John Goodman
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 20, 1952 (age 74)
- Birthplace
- Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
Biography
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.
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Filmography
Monsters, Inc. 3
Movie · as Sullivan (voice)
Skeletons
Movie
Digger
Movie · as President Compson
Chili Finger
Movie · as Blake Jr.
Smurfs
Movie · as Papa Smurf (voice)
Not So Fast, My Friend: A Lee Corso Special
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Monsters Funday Football
Movie · as Sulley (Voice)
A Holiday Short: Best Christmas Ever
Movie · as Doodle (voice)
Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters
TV · as Bill Randa, Bill Randa (archive footage) · 1 ep
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Freak Brothers
TV · as Fat Freddy Freekowtski (voice) · 22 eps
Monsters at Work
TV · as Sulley (voice) · 18 eps
Easy Does It
Movie · as "Catfish" Crawford (voice)
Captive State
Movie · as William Mulligan
Chris Farley: Anything for a Laugh
Movie · as Self
Biography: Comedy Icons
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Righteous Gemstones
TV · as Eli Gemstone · 36 eps
Real Life
Movie · as Louis Fyne
The Conners
TV · as Dan Conner · 112 eps
Black Earth Rising
TV · as Michael Ennis · 8 eps
New Orleans: The First 300 Years
Movie · as Narrator
Transformers: The Last Knight
Movie · as Hound (voice)
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
Movie · as Igon Siruss (voice)
Kong: Skull Island
Movie · as Bill Randa
Atomic Blonde
Movie · as Emmett Kurzfeld
Bunyan and Babe
Movie · as Paul Bunyan (voice)
Once Upon a Time in Venice
Movie · as Dave Phillips
10 Cloverfield Lane
Movie · as Howard
Ratchet & Clank
Movie · as Grimroth (voice)
Patriots Day
Movie · as Commisioner Ed Davis
Trumbo
Movie · as Frank King
Love the Coopers
Movie · as Sam Cooper
Live from New York!
Movie · as Self
Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle
Movie · as Hal Houston (voice)
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead
Movie · as Self - Actor
The Monuments Men
Movie · as Sgt. Walter Garfield
Party Central
Movie · as Sullivan (voice)
Transformers: Age of Extinction
Movie · as Hound (voice)
Inside 'Inside Llewyn Davis'
Movie · as Self
The Gambler
Movie · as Frank
Evolution Within Extinction
Movie · as Self
All-Stars
Movie · as Himself
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps
Off Camera with Sam Jones
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Monsters University
Movie · as Sullivan (voice)
Inside Llewyn Davis
Movie · as Roland Turner
The Hangover Part III
Movie · as Marshall
The Internship
Movie · as Sammy Boscoe (uncredited)
Milius
Movie · as Self
Wolfpack Only: The Hangover Retrospective
Movie · as Self
The Book of Manning
Movie · as Narrator
Alpha House
TV · as Senator Gil John Biggs · 21 eps
Dancing on the Edge
TV · as Masterson · 5 eps
Argo
Movie · as John Chambers
Drunkboat
Movie · as Mr. Fletcher
ParaNorman
Movie · as Mr. Prenderghast (voice)
Trouble with the Curve
Movie · as Pete Klein
Flight
Movie · as Harling Mays
It's a SpongeBob Christmas!
Movie · as Santa Claus
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Movie · as (archive footage)
All Star Bowling Trick Shots
Movie
The Campaign
Movie · as Congressman Scott Talley (uncredited)
The Artist: The Making of an American Romance
Movie · as Self
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Movie · as Stan the Doorman
Red State
Movie · as Joseph Keenan
The Artist
Movie · as Al Zimmer
Ole War Skule: The Story of Saturday Night
Movie · as Narrator
You Don't Know Jack
Movie · as Neal Nicol
Treme
TV · as Creighton Bernette · 9 eps
Best Food Ever
TV · as Narrator · 6 eps
The Princess and the Frog
Movie · as "Big Daddy" La Bouff (voice)
Confessions of a Shopaholic
Movie · as Graham Bloomwood
Pope Joan
Movie · as Pope Sergius II.
