President Compson
  3. 2026Chili FingerFilm: Blake Jr.
  4. 2025Monsters Funday FootballFilm: Sulley (Voice)
  5. 2025A Holiday Short: Best Christmas EverFilm: Doodle (voice)
  6. 2025SmurfsFilm: Papa Smurf (voice)
  7. 2023Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy MountainFilm: Narrator (voice)
  8. 2023Monarch: Legacy of MonstersSeries: Bill Randa, Bill Randa (archive footage) (1 episode)
  9. 2021The Freak BrothersSeries: Fat Freddy Freekowtski (voice) (22 episodes)
  10. 2021Monsters at WorkSeries: Sulley (voice) (18 episodes)
  11. 2020Easy Does ItFilm: "Catfish" Crawford (voice)
  12. 2019The Righteous GemstonesSeries: Eli Gemstone (36 episodes)
  13. 2019Captive StateFilm: William Mulligan
  14. 2018Real LifeFilm: Louis Fyne
  15. 2018The ConnersSeries: Dan Conner (112 episodes)
  16. 2018Black Earth RisingSeries: Michael Ennis (8 episodes)
  17. 2017Atomic BlondeFilm: Emmett Kurzfeld
  18. 2017Valerian and the City of a Thousand PlanetsFilm: Igon Siruss (voice)
  19. 2017Transformers: The Last KnightFilm: Hound (voice)
  20. 2017Once Upon a Time in VeniceFilm: Dave Phillips
  21. 2017Kong: Skull IslandFilm: Bill Randa
  22. 2017Bunyan and BabeFilm: Paul Bunyan (voice)
  23. 2017New Orleans: The First 300 YearsFilm: Narrator
  24. 2016Patriots DayFilm: Commisioner Ed Davis
  25. 2016Ratchet & ClankFilm: Grimroth (voice)
  26. 201610 Cloverfield LaneFilm: Howard
  27. 2015Love the CoopersFilm: Sam Cooper
  28. 2015TrumboFilm: Frank King
  29. 2015Curious George 3: Back to the JungleFilm: Hal Houston (voice)
  30. 2014The GamblerFilm: Frank
  31. 2014Transformers: Age of ExtinctionFilm: Hound (voice)
  32. 2014Party CentralFilm: Sullivan (voice)
  33. 2014The Monuments MenFilm: Sgt. Walter Garfield
  34. 2013Inside Llewyn DavisFilm: Roland Turner
  35. 2013The Book of ManningFilm: Narrator
  36. 2013Monsters UniversityFilm: Sullivan (voice)
  37. 2013The InternshipFilm: Sammy Boscoe (uncredited)
  38. 2013The Hangover Part IIIFilm: Marshall
  39. 2013Alpha HouseSeries: Senator Gil John Biggs (21 episodes)
  40. 2013Dancing on the EdgeSeries: Masterson (5 episodes)
  41. 2012It's a SpongeBob Christmas!Film: Santa Claus
  42. 2012ArgoFilm: John Chambers
  43. 2012Trouble with the CurveFilm: Pete Klein
  44. 2012The CampaignFilm: Congressman Scott Talley (uncredited)
  45. 2012ParaNormanFilm: Mr. Prenderghast (voice)
  46. 2012DrunkboatFilm: Mr. Fletcher
  47. 2012FlightFilm: Harling Mays
  48. 2012Final Cut: Ladies and GentlemenFilm: (archive footage)
  49. 2012All Star Bowling Trick ShotsFilm
  50. 2011Extremely Loud & Incredibly CloseFilm: Stan the Doorman
  51. 2011The ArtistFilm: Al Zimmer
  52. 2011Ole War Skule: The Story of Saturday NightFilm: Narrator
  53. 2011Red StateFilm: Joseph Keenan
  54. 2010You Don't Know JackFilm: Neal Nicol
  55. 2010Best Food Ever Series: Narrator (6 episodes)
  56. 2010TremeSeries: Creighton Bernette (9 episodes)
  57. 2009The Princess and the FrogFilm: "Big Daddy" La Bouff (voice)
  58. 2009Beyond All BoundariesFilm: Capt. Edwin Simmons
  59. 2009Alabama MoonFilm: Mr. Wellington
  60. 2009Pope JoanFilm: Pope Sergius II.
  61. 2009CommunitySeries: Vice Dean Laybourne (6 episodes)
  62. 2009In the Electric MistFilm: Julie 'Baby Feet' Balboni
  63. 2009Confessions of a ShopaholicFilm: Graham Bloomwood
  64. 2009Girls Gone GangstaFilm: Mortimer J Hamm
  65. 2008Fats Domino: Walkin' Back to New OrleansFilm: Narrator (voice)
  66. 2008GiganticFilm: Happy's Father
  67. 2008Speed RacerFilm: Pops
  68. 2008Speed Racer: Wonderful World of Racing - The Amazing Racer FamilyFilm: Pops Racer
  69. 2007Death SentenceFilm: Bones Darley
  70. 2007The Pixar StoryFilm: James 'Sulley' Sullivan (voice) (archive footage)
  71. 2007DamagesSeries: Howard Erickson (10 episodes)
  72. 2007Evan AlmightyFilm: Congressman Long
  73. 2006The Year Without a Santa ClausFilm: Santa Claus
  74. 2006Studio 60 on the Sunset StripSeries: Judge Robert Bebe (2 episodes)
  75. 2006CarsFilm: Sullivan Truck (voice)
  76. 2006Tales of the Rat FinkFilm: Ed Roth (voice)
  77. 2006The Emperor's New SchoolSeries: Pacha (voice) (57 episodes)
  78. 2006Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm SchoolFilm: Steve Mills
  79. 2005Kronk's New GrooveFilm: Pacha (voice)
  80. 2004Beyond the SeaFilm: Steve Blauner

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