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