John Goodman
Acting
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
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movieChili Finger
2026
Blake Jr.
movieDigger
2026
President of the United States
movieMonsters Funday Football
2025
Sulley (Voice)
movieA Holiday Short: Best Christmas Ever
2025
Doodle (voice)
movieNot So Fast, My Friend: A Lee Corso Special
2025
Self (archive footage)
movieSmurfs
2025
Papa Smurf (voice)
moviePlease Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain
2023
Narrator (voice)
tvMonarch: Legacy of Monsters
2023
Bill Randa / Bill Randa (archive footage)
tvThe Freak Brothers
2021
Fat Freddy Freekowtski (voice)
tvMonsters at Work
2021
Sulley (voice)
movieEasy Does It
2020
"Catfish" Crawford (voice)
tvThe Righteous Gemstones
2019
Eli Gemstone
movieCaptive State
2019
William Mulligan
Real Life
2018
Louis Fyne
tvThe Conners
2018
Dan Conner
tvBlack Earth Rising
2018
Michael Ennis
movieAtomic Blonde
2017
Emmett Kurzfeld
movieValerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
2017
Igon Siruss (voice)
movieTransformers: The Last Knight
2017
Hound (voice)
movieOnce Upon a Time in Venice
2017
Dave Phillips
movieKong: Skull Island
2017
Bill Randa
movieBunyan and Babe
2017
Paul Bunyan (voice)
moviePatriots Day
2016
Commisioner Ed Davis
movieRatchet & Clank
2016
Grimroth (voice)
movieLove the Coopers
2015
Sam Cooper
movieTrumbo
2015
Frank King
movieCurious George 3: Back to the Jungle
2015
Hal Houston (voice)
movieDrunk Stoned Brilliant Dead
2015
Self - Actor
movieThe Gambler
2014
Frank
movieAll-Stars
2014
Himself
movieTransformers: Age of Extinction
2014
Hound (voice)
tvLate Night with Seth Meyers
2014
Self - Guest
movieParty Central
2014
Sullivan (voice)
movieThe Monuments Men
2014
Sgt. Walter Garfield
movieInside Llewyn Davis
2013
Roland Turner
movieThe Book of Manning
2013
Narrator
movieMonsters University
2013
Sullivan (voice)
movieThe Internship
2013
Sammy Boscoe (uncredited)
movieThe Hangover Part III
2013
Marshall
tvAlpha House
2013
Senator Gil John Biggs
movieMilius
2013
Self
tvDancing on the Edge
2013
Masterson
movieIt's a SpongeBob Christmas!
2012
Santa Claus
movieArgo
2012
John Chambers
movieTrouble with the Curve
2012
Pete Klein
movieThe Campaign
2012
Congressman Scott Talley (uncredited)
movieParaNorman
2012
Mr. Prenderghast (voice)
movieDrunkboat
2012
Mr. Fletcher
movieFlight
2012
Harling Mays
movieFinal Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012
(archive footage)
movieExtremely Loud & Incredibly Close
2011
Stan the Doorman
movieThe Artist
2011
Al Zimmer
movieRed State
2011
Joseph Keenan
movieYou Don't Know Jack
2010
Neal Nicol
tvBest Food Ever
2010
Narrator
tvTreme
2010
Creighton Bernette
movieThe Princess and the Frog
2009
"Big Daddy" La Bouff (voice)
movieBeyond All Boundaries
2009
Capt. Edwin Simmons
movieAlabama Moon
2009
Mr. Wellington
moviePope Joan
2009
Pope Sergius II.
tvCommunity
2009
Vice Dean Laybourne
movieIn the Electric Mist
2009
Julie 'Baby Feet' Balboni
movieConfessions of a Shopaholic
2009
Graham Bloomwood
movieGirls Gone Gangsta
2009
Mortimer J Hamm
movieFats Domino: Walkin' Back to New Orleans
2008
Narrator (voice)
movieGigantic
2008
Happy's Father
movieBee Movie
2007
Layton T. Montgomery (voice)
movieDeath Sentence
2007
Bones Darley
movieThe Pixar Story
2007
James 'Sulley' Sullivan (voice) (archive footage)
tvDamages
2007
Howard Erickson
movieEvan Almighty
2007
Congressman Long
Boulevard of Broken Dreams
2007
Self (archive footage)
movieThe Year Without a Santa Claus
2006
Santa Claus
tvStudio 60 on the Sunset Strip
2006
Judge Robert Bebe
movieCars
2006
Sullivan Truck (voice)
movieTales of the Rat Fink
2006
Ed Roth (voice)
tvThe Emperor's New School
2006
Pacha (voice)
movieKronk's New Groove
2005
Pacha (voice)
movieShelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast
2005
Self - Presenter
movieBeyond the Sea
2004
Steve Blauner
tvCenter of the Universe
2004
John Barnett
tvFather of the Pride
2004
Larry (voice)
movieClifford's Really Big Movie
2004
George Wolfsbottom (voice)
movieMasked and Anonymous
2003
Uncle Sweetheart
movieThe Jungle Book 2
2003
Baloo (voice)
movieMike's New Car
2002
Sulley (voice)
movieStorytelling
2001
Marty Livingston
movieMonsters, Inc.
