John Goodman
Actor

John Goodman

31 Movies
1 TV Shows
32 Credits
Personal Info
Known For Acting
Known Credits 32
Birthday June 20, 1952 (73 years old)
Place of Birth Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
Also Known As Karl Mundt, John Stephen Goodman, Jonathan Stephen Goodman
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Biography

John Stephen GoodmanΒ (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 aΒ Primetime Emmy Award,Β a Golden Globe Award, and aΒ Screen Actors Guild Award.Β Vanity FairΒ has called Goodman "among our very finest actors."

Goodman is known for his collaborations with theΒ Coen brothers, acting in films such asΒ Raising ArizonaΒ (1987),Β Barton FinkΒ (1991),Β The Big LebowskiΒ (1998),Β O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000), andΒ Inside Llewyn DavisΒ (2013). He took on leading roles inΒ King RalphΒ (1991),Β The Babe (1992),Β MatineeΒ (1993),Β The FlintstonesΒ (1994), andΒ 10 Cloverfield LaneΒ (2016). Goodman also had supporting roles inΒ Revenge of the Nerds (1984),Β True StoriesΒ (1986),Β Sea of LoveΒ (1989),Β Bringing Out the DeadΒ (1999),Β Storytelling (2001),Β Speed RacerΒ (2008),Β The ArtistΒ (2011),Β FlightΒ (2012),Β ArgoΒ (2012),Β The Hangover Part III (2013), andΒ Β Atomic BlondeΒ (2017). He has voiced roles inΒ The Emperor's New GrooveΒ franchise (2000–2008), theΒ Monsters, Inc.Β franchise (2001–present),Β The Jungle Book 2Β (2003), andΒ Bee MovieΒ (2007).

On television, Goodman gained recognition by playing the family patriarchΒ Dan ConnerΒ in theΒ comedy seriesΒ RoseanneΒ (1988–1997; 2018) andΒ The ConnersΒ (2018–present). Goodman had regular roles in theΒ HBOΒ drama seriesΒ TremeΒ (2010–2011), the legal drama seriesΒ DamagesΒ (2011), the political comedy seriesΒ Alpha HouseΒ (2013–2014), and the HBO comedy seriesΒ The Righteous GemstonesΒ (2019–present).Β He has been a frequent host ofΒ Saturday Night LiveΒ (1989–2013) and has guest starred inΒ The West WingΒ (2003–2004),Β Studio 60 on the Sunset StripΒ (2006), andΒ CommunityΒ (2011–2012).Β 

Goodman started his career atΒ The Public Theatre, acting in numerous productions, includingΒ Henry IV, Part 1Β (1981),Β The Skin of Our TeethΒ (1998), andΒ The SeagullΒ (2001). He made hisΒ BroadwayΒ debutΒ in Big RiverΒ (1985), for which Goodman received aΒ Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a MusicalΒ nomination. He returned to Broadway in revivals of theΒ Samuel BecketΒ playΒ Waiting for GodotΒ (2009) and the newspaper comedyΒ The Front Page (2016). Goodman debuted his West End in a revival ofΒ David Mamet'sΒ American Buffalo (2015).

Filmography (208)

