Cast
John Goodman
Acting
Cast
John Goodman
Known for
Acting
Born
1952-06-20
From
Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
Also known as Karl Mundt, John Stephen Goodman, Jonathan Stephen Goodman
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 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).
★7.9
MOVIE2001
Monsters, Inc.
as Sullivan (voice)
MOVIE2026
Digger
as President Compson
★7.1
MOVIE2013
Monsters University
as Sullivan (voice)
★7.0
MOVIE2006
Cars
as Sullivan Truck (voice)
★7.2
MOVIE2009
The Princess and the Frog
as "Big Daddy" La Bouff (voice)
★7.6
MOVIE2000
The Emperor's New Groove
as Pacha (voice)
★6.0
MOVIE2014
Transformers: Age of Extinction
as Hound (voice)
★6.2
MOVIE2013
The Hangover Part III
as Marshall
★6.6
MOVIE2017
Kong: Skull Island
as Bill Randa
★5.8
MOVIE2025
Smurfs
as Papa Smurf (voice)
★7.8
MOVIE1998
The Big Lebowski
as Walter Sobchak
★6.7
MOVIE2017
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
as Igon Siruss (voice)
★6.1
MOVIE2017
Transformers: The Last Knight
as Hound (voice)
★6.0
MOVIE2007
Bee Movie
as Layton T. Montgomery (voice)
★7.0
MOVIE2016
10 Cloverfield Lane
as Howard
★7.3
MOVIE2012
Argo
as John Chambers
★7.3
MOVIE2000
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
as Big Dan Teague
★7.0
MOVIE2012
ParaNorman
as Mr. Prenderghast (voice)
★6.4
MOVIE2017
Atomic Blonde
as Emmett Kurzfeld
★6.3
MOVIE2000
Coyote Ugly
as Bill
★6.9
MOVIE2012
Flight
as Harling Mays
★6.4
MOVIE2008
Speed Racer
as Pops
★5.4
MOVIE1994
The Flintstones
as Fred Flintstone
★6.0
MOVIE1984
Maria's Lovers
as Frank
★6.8
MOVIE1998
Fallen
as Jonesy
★7.1
MOVIE2016
Patriots Day
as Commisioner Ed Davis
★6.5
MOVIE2009
Confessions of a Shopaholic
as Graham Bloomwood
★7.4
MOVIE2011
The Artist
as Al Zimmer
★5.6
MOVIE2007
Evan Almighty
as Congressman Long
★7.0
MOVIE2012
Trouble with the Curve
as Pete Klein
★6.4
MOVIE2005
Kronk's New Groove
as Pacha (voice)
★7.2
MOVIE2013
Inside Llewyn Davis
as Roland Turner
★6.1
MOVIE2014
The Monuments Men
as Sgt. Walter Garfield
★5.8
MOVIE2012
The Campaign
as Congressman Scott Talley (uncredited)
★5.7
MOVIE2019
Captive State
as William Mulligan
★6.0
MOVIE2014
The Gambler
as Frank
★5.9
MOVIE2003
The Jungle Book 2
as Baloo (voice)
MOVIE2026
Chili Finger
as Blake Jr.
★6.6
MOVIE1989
Sea of Love
as Sherman
★5.8
MOVIE2016
Ratchet & Clank
as Grimroth (voice)
★6.8
MOVIE2007
Death Sentence
as Bones Darley
★6.6
MOVIE1999
Bringing Out the Dead
as Larry Verber
★6.5
MOVIE1984
Revenge of the Nerds
as Coach Harris
★6.7
MOVIE1995
Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long
as Huey P. Long, Jr.
