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."
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).
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Filmography (Movies)
Digger
Character:
Release Date:30/09/2026
Monsters Funday Football
Character:Sulley (Voice)
Release Date:08/12/2025
A Holiday Short: Best Christmas Ever
Character:Doodle (voice)
Release Date:10/11/2025
Not So Fast, My Friend: A Lee Corso Special
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:22/08/2025
Smurfs
Character:Papa Smurf (voice)
Release Date:05/07/2025
Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:17/11/2023
Easy Does It
Character:"Catfish" Crawford (voice)
Release Date:05/06/2020
Chris Farley: Anything for a Laugh
Character:Self
Release Date:27/05/2019
Captive State
Character:William Mulligan
Release Date:15/03/2019
Real Life
Character:Louis Fyne
Release Date:27/11/2018
Atomic Blonde
Character:Emmett Kurzfeld
Release Date:26/07/2017
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
Character:Igon Siruss (voice)
Release Date:19/07/2017
Transformers: The Last Knight
Character:Hound (voice)
Release Date:16/06/2017
Once Upon a Time in Venice
Character:Dave Phillips
Release Date:08/06/2017
Kong: Skull Island
Character:Bill Randa
Release Date:08/03/2017
Bunyan and Babe
Character:Paul Bunyan (voice)
Release Date:12/01/2017
New Orleans: The First 300 Years
Character:Narrator
Release Date:01/01/2017
Patriots Day
Character:Commisioner Ed Davis
Release Date:12/12/2016
Ratchet & Clank
Character:Grimroth (voice)
Release Date:13/04/2016
10 Cloverfield Lane
Character:Howard
Release Date:10/03/2016
Love the Coopers
Character:Sam Cooper
Release Date:12/11/2015
Trumbo
Character:Frank King
Release Date:27/10/2015
Live from New York!
Character:Self
Release Date:15/04/2015
Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle
Character:Hal Houston (voice)
Release Date:26/01/2015
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead
Character:Self - Actor
Release Date:25/01/2015
The Gambler
Character:Frank
Release Date:25/12/2014
All-Stars
Character:Himself
Release Date:15/10/2014
Evolution Within Extinction
Character:Self
Release Date:30/09/2014
Transformers: Age of Extinction
Character:Hound (voice)
Release Date:25/06/2014
Inside 'Inside Llewyn Davis'
Character:Self
Release Date:11/03/2014
Party Central
Character:Sullivan (voice)
Release Date:20/02/2014
The Monuments Men
Character:Sgt. Walter Garfield
Release Date:24/01/2014
Wolfpack Only: The Hangover Retrospective
Character:Self
Release Date:03/12/2013
Inside Llewyn Davis
Character:Roland Turner
Release Date:18/10/2013
The Book of Manning
Character:Narrator
Release Date:24/09/2013
Monsters University
Character:Sullivan (voice)
Release Date:19/06/2013
The Internship
Character:Sammy Boscoe (uncredited)
Release Date:07/06/2013
The Hangover Part III
Character:Marshall
Release Date:23/05/2013
Milius
Character:Self
Release Date:09/03/2013
Argo
Character:John Chambers
Release Date:11/10/2012
Trouble with the Curve
Character:Pete Klein
Release Date:21/09/2012
It's a SpongeBob Christmas!
Character:Santa Claus
Release Date:19/09/2012
The Campaign
Character:Congressman Scott Talley (uncredited)
Release Date:09/08/2012
ParaNorman
Character:Mr. Prenderghast (voice)
Release Date:03/08/2012
Drunkboat
Character:Mr. Fletcher
Release Date:13/07/2012
The Artist: The Making of an American Romance
Character:Self
Release Date:26/06/2012
Flight
Character:Harling Mays
Release Date:22/02/2012
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:04/02/2012
All Star Bowling Trick Shots
Character:
Release Date:01/01/2012
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Character:Stan the Doorman
Release Date:25/12/2011
The Artist
Character:Al Zimmer
Release Date:12/10/2011
Ole War Skule: The Story of Saturday Night
Character:Narrator
Release Date:11/10/2011
Red State
Character:Joseph Keenan
Release Date:19/08/2011
You Don't Know Jack
Character:Neal Nicol
Release Date:27/06/2010
The Princess and the Frog
Character:"Big Daddy" La Bouff (voice)
Release Date:08/12/2009
Beyond All Boundaries
Character:Capt. Edwin Simmons
Release Date:09/11/2009
Alabama Moon
Character:Mr. Wellington
Release Date:25/10/2009
Pope Joan
Character:Pope Sergius II.
