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John Goodman

John Goodman

Acting June 20, 1952 (74 years old) 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.

Movies 160

Digger 7.5

Digger

as President Compson

2026
Monsters, Inc. 7.9

Monsters, Inc.

as Sullivan (voice)

2001
The Emperor's New Groove 7.6

The Emperor's New Groove

as Pacha (voice)

2000
The Big Lebowski 7.9

The Big Lebowski

as Walter Sobchak

1998
The Princess and the Frog 7.2

The Princess and the Frog

as "Big Daddy" La Bouff (voice)

2009
Kong: Skull Island 6.6

Kong: Skull Island

as Bill Randa

2017
Transformers: Age of Extinction 6.0

Transformers: Age of Extinction

as Hound (voice)

2014
Cars 7.1

Cars

as Sullivan Truck (voice)

2006
Monsters University 7.1

Monsters University

as Sullivan (voice)

2013
Flight 6.9

Flight

as Harling Mays

2012
The Hangover Part III 6.2

The Hangover Part III

as Marshall

2013
Transformers: The Last Knight 6.1

Transformers: The Last Knight

as Hound (voice)

2017
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets 6.7

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

as Igon Siruss (voice)

2017
Bee Movie 6.1

Bee Movie

as Layton T. Montgomery (voice)

2007
ParaNorman 7.1

ParaNorman

as Mr. Prenderghast (voice)

2012
O Brother, Where Art Thou? 7.3

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

as Big Dan Teague

2000
Argo 7.3

Argo

as John Chambers

2012
Smurfs 5.7

Smurfs

as Papa Smurf (voice)

2025
10 Cloverfield Lane 7.0

10 Cloverfield Lane

as Howard

2016
Atomic Blonde 6.4

Atomic Blonde

as Emmett Kurzfeld

2017
The Flintstones 5.4

The Flintstones

as Fred Flintstone

1994
Fallen 6.8

Fallen

as Jonesy

1998
Coyote Ugly 6.3

Coyote Ugly

as Bill

2000
Speed Racer 6.4

Speed Racer

as Pops

2008
Evan Almighty 5.6

Evan Almighty

as Congressman Long

2007
The Artist 7.4

The Artist

as Al Zimmer

2011
Inside Llewyn Davis 7.2

Inside Llewyn Davis

as Roland Turner

2013
Confessions of a Shopaholic 6.5

Confessions of a Shopaholic

as Graham Bloomwood

2009
Kronk's New Groove 6.4

Kronk's New Groove

as Pacha (voice)

2005
Love the Coopers 6.0

Love the Coopers

as Sam Cooper

2015
The Jungle Book 2 5.9

The Jungle Book 2

as Baloo (voice)

2003
The Gambler 6.1

The Gambler

as Frank

2014
Barton Fink 7.5

Barton Fink

as Charlie Meadows

1991
Patriots Day 7.1

Patriots Day

as Commisioner Ed Davis

2016
Bringing Out the Dead 6.6

Bringing Out the Dead

as Larry Verber

1999
Raising Arizona 7.1

Raising Arizona

as Gale

1987
Once Upon a Time in Venice 5.2

Once Upon a Time in Venice

as Dave Phillips

2017
The Campaign 5.8

The Campaign

as Congressman Scott Talley (uncredited)

2012
Revenge of the Nerds 6.4

Revenge of the Nerds

as Coach Harris

1984
The Monuments Men 6.1

The Monuments Men

as Sgt. Walter Garfield

2014
Death Sentence 6.8

Death Sentence

as Bones Darley

2007
Sea of Love 6.6

Sea of Love

as Sherman

1989
The Hudsucker Proxy 7.1

The Hudsucker Proxy

as Newsreel Announcer (voice)

1994
Trouble with the Curve 7.0

Trouble with the Curve

as Pete Klein

2012
Blues Brothers 2000 5.3

Blues Brothers 2000

as Mighty Mack McTeer

1998
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close 7.0

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

as Stan the Doorman

2011
Captive State 5.7

Captive State

as William Mulligan

2019
Trumbo 7.2

Trumbo

as Frank King

2015
The Borrowers 6.1

The Borrowers

as Ocious P. Potter

1997
In the Electric Mist 6.1

In the Electric Mist

as Julie 'Baby Feet' Balboni

2009
Always 6.2

Always

as Al Yackey

1989
One Night at McCool's 5.9

One Night at McCool's

as Detective Dehling

2001
Ratchet & Clank 5.8

Ratchet & Clank

as Grimroth (voice)

2016
Pope Joan 6.8

Pope Joan

as Pope Sergius II.

