John Goodman
Acting
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).
A Holiday Short: Best Christmas Ever
as Doodle (voice)
Age 73
Not So Fast, My Friend: A Lee Corso Special
as Self (archive footage)
Age 73
Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain
as Narrator (voice)
Age 71 (now 73)
Chris Farley: Anything for a Laugh
as Self
Age 66 (now 73)
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
as Igon Siruss (voice)
Age 65 (now 73)
Transformers: The Last Knight
as Hound (voice)
Age 64 (now 73)
Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle
as Hal Houston (voice)
Age 62 (now 73)
Transformers: Age of Extinction
as Hound (voice)
Age 62 (now 73)
Wolfpack Only: The Hangover Retrospective
as Self
Age 61 (now 73)
The Artist: The Making of an American Romance
as Self
Age 60 (now 73)
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
as (archive footage)
Age 59 (now 73)
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
as Stan the Doorman
Age 59 (now 73)
Ole War Skule: The Story of Saturday Night
as Narrator
Age 59 (now 73)
The Princess and the Frog
as "Big Daddy" La Bouff (voice)
Age 57 (now 73)
Confessions of a Shopaholic
as Graham Bloomwood
Age 56 (now 73)
Fats Domino: Walkin' Back to New Orleans
as Narrator (voice)
Age 56 (now 73)
Speed Racer: Wonderful World of Racing - The Amazing Racer Family
as Pops Racer
Age 55 (now 73)
The Pixar Story
as James 'Sulley' Sullivan (voice) (archive footage)
Age 55 (now 73)
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation
as Self
Age 54 (now 73)
The Year Without a Santa Claus
as Santa Claus
Age 54 (now 73)
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
as Steve Mills
Age 53 (now 73)
Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast
as Self - Presenter
Age 53 (now 73)
Clifford's Really Big Movie
as George Wolfsbottom (voice)
Age 51 (now 73)
The Firesign Theatre: Weirdly Cool
as Self
Age 48 (now 73)
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
as Oklahoma Cop
Age 48 (now 73)
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
as Self
Age 47 (now 73)
Dancing Outlaw II: Jesco Goes to Hollywood
as Himself
Age 46 (now 73)
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie
as Santa Claus (voice)
Age 46 (now 73)
A Streetcar Named Desire
as Harold 'Mitch' Mitchell
Age 43 (now 73)
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
as Self
Age 42 (now 73)
Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long
as Huey P. Long, Jr.
Age 42 (now 73)
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
as Tough Guy Helpline Operator
Age 41 (now 73)
We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story
as Rex (voice)
Age 41 (now 73)
Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration
as Self (segment "New Way to Walk")
Age 41 (now 73)
Tom & Jerry's 50th Birthday Bash
as Self - Host
Age 38 (now 73)
Talking Heads: Storytelling Giant
as Cowboy singer ("Wild Wild Life")
Age 35 (now 73)
The Mystery of the Morro Castle
as Telegraph Operator
Age 27 (now 73)
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self
Age 71 (now 73)
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters
as Bill Randa (archive footage)
Age 71 (now 73)
The Freak Brothers
as Fat Freddy Freekowtski (voice)
Age 69 (now 73)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self - Guest
Age 61 (now 73)
Boulevard of Broken Dreams
as Self (archive footage)
Age 54 (now 73)
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
as Judge Robert Bebe
Age 54 (now 73)
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
as Self
Age 52 (now 73)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
Age 41 (now 73)
Saturday Night Live
as Nathan Barnett (uncredited)
Age 23 (now 73) Saturday Night Live
as Linda Tripp (voice) (uncredited)
Age 23 (now 73) Saturday Night Live
as Self - Various Characters (uncredited)
Age 23 (now 73) Saturday Night Live
as The Ghost of SNL Hosts Presents (uncredited)
Age 23 (now 73)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
Age 10 (now 73)
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Also Known As
Karl Mundt, John Stephen Goodman, Jonathan Stephen Goodman
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