★6.8
MOVIE2014
Party Central
as Sullivan (voice)
★7.0
MOVIE2011
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
as Stan the Doorman
★7.1
MOVIE1987
Raising Arizona
as Gale
★5.7
MOVIE1992
The Babe
as Babe Ruth
★6.0
MOVIE2015
Love the Coopers
as Sam Cooper
★6.1
MOVIE2009
In the Electric Mist
as Julie 'Baby Feet' Balboni
★6.1
MOVIE1997
The Borrowers
as Ocious P. Potter
★7.5
MOVIE1991
Barton Fink
as Charlie Meadows
★5.9
MOVIE2001
One Night at McCool's
as Detective Dehling
★7.6
MOVIE2012
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
as (archive footage)
★7.5
MOVIE2007
The Pixar Story
as James 'Sulley' Sullivan (voice) (archive footage)
★6.4
MOVIE1990
Arachnophobia
as Delbert McClintock
★7.1
MOVIE1994
The Hudsucker Proxy
as Newsreel Announcer (voice)
★6.1
MOVIE1993
We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story
as Rex (voice)
★5.3
MOVIE1998
Blues Brothers 2000
as Mighty Mack McTeer
★5.2
MOVIE2017
Once Upon a Time in Venice
as Dave Phillips
★6.7
MOVIE2014
Inside 'Inside Llewyn Davis'
as Self
★5.7
MOVIE2017
Bunyan and Babe
as Paul Bunyan (voice)
★6.2
MOVIE1989
Always
as Al Yackey
★6.2
MOVIE2023
Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain
as Narrator (voice)
★4.3
MOVIE2000
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
as Oklahoma Cop
★7.0
MOVIE1999
Discovering Bedrock
as Self
★6.9
MOVIE2002
Mike's New Car
as Sulley (voice)
★7.2
MOVIE2015
Trumbo
as Frank King
★5.5
MOVIE2002
Dirty Deeds
as Tony
★6.0
MOVIE2011
Red State
as Joseph Keenan
MOVIETBA
Skeletons
★6.3
MOVIE2003
Overnight
as Self
★6.8
MOVIE2009
Beyond All Boundaries
as Capt. Edwin Simmons
★6.1
MOVIE2025
A Holiday Short: Best Christmas Ever
as Doodle (voice)
★5.2
MOVIE2003
Masked and Anonymous
as Uncle Sweetheart
★5.4
MOVIE2000
What Planet Are You From?
as Roland Jones
★6.8
MOVIE2009
Pope Joan
as Pope Sergius II.
★7.0
MOVIE2010
You Don't Know Jack
as Neal Nicol
★5.2
MOVIE1987
Burglar
as Detective Nyswander
★5.4
MOVIE1988
Everybody's All-American
as Lawrence
★5.6
MOVIE1984
C.H.U.D.
as Cop in Diner
★6.4
MOVIE1999
The Jack Bull
as Judge Tolliver
★6.2
MOVIE1986
The Big Easy
as Andre DeSoto
★6.9
MOVIE1999
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
as Self
★5.3
MOVIE1993
Born Yesterday
as Harry Brock
★6.9
MOVIE1995
A Streetcar Named Desire
as Harold 'Mitch' Mitchell
MOVIE1980
The Robber Bridegroom
as Townsperson
★7.2
MOVIE2019
Chris Farley: Anything for a Laugh
as Self
★5.4
MOVIE1991
King Ralph
as Ralph Hampton Gainesworth Jones
★6.6
MOVIE2009
Alabama Moon
as Mr. Wellington
★5.7
MOVIE1992
Frosty Returns
as Frosty the Snowman (voice)
★6.7
MOVIE2015
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead
as Self - Actor
★5.9
MOVIE2006
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
as Steve Mills
★6.7
MOVIE1993
Matinee
as Lawrence Woolsey
★6.3
MOVIE2004
Beyond the Sea
as Steve Blauner
MOVIE2025
Monsters Funday Football
as Sulley (Voice)
★6.3
MOVIE2004
Clifford's Really Big Movie
as George Wolfsbottom (voice)
★6.5
MOVIE2001
Storytelling
as Marty Livingston
★6.8
MOVIE2015
Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle
as Hal Houston (voice)
★5.0
MOVIE1987
Murder Ordained
as Hugh Rayburn
★6.2
MOVIE1998
