John Goodman
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jun 20, 1952 (age 74)
- Place of birth
- Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
- Credits
- 211
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 various accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Vanity Fair has called him "among our very finest actors".
Goodman is known for his collaborations with the Coen brothers, appearing in films such as Raising Arizona (1987), Barton Fink (1991), The Big Lebowski (1998), and O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000), and Inside Llewyn Davis (2013). He took leading roles in King Ralph (1991), The Babe (1992), Matinee (1993), The Flintstones (1994), and 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016) as well as supporting roles in Revenge of the Nerds (1984), True Stories (1986), Bringing Out the Dead (1999), Evan Almighty (2007), Speed Racer (2008), The Artist (2011), Flight (2012), Argo (2012), and Atomic Blonde (2017). He voiced roles in The Emperor's New Groove franchise (2000–2008), the Monsters, Inc. franchise (2001–present), Bee Movie (2007) and Smurfs (2025).
On television, Goodman gained recognition playing the family patriarch Dan Conner in the ABC comedy series Roseanne (1988–1997; 2018), and The Conners (2018–2025). Goodman has played an English professor in the drama series Treme (2010–2011), a military contractor in the legal drama series Damages (2011), a Republican senator in the political satire Alpha House (2013–2014), and a televangelist in the comedy series The Righteous Gemstones (2019–2025). He also guest-starred in The West Wing (2003–2004), Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (2006), and Community (2011–2012), and is a member of the Five Timers Club, having hosted Saturday Night Live 13 times from 1989 to 2013.
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 Beckett play Waiting for Godot (2009), and the newspaper comedy The Front Page (2016). Goodman made his West End debut in a revival of David Mamet's American Buffalo (2015).
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Known for
Monsters, Inc.
2001Movie
Sullivan (voice)
Cars
2006Movie
Sullivan Truck (voice)
The Big Lebowski
1998Movie
Walter Sobchak
Monsters University
2013Movie
Sullivan (voice)
Kong: Skull Island
2017Movie
Bill Randa
The Simpsons
1989TV
Meathook (voice)
Filmography
Skeletons
2027Movie
Digger
2026Movie
President Compson
Chili Finger
2026Movie
Blake Jr.
Monsters Funday Football
2025Movie
Sulley (Voice)
A Holiday Short: Best Christmas Ever
2025Movie
Doodle (voice)
Not So Fast, My Friend: A Lee Corso Special
2025Movie
Self (archive footage)
Smurfs
2025Movie
Papa Smurf (voice)
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
2023TV
Self
Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain
2023Movie
Narrator (voice)
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters
2023TV
Bill Randa, Bill Randa (archive footage)
The Freak Brothers
2021TV
Fat Freddy Freekowtski (voice)
Monsters at Work
2021TV
Sulley (voice)
Easy Does It
2020Movie
"Catfish" Crawford (voice)
The Righteous Gemstones
2019TV
Eli Gemstone
Chris Farley: Anything for a Laugh
2019Movie
Self
Biography: Comedy Icons
2019TV
Self
Captive State
2019Movie
William Mulligan
Real Life
2018Movie
Louis Fyne
The Conners
2018TV
Dan Conner
Black Earth Rising
2018TV
Michael Ennis
Atomic Blonde
2017Movie
Emmett Kurzfeld
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
2017Movie
Igon Siruss (voice)
Transformers: The Last Knight
2017Movie
Hound (voice)
Once Upon a Time in Venice
2017Movie
Dave Phillips
Kong: Skull Island
2017Movie
Bill Randa
Bunyan and Babe
2017Movie
Paul Bunyan (voice)
New Orleans: The First 300 Years
2017Movie
Narrator
Patriots Day
2016Movie
Commisioner Ed Davis
Ratchet & Clank
2016Movie
Grimroth (voice)
10 Cloverfield Lane
2016Movie
Howard
Love the Coopers
2015Movie
Sam Cooper
Trumbo
2015Movie
Frank King
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead
2015Movie
Self - Actor
Live from New York!
2015Movie
Self
Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle
2015Movie
Hal Houston (voice)
The Gambler
2014Movie
Frank
All-Stars
2014Movie
Himself
Evolution Within Extinction
2014Movie
Self
Transformers: Age of Extinction
2014Movie
Hound (voice)
Inside 'Inside Llewyn Davis'
2014Movie
Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014TV
Self - Guest
Party Central
2014Movie
Sullivan (voice)
Off Camera with Sam Jones
2014TV
Self
The Monuments Men
2014Movie
Sgt. Walter Garfield
Wolfpack Only: The Hangover Retrospective
2013Movie
Self
Inside Llewyn Davis
2013Movie
Roland Turner
The Book of Manning
2013Movie
Narrator
Monsters University
2013Movie
Sullivan (voice)
The Internship
2013Movie
Sammy Boscoe (uncredited)
The Hangover Part III
2013Movie
Marshall
Alpha House
2013TV
Senator Gil John Biggs
Milius
2013Movie
Self
Dancing on the Edge
2013TV
Masterson
All Star Bowling Trick Shots
2012Movie
It's a SpongeBob Christmas!
