John Goodman
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1952-06-20
Place of Birth
Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
John Goodman
Biography
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). Description above from the Wikipedia article John Goodman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Also Known For
The Big Lebowski
Mar 06, 1998
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Aug 30, 2000
Barton Fink
Aug 01, 1991
The Flintstones
May 27, 1994
Raising Arizona
Mar 13, 1987
Monsters, Inc.
Nov 01, 2001
One Night at McCool's
Apr 19, 2001
The Princess and the Frog
Dec 08, 2009
Mother Night
Nov 01, 1996
Evan Almighty
Jun 09, 2007
What Planet Are You From?
Mar 03, 2000
King Ralph
Feb 15, 1991
Confessions of a Shopaholic
Feb 05, 2009
The Big Easy
Nov 27, 1986
Bee Movie
Oct 28, 2007
Always
Dec 22, 1989
The Wrong Guys
May 13, 1988
Beyond the Sea
Nov 16, 2004
Arachnophobia
Jul 20, 1990
Dirty Deeds
Jul 18, 2002
Blues Brothers 2000
Feb 05, 1998
The Emperor's New Groove
Dec 15, 2000
Speed Racer
May 07, 2008
Coyote Ugly
Jul 30, 2000
Death Sentence
Aug 31, 2007
Masked and Anonymous
Jul 25, 2003
True Stories
Oct 10, 1986
Bringing Out the Dead
Oct 22, 1999
Sea of Love
Sep 15, 1989
Matinee
Jan 29, 1993
Fallen
Jan 16, 1998
My First Mister
Oct 12, 2001
The Borrowers
Dec 05, 1997
Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast
Sep 02, 2005
Pope Joan
Oct 22, 2009
Everybody's All-American
Nov 04, 1988
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie
Oct 16, 1998
Kronk's New Groove
Dec 05, 2005
Frosty Returns
Dec 01, 1992
Punchline
Oct 07, 1988
The Survivors
Jun 24, 1983
Mike's New Car
May 24, 2002
In the Electric Mist
Apr 15, 2009
Revenge of the Nerds
Jul 20, 1984
Freshman Orientation
Jan 18, 2004
Sweet Dreams
Oct 02, 1985
You Don't Know Jack
Jun 27, 2010
The Jungle Book 2
Feb 07, 2003
Gigantic
Sep 09, 2008
Tales of the Rat Fink
Jan 01, 2006
The Babe
Apr 17, 1992
The Face of Rage
Mar 20, 1983
Monsters University
Jun 19, 2013
Born Yesterday
Mar 26, 1993
The Jack Bull
Apr 17, 1999
Dancing Outlaw II: Jesco Goes to Hollywood
Jan 01, 1999
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Dec 25, 2011
Burglar
Mar 20, 1987
Stella
Feb 02, 1990
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
Jun 30, 2000
Dirty Work
Jun 12, 1998
Red State
Aug 19, 2011
Argo
Oct 11, 2012
We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story
Nov 24, 1993
Clifford's Really Big Movie
Feb 20, 2004
Alabama Moon
Oct 25, 2009
New Orleans: The First 300 Years
Jan 01, 2017
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
Jan 12, 2006
The Real Macaw
Sep 24, 1998
The Artist
Oct 12, 2011
Girls Gone Gangsta
Jan 01, 2009
Drunkboat
Jul 13, 2012
ParaNorman
Aug 03, 2012
Inside Llewyn Davis
Oct 18, 2013
Maria's Lovers
Sep 11, 1984
Trouble with the Curve
Sep 21, 2012
The Sweatbox
Sep 13, 2002
The Hangover Part III
May 23, 2013
The Monuments Men
Jan 24, 2014
Fats Domino: Walkin' Back to New Orleans
Nov 20, 2008
The Internship
Jun 07, 2013
A Streetcar Named Desire
Oct 24, 1995
Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain
Nov 17, 2023
The Runner
Sep 09, 1999
When Dinosaurs Roamed America
Jul 15, 2001
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Jun 05, 1995
Flight
Nov 02, 2012
The Pixar Story
Aug 28, 2007
Party Central
Feb 20, 2014
Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long
Mar 18, 1995
Transformers: Age of Extinction
Jun 25, 2014
C.H.U.D.
Aug 31, 1984
On the Edge
Jun 28, 2001
Inside 'Inside Llewyn Davis'
Mar 11, 2014
The Gambler
Dec 25, 2014
Trumbo
Oct 27, 2015
It's a SpongeBob Christmas!