Dirty Work
as Mayor Adrian Riggins (uncredited)
★8.1
MOVIE2013
The Book of Manning
as Narrator
★5.9
MOVIE1983
Eddie Macon's Run
as Mr. Hebert
★3.3
MOVIE2020
Easy Does It
as "Catfish" Crawford (voice)
★6.4
MOVIE1985
Sweet Dreams
as Otis
★6.5
MOVIE2001
My First Mister
as Benjamin
MOVIE2008
Speed Racer: Car Fu
as Self
★7.1
MOVIE2013
Milius
as Self
★6.1
MOVIE1998
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie
as Santa Claus (voice)
★6.8
MOVIE1983
Heart of Steel
as Raymond Bohupinsky
★7.0
MOVIE2008
Speed Racer: Wonderful World of Racing - The Amazing Racer Family
as Pops Racer
★7.2
MOVIE1990
Happy Birthday, Bugs! 50 Looney Years
as Self
★6.7
MOVIE1996
Mother Night
as Major Frank Wirtanen
★5.9
MOVIE2006
Tales of the Rat Fink
as Ed Roth (voice)
★5.7
MOVIE1983
The Survivors
as Commando
★2.8
MOVIE2009
Girls Gone Gangsta
as Mortimer J Hamm
★7.0
MOVIE2002
The Sweatbox
as Self
★5.5
MOVIE1988
Punchline
as John Krytsick
★5.8
MOVIE2006
The Year Without a Santa Claus
as Santa Claus
★6.6
MOVIE1996
Pie in the Sky
as Alan Davenport
★6.5
MOVIE2014
All-Stars
as Himself
MOVIE1992
A Friend in New Orleans
as Himself
★8.0
MOVIE1995
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
as Self
★7.7
MOVIE2014
Evolution Within Extinction
as Self
★5.2
MOVIE2004
Freshman Orientation
as Rodney
★7.0
MOVIE1994
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
as Tough Guy Helpline Operator
★2.0
MOVIE2005
Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast
as Self - Presenter
★5.5
MOVIE2001
On the Edge
as The Dean (segment "Happy Birthday")
MOVIE2007
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation
as Self
★6.7
MOVIE1986
True Stories
as Louis Fyne
★5.8
MOVIE1990
Stella
as Ed Munn
★7.0
MOVIE1993
Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration
as Self (segment "New Way to Walk")
★5.0
MOVIE2012
Drunkboat
as Mr. Fletcher
★7.5
MOVIE1998
The Making of 'The Big Lebowski'
as Self
★6.0
MOVIE1998
The Real Macaw
as Mac (voice)
MOVIE2017
New Orleans: The First 300 Years
as Narrator
★5.0
MOVIE1983
The Face of Rage
as Fred
MOVIE2012
All Star Bowling Trick Shots
★6.7
MOVIE2001
When Dinosaurs Roamed America
as Narrator
★5.7
MOVIE1988
The Wrong Guys
as Duke Earle
★5.6
MOVIE2008
Gigantic
as Happy's Father
★8.0
MOVIE2011
Ole War Skule: The Story of Saturday Night
as Narrator
★5.4
MOVIE1999
The Runner
as Deepthroat
MOVIE2025
Not So Fast, My Friend: A Lee Corso Special
as Self (archive footage)
★6.0
MOVIE2012
The Artist: The Making of an American Romance
as Self
★5.9
MOVIE2015
Live from New York!
as Self
★6.6
MOVIE1990
Tom & Jerry's 50th Birthday Bash
as Self - Host
★7.7
MOVIE2008
Fats Domino: Walkin' Back to New Orleans
as Narrator (voice)
★7.8
MOVIE1988
Talking Heads: Storytelling Giant
as Cowboy singer ("Wild Wild Life")
★7.0
MOVIE2012
It's a SpongeBob Christmas!
as Santa Claus
MOVIE2013
Wolfpack Only: The Hangover Retrospective
as Self
★9.0
MOVIE2001
The Firesign Theatre: Weirdly Cool
as Self
MOVIE2018
Real Life
as Louis Fyne
MOVIE1980
The Mystery of the Morro Castle
as Telegraph Operator
★6.2
MOVIE2013
The Internship
as Sammy Boscoe (uncredited)
★6.9
MOVIE1999
Dancing Outlaw II: Jesco Goes to Hollywood
as Himself