2012Movie
Santa Claus
Argo
2012Movie
John Chambers
Trouble with the Curve
2012Movie
Pete Klein
The Campaign
2012Movie
Congressman Scott Talley (uncredited)
ParaNorman
2012Movie
Mr. Prenderghast (voice)
Drunkboat
2012Movie
Mr. Fletcher
The Artist: The Making of an American Romance
2012Movie
Self
Flight
2012Movie
Harling Mays
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012Movie
(archive footage)
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
2011Movie
Stan the Doorman
The Artist
2011Movie
Al Zimmer
Ole War Skule: The Story of Saturday Night
2011Movie
Narrator
Red State
2011Movie
Joseph Keenan
You Don't Know Jack
2010Movie
Neal Nicol
Best Food Ever
2010TV
Narrator
Treme
2010TV
Creighton Bernette
The Princess and the Frog
2009Movie
"Big Daddy" La Bouff (voice)
Beyond All Boundaries
2009Movie
Capt. Edwin Simmons
Alabama Moon
2009Movie
Mr. Wellington
Pope Joan
2009Movie
Pope Sergius II.
Community
2009TV
Vice Dean Laybourne
In the Electric Mist
2009Movie
Julie 'Baby Feet' Balboni
Confessions of a Shopaholic
2009Movie
Graham Bloomwood
Girls Gone Gangsta
2009Movie
Mortimer J Hamm
Speed Racer: Car Fu
2008Movie
Self
Fats Domino: Walkin' Back to New Orleans
2008Movie
Narrator (voice)
Gigantic
2008Movie
Happy's Father
Speed Racer
2008Movie
Pops
Speed Racer: Wonderful World of Racing - The Amazing Racer Family
2008Movie
Pops Racer
Bee Movie
2007Movie
Layton T. Montgomery (voice)
Death Sentence
2007Movie
Bones Darley
The Pixar Story
2007Movie
James 'Sulley' Sullivan (voice) (archive footage)
Damages
2007TV
Howard Erickson
Evan Almighty
2007Movie
Congressman Long
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation
2007Movie
Self
Boulevard of Broken Dreams
2007TV
Self (archive footage)
The Year Without a Santa Claus
2006Movie
Santa Claus
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
2006TV
Judge Robert Bebe
Cars
2006Movie
Sullivan Truck (voice)
Tales of the Rat Fink
2006Movie
Ed Roth (voice)
The Emperor's New School
2006TV
Pacha (voice)
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
2006Movie
Steve Mills
Kronk's New Groove
2005Movie
Pacha (voice)
Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast
2005Movie
Self - Presenter
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005TV
Self
Beyond the Sea
2004Movie
Steve Blauner
Center of the Universe
2004TV
John Barnett
Father of the Pride
2004TV
Larry (voice)
Clifford's Really Big Movie
2004Movie
George Wolfsbottom (voice)
Freshman Orientation
2004Movie
Rodney
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003TV
Self
Masked and Anonymous
2003Movie
Uncle Sweetheart
Overnight
2003Movie
Self
The Jungle Book 2
2003Movie
Baloo (voice)
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003TV
Self
The Sweatbox
2002Movie
Self
Dirty Deeds
2002Movie
Tony
Mike's New Car
2002Movie
Sulley (voice)
Storytelling
2001Movie
Marty Livingston
Monsters, Inc.
2001Movie
Sullivan (voice)
My First Mister
2001Movie
Benjamin
When Dinosaurs Roamed America
2001Movie
Narrator
On the Edge
2001Movie
The Dean (segment "Happy Birthday")
One Night at McCool's
2001Movie
Detective Dehling
The Firesign Theatre: Weirdly Cool
2001Movie
Self
The Emperor's New Groove
2000Movie
Pacha (voice)
Normal, Ohio
2000TV
William "Butch" Gamble
Ed
2000TV
Big Rudy
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
2000Movie
Big Dan Teague
Coyote Ugly
2000Movie
Bill
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
2000Movie
Oklahoma Cop
Pigs Next Door
2000TV
Phil (voice)
What Planet Are You From?
