John Goodman on screen and stage

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John Goodman at the 2016 San Diego Comic Con

John Goodman is an American actor known for his roles in film, television and theatre.

Goodman gained national fame for his role as the family patriarch Dan Conner in the ABC television series Roseanne (1988–1997; 2018), for which he won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in 1993, and reprised the role in its sequel series The Conners. He is also known as a character actor appearing as a regular collaborator with the Coen brothers. Goodman has appeared in five of their films Raising Arizona (1987), Barton Fink (1991), The Big Lebowski (1998), O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000), and Inside Llewyn Davis (2013).

His other film performances include lead roles in Steven Spielberg's Always (1989), the children's film King Ralph (1991), The Flintstones (1994), the comedy Blues Brothers 2000 (1998), and the science fiction film 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016). His supporting roles include True Stories (1986), Beyond the Sea (2004), Evan Almighty (2007), Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2011), The Artist (2011), Argo (2012), Flight (2012), Trouble with the Curve (2012), The Monuments Men (2014), Trumbo (2015), Patriots Day (2016), and Atomic Blonde (2017).

Goodman is also known for his vocal performances in various animated films. His voice roles include The Emperor's New Groove (2000), Pixar's Monsters, Inc. films (2001–2020), The Jungle Book 2 (2003), Clifford's Really Big Movie (2004), Bee Movie (2007) and The Princess and the Frog (2009).

On television, Goodman has starred in the Amazon Studios political comedy series Alpha House (2012–2013), the first season of HBO's Treme (2010–2011),[1] the NBC sitcom Community, and the HBO comedy The Righteous Gemstones (2019–present). He is also known as a frequent host of Saturday Night Live having served as a host 13 times.[2]

Filmography[]

Film[]

Year Title Role Notes
1983 Eddie Macon's Run Herbert
1983 The Survivors Commando
1984 Crackers Cracker
1984 C.H.U.D. Cop in Diner
1984 Maria's Lovers Frank
1984 Revenge of the Nerds Coach Harris
1985 Sweet Dreams Otis
1986 True Stories Louis Fyne
1987 The Big Easy Detective Andre DeSoto
1987 Raising Arizona Gale Snoats
1987 Burglar Detective Nyswander
1988 The Wrong Guys Duke Earle
1988 Punchline John Krytsick
1988 Everybody's All-American Edward Lawrence
1989 Sea of Love Detective Sherman Touhey
1989 Always Al Yackey
1990 Stella Ed Munn
1990 Arachnophobia Delbert McClintock
1991 King Ralph Ralph Hampton Gainesworth Jones
1991 Barton Fink Charlie Meadows / Karl Mundt
1992 The Babe George Herman "Babe" Ruth
1993 Matinee Lawrence Woolsey
1993 Born Yesterday Harry Brock
1993 We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story Rex The Dinosaur Voice
1994 The Hudsucker Proxy Newsreel Announcer Credited as Karl Mundt[3]
1994 The Flintstones Fred Flintstone
1996 Pie in the Sky Alan Davenport
1996 Mother Night Major Frank Wirtanen
1997 The Borrowers Ocious P. Potter
1998 Fallen Detective "Jonesy" Jones
1998 Blues Brothers 2000 Mack "Mighty Mack" McTeer
1998 The Big Lebowski Walter Sobchak
1998 Dirty Work Mayor Adrian Riggins Uncredited[4]
1998 Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie Santa Claus Voice
1998 The Real Macaw Mac The Parrot Voice; US Version
1999 The Runner Deepthroat
1999 Bringing Out the Dead Larry Verber
1999 The Jack Bull Judge Joe B. Tolliver
2000 What Planet Are You From? Roland Jones
2000 O Brother, Where Art Thou? Daniel "Big Dan" Teague
2000 The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle Oklahoma Highway Patrol Officer Cameo
2000 Coyote Ugly William James Sanford
2000 The Emperor's New Groove Pacha Voice
2001 My First Mister Benjamin Wilson
2001 One Night at McCool's Detective Dehling
2001 Storytelling Marty Livingston Segment: "Non-Fiction"
2001 Happy Birthday The Dean
2001 Monsters, Inc. James P. "Sulley" Sullivan Voice
2002 Mike's New Car James P. "Sulley" Sullivan Voice; Short film
2002 Dirty Deeds Tony Testano
2003 Masked and Anonymous Uncle Sweetheart
2003 The Jungle Book 2 Baloo Voice
2004 Freshman Orientation Rodney
2004 Clifford's Really Big Movie George Wolfsbottom Voice
2004 Beyond the Sea Steve "Boom-Boom" Blauner
2005 Marilyn Hotchkiss'
Ballroom Dancing and Charm School 		Steve Mills
2005 Kronk's New Groove Pacha Voice; Direct-to-DVD
2006 Cars James P. "Sulley" Sullivan Truck Voice; Cameo
2006 Tales of the Rat Fink Ed "Big Daddy" Roth Voice; Documentary film
2007 Death Sentence "Bones" Darley
2007 Evan Almighty Congressman Chuck Long
2007 Bee Movie Layton T. Montgomery Voice
2008 Speed Racer Pops Racer
2008 Gigantic Al Lolly
2009 Confessions of a Shopaholic Graham Bloomwood
2009 In the Electric Mist Julie "Baby Feet" Balboni
2009 Alabama Moon Mr. Wellington
2009 Beyond All Boundaries Captain Edwin Simmons Voice; Short film
2009 The Princess and the Frog Eli "Big Daddy" La Bouff Voice
2009 Pope Joan Pope Sergius II
2009 Drunkboat Mr. Fletcher
2011 The Artist Al Zimmer
2011 Red State Joseph Keenan
2011 Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close Stan, The Doorman
2012 ParaNorman Mr. Prendergast Voice
2012 The Campaign Scott Talley Cameo
2012 Trouble with the Curve Pete Klein
2012 Argo John Chambers
2012 Flight Harling Mays
2013 Inside Llewyn Davis Roland Turner
2013 The Hangover Part III Marshall
2013 The Internship Sammy Boscoe Uncredited
2013 Monsters University James P. "Sulley" Sullivan Voice
2014 The Monuments Men Captain Walter Garfield
2014 Party Central James P. "Sulley" Sullivan Voice; Short film
2014 Transformers: Age of Extinction Hound Voice[5]
2014 The Gambler Frank "Little Frank"
2015 Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle Hal Houston Voice; Direct-to-DVD
2015 Trumbo Frank King
2015 Love the Coopers Sam Cooper
2016 10 Cloverfield Lane Howard Stambler
2016 Ratchet & Clank Grimroth Voice
2016 Patriots Day Ed Davis
2017 Bunyan and Babe Paul Bunyan Voice
2017 Kong: Skull Island Bill Randa
2017 Atomic Blonde CIA Agent Emmett Kurzfeld
2017 Once Upon a Time in Venice Dave Phillips
2017 Transformers: The Last Knight Hound Voice[6]
2017 Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets Igon Siruss Voice
2019 Captive State William Mulligan
2019 Easy Does It "Catfish" Crawford Voice

