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).
Known for
The Simpsons
Meathook (voice)
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters
Bill Randa
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters
Bill Randa (archive footage)
Futurama
Robot Santa Claus (voice)
The West Wing
Glenallen Walken
King of the Hill
Tommy (voice)
Community
Vice Dean Laybourne
Monsters, Inc.
Sullivan (voice)
Damages
Howard Erickson
The Equalizer
Harold Winter
Moonlighting
Donald Chase
Transformers: Age of Extinction
Hound (voice)
Argo
John Chambers
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Self
The Emperor's New Groove
Pacha (voice)
SpongeBob SquarePants
Santa Claus (voice)
The Conners
Dan Conner
The Oscars
Self
Smurfs
Papa Smurf (voice)
The Princess and the Frog
"Big Daddy" La Bouff (voice)
Cars
Sullivan Truck (voice)
The Righteous Gemstones
Eli Gemstone
Monsters University
Sullivan (voice)
The Campaign
Congressman Scott Talley (uncredited)
We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story
Rex (voice)
Trumbo
Frank King
Kong: Skull Island
Bill Randa
C.H.U.D.
Cop in Diner
The Year Without a Santa Claus
Santa Claus
Monsters at Work
Sulley (voice)
The Emperor's New School
Pacha (voice)
The Artist
Al Zimmer
Raising Arizona
Gale
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
(archive footage)
The Big Lebowski
Walter Sobchak
The Flintstones
Fred Flintstone
Real Life
Louis Fyne
Ed
Big Rudy
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
Igon Siruss (voice)
Barton Fink
Charlie Meadows
Flight
Harling Mays
Grace Under Fire
Police Officer
Evan Almighty
Congressman Long
The Artist: The Making of an American Romance
Self
Transformers: The Last Knight
Hound (voice)
A Streetcar Named Desire
Harold 'Mitch' Mitchell
Eddie Macon's Run
Mr. Hebert
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
Tough Guy Helpline Operator
Patriots Day
Commisioner Ed Davis
Atomic Blonde
Emmett Kurzfeld
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation
Self
10 Cloverfield Lane
Howard
Death Sentence
Bones Darley
The Pixar Story
James 'Sulley' Sullivan (voice) (archive footage)
Talking Heads: Storytelling Giant
Cowboy singer ("Wild Wild Life")
The Survivors
Commando
Treme
Treme
Creighton Bernette
Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain
Narrator (voice)
The Hangover Part III
Marshall
In the Electric Mist
Julie 'Baby Feet' Balboni
ParaNorman
Mr. Prenderghast (voice)
Bee Movie
Layton T. Montgomery (voice)
The Borrowers
Ocious P. Potter
Speed Racer
Pops Racer
Fallen
Jonesy
True Stories
Louis Fyne
All Star Bowling Trick Shots
Sweet Dreams
Otis
Inside Llewyn Davis
Roland Turner
CMA Awards
Self
The Hudsucker Proxy
Newsreel Announcer (voice)
Frosty Returns
Frosty the Snowman (voice)
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
Judge Robert Bebe
Alabama Moon
Mr. Wellington
Grand
Red
The Monuments Men
Sgt. Walter Garfield
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Big Dan Teague
Muppets Tonight
Self
Storytelling
Marty Livingston
Roseanne
Dan Conner
Once Upon a Time in Venice
Dave Phillips
Soul Man
Capt. Stan Hamel
Punchline
John Krytsick
Coyote Ugly
Bill
Milius
Self
The Jackie Thomas Show
Dan Conner
Confessions of a Shopaholic
Graham Bloomwood
Wolfpack Only: The Hangover Retrospective
Self
Father of the Pride
Larry (voice)
Tom & Jerry's 50th Birthday Bash
Self - Host
Kronk's New Groove
Pacha (voice)
The Freak Brothers
Fat Freddy Freekowtski (voice)
Black Earth Rising
Michael Ennis
The Jungle Book 2
Baloo (voice)
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead
Self - Actor
Alpha House
Senator Gil John Biggs
Now and Again
Now and Again
Michael Wiseman
Always
Al Yackey
Ruby Wax Meets
Dirty Work
Mayor Adrian Riggins (uncredited)
Pope Joan
Pope Sergius II.