Release Date:22/10/2009
In the Electric Mist
Character:Julie 'Baby Feet' Balboni
Release Date:15/04/2009
Confessions of a Shopaholic
Character:Graham Bloomwood
Release Date:05/02/2009
Girls Gone Gangsta
Character:Mortimer J Hamm
Release Date:01/01/2009
Fats Domino: Walkin' Back to New Orleans
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:20/11/2008
Gigantic
Character:Happy's Father
Release Date:09/09/2008
Speed Racer
Character:Pops Racer
Release Date:07/05/2008
Speed Racer: Wonderful World of Racing - The Amazing Racer Family
Character:Pops Racer
Release Date:04/05/2008
Bee Movie
Character:Layton T. Montgomery (voice)
Release Date:28/10/2007
Death Sentence
Character:Bones Darley
Release Date:31/08/2007
The Pixar Story
Character:James 'Sulley' Sullivan (voice) (archive footage)
Release Date:28/08/2007
Evan Almighty
Character:Congressman Long
Release Date:09/06/2007
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation
Character:Self
Release Date:06/05/2007
The Year Without a Santa Claus
Character:Santa Claus
Release Date:11/12/2006
Cars
Character:Sullivan Truck (voice)
Release Date:08/06/2006
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
Character:Steve Mills
Release Date:12/01/2006
Tales of the Rat Fink
Character:Ed Roth (voice)
Release Date:01/01/2006
Kronk's New Groove
Character:Pacha (voice)
Release Date:05/12/2005
Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast
Character:Self - Presenter
Release Date:02/09/2005
Beyond the Sea
Character:Steve Blauner
Release Date:16/11/2004
Clifford's Really Big Movie
Character:George Wolfsbottom (voice)
Release Date:20/02/2004
Freshman Orientation
Character:Rodney
Release Date:18/01/2004
Masked and Anonymous
Character:Uncle Sweetheart
Release Date:25/07/2003
Overnight
Character:Self
Release Date:12/06/2003
The Jungle Book 2
Character:Baloo (voice)
Release Date:07/02/2003
The Sweatbox
Character:Self
Release Date:13/09/2002
Dirty Deeds
Character:Tony
Release Date:18/07/2002
Mike's New Car
Character:Sulley (voice)
Release Date:24/05/2002
Storytelling
Character:Marty Livingston
Release Date:08/11/2001
Monsters, Inc.
Character:Sullivan (voice)
Release Date:01/11/2001
My First Mister
Character:Benjamin
Release Date:12/10/2001
When Dinosaurs Roamed America
Character:Narrator
Release Date:15/07/2001
On the Edge
Character:The Dean (segment "Happy Birthday")
Release Date:28/06/2001
One Night at McCool's
Character:Detective Dehling
Release Date:19/04/2001
The Firesign Theatre: Weirdly Cool
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/2001
The Emperor's New Groove
Character:Pacha (voice)
Release Date:15/12/2000
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Character:Big Dan Teague
Release Date:30/08/2000
Coyote Ugly
Character:Bill
Release Date:30/07/2000
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
Character:Oklahoma Cop
Release Date:30/06/2000
What Planet Are You From?
Character:Roland Jones
Release Date:03/03/2000
Bringing Out the Dead
Character:Larry Verber
Release Date:22/10/1999
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
Character:Self
Release Date:25/09/1999
The Runner
Character:Deepthroat
Release Date:09/09/1999
The Jack Bull
Character:Judge Tolliver
Release Date:17/04/1999
Dancing Outlaw II: Jesco Goes to Hollywood
Character:Himself
Release Date:01/01/1999
The Making of 'The Big Lebowski'
Character:Self
Release Date:27/10/1998
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie
Character:Santa Claus (voice)
Release Date:16/10/1998
The Real Macaw
Character:Mac (voice)
Release Date:24/09/1998
Dirty Work
Character:Mayor Adrian Riggins (uncredited)
Release Date:12/06/1998
The Big Lebowski
Character:Walter Sobchak
Release Date:06/03/1998
Blues Brothers 2000
Character:Mighty Mack McTeer
Release Date:06/02/1998
Fallen
Character:Jonesy
Release Date:16/01/1998
The Borrowers
Character:Ocious P. Potter
Release Date:05/12/1997
Mother Night
Character:Major Frank Wirtanen
Release Date:01/11/1996
Pie in the Sky
Character:Alan Davenport
Release Date:09/02/1996
A Streetcar Named Desire
Character:Harold 'Mitch' Mitchell
Release Date:24/10/1995
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Character:Self
Release Date:05/06/1995
Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long
Character:Huey P. Long, Jr.
