
John Goodman
John Stephen Goodman 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
Credits
- 2026 · Judy as
- 2025 · Smurfs as Papa Smurf (voice)
- 2023 · Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
- 2023 · Monarch: Legacy of Monsters as Bill Randa
- 2023 · Monarch: Legacy of Monsters as Bill Randa (archive footage)
- 2021 · Monsters at Work as Sulley (voice)
- 2019 · The Righteous Gemstones as Eli Gemstone
- 2018 · Real Life as Louis Fyne
- 2018 · The Conners as Dan Conner
- 2017 · Atomic Blonde as Emmett Kurzfeld
- 2017 · Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets as Igon Siruss (voice)
- 2017 · Transformers: The Last Knight as Hound (voice)
- 2017 · Once Upon a Time in Venice as Dave Phillips
- 2017 · Kong: Skull Island as Bill Randa
- 2016 · Patriots Day as Commisioner Ed Davis
- 2016 · 10 Cloverfield Lane as Howard
- 2015 · Trumbo as Frank King
- 2014 · The Gambler as Frank
- 2014 · Evolution Within Extinction as Self
- 2014 · Transformers: Age of Extinction as Hound (voice)
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 2014 · Off Camera with Sam Jones as Self
- 2014 · The Monuments Men as Sgt. Walter Garfield
- 2013 · Inside Llewyn Davis as Roland Turner
- 2013 · Monsters University as Sullivan (voice)
- 2013 · The Hangover Part III as Marshall
- 2013 · Alpha House as Senator Gil John Biggs
- 2012 · Flight as Harling Mays
- 2012 · Argo as John Chambers
- 2012 · Trouble with the Curve as Pete Klein
- 2012 · The Campaign as Congressman Scott Talley (uncredited)
- 2012 · ParaNorman as Mr. Prenderghast (voice)
- 2012 · The Artist: The Making of an American Romance as Self
- 2011 · Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close as Stan the Doorman
- 2011 · The Artist as Al Zimmer
- 2010 · Treme as
- 2010 · Treme as Creighton Bernette
- 2009 · The Princess and the Frog as "Big Daddy" La Bouff (voice)
- 2009 · Alabama Moon as Mr. Wellington
- 2009 · Pope Joan as Pope Sergius II.
- 2009 · Community as Vice Dean Laybourne
- 2009 · Confessions of a Shopaholic as Graham Bloomwood
- 2008 · Fats Domino: Walkin' Back to New Orleans as Himself - Narrator
- 2008 · Speed Racer as Pops Racer
- 2007 · Bee Movie as Layton T. Montgomery (voice)
- 2007 · Death Sentence as Bones Darley
- 2007 · The Pixar Story as James 'Sulley' Sullivan (voice) (archive footage)
- 2007 · Damages as Howard Erickson
- 2007 · Evan Almighty as Congressman Long
- 2006 · Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip as Judge Robert Bebe
- 2006 · Cars as Sullivan Truck (voice)
- 2006 · The Emperor's New School as Pacha (voice)
- 2006 · Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School as Steve Mills
- 2005 · Kronk's New Groove as Pacha (voice)
- 2005 · Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast as Self - Presenter
- 2005 · The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as Self
- 2004 · Father of the Pride as Larry (voice)
- 2003 · The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
- 2003 · The Jungle Book 2 as Baloo (voice)
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- 2001 · Storytelling as Marty Livingston
- 2001 · Monsters, Inc. as Sullivan (voice)
- 2000 · The Emperor's New Groove as Pacha (voice)
- 2000 · Ed as Big Rudy
- 2000 · O Brother, Where Art Thou? as Big Dan Teague
- 2000 · Coyote Ugly as Bill
- 1999 · Bringing Out the Dead as Larry Verber
- 1999 · Now and Again as
- 1999 · Now and Again as Michael Wiseman
- 1999 · The West Wing as Glenallen Walken
- 1999 · SpongeBob SquarePants as Santa Claus (voice)
- 1999 · The Jack Bull as Judge Tolliver
- 1999 · Futurama as Robot Santa Claus (voice)
- 1998 · The Making of 'The Big Lebowski' as Self
- 1998 · Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie as Santa Claus (voice)
- 1998 · Dirty Work as Mayor Adrian Riggins (uncredited)
- 1998 · The Big Lebowski as Walter Sobchak
- 1998 · Blues Brothers 2000 as Mighty Mack McTeer
- 1998 · Fallen as Jonesy
- 1997 · The Borrowers as Ocious P. Potter
- 1997 · King of the Hill as Tommy (voice)
- 1994 · The Flintstones as Fred Flintstone
- 1994 · The Hudsucker Proxy as Newsreel Announcer (voice)
- 1993 · Grace Under Fire as Police Officer
- 1993 · Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- 1993 · Born Yesterday as Harry Brock
- 1991 · Barton Fink as Charlie Meadows
- 1990 · Stella as Ed Munn
- 1990 · Grand as Red
- 1989 · The Simpsons as Meathook (voice)
- 1988 · Roseanne as Dan Conner
- 1987 · Raising Arizona as Gale
- 1985 · The Equalizer as Harold Winter
- 1985 · Moonlighting as Donald Chase
- 1984 · Maria's Lovers as Frank
- 1984 · Revenge of the Nerds as Coach Harris
- 1980 · The Robber Bridegroom as Townsperson
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
- 1962 · The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- Future · Chili Finger as
- 2025 · Not So Fast, My Friend: A Lee Corso Special as Self (archive footage)
