John Goodman

Also Known As: 約翰·古德曼, ジョン・グッドマン, 존 굿맨, جون غودمان, Джон Гудман, Джон Стівен Гудмен, Джон Гудмен, Karl Mundt, John Stephen Goodman, Jonathan Stephen "John" Goodman, جان گودمن

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). Description above from the Wikipedia article John Goodman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Department: Acting

Place of Birth: Saint Louis, Missouri, USA

Birthday: June 20, 1952

Adult: No

Gender: Male

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Known For:

The Big Lebowski
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Barton Fink
The Flintstones
Raising Arizona
Monsters, Inc.
One Night at McCool's
The Princess and the Frog
Mother Night
Evan Almighty
What Planet Are You From?
King Ralph
Confessions of a Shopaholic
The Big Easy
Bee Movie
Always
The Wrong Guys
Beyond the Sea
Arachnophobia
Blues Brothers 2000
Dirty Deeds
The Emperor's New Groove
Speed Racer
Coyote Ugly
Death Sentence
Masked and Anonymous
True Stories
Bringing Out the Dead
Sea of Love
Matinee
Fallen
My First Mister
The Borrowers
A Concert for Hurricane Relief
Pope Joan
Everybody's All-American
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie
Kronk's New Groove
Frosty Returns
Punchline
The Survivors
Mike's New Car
In the Electric Mist
Revenge of the Nerds
Freshman Orientation
Sweet Dreams
You Don't Know Jack
The Jungle Book 2
Gigantic
Tales of the Rat Fink
The Babe
The Face of Rage
Monsters University
Born Yesterday
The Jack Bull
Dancing Outlaw II: Jesco Goes to Hollywood
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Burglar
Stella
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
Dirty Work
Red State
Argo
We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story
Clifford's Really Big Movie
Alabama Moon
New Orleans: The First 300 Years
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
The Real Macaw
The Artist
Girls Gone Gangsta
Drunkboat
ParaNorman
Inside Llewyn Davis
Maria's Lovers
Trouble with the Curve
The Sweatbox
The Hangover Part III
The Monuments Men
Fats Domino: Walkin' Back to New Orleans
The Internship
A Streetcar Named Desire
Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain
The Runner
When Dinosaurs Roamed America
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Flight
The Pixar Story
Party Central
Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long
Transformers: Age of Extinction
C.H.U.D.
On the Edge
Inside 'Inside Llewyn Davis'
The Gambler
Trumbo
It's a SpongeBob Christmas!
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Cars
Love the Coopers
10 Cloverfield Lane
Milius
Live from New York!
Ratchet & Clank
Evolution Within Extinction
Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle
Transformers: The Last Knight
The Hudsucker Proxy
Storytelling
Murder Ordained
Birds of a Different Game: The '80s Cardinals
Smurfs
Pie in the Sky
The Year Without a Santa Claus
All Star Bowling Trick Shots
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
Kong: Skull Island
Wolfpack Only: The Hangover Retrospective
Atomic Blonde
Patriots Day
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon
Heart of Steel
All-Stars
Ole War Skule: The Story of Saturday Night
Captive State
Judy
Bunyan and Babe
The Mystery of the Morro Castle
Once Upon a Time in Venice
Overnight
Eddie Macon's Run
Tom & Jerry's 50th Birthday Bash
The Campaign
The Book of Manning
Beyond All Boundaries
The Artist: The Making of an American Romance
Chris Farley: Anything for a Laugh
The Making of 'The Big Lebowski'
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
Easy Does It
The Robber Bridegroom
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
Chili Finger