2001
Sullivan (voice)
movieMy First Mister
2001
Benjamin
movieOn the Edge
2001
The Dean (segment "Happy Birthday")
movieOne Night at McCool's
2001
Detective Dehling
movieThe Emperor's New Groove
2000
Pacha (voice)
tvNormal, Ohio
2000
William "Butch" Gamble
tvEd
2000
Big Rudy
movieO Brother, Where Art Thou?
2000
Big Dan Teague
movieThe Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
2000
Oklahoma Cop
tvPigs Next Door
2000
Phil (voice)
movieWhat Planet Are You From?
2000
Roland Jones
movieBringing Out the Dead
1999
Larry Verber
tvNow and Again
1999
Michael Wiseman
tvThe West Wing
1999
Glenallen Walken
movieThe Runner
1999
Deepthroat
tvSpongeBob SquarePants
1999
Santa Claus (voice)
movieThe Jack Bull
1999
Judge Tolliver
tvFuturama
1999
Robot Santa Claus (voice)
movieRudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie
1998
Santa Claus (voice)
movieThe Real Macaw
1998
Mac (voice)
movieDirty Work
1998
Mayor Adrian Riggins (uncredited)
movieThe Big Lebowski
1998
Walter Sobchak
movieBlues Brothers 2000
1998
Mighty Mack McTeer
movieFallen
1998
Jonesy
movieThe Borrowers
1997
Ocious P. Potter
tvSoul Man
1997
Capt. Stan Hamel
tvKing of the Hill
1997
Tommy (voice)
movieMother Night
1996
Major Frank Wirtanen
moviePie in the Sky
1996
Alan Davenport
movieA Streetcar Named Desire
1995
Harold 'Mitch' Mitchell
movieKingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long
1995
Huey P. Long, Jr.
movieThe Flintstones
1994
Fred Flintstone
movieSesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
1994
Tough Guy Helpline Operator
movieThe Hudsucker Proxy
1994
Newsreel Announcer (voice)
movieWe're Back! A Dinosaur's Story
1993
Rex (voice)
movieSesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration
1993
Self (segment "New Way to Walk")
tvGrace Under Fire
1993
Police Officer
tvLate Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
Self - Guest
movieBorn Yesterday
1993
Harry Brock
movieMatinee
1993
Lawrence Woolsey
movieFrosty Returns
1992
Frosty the Snowman (voice)
tvThe Jackie Thomas Show
1992
Dan Conner
movieThe Babe
1992
Babe Ruth
movieBarton Fink
1991
Charlie Meadows
movieKing Ralph
1991
Ralph Hampton Gainesworth Jones
movieTom & Jerry's 50th Birthday Bash
1990
Self - Host
movieArachnophobia
1990
Delbert McClintock
movieStella
1990
Ed Munn
tvGrand
1990
Red
movieAlways
1989
Al Yackey
tvThe Simpsons
1989
Meathook (voice)
movieSea of Love
1989
Sherman
tvRoseanne
1988
Dan Conner
moviePunchline
1988
John Krytsick
tvLIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Self - Guest
movieThe Wrong Guys
1988
Duke Earle
movieTalking Heads: Storytelling Giant
1988
Cowboy singer ("Wild Wild Life")
movieMurder Ordained
1987
Hugh Rayburn
tvMurder Ordained
1987
Hugh Rayburn
movieBurglar
1987
Detective Nyswander
movieThe Big Easy
1986
Andre DeSoto
movieTrue Stories
1986
Louis Fyne
tvThe Equalizer
1985
Harold Winter
tvMoonlighting
1985
Donald Chase
movieC.H.U.D.
1984
Cop in Diner
movieRevenge of the Nerds
1984
Coach Harris
movieHeart of Steel
1983
Raymond Bohupinsky
movieThe Survivors
1983
Commando
movieEddie Macon's Run
1983
Mr. Hebert
movieThe Robber Bridegroom
1980
Townsperson
The Mystery of the Morro Castle
1980
Telegraph Operator
tvSaturday Night Live
1975
Self - Host / Self - Cameo (uncredited) / Self (uncredited) / Linda Tripp (uncredited) / Nathan Barnett (uncredited) / The Ghost of SNL Hosts Presents (uncredited) / Linda Tripp (voice) (uncredited) / Self - Various Characters (uncredited)
tvCMA Awards
1967
Self
tvThe Oscars
1953
Self
tvGolden Globe Awards
1944
Self - Winner
Production1
movieChili Finger
2026
Executive Producer