Acting · Saint Louis, Missouri, USA · Born June 20, 1952
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).
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2025
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2025
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MovieNot So Fast, My Friend: A Lee Corso Special
2025
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MovieSmurfs
2025
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TVOff Script with The Hollywood Reporter
2023
as Self
MoviePlease Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain
2023
as Narrator (voice)
TVMonarch: Legacy of Monsters
2023
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2021
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TVMonsters at Work
2021
as Sulley (voice)
MovieEasy Does It
2020
as "Catfish" Crawford (voice)
TVThe Righteous Gemstones
2019
as Eli Gemstone
MovieChris Farley: Anything for a Laugh
2019
as Self
TVBiography: Comedy Icons
2019
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MovieCaptive State
2019
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Real Life
2018
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2018
as Dan Conner
TVBlack Earth Rising
2018
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2017
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MovieValerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
2017
as Igon Siruss (voice)
MovieTransformers: The Last Knight
2017
as Hound (voice)
MovieOnce Upon a Time in Venice
2017
as Dave Phillips
MovieKong: Skull Island
2017
as Bill Randa
MovieBunyan and Babe
2017
as Paul Bunyan (voice)
MovieNew Orleans: The First 300 Years
2017
as Narrator
MoviePatriots Day
2016
as Commisioner Ed Davis
MovieRatchet & Clank
2016
as Grimroth (voice)
Movie10 Cloverfield Lane
2016
as Howard
MovieLove the Coopers
2015
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MovieTrumbo
2015
as Frank King
MovieLive from New York!
2015
as Self
MovieCurious George 3: Back to the Jungle
2015
as Hal Houston (voice)
MovieDrunk Stoned Brilliant Dead
2015
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MovieThe Gambler
2014
as Frank
MovieAll-Stars
2014
as Himself
MovieEvolution Within Extinction
2014
as Self
MovieTransformers: Age of Extinction
2014
as Hound (voice)
MovieInside 'Inside Llewyn Davis'
2014
as Self
TVLate Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self - Guest
MovieParty Central
2014
as Sullivan (voice)
TVOff Camera with Sam Jones
2014
as Self
MovieThe Monuments Men
2014
as Sgt. Walter Garfield
MovieWolfpack Only: The Hangover Retrospective
2013
as Self
MovieInside Llewyn Davis
2013
as Roland Turner
MovieThe Book of Manning
2013
as Narrator
MovieMonsters University
2013
as Sullivan (voice)
MovieThe Internship
2013
as Sammy Boscoe (uncredited)
MovieThe Hangover Part III
2013
as Marshall
TVAlpha House
2013
as Senator Gil John Biggs
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2013
as Self
TVDancing on the Edge
2013
as Masterson
MovieIt's a SpongeBob Christmas!
2012
as Santa Claus
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2012
as John Chambers
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2012
as Pete Klein
MovieThe Campaign
2012
as Congressman Scott Talley (uncredited)
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2012
as Mr. Prenderghast (voice)
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2012
as Mr. Fletcher
MovieThe Artist: The Making of an American Romance
2012
as Self
MovieFlight
2012
as Harling Mays
MovieFinal Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012
as (archive footage)
MovieAll Star Bowling Trick Shots
2012
MovieExtremely Loud & Incredibly Close
2011
as Stan the Doorman
MovieThe Artist
2011
as Al Zimmer
MovieOle War Skule: The Story of Saturday Night
2011
as Narrator
MovieRed State
2011
as Joseph Keenan
MovieYou Don't Know Jack
2010
as Neal Nicol
TVBest Food Ever
2010
as Narrator
TVTreme
2010
MovieThe Princess and the Frog
2009
as "Big Daddy" La Bouff (voice)
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2009
as Capt. Edwin Simmons
MovieAlabama Moon
2009
as Mr. Wellington
MoviePope Joan
2009
as Pope Sergius II.
TVCommunity
2009
as Vice Dean Laybourne
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2009
as Julie 'Baby Feet' Balboni
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2009
as Graham Bloomwood
MovieGirls Gone Gangsta
2009
as Mortimer J Hamm
Speed Racer: Car Fu
2008
as Self
MovieFats Domino: Walkin' Back to New Orleans
2008
as Narrator (voice)
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2008
as Happy's Father
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2008
as Pops
MovieSpeed Racer: Wonderful World of Racing - The Amazing Racer Family
2008
as Pops Racer
MovieBee Movie
2007
as Layton T. Montgomery (voice)
MovieDeath Sentence
2007
as Bones Darley
MovieThe Pixar Story
2007
as James 'Sulley' Sullivan (voice) (archive footage)
TVDamages
2007
as Howard Erickson
MovieEvan Almighty
2007
as Congressman Long
MovieSaturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation
2007
as Self
Boulevard of Broken Dreams
2007
as Self (archive footage)
MovieThe Year Without a Santa Claus
2006
as Santa Claus
TVStudio 60 on the Sunset Strip
2006
as Judge Robert Bebe
MovieCars
2006
as Sullivan Truck (voice)
MovieTales of the Rat Fink
2006
as Ed Roth (voice)
TVThe Emperor's New School
2006
as Pacha (voice)
MovieMarilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
2006
as Steve Mills
MovieKronk's New Groove
2005
as Pacha (voice)
MovieShelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast
2005
as Self - Presenter
TVThe Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005
as Self
MovieBeyond the Sea
2004
as Steve Blauner
TVCenter of the Universe
2004
as John Barnett
TVFather of the Pride
2004
as Larry (voice)
MovieClifford's Really Big Movie
2004
as George Wolfsbottom (voice)
MovieFreshman Orientation
2004
as Rodney
TVThe Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
as Self
MovieMasked and Anonymous
2003
as Uncle Sweetheart
MovieOvernight
2003
as Self
MovieThe Jungle Book 2
2003
as Baloo (voice)
TVJimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self
MovieThe Sweatbox
2002
as Self
MovieDirty Deeds
2002
as Tony
MovieMike's New Car
2002
as Sulley (voice)
MovieStorytelling
2001
as Marty Livingston
MovieMonsters, Inc.
