John Goodman
1952-06-20 ( 72 years old ) in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA

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.

Movies

Judy 2026-10-02
Smurfs 2025-07-10
Easy Does It 2020-06-05
Captive State 2019-03-15
Atomic Blonde 2017-07-26
Patriots Day 2016-12-12
Trumbo 2015-10-27
The Gambler 2014-12-25
All-Stars 2014-10-15
Party Central 2014-02-20
The Internship 2013-06-07
Milius 2013-03-09
Flight 2012-11-02
Argo 2012-10-11
The Campaign 2012-08-09
ParaNorman 2012-08-03
Drunkboat 2012-07-13
The Artist 2011-10-12
Red State 2011-08-19
Alabama Moon 2009-10-25
Pope Joan 2009-10-22
Gigantic 2008-09-09
Speed Racer 2008-05-07
Bee Movie 2007-10-28
Death Sentence 2007-08-31
Evan Almighty 2007-06-09
Cars 2006-06-08
Beyond the Sea 2004-11-16
Overnight 2003-06-12
The Sweatbox 2002-09-13
Dirty Deeds 2002-07-18
Mike's New Car 2002-05-24
Storytelling 2001-11-08
Monsters, Inc. 2001-11-01
On the Edge 2001-06-28
Coyote Ugly 2000-07-30
The Runner 1999-09-09
The Jack Bull 1999-04-17
The Real Macaw 1998-09-24
Dirty Work 1998-06-12
Fallen 1998-01-16
The Borrowers 1997-12-05
Mother Night 1996-11-01
Pie in the Sky 1996-02-09
Born Yesterday 1993-03-26
Matinee 1993-01-29
Frosty Returns 1992-12-01
The Babe 1992-04-17
Barton Fink 1991-08-01
King Ralph 1991-02-15
Arachnophobia 1990-07-20
Stella 1990-02-02
Always 1989-12-22
Sea of Love 1989-09-15
Punchline 1988-10-07
The Wrong Guys 1988-05-13
Burglar 1987-03-20
Real Life 1986-12-31
The Big Easy 1986-11-27
True Stories 1986-10-10
Sweet Dreams 1985-10-02
Maria's Lovers 1984-10-03
C.H.U.D. 1984-08-31
Heart of Steel 1983-12-04
The Survivors 1983-06-24