John Goodman on screen and stage

Goodman at the 2016 San Diego Comic-Con

John Goodman is an American actor known for his roles in film, television and theatre.

Goodman gained national fame for his role as the family patriarch Dan Conner in the ABC television series Roseanne (1988–1997; 2018), for which he won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in 1993, and reprised the role in its sequel series The Conners . He is also known as a character actor appearing as a regular collaborator with the Coen brothers. Goodman has appeared in six of their films Raising Arizona (1987), Barton Fink (1991), The Hudsucker Proxy (1994), The Big Lebowski (1998), O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000), and Inside Llewyn Davis (2013).

Goodman's other film performances include lead roles in Stella (1990), King Ralph (1991), The Babe (1992), The Flintstones (1994), Blues Brothers 2000 (1998), and 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016), and supporting roles in True Stories (1986), Storytelling (2001), Beyond the Sea (2004), Evan Almighty (2007), Speed Racer (2008), Pope Joan (2009), The Artist (2011), Argo (2012), The Hangover Part III (2013), The Monuments Men (2014), Trumbo (2015), Patriots Day (2016), and Atomic Blonde (2017).

Goodman is also known for his voice acting in various animated films. His voice roles include We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (1993), The Emperor's New Groove (2000), Pixar's Monsters, Inc. franchise (2001–present), Clifford's Really Big Movie (2004), Bee Movie (2007) and The Princess and the Frog (2009).

