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