2009
Maria's Lovers 6.0

Maria's Lovers

as Frank

1984
We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story 6.1

We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story

as Rex (voice)

1993
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie 6.1

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie

as Santa Claus (voice)

1998
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle 4.3

The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle

as Oklahoma Cop

2000
Arachnophobia 6.5

Arachnophobia

as Delbert McClintock

1990
C.H.U.D. 5.6

C.H.U.D.

as Cop in Diner

1984
The Babe 5.7

The Babe

as Babe Ruth

1992
The Pixar Story 7.6

The Pixar Story

as James 'Sulley' Sullivan (voice) (archive footage)

2007
You Don't Know Jack 7.0

You Don't Know Jack

as Neal Nicol

2010
Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain 6.1

Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain

as Narrator (voice)

2023
Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle 6.7

Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle

as Hal Houston (voice)

2015
Red State 6.0

Red State

as Joseph Keenan

2011
Matinee 6.7

Matinee

as Lawrence Woolsey

1993
Mike's New Car 6.9

Mike's New Car

as Sulley (voice)

2002
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen 7.5

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

as (archive footage)

2012
The Big Easy 6.2

The Big Easy

as Andre DeSoto

1986
Storytelling 6.5

Storytelling

as Marty Livingston

2001
It's a SpongeBob Christmas! 7.1

It's a SpongeBob Christmas!

as Santa Claus

2012
What Planet Are You From? 5.4

What Planet Are You From?

as Roland Jones

2000
Sesame Street's 25th Birthday: A Musical Celebration 7.0

Sesame Street's 25th Birthday: A Musical Celebration

as Self (segment "New Way to Walk")

1993
The Jack Bull 6.5

The Jack Bull

as Judge Tolliver

1999
Dirty Work 6.2

Dirty Work

as Mayor Adrian Riggins (uncredited)

1998
Punchline 5.5

Punchline

as John Krytsick

1988
True Stories 6.7

True Stories

as Louis Fyne

1986
Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long 6.7

Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long

as Huey P. Long, Jr.

1995
Dirty Deeds 5.7

Dirty Deeds

as Tony

2002
King Ralph 5.4

King Ralph

as Ralph

1991
Party Central 6.8

Party Central

as Sullivan (voice)

2014
Frosty Returns 5.7

Frosty Returns

as Frosty the Snowman (voice)

1992
Beyond the Sea 6.3

Beyond the Sea

as Steve Blauner

2004
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School 5.9

Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School

as Steve Mills

2006
Chili Finger

Chili Finger

as Blake Jr.

2026
The Wrong Guys 5.7

The Wrong Guys

as Duke Earle

1988
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead 6.7

Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead

as Self - Actor

2015
The Year Without a Santa Claus 5.8

The Year Without a Santa Claus

as Santa Claus

2006
Everybody's All-American 5.4

Everybody's All-American

as Lawrence

1988
Clifford's Really Big Movie 6.2

Clifford's Really Big Movie

as George Wolfsbottom (voice)

2004
A Streetcar Named Desire 6.9

A Streetcar Named Desire

as Harold 'Mitch' Mitchell

1995
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special 6.9

Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special

as Self

1999
My First Mister 6.6

My First Mister

as Benjamin

2001
Mother Night 6.6

Mother Night

as Major Frank Wirtanen

1996
The Survivors 5.7

The Survivors

as Commando

1983
Burglar 5.2

Burglar

as Detective Nyswander

1987
Inside 'Inside Llewyn Davis' 6.7

Inside 'Inside Llewyn Davis'

as Self

2014
Bunyan and Babe 5.7

Bunyan and Babe

as Paul Bunyan (voice)

2017
Sweet Dreams 6.4

Sweet Dreams

as Otis

1985
Pie in the Sky 6.5

Pie in the Sky

as Alan Davenport

1996
On the Edge 5.5

On the Edge

as The Dean (segment "Happy Birthday")

2001
Masked and Anonymous 5.2

Masked and Anonymous

as Uncle Sweetheart

2003
Stella 5.8

Stella

as Ed Munn

1990
The Making of 'The Big Lebowski' 7.5

The Making of 'The Big Lebowski'

as Self

1998
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies 8.0

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies

as Self

1995
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! 7.0

Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!

as Tough Guy Helpline Operator

1994
Gigantic 5.6

Gigantic

as Happy's Father

2008
Beyond All Boundaries 6.7

Beyond All Boundaries

as Capt. Edwin Simmons

2009
Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast 3.5

Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast

as Self - Presenter

2005
Eddie Macon's Run 5.9

Eddie Macon's Run

as Mr. Hebert

1983
A Holiday Short: Best Christmas Ever 6.0

A Holiday Short: Best Christmas Ever

as Doodle (voice)