Release Date:18/03/1995
The Flintstones
Character:Fred Flintstone
Release Date:27/05/1994
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
Character:Tough Guy Helpline Operator
Release Date:18/05/1994
The Hudsucker Proxy
Character:Newsreel Announcer (voice)
Release Date:11/03/1994
We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story
Character:Rex (voice)
Release Date:24/11/1993
Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration
Character:Self(segment "New Way to Walk")
Release Date:29/10/1993
Frosty Returns
Character:Frosty the Snowman (voice)
Release Date:15/09/1993
Born Yesterday
Character:Harry Brock
Release Date:26/03/1993
Matinee
Character:Lawrence Woolsey
Release Date:29/01/1993
The Babe
Character:Babe Ruth
Release Date:17/04/1992
Barton Fink
Character:Charlie Meadows
Release Date:01/08/1991
King Ralph
Character:Ralph Hampton Gainesworth Jones
Release Date:15/02/1991
Tom & Jerry's 50th Birthday Bash
Character:Self - Host
Release Date:30/11/1990
Arachnophobia
Character:Delbert McClintock
Release Date:20/07/1990
Stella
Character:Ed Munn
Release Date:02/02/1990
Always
Character:Al Yackey
Release Date:22/12/1989
Sea of Love
Character:Sherman
Release Date:15/09/1989
Everybody's All-American
Character:Lawrence
Release Date:04/11/1988
Punchline
Character:John Krytsick
Release Date:07/10/1988
The Wrong Guys
Character:Duke Earle
Release Date:13/05/1988
Talking Heads: Storytelling Giant
Character:Cowboy singer ("Wild Wild Life")
Release Date:13/04/1988
Murder Ordained
Character:Hugh Rayburn
Release Date:03/05/1987
Burglar
Character:Detective Nyswander
Release Date:20/03/1987
Raising Arizona
Character:Gale
Release Date:13/03/1987
The Big Easy
Character:Andre DeSoto
Release Date:27/11/1986
True Stories
Character:Louis Fyne
Release Date:10/10/1986
Sweet Dreams
Character:Otis
Release Date:02/10/1985
C.H.U.D.
Character:Cop in Diner
Release Date:31/08/1984
Revenge of the Nerds
Character:Coach Harris
Release Date:20/07/1984
Maria's Lovers
Character:Frank
Release Date:15/07/1984
Heart of Steel
Character:Raymond Bohupinsky
Release Date:04/12/1983
The Survivors
Character:Commando
Release Date:24/06/1983
Eddie Macon's Run
Character:Mr. Hebert
Release Date:23/03/1983
The Face of Rage
Character:Fred
Release Date:20/03/1983
The Robber Bridegroom
Character:Townsperson
Release Date:01/06/1980
The Mystery of the Morro Castle
Character:Telegraph Operator
Release Date:01/03/1980
Television Appearances
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
Character:Self
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters
Character:Bill Randa
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters
Character:Bill Randa (archive footage)
The Freak Brothers
Character:Fat Freddy Freekowtski (voice)
Monsters at Work
Character:Sulley (voice)
The Righteous Gemstones
Character:Eli Gemstone
Biography: Comedy Icons
Character:Self
The Conners
Character:Dan Conner
Black Earth Rising
Character:Michael Ennis
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Character:Self
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Character:Self
Alpha House
Character:Senator Gil John Biggs
Dancing on the Edge
Character:Masterson
Best Food Ever
Character:Narrator
Treme
Character:
Treme
Character:Creighton Bernette
Community
Character:Vice Dean Laybourne
Damages
Character:Howard Erickson
Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Character:Self (archive footage)
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
Character:Judge Robert Bebe
The Emperor's New School
Character:Pacha (voice)
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Character:Self
Center of the Universe
Character:John Barnett
Father of the Pride
Character:Larry (voice)
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Character:Self
Normal, Ohio
Character:William "Butch" Gamble
Ed
Character:Big Rudy
Pigs Next Door
Character:Phil (voice)
Now and Again
Character:
Now and Again
Character:Michael Wiseman
The West Wing
Character:Glenallen Walken
SpongeBob SquarePants
Character:Santa Claus (voice)
Futurama
Character:Robot Santa Claus (voice)
Soul Man
Character:Capt. Stan Hamel
King of the Hill
Character:Tommy (voice)
Saturday Night Special
Character:
Muppets Tonight
Character:Self
Ruby Wax Meets
Character:
Inside the Actors Studio
Character:Self
Downwardly Mobile
Character:
Grace Under Fire
Character:Police Officer
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Character:Self - Guest
The Jackie Thomas Show
Character:Dan Conner
Grand
Character:Red
The Simpsons
Character:Meathook (voice)
Roseanne
Character:Dan Conner
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Character:Self - Guest
Murder Ordained
Character:Hugh Rayburn
The Equalizer
Character:Harold Winter
Moonlighting
Character:Donald Chase
Chiefs
Character:Newt 'Tub' Murray
Saturday Night Live
Character:Self - Host
Saturday Night Live
Character:Self - Cameo (uncredited)
CMA Awards
Character:Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Character:Self
The Oscars
Character:Self
Golden Globe Awards
Character:Self - Winner
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