- 2023 · Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain as Narrator (voice)
- 2021 · The Freak Brothers as Fat Freddy Freekowtski (voice)
- 2020 · Easy Does It as "Catfish" Crawford (voice)
- 2020 · Birds of a Different Game: The '80s Cardinals as
- 2019 · Biography: Comedy Icons as Self
- 2019 · Chris Farley: Anything for a Laugh as
- 2019 · Captive State as William Mulligan
- 2018 · Black Earth Rising as Michael Ennis
- 2017 · Bunyan and Babe as Paul Bunyan (voice)
- 2017 · New Orleans: The First 300 Years as Narrator
- 2016 · Ratchet & Clank as Grimroth (voice)
- 2015 · Love the Coopers as Sam Cooper
- 2015 · Live from New York! as Self
- 2015 · Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle as Hal Houston (voice)
- 2015 · Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead as Self - Actor
- 2014 · All-Stars as Himself
- 2014 · Inside 'Inside Llewyn Davis' as Self
- 2014 · Party Central as Sullivan (voice)
- 2013 · Wolfpack Only: The Hangover Retrospective as Self
- 2013 · The Book of Manning as Narrator
- 2013 · The Internship as Sammy Boscoe (uncredited)
- 2013 · Milius as Self
- 2013 · Dancing on the Edge as Masterson
- 2012 · It's a SpongeBob Christmas! as Santa Claus
- 2012 · Drunkboat as Mr. Fletcher
- 2012 · Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen as (archive footage)
- 2012 · All Star Bowling Trick Shots as
- 2011 · Ole War Skule: The Story of Saturday Night as Narrator
- 2011 · Red State as Joseph Keenan
- 2010 · You Don't Know Jack as Neal Nicol
- 2010 · Best Food Ever as Narrator
- 2009 · Beyond All Boundaries as Capt. Edwin Simmons
- 2009 · In the Electric Mist as Julie 'Baby Feet' Balboni
- 2009 · Girls Gone Gangsta as Mortimer J Hamm
- 2008 · Gigantic as Happy's Father
- 2007 · Pixar Short Films Collection: Volume 1 as
- 2007 · Boulevard of Broken Dreams as (archive footage)
- 2006 · The Year Without a Santa Claus as Santa Claus
- 2006 · Tales of the Rat Fink as Ed Roth (voice)
- 2004 · Beyond the Sea as Steve Blauner
- 2004 · Center of the Universe as John Barnett
- 2004 · Clifford's Really Big Movie as George Wolfsbottom (voice)
- 2004 · Freshman Orientation as Rodney
- 2003 · Masked and Anonymous as Uncle Sweetheart
- 2003 · Overnight as Self
- 2002 · The Sweatbox as Self
- 2002 · Dirty Deeds as Tony
- 2002 · Mike's New Car as Sulley (voice)
- 2001 · My First Mister as Benjamin
- 2001 · When Dinosaurs Roamed America as Narrator
- 2001 · On the Edge as The Dean (segment "Happy Birthday")
- 2001 · One Night at McCool's as Detective Dehling
- 2001 · The Firesign Theatre: Weirdly Cool as Self
- 2000 · Normal, Ohio as William "Butch" Gamble
- 2000 · The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle as Oklahoma Cop
- 2000 · Pigs Next Door as Phil (voice)
- 2000 · What Planet Are You From? as Roland Jones
- 1999 · Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special as Self
- 1999 · The Runner as Deepthroat
- 1999 · Dancing Outlaw II: Jesco Goes to Hollywood as Himself
- 1998 · The Real Macaw as Mac (voice)
- 1997 · Soul Man as Capt. Stan Hamel
- 1996 · Mother Night as Major Frank Wirtanen
- 1996 · Saturday Night Special as
- 1996 · Muppets Tonight as Self
- 1996 · Pie in the Sky as Alan Davenport
- 1996 · Ruby Wax Meets as
- 1995 · A Streetcar Named Desire as Harold 'Mitch' Mitchell
- 1995 · The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies as Self
- 1995 · Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long as Huey P. Long, Jr.
- 1994 · Inside the Actors Studio as Self
- 1994 · Downwardly Mobile as
- 1994 · Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! as Tough Guy Helpline Operator
- 1993 · We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story as Rex (voice)
- 1993 · Matinee as Lawrence Woolsey
- 1992 · Frosty Returns as Frosty the Snowman (voice)
- 1992 · The Jackie Thomas Show as Dan Conner
- 1992 · The Babe as Babe Ruth
- 1991 · King Ralph as Ralph Hampton Gainesworth Jones
- 1990 · Tom & Jerry's 50th Birthday Bash as Self - Host
- 1990 · Arachnophobia as Delbert McClintock
- 1989 · Always as Al Yackey
- 1989 · Sea of Love as Sherman
- 1988 · Everybody's All-American as Lawrence
- 1988 · Punchline as John Krytsick
- 1988 · The Wrong Guys as Duke Earle
- 1988 · Talking Heads: Storytelling Giant as Cowboy singer ("Wild Wild Life")
- 1987 · Murder Ordained as Hugh Rayburn
- 1987 · Murder Ordained as Hugh Rayburn
- 1987 · Burglar as Detective Nyswander
- 1986 · The Big Easy as Andre DeSoto
- 1986 · True Stories as Louis Fyne
- 1985 · Sweet Dreams as Otis
- 1984 · C.H.U.D. as Cop in Diner
- 1983 · Heart of Steel as Raymond Bohupinsky
- 1983 · Chiefs as Newt 'Tub' Murray
- 1983 · The Survivors as Commando
- 1983 · Eddie Macon's Run as Mr. Hebert
- 1983 · The Face of Rage as Fred
- 1980 · The Mystery of the Morro Castle as Telegraph Operator
- 1967 · CMA Awards as Self