
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).

Monsters, Inc.
as Sullivan (voice)

Cars
as Sullivan Truck (voice)

Kong: Skull Island
as Bill Randa

Transformers: Age of Extinction
as Hound (voice)

The Princess and the Frog
as "Big Daddy" La Bouff (voice)

Monsters University
as Sullivan (voice)

The Emperor's New Groove
as Pacha (voice)

Transformers: The Last Knight
as Hound (voice)

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
as Igon Siruss (voice)

Bee Movie
as Layton T. Montgomery (voice)

Smurfs
as Papa Smurf (voice)

The Big Lebowski
as Walter Sobchak

Coyote Ugly
as Bill

The Flintstones
as Fred Flintstone

The Hangover Part III
as Marshall

Argo
as John Chambers

Speed Racer
as Pops

Atomic Blonde
as Emmett Kurzfeld

10 Cloverfield Lane
as Howard

The Gambler
as Frank

Flight
as Harling Mays

Evan Almighty
as Congressman Long

The Artist
as Al Zimmer

Digger
as President of the United States

O Brother, Where Art Thou?
as Big Dan Teague

ParaNorman
as Mr. Prenderghast (voice)

Kronk's New Groove
as Pacha (voice)

Fallen
as Jonesy

The Campaign
as Congressman Scott Talley (uncredited)

Confessions of a Shopaholic
as Graham Bloomwood

Trouble with the Curve
as Pete Klein

The Jungle Book 2
as Baloo (voice)

Patriots Day
as Commisioner Ed Davis

Inside Llewyn Davis
as Roland Turner

The Borrowers
as Ocious P. Potter

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
as (archive footage)

Raising Arizona
as Gale

Pope Joan
as Pope Sergius II.

The Monuments Men
as Sgt. Walter Garfield

Always
as Al Yackey

Once Upon a Time in Venice
as Dave Phillips

Sea of Love
as Sherman

Bringing Out the Dead
as Larry Verber

Maria's Lovers
as Frank

Love the Coopers
as Sam Cooper

Blues Brothers 2000
as Mighty Mack McTeer

Death Sentence
as Bones Darley

Captive State
as William Mulligan

Barton Fink
as Charlie Meadows

Revenge of the Nerds
as Coach Harris

The Sweatbox
as Self

The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
as Oklahoma Cop

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
as Stan the Doorman

Trumbo
as Frank King

Dirty Work
as Mayor Adrian Riggins (uncredited)

Burglar
as Detective Nyswander

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie
as Santa Claus (voice)

Arachnophobia
as Delbert McClintock

In the Electric Mist
as Julie 'Baby Feet' Balboni

The Hudsucker Proxy
as Newsreel Announcer (voice)

Ratchet & Clank
as Grimroth (voice)

Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain
as Narrator (voice)

We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story
as Rex (voice)

Mike's New Car
as Sulley (voice)

You Don't Know Jack
as Neal Nicol

Red State
as Joseph Keenan

Party Central
as Sullivan (voice)

One Night at McCool's
as Detective Dehling

Chili Finger
as Blake Jr.

Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
as Tough Guy Helpline Operator

The Big Easy
as Andre DeSoto

C.H.U.D.
as Cop in Diner

The Jack Bull
as Judge Tolliver

Alabama Moon
as Mr. Wellington

Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
as Self

Punchline
as John Krytsick

Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle
as Hal Houston (voice)

The Pixar Story
as James 'Sulley' Sullivan (voice) (archive footage)

Clifford's Really Big Movie
as George Wolfsbottom (voice)

King Ralph
as Ralph Hampton Gainesworth Jones

Gigantic
as Happy's Father

Beyond the Sea
as Steve Blauner

What Planet Are You From?
as Roland Jones

The Runner
as Deepthroat

Born Yesterday
as Harry Brock

Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
as Steve Mills

Masked and Anonymous
as Uncle Sweetheart

Evolution Within Extinction
as Self

Matinee
as Lawrence Woolsey

True Stories
as Louis Fyne

Stella
as Ed Munn

Storytelling
as Marty Livingston

It's a SpongeBob Christmas!
as Santa Claus

Wolfpack Only: The Hangover Retrospective
as Self

Drunkboat
as Mr. Fletcher

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
as Self

Live from New York!
as Self

Beyond All Boundaries
as Capt. Edwin Simmons

Overnight
as Self

The Babe
as Babe Ruth

Eddie Macon's Run
as Mr. Hebert

The Survivors
as Commando

A Streetcar Named Desire
as Harold 'Mitch' Mitchell

All-Stars
as Himself

Sweet Dreams
as Otis

Frosty Returns
as Frosty the Snowman (voice)

Inside 'Inside Llewyn Davis'
as Self

Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long
as Huey P. Long, Jr.

Bunyan and Babe
as Paul Bunyan (voice)

Mother Night
as Major Frank Wirtanen

Everybody's All-American
as Lawrence

Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead
as Self - Actor

The Wrong Guys
as Duke Earle

Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration
as Self (segment "New Way to Walk")

My First Mister
as Benjamin

Chris Farley: Anything for a Laugh
as Self

The Year Without a Santa Claus
as Santa Claus

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

On the Edge
as The Dean (segment "Happy Birthday")

Dirty Deeds
as Tony

Milius
as Self

Easy Does It
as "Catfish" Crawford (voice)

The Book of Manning
as Narrator

Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast
as Self - Presenter

Freshman Orientation
as Rodney

A Holiday Short: Best Christmas Ever
as Doodle (voice)

When Dinosaurs Roamed America
as Narrator

The Real Macaw
as Mac (voice)

Tales of the Rat Fink
as Ed Roth (voice)

Monsters Funday Football
as Sulley (Voice)

Murder Ordained
as Hugh Rayburn

Pie in the Sky
as Alan Davenport

The Artist: The Making of an American Romance
as Self

The Robber Bridegroom
as Townsperson

The Firesign Theatre: Weirdly Cool
as Self

Dancing Outlaw II: Jesco Goes to Hollywood
as Himself

Real Life
as Louis Fyne

The Face of Rage
as Fred

Girls Gone Gangsta
as Mortimer J Hamm

Heart of Steel
as Raymond Bohupinsky

Tom & Jerry's 50th Birthday Bash
as Self - Host

All Star Bowling Trick Shots

Talking Heads: Storytelling Giant
as Cowboy singer ("Wild Wild Life")

The Making of 'The Big Lebowski'
as Self

New Orleans: The First 300 Years
as Narrator

Not So Fast, My Friend: A Lee Corso Special
as Self (archive footage)

The Mystery of the Morro Castle
as Telegraph Operator

The Internship
as Sammy Boscoe (uncredited)

Ole War Skule: The Story of Saturday Night
as Narrator

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

Fats Domino: Walkin' Back to New Orleans
as Narrator (voice)

Speed Racer: Car Fu
as Self

A Friend in New Orleans
as Himself

Discovering Bedrock
as Self