On television, Goodman has starred in the Amazon Studios political comedy series Alpha House (2012–2013), the first season of HBO's Treme (2010–2011), ^[1] the NBC sitcom Community , and the HBO comedy The Righteous Gemstones (2019–present). He is also known as a frequent host of Saturday Night Live having served as a host 13 times. ^[2]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref(s)
1983	Eddie Macon's Run	Herbert
	The Survivors	Commando
1984	Crackers	Cracker
	C.H.U.D.	Cop in Diner
	Maria's Lovers	Frank
	Revenge of the Nerds	Coach Harris
1985	Sweet Dreams	Otis
1986	True Stories	Louis Fyne
1987	The Big Easy	Detective Andre DeSoto
	Raising Arizona	Gale Snoats
	Burglar	Detective Nyswander
1988	The Wrong Guys	Duke Earle
	Punchline	John Krytsick
	Everybody's All-American	Edward Lawrence
1989	Sea of Love	Detective Sherman Touhey
	Always	Al Yackey
1990	Stella	Ed Munn
	Arachnophobia	Delbert McClintock
1991	King Ralph	Ralph Hampton Gainesworth Jones
	Barton Fink	Charlie Meadows / Karl Mundt
1992	The Babe	George Herman "Babe" Ruth
1993	Matinee	Lawrence Woolsey
	Born Yesterday	Harry Brock
	We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story	Rex the Tyrannosaurus Rex	Voice
1994	The Hudsucker Proxy	Newsreel Announcer	Credited as Karl Mundt	[3]
	The Flintstones	Fred Flintstone
1996	Pie in the Sky	Alan Davenport
	Mother Night	Major Frank Wirtanen
1997	The Borrowers	Ocious P. Potter
1998	Fallen	Detective "Jonesy" Jones
	Blues Brothers 2000	Mack "Mighty Mack" McTeer
	The Big Lebowski	Walter Sobchak
	Dirty Work	Mayor Adrian Riggins	Uncredited	[4]
	Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie	Santa Claus	Voice
	The Real Macaw	Mac the Parrot	Voice; US version
1999	The Runner	Deepthroat
	Bringing Out the Dead	Larry Verber
	The Jack Bull	Judge Joe B. Tolliver
2000	What Planet Are You From?	Roland Jones
	O Brother, Where Art Thou?	Daniel "Big Dan" Teague
	The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle	Oklahoma Highway Patrol Officer	Cameo
	Coyote Ugly	William James Sanford
	The Emperor's New Groove	Pacha	Voice
2001	My First Mister	Benjamin Wilson
	One Night at McCool's	Detective Dehling
	Storytelling	Marty Livingston	Segment: "Non-Fiction"
	Happy Birthday	The Dean
	Monsters, Inc.	James P. "Sulley" Sullivan	Voice
2002	Mike's New Car		Voice; Short film
	Dirty Deeds	Tony Testano
2003	Masked and Anonymous	Uncle Sweetheart
	The Jungle Book 2	Baloo	Voice
2004	Freshman Orientation	Rodney
	Clifford's Really Big Movie	George Wolfsbottom	Voice
	Beyond the Sea	Steve "Boom-Boom" Blauner
2005	Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School	Steve Mills
	Kronk's New Groove	Pacha	Voice; Direct-to-DVD
2006	Cars	James P. "Sulley" Sullivan Truck	Voice; Cameo
	Tales of the Rat Fink	Ed "Big Daddy" Roth	Voice; Documentary film
2007	Death Sentence	"Bones" Darley
	Evan Almighty	Congressman Chuck Long
	Bee Movie	Layton T. Montgomery	Voice
2008	Speed Racer	Pops Racer
	Gigantic	Al Lolly
2009	Confessions of a Shopaholic	Graham Bloomwood
	In the Electric Mist	Julie "Baby Feet" Balboni
	Alabama Moon	Mr. Wellington
	Beyond All Boundaries	Captain Edwin Simmons	Voice; Short film
	The Princess and the Frog	Eli "Big Daddy" La Bouff	Voice
	Pope Joan	Pope Sergius II
	Drunkboat	Mr. Fletcher
2010	The Big Uneasy	Narrator
2011	The Artist	Al Zimmer
	Red State	Joseph Keenan
	Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close	Stan, The Doorman
2012	ParaNorman	Mr. Prendergast	Voice
	The Campaign	Scott Talley	Cameo
	Trouble with the Curve	Pete Klein
	Argo	John Chambers
	Flight	Harling Mays
2013	Inside Llewyn Davis	Roland Turner
	The Hangover Part III	Marshall
	The Internship	Sammy Boscoe	Uncredited
	Monsters University	James P. "Sulley" Sullivan	Voice
2014	The Monuments Men	Captain Walter Garfield
	Party Central	James P. "Sulley" Sullivan	Voice; Short film
	Transformers: Age of Extinction	Hound	Voice	[5]
	The Gambler	Frank "Little Frank"
2015	Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle	Hal Houston	Voice; Direct-to-DVD
	Trumbo	Frank King
	Love the Coopers	Sam Cooper
2016	10 Cloverfield Lane	Howard Stambler
	Ratchet & Clank	Grimroth	Voice
	Patriots Day	Ed Davis
2017	Bunyan and Babe	Paul Bunyan	Voice
	Kong: Skull Island	William "Bill" J. Randa
	Atomic Blonde	CIA Agent Emmett Kurzfeld
	Once Upon a Time in Venice	Dave Phillips
	Transformers: The Last Knight	Hound	Voice	[6]
	Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets	Igon Siruss
2019	Captive State	William Mulligan
	Easy Does It	"Catfish" Crawford	Voice
2022	Take Me to the River: New Orleans	Narrator	Documentary film
2023	Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain	Narrator
2025	Smurfs	Papa Smurf	Voice
2026	Untitled Alejandro González Iñárritu film	TBA	Filming

