John Goodman
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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). 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article John Goodman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Credits
Digger (2026)
as President Compson
Monsters, Inc. (2001)
as Sullivan (voice)
Kong: Skull Island (2017)
as Bill Randa
Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)
as Hound (voice)
Monsters University (2013)
as Sullivan (voice)
The Hangover Part III (2013)
as Marshall
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017)
as Igon Siruss (voice)
The Emperor's New Groove (2000)
as Pacha (voice)
Cars (2006)
as Sullivan Truck (voice)
Bee Movie (2007)
as Layton T. Montgomery (voice)
The Princess and the Frog (2009)
as "Big Daddy" La Bouff (voice)
Transformers: The Last Knight (2017)
as Hound (voice)
Flight (2012)
as Harling Mays
The Big Lebowski (1998)
as Walter Sobchak
Bringing Out the Dead (1999)
as Larry Verber
Smurfs (2025)
as Papa Smurf (voice)
Death Sentence (2007)
as Bones Darley
Atomic Blonde (2017)
as Emmett Kurzfeld
ParaNorman (2012)
as Mr. Prenderghast (voice)
10 Cloverfield Lane (2016)
as Howard
Argo (2012)
as John Chambers
Coyote Ugly (2000)
as Bill
The Gambler (2014)
as Frank
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
as Big Dan Teague
Speed Racer (2008)
as Pops
Fallen (1998)
as Jonesy
Love the Coopers (2015)
as Sam Cooper
The Flintstones (1994)
as Fred Flintstone
Kronk's New Groove (2005)
as Pacha (voice)
The Jungle Book 2 (2003)
as Baloo (voice)
The Artist (2011)
as Al Zimmer
Patriots Day (2016)
as Commisioner Ed Davis
Party Central (2014)
as Sullivan (voice)
Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009)
as Graham Bloomwood
Evan Almighty (2007)
as Congressman Long
Overnight (2003)
as Self
Burglar (1987)
as Detective Nyswander
Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)
as Roland Turner
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2011)
as Stan the Doorman
Chili Finger (2026)
as Blake Jr.
Dirty Deeds (2002)
as Tony
Trouble with the Curve (2012)
as Pete Klein
The Babe (1992)
as Babe Ruth
Raising Arizona (1987)
as Gale
The Monuments Men (2014)
as Sgt. Walter Garfield
The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)
as Newsreel Announcer (voice)
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle (2000)
as Oklahoma Cop
The Campaign (2012)
as Congressman Scott Talley (uncredited)
Once Upon a Time in Venice (2017)
as Dave Phillips
Skeletons (2027)
Actor
Discovering Bedrock (1999)
as Self
Trumbo (2015)
as Frank King
One Night at McCool's (2001)
as Detective Dehling
Barton Fink (1991)
as Charlie Meadows
Ratchet & Clank (2016)
as Grimroth (voice)
Sesame Street's 25th Birthday: A Musical Celebration (1993)
as Self (segment "New Way to Walk")
Sea of Love (1989)
as Sherman
Revenge of the Nerds (1984)
as Coach Harris
Captive State (2019)
as William Mulligan
Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain (2023)
as Narrator (voice)
Always (1989)
as Al Yackey
The Borrowers (1997)
as Ocious P. Potter
Inside 'Inside Llewyn Davis' (2014)
as Self
Arachnophobia (1990)
as Delbert McClintock
Red State (2011)
as Joseph Keenan
We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (1993)
as Rex (voice)
Mike's New Car (2002)
as Sulley (voice)
In the Electric Mist (2009)
as Julie 'Baby Feet' Balboni
C.H.U.D. (1984)
as Cop in Diner
Maria's Lovers (1984)
as Frank
Dirty Work (1998)
as Mayor Adrian Riggins (uncredited)
Everybody's All-American (1988)
as Lawrence
Blues Brothers 2000 (1998)
as Mighty Mack McTeer
A Holiday Short: Best Christmas Ever (2025)
as Doodle (voice)
Masked and Anonymous (2003)
as Uncle Sweetheart
Heart of Steel (1983)
as Raymond Bohupinsky
Speed Racer: Wonderful World of Racing - The Amazing Racer Family (2008)
as Pops Racer
Speed Racer: Car Fu (2008)
as Self
Chris Farley: Anything for a Laugh (2019)
as Self
Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle (2015)
as Hal Houston (voice)
What Planet Are You From? (2000)
as Roland Jones
You Don't Know Jack (2010)
as Neal Nicol
The Making of 'The Big Lebowski' (1998)
as Self
Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long (1995)
as Huey P. Long, Jr.
