John Goodman
Known for Acting · 208 credits
- Born
- 1952-06-20 (age 73)
- Place of birth
- 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).
Known For
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
The Simpsons
1989
as Meathook (voice)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self - Guest
Saturday Night Live
1975
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)
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005
as Self
King of the Hill
1997
as Tommy (voice)
TV Shows (54)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
The Simpsons
1989
as Meathook (voice)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self - Guest
Saturday Night Live
1975
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)
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005
as Self
King of the Hill
1997
as Tommy (voice)
The West Wing
1999
as Glenallen Walken
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
as Self - Guest
Futurama
1999
as Robot Santa Claus (voice)
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Winner
Community
2009
as Vice Dean Laybourne
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters
2023
as Bill Randa / Bill Randa (archive footage)
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
as Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
The Equalizer
1985
as Harold Winter
Damages
2007
as Howard Erickson
Moonlighting
1985
as Donald Chase
The Righteous Gemstones
2019
as Eli Gemstone
Off Camera with Sam Jones
2014
as Self
The Conners
2018
as Dan Conner
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Monsters at Work
2021
as Sulley (voice)
Ed
2000
as Big Rudy
SpongeBob SquarePants
1999
as Santa Claus (voice)
The Emperor's New School
2006
as Pacha (voice)
Grace Under Fire
1993
as Police Officer
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
2006
as Judge Robert Bebe
Treme
2010
as Creighton Bernette
Alpha House
2013
as Senator Gil John Biggs
The Jackie Thomas Show
1992
as Dan Conner
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
2023
as Self
Muppets Tonight
1996
as Self
Father of the Pride
2004
as Larry (voice)
Black Earth Rising
2018
as Michael Ennis
Grand
1990
as Red
Now and Again
1999
as Michael Wiseman
Roseanne
1988
as Dan Conner
Center of the Universe
2004
as John Barnett
Dancing on the Edge
2013
as Masterson
Soul Man
1997
as Capt. Stan Hamel
The Freak Brothers
2021
as Fat Freddy Freekowtski (voice)
Pigs Next Door
2000
as Phil (voice)
CMA Awards
1967
as Self
Ruby Wax Meets
1996
Murder Ordained
1987
as Hugh Rayburn
Normal, Ohio
2000
as William "Butch" Gamble
Saturday Night Special
1996
Biography: Comedy Icons
2019
as Self
Boulevard of Broken Dreams
2007
as Self (archive footage)
Inside the Actors Studio
1994
as Self
American Chronicles
1990
as self
Downwardly Mobile
1994
Best Food Ever
2010
as Narrator
Movies (154)
Monsters, Inc.
2001
as Sullivan (voice)
Kong: Skull Island
2017
as Bill Randa
Cars
2006
as Sullivan Truck (voice)
Transformers: Age of Extinction
2014
as Hound (voice)
The Princess and the Frog
2009
as "Big Daddy" La Bouff (voice)
The Emperor's New Groove
2000
as Pacha (voice)
Transformers: The Last Knight
2017
as Hound (voice)
Monsters University
2013
as Sullivan (voice)
The Big Lebowski
1998
as Walter Sobchak
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
2017
as Igon Siruss (voice)
Smurfs
2025
as Papa Smurf (voice)
Bee Movie
2007
as Layton T. Montgomery (voice)
Speed Racer
2008
as Pops
The Hangover Part III
2013
as Marshall
Argo
2012
as John Chambers
Flight
2012
as Harling Mays
10 Cloverfield Lane
2016
as Howard
Atomic Blonde
2017
as Emmett Kurzfeld
Coyote Ugly
2000
as Bill
The Flintstones
1994
as Fred Flintstone
Evan Almighty
2007
as Congressman Long
The Gambler
2014
as Frank
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
2000
as Big Dan Teague
The Sweatbox
2002
as Self
Fallen
1998
as Jonesy
Confessions of a Shopaholic
2009
as Graham Bloomwood
The Borrowers
1997
as Ocious P. Potter
ParaNorman
2012
as Mr. Prenderghast (voice)
Trouble with the Curve
2012
as Pete Klein
The Campaign
2012
as Congressman Scott Talley (uncredited)
Kronk's New Groove
2005
as Pacha (voice)
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012
as (archive footage)
Patriots Day
2016
as Commisioner Ed Davis
The Jungle Book 2
2003
as Baloo (voice)
The Monuments Men
2014
as Sgt. Walter Garfield
Digger
2026
as President of the United States