The Gambler
Frank
Sea of Love
Sherman
Captive State
William Mulligan
Evolution Within Extinction
Self
Mother Night
Major Frank Wirtanen
Dancing on the Edge
Masterson
Digger
Bringing Out the Dead
Larry Verber
Red State
Joseph Keenan
Center of the Universe
John Barnett
Trouble with the Curve
Pete Klein
Love the Coopers
Sam Cooper
On the Edge
The Dean (segment "Happy Birthday")
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
Steve Mills
Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast
Self - Presenter
Blues Brothers 2000
Mighty Mack McTeer
Pigs Next Door
Phil (voice)
Pie in the Sky
Alan Davenport
Beyond the Sea
Steve Blauner
The Real Macaw
Mac (voice)
Revenge of the Nerds
Coach Harris
Arachnophobia
Delbert McClintock
Ratchet & Clank
Grimroth (voice)
Beyond All Boundaries
Capt. Edwin Simmons
You Don't Know Jack
Neal Nicol
The Jack Bull
Judge Tolliver
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie
Santa Claus (voice)
Mike's New Car
Sulley (voice)
The Firesign Theatre: Weirdly Cool
Self
All-Stars
Himself
The Big Easy
Andre DeSoto
Maria's Lovers
Frank
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Stan the Doorman
Saturday Night Special
Normal, Ohio
William "Butch" Gamble
Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Self (archive footage)
Biography: Comedy Icons
Self
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
Oklahoma Cop
Chiefs
Newt 'Tub' Murray
Party Central
Sullivan (voice)
Matinee
Lawrence Woolsey
Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle
Hal Houston (voice)
Live from New York!
Self
King Ralph
Ralph Hampton Gainesworth Jones
Clifford's Really Big Movie
George Wolfsbottom (voice)
Murder Ordained
Hugh Rayburn
Downwardly Mobile
The Babe
Babe Ruth
Burglar
Detective Nyswander
What Planet Are You From?
Roland Jones
Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration
Self (segment "New Way to Walk")
Masked and Anonymous
Uncle Sweetheart
Born Yesterday
Harry Brock
My First Mister
Benjamin
One Night at McCool's
Detective Dehling
Chili Finger
Dancing Outlaw II: Jesco Goes to Hollywood
Himself
Murder Ordained
Hugh Rayburn
Gigantic
Happy's Father
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
Self
Everybody's All-American
Lawrence
Stella
Ed Munn
It's a SpongeBob Christmas!
Santa Claus
Tales of the Rat Fink
Ed Roth (voice)
The Runner
Deepthroat
The Wrong Guys
Duke Earle
Chris Farley: Anything for a Laugh
Self
Bunyan and Babe
Paul Bunyan (voice)
Best Food Ever
Narrator
Overnight
Self
The Sweatbox
Self
Freshman Orientation
Rodney
Dirty Deeds
Tony
Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long
Huey P. Long, Jr.
Monsters, Inc. 3
Sullivan (voice)
Easy Does It
"Catfish" Crawford (voice)
The Face of Rage
Fred
Inside 'Inside Llewyn Davis'
Self
The Robber Bridegroom
Townsperson
The Internship
Sammy Boscoe (uncredited)
When Dinosaurs Roamed America
Narrator
A Holiday Short: Best Christmas Ever
Doodle (voice)
Speed Racer: Wonderful World of Racing - The Amazing Racer Family
Pops Racer
Monsters Funday Football
Sulley (Voice)
Not So Fast, My Friend: A Lee Corso Special
Self (archive footage)
Girls Gone Gangsta
Mortimer J Hamm
Drunkboat
Mr. Fletcher
The Making of 'The Big Lebowski'
Self
Heart of Steel
Raymond Bohupinsky
Fats Domino: Walkin' Back to New Orleans
Narrator (voice)
The Book of Manning
Narrator
New Orleans: The First 300 Years
Narrator
The Mystery of the Morro Castle
Telegraph Operator
Discovering Bedrock
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
Speed Racer: Car Fu
Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Self
Ole War Skule: The Story of Saturday Night
Narrator
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
Saturday Night Live
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Winner
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Self
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
Inside the Actors Studio
Self