In the Electric Mist
Movie · as Julie 'Baby Feet' Balboni
Alabama Moon
Movie · as Mr. Wellington
Girls Gone Gangsta
Movie · as Mortimer J Hamm
Beyond All Boundaries
Movie · as Capt. Edwin Simmons
The Station
Movie · as Ted Gannon
Community
TV · as Vice Dean Laybourne · 6 eps
Speed Racer
Movie · as Pops
Gigantic
Movie · as Happy's Father
Fats Domino: Walkin' Back to New Orleans
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Speed Racer: Wonderful World of Racing - The Amazing Racer Family
Movie · as Pops Racer
Speed Racer: Car Fu
Movie · as Self
A Sewer Runs Through It
Movie · as Narrator
Evan Almighty
Movie · as Congressman Long
Bee Movie
Movie · as Layton T. Montgomery (voice)
Death Sentence
Movie · as Bones Darley
The Pixar Story
Movie · as James 'Sulley' Sullivan (voice) (archive footage)
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation
Movie · as Self
Damages
TV · as Howard Erickson · 10 eps
Boulevard of Broken Dreams
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
Tales of the Rat Fink
Movie · as Ed Roth (voice)
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
Movie · as Steve Mills
Cars
Movie · as Sullivan Truck (voice)
The Year Without a Santa Claus
Movie · as Santa Claus
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
TV · as Judge Robert Bebe · 2 eps
The Emperor's New School
TV · as Pacha (voice) · 57 eps
Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast
Movie · as Self - Presenter
Kronk's New Groove
Movie · as Pacha (voice)
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Beyond the Sea
Movie · as Steve Blauner
Freshman Orientation
Movie · as Rodney
Clifford's Really Big Movie
Movie · as George Wolfsbottom (voice)
Father of the Pride
TV · as Larry (voice) · 13 eps
Center of the Universe
TV · as John Barnett · 10 eps
Masked and Anonymous
Movie · as Uncle Sweetheart
The Jungle Book 2
Movie · as Baloo (voice)
Overnight
Movie · as Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Dirty Deeds
Movie · as Tony
Mike's New Car
Movie · as Sulley (voice)
The Sweatbox
Movie · as Self
Monsters, Inc.
Movie · as Sullivan (voice)
One Night at McCool's
Movie · as Detective Dehling
My First Mister
Movie · as Benjamin
When Dinosaurs Roamed America
Movie · as Narrator
On the Edge
Movie · as The Dean (segment "Happy Birthday")
Storytelling
Movie · as Marty Livingston
The Firesign Theatre: Weirdly Cool
Movie · as Self
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Movie · as Big Dan Teague
What Planet Are You From?
Movie · as Roland Jones
The Emperor's New Groove
Movie · as Pacha (voice)
Coyote Ugly
Movie · as Bill
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
Movie · as Oklahoma Cop
Ed
TV · as Big Rudy · 1 ep
Normal, Ohio
TV · as William "Butch" Gamble · 12 eps
Pigs Next Door
TV · as Phil (voice) · 13 eps
Bringing Out the Dead
Movie · as Larry Verber
The Jack Bull
Movie · as Judge Tolliver
Dancing Outlaw II: Jesco Goes to Hollywood
Movie · as Himself
The Runner
Movie · as Deepthroat
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
Movie · as Self
Discovering Bedrock
Movie · as Self
Now and Again
TV · as Michael Wiseman · 1 ep
Futurama
TV · as Robot Santa Claus (voice) · 1 ep
SpongeBob SquarePants
TV · as Santa Claus (voice) · 1 ep
The West Wing
TV · as Glenallen Walken · 4 eps
The Big Lebowski
Movie · as Walter Sobchak
Blues Brothers 2000
Movie · as Mighty Mack McTeer
Fallen
Movie · as Jonesy
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie
Movie · as Santa Claus (voice)
Dirty Work
Movie · as Mayor Adrian Riggins (uncredited)
The Real Macaw
Movie · as Mac (voice)
The Making of 'The Big Lebowski'
Movie · as Self
The Borrowers
Movie · as Ocious P. Potter
King of the Hill
TV · as Tommy (voice) · 1 ep
Soul Man
TV · as Capt. Stan Hamel · 25 eps
Mother Night
Movie · as Major Frank Wirtanen
Pie in the Sky
Movie · as Alan Davenport
Muppets Tonight
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Saturday Night Special
TV · 1 ep
Ruby Wax Meets
TV · 1 ep
A Streetcar Named Desire
Movie · as Harold 'Mitch' Mitchell
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Movie · as Self
Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long
Movie · as Huey P. Long, Jr.
