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).

Known For

The Simpsons

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

All Movies (155)

• Chili Finger2026 · as Blake Jr.
• Digger2026 · as President of United States
• Monsters Funday Football2025 · as Sulley (Voice)
• A Holiday Short: Best Christmas Ever2025 · as Doodle (voice)
• Not So Fast, My Friend: A Lee Corso Special2025 · as Self (archive footage)
• Smurfs2025 · as Papa Smurf (voice)
• Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain2023 · as Narrator (voice)
• Easy Does It2020 · as "Catfish" Crawford (voice)
• Chris Farley: Anything for a Laugh2019 · as Self
• Captive State2019 · as William Mulligan
• Real Life2018 · as Louis Fyne
• Atomic Blonde2017 · as Emmett Kurzfeld
• Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets2017 · as Igon Siruss (voice)
• Transformers: The Last Knight2017 · as Hound (voice)
• Once Upon a Time in Venice2017 · as Dave Phillips
• Kong: Skull Island2017 · as Bill Randa
• Bunyan and Babe2017 · as Paul Bunyan (voice)
• New Orleans: The First 300 Years2017 · as Narrator
• Patriots Day2016 · as Commisioner Ed Davis
• Ratchet & Clank2016 · as Grimroth (voice)
• 10 Cloverfield Lane2016 · as Howard
• Love the Coopers2015 · as Sam Cooper
• Trumbo2015 · as Frank King
• Live from New York!2015 · as Self
• Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle2015 · as Hal Houston (voice)
• Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead2015 · as Self - Actor
• The Gambler2014 · as Frank
• All-Stars2014 · as Himself
• Evolution Within Extinction2014 · as Self
• Transformers: Age of Extinction2014 · as Hound (voice)
• Inside 'Inside Llewyn Davis'2014 · as Self
• Party Central2014 · as Sullivan (voice)
• The Monuments Men2014 · as Sgt. Walter Garfield
• Wolfpack Only: The Hangover Retrospective2013 · as Self
• Inside Llewyn Davis2013 · as Roland Turner
• The Book of Manning2013 · as Narrator
• Monsters University2013 · as Sullivan (voice)
• The Internship2013 · as Sammy Boscoe (uncredited)
• The Hangover Part III2013 · as Marshall
• Milius2013 · as Self
• It's a SpongeBob Christmas!2012 · as Santa Claus
• Argo2012 · as John Chambers
• Trouble with the Curve2012 · as Pete Klein
• The Campaign2012 · as Congressman Scott Talley (uncredited)
• ParaNorman2012 · as Mr. Prenderghast (voice)
• Drunkboat2012 · as Mr. Fletcher
• The Artist: The Making of an American Romance2012 · as Self
• Flight2012 · as Harling Mays
• Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen2012 · as (archive footage)
• All Star Bowling Trick Shots2012
• Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close2011 · as Stan the Doorman
• The Artist2011 · as Al Zimmer
• Ole War Skule: The Story of Saturday Night2011 · as Narrator
• Red State2011 · as Joseph Keenan
• You Don't Know Jack2010 · as Neal Nicol
• The Princess and the Frog2009 · as "Big Daddy" La Bouff (voice)
• Beyond All Boundaries2009 · as Capt. Edwin Simmons
• Alabama Moon2009 · as Mr. Wellington
• Pope Joan2009 · as Pope Sergius II.
• In the Electric Mist2009 · as Julie 'Baby Feet' Balboni
• Confessions of a Shopaholic2009 · as Graham Bloomwood
• Girls Gone Gangsta2009 · as Mortimer J Hamm
• Speed Racer: Car Fu2008 · as Self
• Fats Domino: Walkin' Back to New Orleans2008 · as Narrator (voice)
• Gigantic2008 · as Happy's Father
• Speed Racer2008 · as Pops
• Speed Racer: Wonderful World of Racing - The Amazing Racer Family2008 · as Pops Racer
• Bee Movie2007 · as Layton T. Montgomery (voice)
• Death Sentence2007 · as Bones Darley
• The Pixar Story2007 · as James 'Sulley' Sullivan (voice) (archive footage)
• Evan Almighty2007 · as Congressman Long
• Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation2007 · as Self
• The Year Without a Santa Claus2006 · as Santa Claus
• Cars2006 · as Sullivan Truck (voice)
• Tales of the Rat Fink2006 · as Ed Roth (voice)
• Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School2006 · as Steve Mills
• Kronk's New Groove2005 · as Pacha (voice)
• Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast2005 · as Self - Presenter
• Beyond the Sea2004 · as Steve Blauner
• Clifford's Really Big Movie2004 · as George Wolfsbottom (voice)
• Freshman Orientation2004 · as Rodney
• Masked and Anonymous2003 · as Uncle Sweetheart
• Overnight2003 · as Self
• The Jungle Book 22003 · as Baloo (voice)
• The Sweatbox2002 · as Self
• Dirty Deeds2002 · as Tony
• Mike's New Car2002 · as Sulley (voice)
• Storytelling2001 · as Marty Livingston
• Monsters, Inc.2001 · as Sullivan (voice)
• My First Mister2001 · as Benjamin
• When Dinosaurs Roamed America2001 · as Narrator
• On the Edge2001 · as The Dean (segment "Happy Birthday")
• One Night at McCool's2001 · as Detective Dehling
• The Firesign Theatre: Weirdly Cool2001 · as Self
• The Emperor's New Groove2000 · as Pacha (voice)
• O Brother, Where Art Thou?2000 · as Big Dan Teague
• Coyote Ugly2000 · as Bill
• The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle2000 · as Oklahoma Cop
• What Planet Are You From?2000 · as Roland Jones
• Bringing Out the Dead1999 · as Larry Verber
• Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special1999 · as Self
• The Runner1999 · as Deepthroat
• The Jack Bull1999 · as Judge Tolliver
• Discovering Bedrock1999 · as Self
• Dancing Outlaw II: Jesco Goes to Hollywood1999 · as Himself
• The Making of 'The Big Lebowski'1998 · as Self
• Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie1998 · as Santa Claus (voice)
• The Real Macaw1998 · as Mac (voice)
• Dirty Work1998 · as Mayor Adrian Riggins (uncredited)
• The Big Lebowski1998 · as Walter Sobchak
• Blues Brothers 20001998 · as Mighty Mack McTeer
• Fallen1998 · as Jonesy
• The Borrowers1997 · as Ocious P. Potter
• Mother Night1996 · as Major Frank Wirtanen
• Pie in the Sky1996 · as Alan Davenport
• A Streetcar Named Desire1995 · as Harold 'Mitch' Mitchell
• The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies1995 · as Self
• Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long1995 · as Huey P. Long, Jr.
• The Flintstones1994 · as Fred Flintstone
• Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!1994 · as Tough Guy Helpline Operator
• The Hudsucker Proxy1994 · as Newsreel Announcer (voice)
• We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story1993 · as Rex (voice)
• Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration1993 · as Self (segment "New Way to Walk")
• Born Yesterday1993 · as Harry Brock
• Matinee1993 · as Lawrence Woolsey
• Frosty Returns1992 · as Frosty the Snowman (voice)
• The Babe1992 · as Babe Ruth
• A Friend in New Orleans1992 · as Himself
• Barton Fink1991 · as Charlie Meadows
• King Ralph1991 · as Ralph Hampton Gainesworth Jones
• Tom & Jerry's 50th Birthday Bash1990 · as Self - Host
• Arachnophobia1990 · as Delbert McClintock
• Happy Birthday, Bugs! 50 Looney Years1990 · as Self
• Stella1990 · as Ed Munn
• Always1989 · as Al Yackey
• Sea of Love1989 · as Sherman
• Everybody's All-American1988 · as Lawrence
• Punchline1988 · as John Krytsick
• The Wrong Guys1988 · as Duke Earle
• Talking Heads: Storytelling Giant1988 · as Cowboy singer ("Wild Wild Life")
• Murder Ordained1987 · as Hugh Rayburn
• Burglar1987 · as Detective Nyswander
• Raising Arizona1987 · as Gale
• The Big Easy1986 · as Andre DeSoto
• True Stories1986 · as Louis Fyne
• Sweet Dreams1985 · as Otis
• C.H.U.D.1984 · as Cop in Diner
• Revenge of the Nerds1984 · as Coach Harris
• Maria's Lovers1984 · as Frank
• Heart of Steel1983 · as Raymond Bohupinsky
• The Survivors1983 · as Commando
• Eddie Macon's Run1983 · as Mr. Hebert
• The Face of Rage1983 · as Fred
• The Robber Bridegroom1980 · as Townsperson
• The Mystery of the Morro Castle1980 · as Telegraph Operator