Television[]

Year Title Role Notes
1980 The Mystery of the Morro Castle George Rogers Unknown episodes[7]
1983 The Face of Rage Fred Television film
1983 Heart of Steel Raymond Bohupinsky Television film
1983 Chiefs Newt "Tub" Murray Episode: "Part 3"
1987 The Equalizer Harold Winter Episode: "Re-Entry"
1987 Moonlighting Donald Chase Episode: "Come Back Little Shiksa"
1987 Murder Ordained Hugh Rayburn Television film
1988–1997,
2018 		Roseanne Dan Conner 220 episodes
1989–2013 Saturday Night Live Himself / Host 13 episodes
1990 Grand "Red" Episode: "The Healing"
1992 The Jackie Thomas Show Dan Conner Episode: "The Joke"
1992 Frosty Returns Frosty The Snowman Voice; TV special
1993 Grace Under Fire Police Officer Episode: "Pilot"; Uncredited[8]
1994 Sesame Street Himself 2 episodes
1995 Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long Huey Long Television film
1995 A Streetcar Named Desire Harold "Mitch" Mitchell Television film
1997–1998 Soul Man Captain Stan Hamel 2 episodes
1999 The Simpsons Meathook Voice; Episode: "Take My Wife, Sleaze"
1999 Futurama Robot Santa Voice; Episode: "Xmas Story"
1999–2000 Now and Again Michael Wiseman 2 episodes
2000 Pigs Next Door Phil Stymington Voice; 13 episodes
2000 Normal, Ohio William "Butch" Gamble 13 episodes
2001 When Dinosaurs Roamed America The Narrator Voice; Television film
2001 Ed Rudy "Big Rudy" Episode: "Loyalties"
2003–2004 The West Wing Speaker Glen Allen Walken 4 episodes
2004–2005 Father of the Pride Larry Voice; 15 episodes
2004–2005 Center of the Universe John Barnett 12 episodes
2006 Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip Judge Bobby Bebe 2 episodes
2006 Odd Job Jack Garbage Czar Voice; Episode: "The Big Dump"
2006 The Year Without a Santa Claus Santa Claus Television film
2007 King of the Hill Tommy Voice; Episode: "SerPUNt"
2007–2008 The Emperor's New School Pacha Voice; Main role; 16 episodes
2010 You Don't Know Jack Neal Nicol Television film
2010–2011 Treme Creighton Bernette 13 episodes
2011 Damages Howard T. Erickson 10 episodes
2011–2012 Community Vice Dean Robert Laybourne 6 episodes[9]
2012-2019 SpongeBob SquarePants Santa Claus / Himself Voice; Episode: "It's a SpongeBob Christmas!"/Live-action cameo in alternate airings; Episode: "SpongeBob's Big Birthday Blowout"
2013 Dancing on the Edge Masterson 5 episodes
2013–2014 Alpha House Gil John Biggs 21 episodes
2016–2018 Saturday Night Live Rex Tillerson 3 episodes[10]
2018 Black Earth Rising Michael Ennis 8 episodes
2018–Present The Conners Dan Conner Main cast
2019–Present The Righteous Gemstones Eli Gemstone Main cast
2020 Birds of a Different Game: The 80's Cardinals The Narrator Voice; Documentary
2020 The Freak Brothers Freddy "Fat Freddy" Voice; Animated series
2021 Monsters at Work James P. "Sulley" Sullivan Voice[11]
2021 The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse TBA Voice

