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John Goodman
Date of Birth
20 June 1952, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Birth Name
John Stephen Goodman
Height
6' 2" (1.88 m)
Mini Biography
John Stephen Goodman is an American film, television, and stage actor. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, he is best known for his role as Dan Conner on the television series Roseanne (1988-1997), for which he won a Best Actor Golden Globe award in 1993. Goodman is also noted for appearances in the films of the Coen brothers, with prominent roles in Raising Arizona as an escaped convict, in Barton Fink (1991), as a congenial murderer, in The Big Lebowski, as a volatile bowler and in O Brother Where Art Thou?, as a cultured thief. Additionally, Goodman's voice work has appeared in numerous Disney films, including the voice for "Sulley" in Monsters, Inc. Having contributed to more than 50 films, Goodman has also won two American Comedy Awards and hosted Saturday Night Live fourteen times.
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Spouse
Annabeth Hartzog
(27 October 1989 - present) 1 child
Trade Mark
[Late 1990s] Occasionally impersonated Linda Tripp on "Saturday Night Live" (1975) during the Monica Lewinsky scandal.
Frequently plays the sympathetic friend of the lead character
Girth and deep voice
Frequently appears in Films by The Coen Brothers
Often plays Leaders and Authority figures
Trivia
Is one of the favorite hosts on "Saturday Night Live" (1975), hosting the show 11 times and making numerous surprise appearances starting from the 1989-1990 season to the present.
Daughter Molly Evangeline Goodman (born August 31st 1990) with Annabeth Hartzog.
His first job was as a bouncer.
Graduated from Southwest Missouri State with a drama degree.
Went to Affton High School in Affton, Missouri.
His first TV appearance was for a Burger King commercial in which he had no lines. He only had to bite into a Whopper sandwich with glee.
He was in the original Broadway cast of the 1985 musical "Big River", which is based on The Adventures of Huckelberry Finn. He played Pap Finn and can be heard on the cast recording singing "Guv'ment".
He was regarded as being so crucial to the feature film version of The Flintstones (1994) that the project would have been shelved if he had turned down the role of Fred.
Has played both the King of England (in King Ralph (1991)) and the President of the United States (in certain episodes of "The West Wing" (1999)).
Dan Conner, Goodman's character on "Roseanne" (1988), was ranked #13 in TV Guide's list of the "50 Greatest TV Dads of All Time" [20 June 2004 issue].
Resides in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Appeared in "A Streetcar Named Desire" with Alec Baldwin. Baldwin, who played the role originated by Marlon Brando, has played Robert De Niro on "Saturday Night Live" (1975). Goodman has played Brando and De Niro on "Saturday Night Live".
Moved to New York City shortly after college and lived in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood. One of the jobs he held down as a struggling actor was as a waiter.
Was ordered by his doctors to lose a lot of weight in 2005. He referred to this as his biggest challenge since quitting smoking in 2003.
Was a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon national fraternity (Missouri Eta chapter - Southwest Missouri State University).
Bought his home in New Orleans, Louisiana, from Trent Reznor, the brain behind the rock band Nine Inch Nails.
Was the first guest on "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" (1993) when the show premiered on 13 September 1993.
On "Inside the Actors Studio" (1994), he revealed that of all the projects he has worked on, The Big Lebowski (1998) is his favorite.
Had to lose weight in order to play Babe Ruth.
Is a huge fan of the St. Louis Cardinals baseball team.
Bought a $4.6 million dollar home in Pacific Palisades, California (2008).
Born to Leslie Goodman, Sr, a postal worker (died in 1955), and his wife Virginia, a store clerk and waitress, he has a sister, Elisabeth (born after father's death), and a brother, Leslie, Jr (14 years senior to John).
His unique style of throwing darts, holding the pointing tip of the dart with his thumb and index finger and then throwing the dart with the opposite end pointing to the board, so that the dart makes a 180-degree in mid air, with the pointed end to the stuck board, can be seen in many of his movies such as King Ralph (1991).
Started off in a small theater in Springboro, Ohio called the Miami Valley Dinner Theater now called La Comedia Dinner Theater. He appeared in the show "1776" in 1975.