All TV Shows (64)

• Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter2023 · as Self
• Monarch: Legacy of Monsters2023 · as Bill Randa
• Monarch: Legacy of Monsters2023 · as Bill Randa (archive footage)
• The Freak Brothers2021 · as Fat Freddy Freekowtski (voice)
• Monsters at Work2021 · as Sulley (voice)
• The Righteous Gemstones2019 · as Eli Gemstone
• Biography: Comedy Icons2019 · as Self
• The Conners2018 · as Dan Conner
• Black Earth Rising2018 · as Michael Ennis
• Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self - Guest
• Off Camera with Sam Jones2014 · as Self
• Alpha House2013 · as Senator Gil John Biggs
• Dancing on the Edge2013 · as Masterson
• Best Food Ever 2010 · as Narrator
• Treme2010
• Treme2010 · as Creighton Bernette
• Community2009 · as Vice Dean Laybourne
• Damages2007 · as Howard Erickson
• Boulevard of Broken Dreams2007 · as Self (archive footage)
• Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip2006 · as Judge Robert Bebe
• The Emperor's New School2006 · as Pacha (voice)
• The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson2005 · as Self
• Center of the Universe2004 · as John Barnett
• Father of the Pride2004 · as Larry (voice)
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show2003 · as Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self
• Normal, Ohio2000 · as William "Butch" Gamble
• Ed2000 · as Big Rudy
• Pigs Next Door2000 · as Phil (voice)
• Now and Again1999
• Now and Again1999 · as Michael Wiseman
• The West Wing1999 · as Glenallen Walken
• SpongeBob SquarePants1999 · as Santa Claus (voice)
• Futurama1999 · as Robot Santa Claus (voice)
• Soul Man1997 · as Capt. Stan Hamel
• King of the Hill1997 · as Tommy (voice)
• Saturday Night Special1996
• Muppets Tonight1996 · as Self
• Ruby Wax Meets1996
• Inside the Actors Studio1994 · as Self
• Downwardly Mobile1994
• Grace Under Fire1993 · as Police Officer
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien1993 · as Self - Guest
• The Jackie Thomas Show1992 · as Dan Conner
• American Chronicles1990 · as self
• Grand1990 · as Red
• The Simpsons1989 · as Meathook (voice)
• Roseanne1988 · as Dan Conner
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark1988 · as Self - Guest
• Murder Ordained1987 · as Hugh Rayburn
• The Equalizer1985 · as Harold Winter
• Moonlighting1985 · as Donald Chase
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Host
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self (uncredited)
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Linda Tripp (uncredited)
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Nathan Barnett (uncredited)
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as The Ghost of SNL Hosts Presents (uncredited)
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Linda Tripp (voice) (uncredited)
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Various Characters (uncredited)
• CMA Awards1967 · as Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962 · as Self
• The Oscars1953 · as Self
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Winner