2025
The Sweatbox 7.0

The Sweatbox

as Self

2002
Happy Birthday, Bugs! 50 Looney Years 7.2

Happy Birthday, Bugs! 50 Looney Years

as Self

1990
Skeletons

Skeletons

2027
Born Yesterday 5.3

Born Yesterday

as Harry Brock

1993
Overnight 6.4

Overnight

as Self

2003
Freshman Orientation 5.3

Freshman Orientation

as Rodney

2004
Speed Racer: Wonderful World of Racing - The Amazing Racer Family 7.0

Speed Racer: Wonderful World of Racing - The Amazing Racer Family

as Pops Racer

2008
A Friend in New Orleans

A Friend in New Orleans

as Himself

1992
The Book of Manning 7.9

The Book of Manning

as Narrator

2013
Chris Farley: Anything for a Laugh 6.3

Chris Farley: Anything for a Laugh

as Self

2019
Speed Racer: Car Fu

Speed Racer: Car Fu

as Self

2008
Murder Ordained 5.0

Murder Ordained

as Hugh Rayburn

1987
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation

Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation

as Self

2007
Milius 7.1

Milius

as Self

2013
Not So Fast, My Friend: A Lee Corso Special

Not So Fast, My Friend: A Lee Corso Special

as Self (archive footage)

2025
All-Stars 6.6

All-Stars

as Himself

2014
The Runner 5.4

The Runner

as Deepthroat

1999
Live from New York! 5.9

Live from New York!

as Self

2015
Alabama Moon 6.6

Alabama Moon

as Mr. Wellington

2009
Tom & Jerry's 50th Birthday Bash 6.6

Tom & Jerry's 50th Birthday Bash

as Self - Host

1990
The Artist: The Making of an American Romance 4.0

The Artist: The Making of an American Romance

as Self

2012
Drunkboat 5.0

Drunkboat

as Mr. Fletcher

2012
Evolution Within Extinction 7.7

Evolution Within Extinction

as Self

2014
Monsters, Inc. 3

Monsters, Inc. 3

as Sullivan (voice)

Monsters Funday Football

Monsters Funday Football

as Sulley (Voice)

2025
Tales of the Rat Fink 5.9

Tales of the Rat Fink

as Ed Roth (voice)

2006
The Real Macaw 6.0

The Real Macaw

as Mac (voice)

1998
The Robber Bridegroom

The Robber Bridegroom

as Townsperson

1980
The Future Is Now

The Future Is Now

as Businessman

1992
The Face of Rage 5.0

The Face of Rage

as Fred

1983
Easy Does It 3.3

Easy Does It

as "Catfish" Crawford (voice)

2020
All Star Bowling Trick Shots

All Star Bowling Trick Shots

2012
Dancing Outlaw II: Jesco Goes to Hollywood 6.9

Dancing Outlaw II: Jesco Goes to Hollywood

as Himself

1999
When Dinosaurs Roamed America 6.7

When Dinosaurs Roamed America

as Narrator

2001
Fats Domino: Walkin' Back to New Orleans 7.7

Fats Domino: Walkin' Back to New Orleans

as Narrator (voice)

2008
Wolfpack Only: The Hangover Retrospective

Wolfpack Only: The Hangover Retrospective

as Self

2013
Discovering Bedrock 7.0

Discovering Bedrock

as Self

1999
Talking Heads: Storytelling Giant 7.8

Talking Heads: Storytelling Giant

as Cowboy singer ("Wild Wild Life")

1988
Heart of Steel 6.8

Heart of Steel

as Raymond Bohupinsky

1983
New Orleans: The First 300 Years

New Orleans: The First 300 Years

as Narrator

2017
Girls Gone Gangsta 2.8

Girls Gone Gangsta

as Mortimer J Hamm

2009
The Mystery of the Morro Castle

The Mystery of the Morro Castle

as Telegraph Operator

1980
Ole War Skule: The Story of Saturday Night 8.0

Ole War Skule: The Story of Saturday Night

as Narrator

2011
The Firesign Theatre: Weirdly Cool 9.0

The Firesign Theatre: Weirdly Cool

as Self

2001
The Station

The Station

as Ted Gannon

2009
Real Life

Real Life

as Louis Fyne

2018
The Internship 6.2

The Internship

as Sammy Boscoe (uncredited)

2013
A Sewer Runs Through It

A Sewer Runs Through It

as Narrator

2008

TV Shows 64

The Simpsons 8.0

The Simpsons

as Meathook (voice)

1989
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson 7.6

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self

1962
Late Night with Seth Meyers 5.1

Late Night with Seth Meyers

as Self - Guest

2014
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson 6.9

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

as Self

2005
Saturday Night Live 6.9

Saturday Night Live

as Self - Host

1975
Saturday Night Live 6.9

Saturday Night Live

as Self - Cameo (uncredited)