2000Movie
Roland Jones
Bringing Out the Dead
1999Movie
Larry Verber
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
1999Movie
Self
Now and Again
1999TV
Michael Wiseman
The West Wing
1999TV
Glenallen Walken
The Runner
1999Movie
Deepthroat
SpongeBob SquarePants
1999TV
Santa Claus (voice)
The Jack Bull
1999Movie
Judge Tolliver
Futurama
1999TV
Robot Santa Claus (voice)
Discovering Bedrock
1999Movie
Self
Dancing Outlaw II: Jesco Goes to Hollywood
1999Movie
Himself
The Making of 'The Big Lebowski'
1998Movie
Self
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie
1998Movie
Santa Claus (voice)
The Real Macaw
1998Movie
Mac (voice)
Dirty Work
1998Movie
Mayor Adrian Riggins (uncredited)
The Big Lebowski
1998Movie
Walter Sobchak
Blues Brothers 2000
1998Movie
Mighty Mack McTeer
Fallen
1998Movie
Jonesy
The Borrowers
1997Movie
Ocious P. Potter
Soul Man
1997TV
Capt. Stan Hamel
King of the Hill
1997TV
Tommy (voice)
Mother Night
1996Movie
Major Frank Wirtanen
Saturday Night Special
1996TV
Muppets Tonight
1996TV
Self
Pie in the Sky
1996Movie
Alan Davenport
Ruby Wax Meets
1996TV
A Streetcar Named Desire
1995Movie
Harold 'Mitch' Mitchell
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995Movie
Self
Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long
1995Movie
Huey P. Long, Jr.
Inside the Actors Studio
1994TV
Self
Downwardly Mobile
1994TV
The Flintstones
1994Movie
Fred Flintstone
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
1994Movie
Tough Guy Helpline Operator
The Hudsucker Proxy
1994Movie
Newsreel Announcer (voice)
We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story
1993Movie
Rex (voice)
Sesame Street's 25th Birthday: A Musical Celebration
1993Movie
Self (segment "New Way to Walk")
Grace Under Fire
1993TV
Police Officer
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993TV
Self - Guest
Born Yesterday
1993Movie
Harry Brock
Matinee
1993Movie
Lawrence Woolsey
Frosty Returns
1992Movie
Frosty the Snowman (voice)
The Jackie Thomas Show
1992TV
Dan Conner
The Babe
1992Movie
Babe Ruth
A Friend in New Orleans
1992Movie
Himself
The Future Is Now
1992Movie
Businessman
Barton Fink
1991Movie
Charlie Meadows
King Ralph
1991Movie
Ralph
Tom & Jerry's 50th Birthday Bash
1990Movie
Self - Host
American Chronicles
1990TV
self
Arachnophobia
1990Movie
Delbert McClintock
Happy Birthday, Bugs! 50 Looney Years
1990Movie
Self
Stella
1990Movie
Ed Munn
Grand
1990TV
Red
Always
1989Movie
Al Yackey
The Simpsons
1989TV
Meathook (voice)
Sea of Love
1989Movie
Sherman
Everybody's All-American
1988Movie
Lawrence
Roseanne
1988TV
Dan Conner
Punchline
1988Movie
John Krytsick
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988TV
Self - Guest
The Wrong Guys
1988Movie
Duke Earle
Talking Heads: Storytelling Giant
1988Movie
Cowboy singer ("Wild Wild Life")
Murder Ordained
1987Movie
Hugh Rayburn
Murder Ordained
1987TV
Hugh Rayburn
Burglar
1987Movie
Detective Nyswander
Raising Arizona
1987Movie
Gale
The Big Easy
1986Movie
Andre DeSoto
True Stories
1986Movie
Louis Fyne
Sweet Dreams
1985Movie
Otis
The Equalizer
1985TV
Harold Winter
Moonlighting
1985TV
Donald Chase
C.H.U.D.
1984Movie
Cop in Diner
Revenge of the Nerds
1984Movie
Coach Harris
Maria's Lovers
1984Movie
Frank
Heart of Steel
1983Movie
Raymond Bohupinsky
The Survivors
1983Movie
Commando
Eddie Macon's Run
1983Movie
Mr. Hebert
The Face of Rage
1983Movie
Fred
The Robber Bridegroom
1980Movie
Townsperson
The Mystery of the Morro Castle
1980Movie
Telegraph Operator
Saturday Night Live
1975TV
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)
CMA Awards
1967TV
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962TV
Self
The Oscars
1953TV
Self
Golden Globe Awards
1944TV
Self - Winner