The Flintstones
Movie · as Fred Flintstone
The Hudsucker Proxy
Movie · as Newsreel Announcer (voice)
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
Movie · as Tough Guy Helpline Operator
Inside the Actors Studio
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Downwardly Mobile
TV · 7 eps
Matinee
Movie · as Lawrence Woolsey
Born Yesterday
Movie · as Harry Brock
We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story
Movie · as Rex (voice)
Sesame Street's 25th Birthday: A Musical Celebration
Movie · as Self (segment "New Way to Walk")
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
Grace Under Fire
TV · as Police Officer · 1 ep
Frosty Returns
Movie · as Frosty the Snowman (voice)
The Babe
Movie · as Babe Ruth
A Friend in New Orleans
Movie · as Himself
The Future Is Now
Movie · as Businessman
The Jackie Thomas Show
TV · as Dan Conner · 1 ep
Barton Fink
Movie · as Charlie Meadows
King Ralph
Movie · as Ralph
Arachnophobia
Movie · as Delbert McClintock
Stella
Movie · as Ed Munn
Tom & Jerry's 50th Birthday Bash
Movie · as Self - Host
Happy Birthday, Bugs! 50 Looney Years
Movie · as Self
Grand
TV · as Red · 1 ep
American Chronicles
TV · as self · 1 ep
Always
Movie · as Al Yackey
Sea of Love
Movie · as Sherman
The Simpsons
TV · as Meathook (voice) · 1 ep
The Wrong Guys
Movie · as Duke Earle
Everybody's All-American
Movie · as Lawrence
Punchline
Movie · as John Krytsick
Talking Heads: Storytelling Giant
Movie · as Cowboy singer ("Wild Wild Life")
Roseanne
TV · as Dan Conner · 231 eps
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Raising Arizona
Movie · as Gale
Burglar
Movie · as Detective Nyswander
Murder Ordained
Movie · as Hugh Rayburn
Murder Ordained
TV · as Hugh Rayburn · 2 eps
The Big Easy
Movie · as Andre DeSoto
True Stories
Movie · as Louis Fyne
Sweet Dreams
Movie · as Otis
Moonlighting
TV · as Donald Chase · 1 ep
The Equalizer
TV · as Harold Winter · 1 ep
Revenge of the Nerds
Movie · as Coach Harris
Maria's Lovers
Movie · as Frank
C.H.U.D.
Movie · as Cop in Diner
The Survivors
Movie · as Commando
The Face of Rage
Movie · as Fred
Heart of Steel
Movie · as Raymond Bohupinsky
Eddie Macon's Run
Movie · as Mr. Hebert
The Mystery of the Morro Castle
Movie · as Telegraph Operator
The Robber Bridegroom
Movie · as Townsperson
Saturday Night Live
TV · as Self - Host, Self - Cameo (uncredited), Self (uncredited), Linda Tripp (uncredited), Nathan Barnett (uncredited), The Ghost of SNL Hosts Presents (uncredited), Linda Tripp (voice) (uncredited), Self - Various Characters (uncredited) · 13 eps
CMA Awards
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Golden Globe Awards
TV · as Self - Winner · 1 ep