Video games[]

Year Title Voice role
1994 The Flintstones Fred Flintstone
1996 Pyst King Mattruss
2002 Monsters, Inc. Scream Arena James P. "Sulley" Sullivan
2007 Bee Movie Game Layton T. Montgomery
2007 Cars Mater-National Championship James P. "Sulley" Sullivan Truck
2009 Cars Race-O-Rama James P. "Sulley" Sullivan Truck
2011 Rage Dan Hagar
2018 Lego The Incredibles James P. "Sulley" Sullivan

Theatre[]

Year Title Role Venue Ref.
1975 Destry Rides Again Tom Destry Tent Theatre, SMSU [12]
1981 Henry IV Part I Blunt Delacorte Theater [13]
1983 Triple Feature Winninger (Half) Stage 73 [14]
1984–85 Big River Pap Finn American Repertory Theater
La Jolla Playhouse, San Diego
Eugene O'Neill Theatre, Broadway 		[15]
1998 The Skin of Our Teeth Mr. Antrobus Delacorte Theater [16]
2001 The Seagull Shamrayev Delacorte Theater [17]
2002 The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui Emanuele Giri Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts
2005 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Big Daddy The Geffen Playhouse, Los Angeles
2008 A Christmas Carol Ghost of Christmas Present Kodak Theatre, Los Angeles [18]
2009 Waiting for Godot Pozzo Studio 54, Broadway [19]
2015 American Buffalo Donny Wyndham's Theatre, West End [20]
2016–17 The Front Page Sheriff Hartman Broadhurst Theatre, Broadway [21]

External links[]

References[]

  1. ^ "In HBO's new series 'Treme,' John Goodman looks back in anger". Los Angeles Times. 2010-04-07. Retrieved 2019-11-04.
  2. ^ "'SNL' 5-Timers Club: Most Frequent Hosts, From Alec Baldwin to Will Ferrell". Yahoo.com. Retrieved May 16, 2021.
  3. ^ "The Hudsucker Proxy". March 11, 1994 – via IMDb.
  4. ^ "Movie Review: Dirty Work(1998)". Entertainment Weekly. New York City: Meredith Corporation. March 1, 1998. Retrieved August 2, 2012.
  5. ^ Bay, Michael (May 8, 2014). "John Goodman And Ken Watanabe Join The Autobot Voice Cast in Michael Bay's 'Transformers: Age Of Extinction'". Michael Bay. Retrieved May 8, 2014.
  6. ^ "Transformers: The Last Knight Director Confirms John Goodman, John Turturro Returns". Retrieved January 6, 2017.
  7. ^ Lynch, Jason (February 7, 2014). "John Goodman on getting wooed by Clooney and bunking with Bruce Willis". The A.V. Club. The Onion, Inc. Retrieved February 7, 2014.
  8. ^ Gray, Tim (September 29, 1993). "Review: 'Grace Under Fire'". Variety. Retrieved March 24, 2017.
  9. ^ Mitovich, Matt Webb (August 28, 2011). "Community Sneak Peek Video: John Goodman Tells the Dean 'Wassup'". TVLine. Retrieved August 29, 2011.
  10. ^ Anderson Cooper White House Turmoil Cold Open, 2018-03-17, retrieved 2018-10-03
  11. ^ "'Monsters, Inc.' Voice Cast to Return for Disney+ Series (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2019-04-09.
  12. ^ "Destry Rides into an Evening of Fun and Excitement". Southwest Standard. Retrieved June 19, 2021.
  13. ^ "SD's Old Globe Snares John Goodman for Behan's Hostage, Sept. 19-Oct. 31". Playbill. Retrieved May 16, 2021.
  14. ^ "STAGE: 'SLACKS AND TOPS,' ONE OF A 'TRIPLE FEATURE'". The New York Times. Retrieved May 16, 2021.
  15. ^ "STAGE: WITH HUCK FINN ON THE 'BIG RIVER'". The New York Times. Retrieved May 16, 2021.
  16. ^ "Goodman, Conroy & '3rd Rock's' Johnson Open Central Park Skin June 28". Playbill. Retrieved May 16, 2021.
  17. ^ "The Seagull". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved May 16, 2021.
  18. ^ "Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol". Variety. Retrieved May 16, 2021.
  19. ^ "John Goodman and David Strathairn Join Waiting for Godot". Broadway.com. Retrieved May 16, 2021.
  20. ^ "American Buffalo - Review". The Guardian.com. Retrieved May 16, 2021.
  21. ^ "The Front Page's John Goodman Stops by The Late Show". Playbill.com. Retrieved May 16, 2021.
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