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref(s)
1980	The Mystery of the Morro Castle	Telegraph Operator	Television film / Documentary	[7]
1983	The Face of Rage	Fred	Television film
	Heart of Steel	Raymond Bohupinsky
	Chiefs	Newt "Tub" Murray	Episode: "Part 3"
1987	The Equalizer	Harold Winter	Episode: "Re-Entry"
	Moonlighting	Donald Chase	Episode: "Come Back Little Shiksa"
	Murder Ordained	Hugh Rayburn	Television film
1988–1997, 2018	Roseanne	Dan Conner	220 episodes
1989–2013	Saturday Night Live	Himself / Host	13 episodes
1990	Grand	"Red"	Episode: "The Healing"
1992	The Jackie Thomas Show	Dan Conner	Episode: "The Joke"
	Frosty Returns	Frosty the Snowman	Voice; TV special
1993	Grace Under Fire	Police Officer	Episode: "Pilot"; Uncredited	[8]
1994	Sesame Street	Himself	2 episodes
1995	Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long	Huey Long	Television film
	A Streetcar Named Desire	Harold "Mitch" Mitchell
1997–1998	Soul Man	Captain Stan Hamel	2 episodes
1999	The Simpsons	Meathook	Voice; Episode: "Take My Wife, Sleaze"
	Futurama	Robot Santa	Voice; Episode: "Xmas Story"
1999–2000	Now and Again	Michael Wiseman	2 episodes
2000	Pigs Next Door	Phil Stymington	Voice; 13 episodes
	Normal, Ohio	William "Butch" Gamble	13 episodes
2001	When Dinosaurs Roamed America	The Narrator	Voice; Television film
	Ed	Rudy "Big Rudy"	Episode: "Loyalties"
2003–2004	The West Wing	Speaker Glen Allen Walken	4 episodes
2004–2005	Father of the Pride	Larry	Voice; 15 episodes
	Center of the Universe	John Barnett	12 episodes
2006	Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip	Judge Bobby Bebe	2 episodes
	Odd Job Jack	Garbage Czar	Voice; Episode: "The Big Dump"
	The Year Without a Santa Claus	Santa Claus	Television film
2007	King of the Hill	Tommy	Voice; Episode: "SerPUNt"
2007–2008	The Emperor's New School	Pacha	Voice; 16 episodes
2010	You Don't Know Jack	Neal Nicol	Television film
2010–2011	Treme	Creighton Bernette	13 episodes
2011	Damages	Howard T. Erickson	10 episodes
2011–2012	Community	Vice Dean Robert Laybourne	6 episodes	[9]
2012, 2019	SpongeBob SquarePants	Santa Claus / Himself	Voice; Episode: "It's a SpongeBob Christmas!" Live-action; Episode: "SpongeBob's Big Birthday Blowout"
2013	Dancing on the Edge	Masterson	5 episodes
2013–2014	Alpha House	Gil John Biggs	21 episodes
2016–2018	Saturday Night Live	Rex Tillerson	3 episodes	[10]
2018	Black Earth Rising	Michael Ennis	8 episodes
2018–present	The Conners	Dan Conner	106 episodes
2019–present	The Righteous Gemstones	Eli Gemstone	27 episodes
2020	Birds of a Different Game: The 80's Cardinals	The Narrator	Voice; Documentary
2020–present	The Freak Brothers	Freddy "Fat Freddy"	Voice; 10 episodes
2021–present	Monsters at Work	James P. "Sulley" Sullivan	Voice; 18 episodes	[11]
2023–2024	Monarch: Legacy of Monsters	Older Bill Randa	2 episodes	[12]

Video games

Year	Title	Voice role
1994	The Flintstones	Fred Flintstone
1996	Pyst	King Mattruss (live-action)
2001	The Emperor's New Groove: Groove Center	Pacha
2002	Mike's Monstrous Adventure	James P. "Sulley" Sullivan
	Monsters, Inc. Scream Arena
2007	Bee Movie Game	Layton T. Montgomery
	Cars Mater-National Championship	James P. "Sulley" Sullivan Truck
2009	Cars Race-O-Rama
2011	Rage	Dan Hagar
2018	Lego The Incredibles	James P. "Sulley" Sullivan
2023	Disney Dreamlight Valley

