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 L
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).
Born
Jun 20, 1952
Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
Known For
Acting
Movies
154 acting
1 crew
Popularity
3.2
Known For
Monsters, Inc.
2001
as Sullivan (voice)
Cars
2006
as Sullivan Truck (voice)
Transformers: Age of Extinction
2014
as Hound (voice)
Kong: Skull Island
2017
as Bill Randa
Monsters University
2013
as Sullivan (voice)
The Princess and the Frog
2009
as "Big Daddy" La Bouff (voice)
The Emperor's New Groove
2000
as Pacha (voice)
The Big Lebowski
1998
as Walter Sobchak
Transformers: The Last Knight
2017
as Hound (voice)
Smurfs
2025
as Papa Smurf (voice)
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