Was considered for the role of Buck Russell in Uncle Buck (1989).
Quit drinking in 2007 and has vowed to remain sober.
Was considered for the role of Paul Hennessy on "8 Simple Rules" (2002).
Enjoys fishing and playing golf.
Drama classmates at Missouri State University included Kathleen Turner and Tess Harper.
In 2011, he was in two films that were Oscar nominated for Best Picture - The Artist and Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.
Has provided the voice of two computer-generated characters named Sullivan: James P. "Sulley" Sullivan in "Monsters, Inc." and Sullivan Truck in "Cars".
Though he's been nominated multiple times for a Golden Globe & Screen Actors Guild Awards (two common indicators for an Academy Award nomination), he has never been nominated for an Oscar.
Personal Quotes
We'll shoot in Los Angeles, on the same lot where we shot Roseanne. It'll be difficult because I live in New Orleans. But I really enjoy doing sitcoms. You've got 22 minutes a week to put on a new play. It keeps me off the street. [about his role as a gay construction worker]
Doing "Roseanne" (1988) made me famous. To this day, people will call me "Dan Arnold". They'll shout out, 'Where's Roseanne?'
I wish I could do it again. I didn't have enough time to get it right. [on his performance in The Babe (1992)].
I flew into New York for the Raising Arizona (1987) audition, and we just started joking around. I started going through their résumé pile, looking at actors, and just kinda made myself at home in my obnoxious way. I think they cast me because I had a baby face and that was a motif of the film. [on how he met and started his relationship with the Coen Bros.]
I quit a year and a half ago and I turned into a werewolf. I went nuts. I've been smoking since I was in junior high school. I did a couple of episodes of "The West Wing" (1999) two years ago and I was in the middle of one of these psycho things and turned around and smacked the stage door as hard as I could and my fist immediately swelled up. Thank God I didn't break anything, but that was the last episode I had of nicotine withdrawal. [on quitting smoking in 2003].
(2007 - After completing rehab at Promises in Malibu) For my family and myself, I voluntarily took the necessary steps to remain sober the rest of my life.
(2008, on avoiding the Vietnam draft) I went to take my physical. But they measured me two inches shorter than I am. They measured me at six foot instead of six foot two. I was eleven pounds overweight for that height. They told me to lose weight and come back. By the time I was scheduled to come back, the draft was abolished.
(2008, on working with Al Pacino) I just idolized Al Pacino, and I was afraid that, you know, he was gonna wipe his feet on me or put a cigarette out on my neck or something. But he was so full of fire. He had such passion for acting. It's nice to meet someone like that.
(2008) When I look at myself on film, I just see shit I should've done. I'm incapable of watching myself objectively. Unless it's The Big Lebowski. The writing is so goddamned good, you can just enjoy it, go along for the ride like everybody else. Babe Ruth is one of those things I wish I could go back and do over. It's like being in that dream where you're in the subway with no clothes on.
(2008) I always overtip. Because at the end of the night, your feet hurt and you get to count it up and there's a nice feeling when you've gotten tipped well. I know what it's like. My mom lived on tips.
(2008) Celebrity is a dirty word. People are conditioned to hate you if you're famous or in show business. It's that love-hate thing. They can't wait for you to fail or get pulled over with a hooker or a stripper or a teenage boy with a lot of blow in the car.
(On Coyote Ugly) For the money. Honest to God, that's the only reason I did it.
Salary
The Flintstones (1994)
$3,000,000
"Normal, Ohio" (2000)
$4,400,000 (first season)
Where Are They Now
(October 2002) In Off-Broadway production of "The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui"
(July 2009) Playing the role of "Pozzo" in the Broadway revival of Samuel Beckett's "Waiting for Godot".