Dec 06, 2012
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Feb 04, 2012
Cars
Jun 08, 2006
Love the Coopers
Nov 12, 2015
10 Cloverfield Lane
Mar 10, 2016
Milius
Mar 09, 2013
Live from New York!
Apr 15, 2015
Ratchet & Clank
Apr 13, 2016
Evolution Within Extinction
Sep 30, 2014
Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle
Jan 26, 2015
Transformers: The Last Knight
Jun 16, 2017
The Hudsucker Proxy
Mar 11, 1994
Storytelling
Nov 08, 2001
Murder Ordained
May 03, 1987
Smurfs
Jun 30, 2025
Birds of a Different Game: The '80s Cardinals
Jan 28, 2020
Pie in the Sky
Feb 09, 1996
The Year Without a Santa Claus
Dec 11, 2006
All Star Bowling Trick Shots
Jan 01, 2012
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
Jul 19, 2017
Kong: Skull Island
Mar 08, 2017
Wolfpack Only: The Hangover Retrospective
Dec 03, 2013
Atomic Blonde
Jul 26, 2017
Patriots Day
Dec 12, 2016
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead
Jan 25, 2015
Heart of Steel
Dec 04, 1983
All-Stars
Oct 15, 2014
Ole War Skule: The Story of Saturday Night
Oct 11, 2011
Captive State
Mar 15, 2019
Judy
Oct 02, 2026
Bunyan and Babe
Jan 12, 2017
The Mystery of the Morro Castle
Mar 01, 1980
Once Upon a Time in Venice
Jun 08, 2017
Overnight
Jun 12, 2003
Eddie Macon's Run
Mar 23, 1983
Tom & Jerry's 50th Birthday Bash
Nov 30, 1990
The Campaign
Aug 09, 2012
The Book of Manning
Sep 24, 2013
Beyond All Boundaries
Nov 09, 2009
The Artist: The Making of an American Romance
Jun 26, 2012
Chris Farley: Anything for a Laugh
May 27, 2019
The Making of 'The Big Lebowski'
Oct 27, 1998
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
Sep 25, 1999
Easy Does It
Jun 05, 2020
The Robber Bridegroom
Jun 01, 1980
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
May 18, 1994
Chili Finger
Real Life
Nov 27, 2018
Pixar Short Films Collection: Volume 1
Mar 21, 2007
The Firesign Theatre: Weirdly Cool
Jan 01, 2001
Dirty Work: Dirtier Cut
Jul 29, 2025
Pixar Short Films
Dec 02, 2009
Father of the Pride
Aug 31, 2004
Now and Again
Sep 24, 1999
Inside the Actors Studio
Aug 14, 1994
The Simpsons
Dec 17, 1989
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Sep 08, 2003
Futurama
Mar 28, 1999
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Jan 26, 2003
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
Sep 18, 2006
King of the Hill
Jan 12, 1997
Ed
Oct 08, 2000
Moonlighting
Mar 03, 1985
Roseanne
Oct 18, 1988
The Equalizer
Sep 18, 1985
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Sep 13, 1993
Muppets Tonight
Mar 08, 1996
Normal, Ohio
Nov 01, 2000
Center of the Universe
Oct 27, 2004
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Jan 03, 2005
Saturday Night Special
Apr 13, 1996
The Oscars
Mar 19, 1953
Treme
Apr 11, 2010
Treme
Apr 11, 2010
Best Food Ever
May 03, 2010
Downwardly Mobile
Jul 21, 1994
Soul Man
Apr 15, 1997
Chiefs
Nov 13, 1983
Community
Sep 17, 2009
Alpha House
Apr 19, 2013
The Freak Brothers
Nov 14, 2021
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Feb 25, 2014
SpongeBob SquarePants
May 01, 1999
Damages
Jul 24, 2007
The West Wing
Sep 22, 1999
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters
Nov 16, 2023
Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Jan 29, 2007
Grace Under Fire
Sep 29, 1993
The Jackie Thomas Show
Dec 01, 1992
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Oct 01, 1962
The Conners
Oct 16, 2018
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters
Nov 16, 2023
Black Earth Rising
Sep 10, 2018
Biography: Comedy Icons
May 27, 2019
Saturday Night Live
Oct 11, 1975
Saturday Night Live
Oct 11, 1975
The Righteous Gemstones
Aug 18, 2019
Pigs Next Door
Mar 07, 2000
Murder Ordained
May 03, 1987
Dancing on the Edge
Feb 04, 2013
Now and Again
Sep 24, 1999
Monsters at Work
Jul 07, 2021
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
Dec 31, 2023
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Feb 06, 2014
Ruby Wax Meets
Jan 28, 1996
The Emperor's New School
Jan 27, 2006