1975
Saturday Night Live 6.9

Saturday Night Live

as Self (uncredited)

1975
Saturday Night Live 6.9

Saturday Night Live

as Linda Tripp (uncredited)

1975
Saturday Night Live 6.9

Saturday Night Live

as Nathan Barnett (uncredited)

1975
Saturday Night Live 6.9

Saturday Night Live

as The Ghost of SNL Hosts Presents (uncredited)

1975
Saturday Night Live 6.9

Saturday Night Live

as Linda Tripp (voice) (uncredited)

1975
Saturday Night Live 6.9

Saturday Night Live

as Self - Various Characters (uncredited)

1975
Jimmy Kimmel Live! 5.3

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as Self

2003
LIVE with Kelly and Mark 5.6

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

as Self - Guest

1988
The West Wing 8.3

The West Wing

as Glenallen Walken

1999
King of the Hill 7.4

King of the Hill

as Tommy (voice)

1997
Futurama 8.4

Futurama

as Robot Santa Claus (voice)

1999
Late Night with Conan O'Brien 7.3

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

as Self - Guest

1993
The Ellen DeGeneres Show 5.5

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

as Self

2003
Community 8.0

Community

as Vice Dean Laybourne

2009
Golden Globe Awards 7.0

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Winner

1944
SpongeBob SquarePants 7.7

SpongeBob SquarePants

as Santa Claus (voice)

1999
Damages 7.5

Damages

as Howard Erickson

2007
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters 7.7

Monarch: Legacy of Monsters

as Bill Randa

2023
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters 7.7

Monarch: Legacy of Monsters

as Bill Randa (archive footage)

2023
The Righteous Gemstones 7.5

The Righteous Gemstones

as Eli Gemstone

2019
The Equalizer 7.2

The Equalizer

as Harold Winter

1985
Moonlighting 7.6

Moonlighting

as Donald Chase

1985
The Conners 6.9

The Conners

as Dan Conner

2018
Off Camera with Sam Jones 5.0

Off Camera with Sam Jones

as Self

2014
The Emperor's New School 7.2

The Emperor's New School

as Pacha (voice)

2006
The Oscars 7.1

The Oscars

as Self

1953
Monsters at Work 7.2

Monsters at Work

as Sulley (voice)

2021
Ed 7.7

Ed

as Big Rudy

2000
Grace Under Fire 5.6

Grace Under Fire

as Police Officer

1993
Treme 7.7

Treme

2010
Treme 7.7

Treme

as Creighton Bernette

2010
CMA Awards 9.0

CMA Awards

as Self

1967
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip 7.5

Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip

as Judge Robert Bebe

2006
Muppets Tonight 7.5

Muppets Tonight

as Self

1996
Roseanne 6.8

Roseanne

as Dan Conner

1988
Alpha House 7.2

Alpha House

as Senator Gil John Biggs

2013
Now and Again 6.8

Now and Again

1999
Now and Again 6.8

Now and Again

as Michael Wiseman

1999
Father of the Pride 5.1

Father of the Pride

as Larry (voice)

2004
Grand 6.7

Grand

as Red

1990
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter 2.9

Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter

as Self

2023
Black Earth Rising 6.4

Black Earth Rising

as Michael Ennis

2018
Soul Man 6.4

Soul Man

as Capt. Stan Hamel

1997
The Jackie Thomas Show 9.0

The Jackie Thomas Show

as Dan Conner

1992
The Freak Brothers 5.5

The Freak Brothers

as Fat Freddy Freekowtski (voice)

2021
Dancing on the Edge 6.7

Dancing on the Edge

as Masterson

2013
Center of the Universe 7.7

Center of the Universe

as John Barnett

2004
Ruby Wax Meets 6.7

Ruby Wax Meets

1996
Biography: Comedy Icons

Biography: Comedy Icons

as Self

2019
Pigs Next Door 8.5

Pigs Next Door

as Phil (voice)

2000
Normal, Ohio 4.9

Normal, Ohio

as William "Butch" Gamble

2000
Saturday Night Special 7.5

Saturday Night Special

1996
Murder Ordained 5.1

Murder Ordained

as Hugh Rayburn

1987
Inside the Actors Studio

Inside the Actors Studio

as Self

1994
American Chronicles 8.0

American Chronicles

as self

1990
Downwardly Mobile

Downwardly Mobile

1994
Boulevard of Broken Dreams 3.0

Boulevard of Broken Dreams

as Self (archive footage)

2007
Best Food Ever  7.0

Best Food Ever 

as Narrator

2010

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