Filmography
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2014 The Monuments Men (pre-production)
2013 The Hangover Part III (filming)
2013 Monsters University (post-production)
Sulley (voice)
2013 The Internship (post-production)
2012 Inside Llewyn Davis (post-production)
2009 Girls Gone Gangsta (released)
Mortimer J Hamm
2012 It's a SpongeBob Christmas! (TV movie)
Santa Claus
2012/I Flight
Harling Mays
2012 Trouble with the Curve
Pete Klein
2012 Argo
John Chambers
2012 ParaNorman
Mr. Prenderghast (voice)
2012 KFC Loves Gays (short)
2011-2012 Community (TV series)
Vice Dean Laybourne
– Introduction to Finality (2012) … Vice Dean Laybourne
– The First Chang Dynasty (2012) … Vice Dean Laybourne
– Origins of Vampire Mythology (2012) … Vice Dean Laybourne
– Digital Exploration of Interior Design (2012) … Vice Dean Laybourne
– Advanced Gay (2011) … Vice Dean Laybourne
See all 6 episodes »
2012 Downwardly Mobile (TV movie)
Buzz
2012 Dancing on the Edge (TV series)
– Episode #1.1
– Episode #1.2
– Episode #1.3
– Episode #1.4
– Episode #1.5
2012 Spring Break '83
Dick Bender
2011 Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Stan the Doorman
2011 Happy Feet Two
The Beach Master (voice)
2011 Rage (Video Game)
Dan Hagar (voice)
2011 Damages (TV series)
Howard T. Erickson / Howard T. Erikerson
– Failure is Lonely (2011) … Howard T. Erickson
– There's a Whole Slew of Ladies with Bad Things to Say About the Taliban (2011) … Howard T. Erickson
– The War Will Go on Forever (2011) … Howard T. Erickson
– I'm Worried About My Dog (2011) … Howard T. Erickson
– Add That Little Hopper to Your Stew (2011) … Howard T. Erickson
See all 10 episodes »
2010-2011 Treme (TV series)
Creighton Bernette
– Feels Like Rain (2011) … Creighton Bernette
– I'll Fly Away (2010) … Creighton Bernette
– Wish Someone Would Care (2010) … Creighton Bernette
– All on a Mardi Gras Day (2010) … Creighton Bernette
– Smoke My Peace Pipe (2010) … Creighton Bernette
See all 11 episodes »
2011/I The Artist
Al Zimmer
2011 Red State
Joseph Keenan
2010 Drunkboat
Mr. Fletcher
2010 You Don't Know Jack (TV movie)
Neal Nicol
2009 The Princess and the Frog
'Big Daddy' La Bouff (voice)
2009 Beyond All Boundaries (short)
Capt. Edwin Simmons (voice)
2009 Pope Joan
Pope Sergius
2009 Cars Race-O-Rama (Video Game)
Sullivan Truck (voice)
2009 Alabama Moon
Mr. Wellington
2009 In the Electric Mist
Julie 'Baby Feet' Balboni
2009 Confessions of a Shopaholic
Graham Bloomwood
2009 The Station (TV movie)
Ted Gannon
2007-2008 The Emperor's New School (TV series)
Pascha
– Graduation Groove (2008) … Pascha (voice)
– Kuzcokazooza/Kuzco's Little Secret (2008) … Pascha (voice)
– Faking the Grade/Eco Kuzco (2008) … Pascha (voice)
– Yzbot/The Puma Whisperer (2008) … Pascha (voice)
– Puff Piece/Take My Advice (2008) … Pascha (voice)
See all 16 episodes »
2008 Gigantic
Al Lolly
2008 Speed Racer
Pops
2007 Cars Mater-National (Video Game)
Sullivan Truck (voice)
2007 Bee Movie Game (Video Game)