Pope Joan (2009)
as Pope Sergius II.
Bunyan and Babe (2017)
as Paul Bunyan (voice)
Happy Birthday, Bugs! 50 Looney Years (1990)
as Self
Matinee (1993)
as Lawrence Woolsey
The Pixar Story (2007)
as James 'Sulley' Sullivan (voice) (archive footage)
The Book of Manning (2013)
as Narrator
Tales of the Rat Fink (2006)
as Ed Roth (voice)
The Future Is Now (1992)
as Businessman
A Friend in New Orleans (1992)
as Himself
New Orleans: The First 300 Years (2017)
as Narrator
Punchline (1988)
as John Krytsick
A Streetcar Named Desire (1995)
as Harold 'Mitch' Mitchell
The Big Easy (1986)
as Andre DeSoto
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012)
as (archive footage)
Monsters Funday Football (2025)
as Sulley (Voice)
The Robber Bridegroom (1980)
as Townsperson
King Ralph (1991)
as Ralph
Easy Does It (2020)
as "Catfish" Crawford (voice)
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead (2015)
as Self - Actor
The Jack Bull (1999)
as Judge Tolliver
Girls Gone Gangsta (2009)
as Mortimer J Hamm
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie (1998)
as Santa Claus (voice)
Storytelling (2001)
as Marty Livingston
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School (2006)
as Steve Mills
It's a SpongeBob Christmas! (2012)
as Santa Claus
My First Mister (2001)
as Benjamin
Clifford's Really Big Movie (2004)
as George Wolfsbottom (voice)
Ole War Skule: The Story of Saturday Night (2011)
as Narrator
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special (1999)
as Self
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! (1994)
as Tough Guy Helpline Operator
The Survivors (1983)
as Commando
Eddie Macon's Run (1983)
as Mr. Hebert
Sweet Dreams (1985)
as Otis
Stella (1990)
as Ed Munn
Beyond the Sea (2004)
as Steve Blauner
Frosty Returns (1992)
as Frosty the Snowman (voice)
Born Yesterday (1993)
as Harry Brock
Gigantic (2008)
as Happy's Father
True Stories (1986)
as Louis Fyne
Alabama Moon (2009)
as Mr. Wellington
Mother Night (1996)
as Major Frank Wirtanen
Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast (2005)
as Self - Presenter
The Year Without a Santa Claus (2006)
as Santa Claus
Pie in the Sky (1996)
as Alan Davenport
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (1995)
as Self
Live from New York! (2015)
as Self
The Wrong Guys (1988)
as Duke Earle
The Sweatbox (2002)
as Self
Beyond All Boundaries (2009)
as Capt. Edwin Simmons
Milius (2013)
as Self
Wolfpack Only: The Hangover Retrospective (2013)
as Self
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation (2007)
as Self
All Star Bowling Trick Shots (2012)
Actor
Drunkboat (2012)
as Mr. Fletcher
Not So Fast, My Friend: A Lee Corso Special (2025)
as Self (archive footage)
The Firesign Theatre: Weirdly Cool (2001)
as Self
All-Stars (2014)
as Himself
Tom & Jerry's 50th Birthday Bash (1990)
as Self - Host
Talking Heads: Storytelling Giant (1988)
as Cowboy singer ("Wild Wild Life")
When Dinosaurs Roamed America (2001)
as Narrator
The Real Macaw (1998)
as Mac (voice)
Evolution Within Extinction (2014)
as Self
Freshman Orientation (2004)
as Rodney
The Runner (1999)
as Deepthroat
Murder Ordained (1987)
as Hugh Rayburn
The Face of Rage (1983)
as Fred
On the Edge (2001)
as The Dean (segment "Happy Birthday")
Fats Domino: Walkin' Back to New Orleans (2008)
as Narrator (voice)
The Artist: The Making of an American Romance (2012)
as Self
Real Life (2018)
as Louis Fyne
The Mystery of the Morro Castle (1980)
as Telegraph Operator
Dancing Outlaw II: Jesco Goes to Hollywood (1999)
as Himself
The Internship (2013)
as Sammy Boscoe (uncredited)