Digger 2026
Chili Finger 2026
Smurfs 2025
Not So Fast, My Friend: A Lee Corso Special 2025
Monsters Funday Football 2025
A Holiday Short: Best Christmas Ever 2025
Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain 2023
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters 2023
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter 2023
The Freak Brothers 2021
Monsters at Work 2021
Easy Does It 2020
Captive State 2019
Chris Farley: Anything for a Laugh 2019
Biography: Comedy Icons 2019
The Righteous Gemstones 2019
Real Life 2018
The Conners 2018
Black Earth Rising 2018
New Orleans: The First 300 Years 2017
Transformers: The Last Knight 2017 Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets 2017 Kong: Skull Island 2017 Atomic Blonde 2017
Bunyan and Babe 2017
Once Upon a Time in Venice 2017
10 Cloverfield Lane 2016
Ratchet & Clank 2016
Patriots Day 2016
Trumbo 2015
Love the Coopers 2015
Live from New York! 2015
Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle 2015
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead 2015
The Monuments Men 2014
Party Central 2014
Transformers: Age of Extinction 2014
Inside 'Inside Llewyn Davis' 2014
The Gambler 2014
Evolution Within Extinction 2014
All-Stars 2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers 2014
Off Camera with Sam Jones 2014
Monsters University 2013
Inside Llewyn Davis 2013
The Hangover Part III 2013 The Internship 2013
Milius 2013
Wolfpack Only: The Hangover Retrospective 2013
The Book of Manning 2013
Alpha House 2013
Dancing on the Edge 2013
Argo 2012
Drunkboat 2012
ParaNorman 2012
Trouble with the Curve 2012
Flight 2012
It's a SpongeBob Christmas! 2012
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen 2012
All Star Bowling Trick Shots 2012
The Campaign 2012
The Artist: The Making of an American Romance 2012
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close 2011
Red State 2011
The Artist 2011
Ole War Skule: The Story of Saturday Night 2011
You Don't Know Jack 2010
Treme 2010
Best Food EverΒ  2010
The Princess and the Frog 2009 Confessions of a Shopaholic 2009
Pope Joan 2009
In the Electric Mist 2009
Alabama Moon 2009
Girls Gone Gangsta 2009
Beyond All Boundaries 2009
Community 2009
Speed Racer 2008
Gigantic 2008
Fats Domino: Walkin' Back to New Orleans 2008
Speed Racer: Wonderful World of Racing - The Amazing Racer Family 2008
Speed Racer: Car Fu 2008
Evan Almighty 2007 Bee Movie 2007
Death Sentence 2007
The Pixar Story 2007
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation 2007
Damages 2007
Boulevard of Broken Dreams 2007
Tales of the Rat Fink 2006
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School 2006
Cars 2006
The Year Without a Santa Claus 2006
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip 2006
The Emperor's New School 2006
Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast 2005
Kronk's New Groove 2005
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson 2005
Beyond the Sea 2004
Freshman Orientation 2004
Clifford's Really Big Movie 2004
Father of the Pride 2004
Center of the Universe 2004
Masked and Anonymous 2003
The Jungle Book 2 2003
Overnight 2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show 2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! 2003
Dirty Deeds 2002
Mike's New Car 2002
The Sweatbox 2002
Monsters, Inc. 2001
One Night at McCool's 2001
My First Mister 2001
When Dinosaurs Roamed America 2001
On the Edge 2001
Storytelling 2001
The Firesign Theatre: Weirdly Cool 2001
O Brother, Where Art Thou? 2000
What Planet Are You From? 2000
The Emperor's New Groove 2000 Coyote Ugly 2000
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle 2000
Ed 2000
Normal, Ohio 2000
Pigs Next Door 2000
Bringing Out the Dead 1999
The Jack Bull 1999
Dancing Outlaw II: Jesco Goes to Hollywood 1999
The Runner 1999
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special 1999
Discovering Bedrock 1999
Now and Again 1999
Futurama 1999
SpongeBob SquarePants 1999
The West Wing 1999
The Big Lebowski 1998
Blues Brothers 2000 1998 Fallen 1998
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie 1998
Dirty Work 1998
The Real Macaw 1998
The Making of 'The Big Lebowski' 1998
The Borrowers 1997
King of the Hill 1997
Soul Man 1997
Mother Night 1996
Pie in the Sky 1996
Muppets Tonight 1996
Saturday Night Special 1996
Ruby Wax Meets 1996
A Streetcar Named Desire 1995
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies 1995
Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long 1995 The Flintstones 1994
The Hudsucker Proxy 1994
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! 1994
Inside the Actors Studio 1994
Downwardly Mobile 1994
Matinee 1993
Born Yesterday 1993
We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story 1993
Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration 1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien 1993
Grace Under Fire 1993
Frosty Returns 1992
The Babe 1992
A Friend in New Orleans 1992
The Jackie Thomas Show 1992
Barton Fink 1991
King Ralph 1991
Arachnophobia 1990
Stella 1990
Tom & Jerry's 50th Birthday Bash 1990
Grand 1990
American Chronicles 1990
Always 1989
Sea of Love 1989
The Simpsons 1989
The Wrong Guys 1988
Everybody's All-American 1988
Punchline 1988
Talking Heads: Storytelling Giant 1988
Roseanne 1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark 1988
Raising Arizona 1987
Burglar 1987
Murder Ordained 1987
Murder Ordained 1987
The Big Easy 1986
True Stories 1986
Sweet Dreams 1985
Moonlighting 1985
The Equalizer 1985
Revenge of the Nerds 1984
Maria's Lovers 1984
C.H.U.D. 1984
The Survivors 1983
The Face of Rage 1983
Heart of Steel 1983
Eddie Macon's Run 1983
The Mystery of the Morro Castle 1980
The Robber Bridegroom 1980
Saturday Night Live 1975
CMA Awards 1967
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson 1962
The Oscars 1953
Golden Globe Awards 1944