Layton T. Montgomery (voice)
2007 Bee Movie
Layton T. Montgomery (voice)
2007 Evan Almighty
Congressman Long
2007 Death Sentence
Bones Darley
2007 King of the Hill (TV series)
Tommy
– Serpunt (2007) … Tommy (voice)
2006 The Year Without a Santa Claus (TV movie)
Santa Claus
2006 Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (TV series)
Judge Robert Bebe
– Nevada Day: Part 2 (2006) … Judge Robert Bebe
– Nevada Day: Part 1 (2006) … Judge Robert Bebe
2006 Odd Job Jack (TV series)
Garbage Czar
– The Big Dump (2006) … Garbage Czar (voice)
2006 Cars
Sullivan Truck (voice)
2005 The Emperor's New Groove 2: Kronk's New Groove (video)
Pacha (voice)
2004-2005 Father of the Pride (TV series)
Larry
– The Siegfried and Roy Fantasy Experience Movie (2005) … Larry (voice)
– Stage Fright (2005) … Larry (voice)
– Road Trip (2004) … Larry (voice)
– Sarmoti Moves In (2004) … Larry (voice)
– Thanksgiving Episode (2004) … Larry (voice)
See all 14 episodes »
2004-2005 Center of the Universe (TV series)
John Barnett
– Marathon Woman (2005) … John Barnett
– Oh Brother, What the Hell Were You Thinking? (2005) … John Barnett
– The New Neighbors (2005) … John Barnett
– If You Love Something Leave It Alone (2005) … John Barnett
– The Work of Art (2005) … John Barnett
See all 12 episodes »
2005 Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
Steve Mills
2004 Beyond the Sea
Steve Blauner
2004 Clifford's Really Big Movie
George Wolfsbottom (voice)
2004 Freshman Orientation
Rodney
2003-2004 The West Wing (TV series)
Acting President Glenallen Walken / Glenallen Walken / Speaker of the House Glenallen Walken
– The Stormy Present (2004) … Glenallen Walken
– The Dogs of War (2003) … Acting President Glenallen Walken (uncredited)
– 7A WF 83429 (2003) … Acting President Glenallen Walken (uncredited)
– Twenty Five (2003) … Speaker of the House Glenallen Walken (uncredited)
2003 The Jungle Book 2
Baloo (voice)
2003 Masked and Anonymous
Uncle Sweetheart
2003 Freedom: A History of Us (TV series documentary)
Benjamin Harrison / William 'Big Bill' Haywood
– Independence (2003) … Benjamin Harrison
– Working for Freedom (2003) … William 'Big Bill' Haywood
2002 Dirty Deeds
Tony Testano
2002 Mike's New Car (video short)
Sulley (voice)
2001 Monsters, Inc.
James P. "Sulley" Sullivan (voice)
2001/I Happy Birthday
The Dean
2001 Storytelling
Marty Livingston (segment "Non-Fiction")
2001 One Night at McCool's
Detective Dehling
2001 Ed (TV series)
Big Rudy
– Loyalties (2001) … Big Rudy
2001 My First Mister
Benjamin
2000 Normal, Ohio (TV series)
Rex Gamble / William 'Butch' Gamble
– Just Another Normal Christmas (2000) … William 'Butch' Gamble / Rex Gamble
– Working Girl (2000) … William 'Butch' Gamble / Rex Gamble
– Buyer's Remorse (2000) … William 'Butch' Gamble / Rex Gamble
– A Thanksgiving Episode (2000) … William 'Butch' Gamble / Rex Gamble
– Caught on Tape (2000) … William 'Butch' Gamble / Rex Gamble
See all 7 episodes »
2000 The Emperor's New Groove
Pacha (voice)
