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).
TV Shows(53)
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
2023
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters
Bill Randa
2023
The Freak Brothers
Fat Freddy Freekowtski (voice)
2021
Monsters at Work
Sulley (voice)
2021
The Righteous Gemstones
Eli Gemstone
2019
Biography: Comedy Icons
Self
2019
The Conners
Dan Conner
2018
Black Earth Rising
Michael Ennis
2018
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
2014
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Self
2014
Alpha House
Senator Gil John Biggs
2013
Dancing on the Edge
Masterson
2013
Best Food Ever
Narrator
2010
Treme
2010
Community
Vice Dean Laybourne
2009
Damages
Howard Erickson
2007
Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Self (archive footage)
2007
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
Judge Robert Bebe
2006
The Emperor's New School
Pacha (voice)
2006
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Self
2005
Center of the Universe
John Barnett
2004
Father of the Pride
Larry (voice)
2004
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003
Normal, Ohio
William "Butch" Gamble
2000
Ed
Big Rudy
2000
Pigs Next Door
Phil (voice)
2000
Now and Again
1999
The West Wing
Glenallen Walken
1999
SpongeBob SquarePants
Santa Claus (voice)
1999
Futurama
Robot Santa Claus (voice)
1999
Soul Man
Capt. Stan Hamel
1997
King of the Hill
Tommy (voice)
1997
Saturday Night Special
1996
Muppets Tonight
Self
1996
Ruby Wax Meets
1996
Inside the Actors Studio
Self
1994
Downwardly Mobile
1994
Grace Under Fire
Police Officer
1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993
The Jackie Thomas Show
Dan Conner
1992
American Chronicles
self
1990
Grand
Red
1990
The Simpsons
Meathook (voice)
1989
Roseanne
Dan Conner
1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
1988
Murder Ordained
Hugh Rayburn
1987
The Equalizer
Harold Winter
1985
Moonlighting
Donald Chase
1985
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
1975
CMA Awards
Self
1967
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
The Oscars
Self
1953
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Winner
1944
Movies(154)
Chili Finger
Blake Jr.
2026
Digger
2026
Monsters Funday Football
Sulley (Voice)
2025
A Holiday Short: Best Christmas Ever
Doodle (voice)
2025
Not So Fast, My Friend: A Lee Corso Special
Self (archive footage)
2025
Smurfs
Papa Smurf (voice)
2025
Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain
Narrator (voice)
2023
Easy Does It
"Catfish" Crawford (voice)
2020
Chris Farley: Anything for a Laugh
Self
2019
Captive State
William Mulligan
2019
Real Life
Louis Fyne
2018
Atomic Blonde
Emmett Kurzfeld
2017
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
Igon Siruss (voice)
2017
Transformers: The Last Knight
Hound (voice)
2017
Once Upon a Time in Venice
Dave Phillips
2017
Kong: Skull Island
Bill Randa
2017
Bunyan and Babe
Paul Bunyan (voice)
2017
New Orleans: The First 300 Years
Narrator
2017
Patriots Day
Commisioner Ed Davis
2016
Ratchet & Clank
Grimroth (voice)
2016
10 Cloverfield Lane
Howard
2016
Love the Coopers
Sam Cooper
2015
Trumbo
Frank King
2015
Live from New York!
Self
2015
Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle
Hal Houston (voice)
2015
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead
Self - Actor
2015
The Gambler
Frank
2014
All-Stars
Himself
2014
Evolution Within Extinction
Self
2014
Transformers: Age of Extinction
Hound (voice)
2014
Inside 'Inside Llewyn Davis'
Self
2014
Party Central
Sullivan (voice)
2014
The Monuments Men
Sgt. Walter Garfield
2014
Wolfpack Only: The Hangover Retrospective
Self
2013
Inside Llewyn Davis
Roland Turner
2013
The Book of Manning
Narrator
2013
Monsters University
Sullivan (voice)
2013
The Internship
Sammy Boscoe (uncredited)
2013
The Hangover Part III
Marshall
2013
Milius
Self
2013
Argo
John Chambers
2012
Trouble with the Curve
Pete Klein
2012
It's a SpongeBob Christmas!
Santa Claus
2012
The Campaign
Congressman Scott Talley (uncredited)
2012
ParaNorman
Mr. Prenderghast (voice)
2012
Drunkboat
Mr. Fletcher
2012
The Artist: The Making of an American Romance
Self
2012
Flight
Harling Mays
2012
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
(archive footage)
2012
All Star Bowling Trick Shots
2012
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Stan the Doorman
2011
The Artist
Al Zimmer
2011
Ole War Skule: The Story of Saturday Night
Narrator
2011
Red State
Joseph Keenan
2011
You Don't Know Jack
Neal Nicol
2010
The Princess and the Frog
"Big Daddy" La Bouff (voice)
2009
Beyond All Boundaries
Capt. Edwin Simmons
2009
Alabama Moon
Mr. Wellington
2009
Pope Joan
Pope Sergius II.