2001
as Sullivan (voice)
MovieMy First Mister
2001
as Benjamin
MovieWhen Dinosaurs Roamed America
2001
as Narrator
MovieOn the Edge
2001
as The Dean (segment "Happy Birthday")
MovieOne Night at McCool's
2001
as Detective Dehling
MovieThe Firesign Theatre: Weirdly Cool
2001
as Self
MovieThe Emperor's New Groove
2000
as Pacha (voice)
TVNormal, Ohio
2000
as William "Butch" Gamble
TVEd
2000
as Big Rudy
MovieO Brother, Where Art Thou?
2000
as Big Dan Teague
MovieCoyote Ugly
2000
as Bill
MovieThe Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
2000
as Oklahoma Cop
TVPigs Next Door
2000
as Phil (voice)
MovieWhat Planet Are You From?
2000
as Roland Jones
MovieBringing Out the Dead
1999
as Larry Verber
MovieSaturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
1999
as Self
TVNow and Again
1999
TVThe West Wing
1999
as Glenallen Walken
MovieThe Runner
1999
as Deepthroat
TVSpongeBob SquarePants
1999
as Santa Claus (voice)
MovieThe Jack Bull
1999
as Judge Tolliver
TVFuturama
1999
as Robot Santa Claus (voice)
MovieDiscovering Bedrock
1999
as Self
MovieDancing Outlaw II: Jesco Goes to Hollywood
1999
as Himself
MovieThe Making of 'The Big Lebowski'
1998
as Self
MovieRudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie
1998
as Santa Claus (voice)
MovieThe Real Macaw
1998
as Mac (voice)
MovieDirty Work
1998
as Mayor Adrian Riggins (uncredited)
MovieThe Big Lebowski
1998
as Walter Sobchak
MovieBlues Brothers 2000
1998
as Mighty Mack McTeer
MovieFallen
1998
as Jonesy
MovieThe Borrowers
1997
as Ocious P. Potter
TVSoul Man
1997
as Capt. Stan Hamel
TVKing of the Hill
1997
as Tommy (voice)
MovieMother Night
1996
as Major Frank Wirtanen
Saturday Night Special
1996
TVMuppets Tonight
1996
as Self
MoviePie in the Sky
1996
as Alan Davenport
TVRuby Wax Meets
1996
MovieA Streetcar Named Desire
1995
as Harold 'Mitch' Mitchell
MovieThe First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995
as Self
MovieKingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long
1995
as Huey P. Long, Jr.
TVInside the Actors Studio
1994
as Self
TVDownwardly Mobile
1994
MovieThe Flintstones
1994
as Fred Flintstone
MovieSesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
1994
as Tough Guy Helpline Operator
MovieThe Hudsucker Proxy
1994
as Newsreel Announcer (voice)
MovieWe're Back! A Dinosaur's Story
1993
as Rex (voice)
MovieSesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration
1993
as Self (segment "New Way to Walk")
TVGrace Under Fire
1993
as Police Officer
TVLate Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
MovieBorn Yesterday
1993
as Harry Brock
MovieMatinee
1993
as Lawrence Woolsey
MovieFrosty Returns
1992
as Frosty the Snowman (voice)
TVThe Jackie Thomas Show
1992
as Dan Conner
MovieThe Babe
1992
as Babe Ruth
MovieA Friend in New Orleans
1992
as Himself
MovieBarton Fink
1991
as Charlie Meadows
MovieKing Ralph
1991
as Ralph Hampton Gainesworth Jones
MovieTom & Jerry's 50th Birthday Bash
1990
as Self - Host
American Chronicles
1990
as self
MovieArachnophobia
1990
as Delbert McClintock
MovieHappy Birthday, Bugs! 50 Looney Years
1990
as Self
MovieStella
1990
as Ed Munn
TVGrand
1990
as Red
MovieAlways
1989
as Al Yackey
TVThe Simpsons
1989
as Meathook (voice)
MovieSea of Love
1989
as Sherman
MovieEverybody's All-American
1988
as Lawrence
TVRoseanne
1988
as Dan Conner
MoviePunchline
1988
as John Krytsick
TVLIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
as Self - Guest
MovieThe Wrong Guys
1988
as Duke Earle
MovieTalking Heads: Storytelling Giant
1988
as Cowboy singer ("Wild Wild Life")
MovieMurder Ordained
1987
as Hugh Rayburn
TVMurder Ordained
1987
as Hugh Rayburn
MovieBurglar
1987
as Detective Nyswander
MovieRaising Arizona
1987
as Gale
MovieThe Big Easy
1986
as Andre DeSoto
MovieTrue Stories
1986
as Louis Fyne
MovieSweet Dreams
1985
as Otis
TVThe Equalizer
1985
as Harold Winter
TVMoonlighting
1985
as Donald Chase
MovieC.H.U.D.
1984
as Cop in Diner
MovieRevenge of the Nerds
1984
as Coach Harris
MovieMaria's Lovers
1984
as Frank
MovieHeart of Steel
1983
as Raymond Bohupinsky
MovieThe Survivors
1983
as Commando
MovieEddie Macon's Run
1983
as Mr. Hebert
The Face of Rage
1983
as Fred
MovieThe Robber Bridegroom
1980
as Townsperson
The Mystery of the Morro Castle
1980
as Telegraph Operator
TVSaturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
TVCMA Awards
1967
as Self
TVThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
TVThe Oscars
1953
as Self
TVGolden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Winner
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