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 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 Le
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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Born
Jun 20, 1952
Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
Known For
Acting
Movies
157 acting
1 crew
Popularity
5.1
Known For
Monsters, Inc.
2001
as Sullivan (voice)
Kong: Skull Island
2017
as Bill Randa
Cars
2006
as Sullivan Truck (voice)
The Hangover Part III
2013
as Marshall
The Emperor's New Groove
2000
as Pacha (voice)
Monsters University
2013
as Sullivan (voice)
The Princess and the Frog
2009
as "Big Daddy" La Bouff (voice)
10 Cloverfield Lane
2016
as Howard
The Big Lebowski
1998
as Walter Sobchak
Transformers: Age of Extinction
2014
as Hound (voice)
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