2009
In the Electric Mist
Julie 'Baby Feet' Balboni
2009
Confessions of a Shopaholic
Graham Bloomwood
2009
Girls Gone Gangsta
Mortimer J Hamm
2009
Speed Racer: Car Fu
Self
2008
Fats Domino: Walkin' Back to New Orleans
Narrator (voice)
2008
Gigantic
Happy's Father
2008
Speed Racer
Pops
2008
Speed Racer: Wonderful World of Racing - The Amazing Racer Family
Pops Racer
2008
Bee Movie
Layton T. Montgomery (voice)
2007
Death Sentence
Bones Darley
2007
The Pixar Story
James 'Sulley' Sullivan (voice) (archive footage)
2007
Evan Almighty
Congressman Long
2007
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation
Self
2007
The Year Without a Santa Claus
Santa Claus
2006
Cars
Sullivan Truck (voice)
2006
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
Steve Mills
2006
Tales of the Rat Fink
Ed Roth (voice)
2006
Kronk's New Groove
Pacha (voice)
2005
Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast
Self - Presenter
2005
Beyond the Sea
Steve Blauner
2004
Clifford's Really Big Movie
George Wolfsbottom (voice)
2004
Freshman Orientation
Rodney
2004
Masked and Anonymous
Uncle Sweetheart
2003
Overnight
Self
2003
The Jungle Book 2
Baloo (voice)
2003
The Sweatbox
Self
2002
Dirty Deeds
Tony
2002
Mike's New Car
Sulley (voice)
2002
Storytelling
Marty Livingston
2001
Monsters, Inc.
Sullivan (voice)
2001
My First Mister
Benjamin
2001
When Dinosaurs Roamed America
Narrator
2001
On the Edge
The Dean (segment "Happy Birthday")
2001
One Night at McCool's
Detective Dehling
2001
The Firesign Theatre: Weirdly Cool
Self
2001
The Emperor's New Groove
Pacha (voice)
2000
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Big Dan Teague
2000
Coyote Ugly
Bill
2000
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
Oklahoma Cop
2000
What Planet Are You From?
Roland Jones
2000
Bringing Out the Dead
Larry Verber
1999
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
Self
1999
The Runner
Deepthroat
1999
The Jack Bull
Judge Tolliver
1999
Discovering Bedrock
Self
1999
Dancing Outlaw II: Jesco Goes to Hollywood
Himself
1999
The Making of 'The Big Lebowski'
Self
1998
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie
Santa Claus (voice)
1998
The Real Macaw
Mac (voice)
1998
Dirty Work
Mayor Adrian Riggins (uncredited)
1998
The Big Lebowski
Walter Sobchak
1998
Blues Brothers 2000
Mighty Mack McTeer
1998
Fallen
Jonesy
1998
The Borrowers
Ocious P. Potter
1997
Mother Night
Major Frank Wirtanen
1996
Pie in the Sky
Alan Davenport
1996
A Streetcar Named Desire
Harold 'Mitch' Mitchell
1995
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Self
1995
Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long
Huey P. Long, Jr.
1995
The Flintstones
Fred Flintstone
1994
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
Tough Guy Helpline Operator
1994
The Hudsucker Proxy
Newsreel Announcer (voice)
1994
We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story
Rex (voice)
1993
Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration
Self (segment "New Way to Walk")
1993
Born Yesterday
Harry Brock
1993
Matinee
Lawrence Woolsey
1993
Frosty Returns
Frosty the Snowman (voice)
1992
The Babe
Babe Ruth
1992
A Friend in New Orleans
Himself
1992
Barton Fink
Charlie Meadows
1991
King Ralph
Ralph Hampton Gainesworth Jones
1991
Tom & Jerry's 50th Birthday Bash
Self - Host
1990
Arachnophobia
Delbert McClintock
1990
Stella
Ed Munn
1990
Always
Al Yackey
1989
Sea of Love
Sherman
1989
Everybody's All-American
Lawrence
1988
Punchline
John Krytsick
1988
The Wrong Guys
Duke Earle
1988
Talking Heads: Storytelling Giant
Cowboy singer ("Wild Wild Life")
1988
Murder Ordained
Hugh Rayburn
1987
Burglar
Detective Nyswander
1987
Raising Arizona
Gale
1987
The Big Easy
Andre DeSoto
1986
True Stories
Louis Fyne
1986
Sweet Dreams
Otis
1985
C.H.U.D.
Cop in Diner
1984
Revenge of the Nerds
Coach Harris
1984
Maria's Lovers
Frank
1984
Heart of Steel
Raymond Bohupinsky
1983
The Survivors
Commando
1983
Eddie Macon's Run
Mr. Hebert
1983
The Face of Rage
Fred
1983
The Robber Bridegroom
Townsperson
1980
The Mystery of the Morro Castle
Telegraph Operator
1980