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Venue	Ref(s)
1975	Destry Rides Again	Tom Destry	Tent Theatre, SMSU	[13]
1981	Henry IV Part I	Blunt	Delacorte Theater	[14]
1983	Triple Feature	Winninger (Half)	Stage 73	[15]
1984–1985	Big River	Pap Finn	American Repertory Theater La Jolla Playhouse, San Diego Eugene O'Neill Theatre, Broadway	[16]
1998	The Skin of Our Teeth	Mr. Antrobus	Delacorte Theater	[17]
2001	The Seagull	Shamrayev		[18]
2002	The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui	Emanuele Giri	Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts
2005	Cat on a Hot Tin Roof	Big Daddy	The Geffen Playhouse, Los Angeles
2008	A Christmas Carol	Ghost of Christmas Present	Kodak Theatre, Los Angeles	[19]
2009	Waiting for Godot	Pozzo	Studio 54, Broadway	[20]
2015	American Buffalo	Donny	Wyndham's Theatre, West End	[21]
2016–2017	The Front Page	Sheriff Hartman	Broadhurst Theatre, Broadway	[22]

References

1. "In HBO's new series 'Treme,' John Goodman looks back in anger". Los Angeles Times. 2010-04-07. Retrieved 2019-11-04.
2. "'SNL' 5-Timers Club: Most Frequent Hosts, From Alec Baldwin to Will Ferrell". Yahoo.com. 31 October 2020. Retrieved May 16, 2021.
3. "The Hudsucker Proxy". March 11, 1994 – via IMDb.
4. "Movie Review: Dirty Work(1998)". Entertainment Weekly . New York City: Meredith Corporation. March 1, 1998. Archived from the original on December 27, 2013. Retrieved August 2, 2012.
5. Bay, Michael (May 8, 2014). "John Goodman And Ken Watanabe Join The Autobot Voice Cast in Michael Bay's 'Transformers: Age Of Extinction'". Michael Bay. Archived from the original on April 11, 2016. Retrieved May 8, 2014.
6. "Transformers: The Last Knight Director Confirms John Goodman, John Turturro Returns" . Retrieved January 6, 2017.
7. Lynch, Jason (February 7, 2014). "John Goodman on getting wooed by Clooney and bunking with Bruce Willis". The A.V. Club . The Onion, Inc. Retrieved February 7, 2014.
8. Gray, Tim (September 29, 1993). "Review: 'Grace Under Fire'". Variety . Retrieved March 24, 2017.
9. Mitovich, Matt Webb (August 28, 2011). "Community Sneak Peek Video: John Goodman Tells the Dean 'Wassup'". TVLine . Archived from the original on January 18, 2012. Retrieved August 29, 2011.
10. Anderson Cooper White House Turmoil Cold Open, 2018-03-17, retrieved 2018-10-03
11. "'Monsters, Inc.' Voice Cast to Return for Disney+ Series (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 2019-04-09.
12. Holmes, Martin (September 8, 2023). "John Goodman Tries to Fix the Past in 'Monarch: Legacy of Monsters' Trailer (VIDEO)". TV Insider. TV Guide . Retrieved September 9, 2023.
13. "Destry Rides into an Evening of Fun and Excitement". Southwest Standard. Retrieved June 19, 2021.
14. "SD's Old Globe Snares John Goodman for Behan's Hostage, Sept. 19-Oct. 31". Playbill. Retrieved May 16, 2021.
15. Rich, Frank (30 March 1983). "STAGE: 'SLACKS AND TOPS,' ONE OF A 'TRIPLE FEATURE'". The New York Times. Retrieved May 16, 2021.
16. Rich, Frank (26 April 1985). "STAGE: WITH HUCK FINN ON THE 'BIG RIVER'". The New York Times. Retrieved May 16, 2021.
17. "Goodman, Conroy & '3rd Rock's' Johnson Open Central Park Skin June 28". Playbill. Retrieved May 16, 2021.
18. "The Seagull". Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved May 16, 2021.
19. "Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol". Variety. 29 December 2008. Retrieved May 16, 2021.
20. "John Goodman and David Strathairn Join Waiting for Godot". Broadway.com. Retrieved May 16, 2021.
21. "American Buffalo - Review". The Guardian.com. 27 April 2015. Retrieved May 16, 2021.
22. "The Front Page's John Goodman Stops by The Late Show". Playbill.com. Retrieved May 16, 2021.