Maria's Lovers
1984
as Frank
Bringing Out the Dead
1999
as Larry Verber
Inside Llewyn Davis
2013
as Roland Turner
The Artist
2011
as Al Zimmer
Sea of Love
1989
as Sherman
Death Sentence
2007
as Bones Darley
Raising Arizona
1987
as Gale
Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain
2023
as Narrator (voice)
Always
1989
as Al Yackey
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
2011
as Stan the Doorman
Love the Coopers
2015
as Sam Cooper
Captive State
2019
as William Mulligan
Once Upon a Time in Venice
2017
as Dave Phillips
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
2000
as Oklahoma Cop
Barton Fink
1991
as Charlie Meadows
Ratchet & Clank
2016
as Grimroth (voice)
You Don't Know Jack
2010
as Neal Nicol
The Hudsucker Proxy
1994
as Newsreel Announcer (voice)
Red State
2011
as Joseph Keenan
Blues Brothers 2000
1998
as Mighty Mack McTeer
Trumbo
2015
as Frank King
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
1994
as Tough Guy Helpline Operator
Arachnophobia
1990
as Delbert McClintock
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie
1998
as Santa Claus (voice)
Punchline
1988
as John Krytsick
In the Electric Mist
2009
as Julie 'Baby Feet' Balboni
The Pixar Story
2007
as James 'Sulley' Sullivan (voice) (archive footage)
Dirty Work
1998
as Mayor Adrian Riggins (uncredited)
Pope Joan
2009
as Pope Sergius II.
Revenge of the Nerds
1984
as Coach Harris
Party Central
2014
as Sullivan (voice)
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
1999
as Self
Clifford's Really Big Movie
2004
as George Wolfsbottom (voice)
C.H.U.D.
1984
as Cop in Diner
Mike's New Car
2002
as Sulley (voice)
We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story
1993
as Rex (voice)
Evolution Within Extinction
2014
as Self
Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle
2015
as Hal Houston (voice)
Burglar
1987
as Detective Nyswander
One Night at McCool's
2001
as Detective Dehling
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995
as Self
The Jack Bull
1999
as Judge Tolliver
King Ralph
1991
as Ralph Hampton Gainesworth Jones
Matinee
1993
as Lawrence Woolsey
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
2006
as Steve Mills
Live from New York!
2015
as Self
Gigantic
2008
as Happy's Father
The Big Easy
1986
as Andre DeSoto
Beyond the Sea
2004
as Steve Blauner
Stella
1990
as Ed Munn
Born Yesterday
1993
as Harry Brock
Wolfpack Only: The Hangover Retrospective
2013
as Self
Chili Finger
2026
as Blake Jr.
Storytelling
2001
as Marty Livingston
Masked and Anonymous
2003
as Uncle Sweetheart
What Planet Are You From?
2000
as Roland Jones
The Wrong Guys
1988
as Duke Earle
Alabama Moon
2009
as Mr. Wellington
Beyond All Boundaries
2009
as Capt. Edwin Simmons
The Survivors
1983
as Commando
The Babe
1992
as Babe Ruth
It's a SpongeBob Christmas!
2012
as Santa Claus
True Stories
1986
as Louis Fyne
My First Mister
2001
as Benjamin
Overnight
2003
as Self
Milius
2013
as Self
Everybody's All-American
1988
as Lawrence
Drunkboat
2012
as Mr. Fletcher
The Year Without a Santa Claus
2006
as Santa Claus
Mother Night
1996
as Major Frank Wirtanen
All-Stars
2014
as Himself
Sweet Dreams
1985
as Otis
Dirty Deeds
2002
as Tony
Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration
1993
as Self (segment "New Way to Walk")
The Book of Manning
2013
as Narrator
A Streetcar Named Desire
1995
as Harold 'Mitch' Mitchell
Frosty Returns
1992
as Frosty the Snowman (voice)
Bunyan and Babe
2017
as Paul Bunyan (voice)
Murder Ordained
1987
as Hugh Rayburn
Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast
2005
as Self - Presenter
Chris Farley: Anything for a Laugh
2019
as Self
The Runner
1999
as Deepthroat
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead
2015
as Self - Actor
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation
2007
as Self
About John Goodman
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… With 208 credits spanning from 1944 to 2026, John Goodman has appeared in 154 films and 54 TV shows.
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Most Popular John Goodman Movies
- Monsters, Inc. (2001) — as Sullivan (voice)
- Kong: Skull Island (2017) — as Bill Randa
- Cars (2006) — as Sullivan Truck (voice)
- Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014) — as Hound (voice)
- The Princess and the Frog (2009) — as "Big Daddy" La Bouff (voice)
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