2000 Pigs Next Door (TV series) (voice)
2000 Coyote Ugly
Bill
2000 The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
Oklahoma Cop
2000 O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Big Dan Teague
2000 What Planet Are You From?
Roland Jones
1999-2000 Now and Again (TV series)
Michael Wiseman / Original Michael Wiseman
– Deep in My Heart Is a Song (2000) … Michael Wiseman
– Origins (1999) … Original Michael Wiseman
1999 Futurama (TV series)
Robot Santa Claus
– Xmas Story (1999) … Robot Santa Claus (voice)
1999 The Simpsons (TV series)
Meathook
– Take My Wife, Sleaze (1999) … Meathook (voice)
1999 Bringing Out the Dead
Larry
1999 The Runner
Deepthroat
1998-1999 Saturday Night Live (TV series)
Linda Tripp / Host / Nathan Barnett / …
– Cuba Gooding, Jr./Ricky Martin (1999) … Linda Tripp (uncredited)
– Brendan Fraser/The Roots (1999) … Linda Tripp (uncredited)
– Alec Baldwin/Luciano Pavarotti, Vanessa Williams (1998) … Various (uncredited)
– Jennifer Love Hewitt/Beastie Boys (1998) … Linda Tripp (uncredited)
– Joan Allen/Jewel (1998) … Nathan Barnett (uncredited)
See all 7 episodes »
1999 The Jack Bull (TV movie)
Judge Tolliver
1999 Saturday Night Live: Best of the Clinton Scandal (TV movie)
Linda Tripp
1998 Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie
Santa Claus (voice)
1998 The Real Macaw
Mac (voice)
1998 Dirty Work
Mayor Adrian Riggins (uncredited)
1998 The Big Lebowski
Walter Sobchak
1997-1998 Soul Man (TV series)
Capt. Stan Hamel
– The Stan Plan (1998) … Capt. Stan Hamel
– The Lost Sheep Squadron (1997) … Capt. Stan Hamel
1998 Blues Brothers 2000
Mighty Mack McTeer
1998 Fallen
Jonesy
1997 The Borrowers
Ocious P. Potter
1988-1997 Roseanne (TV series)
Dan Conner / Adult D.J. / Donald 'Don' Hollinger / …
– Into That Good Night: Part 1 (1997) … Dan Conner
– Into That Good Night: Part 2 (1997) … Dan Conner
– Arsenic and Old Mom (1997) … Dan Conner
– The Truth Be Told (1997) … Dan Conner (credit only)
– Roseanne-Feld (1997) … Dan Conner (credit only)
See all 221 episodes »
1996 Mother Night
Major Frank Wirtanen
1996 Pie in the Sky
Alan Davenport
1996 Pyst (Video Game)
King Mattruss
1995 A Streetcar Named Desire (TV movie)
Harold 'Mitch' Mitchell
1995 Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long (TV movie)
Huey P. Long, Jr.
1994 The Flintstones
Fred Flintstone
1994 All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! (TV movie)
Tough Guy Helpline operator
1994 The Hudsucker Proxy
Newsreel Announcer (as Karl Mundt)
1993 We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story
Rex (voice)
1993 Grace Under Fire (TV series)
Police Officer
– Pilot (1993) … Police Officer (uncredited)
1993 Born Yesterday
Harry Brock
1993 Matinee
Lawrence Woolsey
1992 The Jackie Thomas Show (TV series)
Dan Connor
– The Joke (1992) … Dan Connor
1992 Frosty Returns (TV short)
Frosty the Snowman (voice)
1992 The Babe
George Herman 'Babe' Ruth
1991 Barton Fink
Charlie Meadows
1991 King Ralph
Ralph Hampton Gainesworth Jones
1990 Grand (TV series)
Red
– The Healing (1990) … Red
1990 Arachnophobia
Delbert McClintock
1990 Stella
Ed Munn
1989 Always
Al Yackey
1989 Sea of Love
Det. Sherman
1988 Everybody's All-American
Lawrence
1988 Punchline
John Krytsick
1988 The Wrong Guys
Duke Earle
1987 Moonlighting (TV series)
Donald Chase
– Come Back Little Shiksa (1987) … Donald Chase
1987 The Equalizer (TV series)
Harold Winter
– Re-Entry (1987) … Harold Winter
1987 Murder Ordained (TV movie)
Hugh Rayburn
1987 Burglar
Detective Nyswander
1987 Raising Arizona
Gale Snoats
1986 The Big Easy
Det. Andre DeSoto
1986 True Stories
Louis Fyne
1985 Sweet Dreams
Otis
1984 Maria's Lovers
Frank
1984 C.H.U.D.
Cop in Diner
1984 Revenge of the Nerds
Coach Harris
1983 Heart of Steel (TV movie)
Raymond Bohupinsky
1983 Chiefs (TV mini-series)
Newt 'Tub' Murray
– Part 3 (1983) … Newt 'Tub' Murray
1983 The Survivors
Commando
1983 Eddie Macon's Run
Hebert
1983 The Face of Rage (TV movie)
Fred
1977
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