John Goodman
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John Stephen Goodman is an American film, television, and stage actor. 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, and for appearances in the films of the Coen brothers
, with prominent roles in Raising Arizona
as an escaped convict, in Barton Fink
as a congenial murderer, in The Big Lebowski
as a volatile bowler and in O Brother Where Art Thou? as a cultured, cycloptic
thief. Additionally, Goodman's voice work can be heard in numerous Disney films, including the voice for "Sulley" in Monsters, Inc.
He has contributed to more than 50 films and hosted Saturday Night Live
twelve times .
. His mother, Virginia Roos (née Loosmore), was a store clerk and waitress who worked at Jack and Phil's Bar-B-Que, and his father, Leslie F. Goodman, was a postal worker who died of a heart attack in 1954. He has a sister, Elisabeth, and a brother, Leslie, with his extended family living in St. Louis, Missouri
.
Goodman went to Affton High School
, where he played football and dabbled in theater. He then won a football scholarship
to Southwest Missouri State University, now called Missouri State University
. He pledged the Sigma Phi Epsilon
fraternity, but was not formally initiated until several years later. Later he discovered Southwest Missouri's drama program. He studied there with actors Kathleen Turner
and Tess Harper
. After a college injury ended his football career, he decided to become a professional actor, leaving Missouri for New York in 1975.
With a small bankroll from his brother, he found an apartment on Ninth Avenue and 51st street near the Theatre District, Manhattan
, and attempted (unsuccessfully) to earn money as a bartender and waiter. But, he was soon to find modest success on stage, in commercials and in voice over performance. He was the person who slapped himself in the commercial for Skin Bracer
by Mennen
, saying the famous line "Thanks...I needed that!". He performed off Broadway and in dinner theatres, before getting character roles in movies during the early 1980s.
In 1978, he joined Dennis Quaid
, Bruce Willis
and Kevin Kline
in the Broadway production of Loose Ends
.
, which aired on ABC from 1988 to 1997. In 1985, Goodman originated the role of Pap Finn in the Broadway musical Big River
. For his role, he received a Drama Desk nomination for Best Featured Actor in a Musical; he also is featured on the Original Broadway Cast Recording. He had a long history of appearances on late night comedy shows, and was the first guest on Late Night with Conan O'Brien
, which won him the show's "First Guest Medal" (Goodman joked that he would pawn the medal for a bottle of cheap scotch
). He was a popular guest host on NBC
's Saturday Night Live
, hosting the show twelve times, while also making seven cameo
appearances as Linda Tripp
during the Monica Lewinsky
scandal. Goodman once auditioned to be a castmember for Jean Doumanian
's tumultuous 1980–1981 SNL season, but was rejected.
In 1982 Goodman started landing movie roles, beginning with a small role in Eddie Macon's Run
. During this period he continued to work on the stage, starring in the Tony-winning Broadway musical Big River from 1985 to 1987. He landed his big break into movies in 1986, when he had a significant comedic role in the David Byrne
mockumentary True Stories
. In that film, his character Louis Fyne memorably utters the line "I'm 6' 3" and maintain a consistent panda bear shape," establishing his trademark size as an important part of many characters he would later play on film and stage. He is also known for his role as the Head Football Coach for Adams College in the movie Revenge of the Nerds
. In 1997, John Goodman was added to the St. Louis Walk of Fame.
Goodman had a guest role on Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
, as Pahrump, Nevada
Judge Robert Bebe, earning a 2007 Emmy for Outstanding Guest Actor – Drama Series for his performance. In addition, Goodman starred as Fred Flintstone in the Flintstones movie.
He voiced Robot Santa in the character's first appearance on Futurama
. Beginning in 2007, Goodman has been the voiceover in Dunkin' Donuts
commercials.
He appeared as a federal judge in the 1999 HBO production, The Jack Bull
, bringing some semblance of order and justice to the story. He also appeared in the 2000 motion picture Coyote Ugly
. In 2000, Goodman provided the voice of Pacha in the Disney film The Emperor's New Groove
and, a year later, the voice of Sulley in the Disney/Pixar
film Monsters, Inc.
In 2007, Goodman starred as the antagonist in the movie Evan Almighty
(directed by Tom Shadyac
), opposite Steve Carell
and Morgan Freeman
.
A recent project was the film version of the Sophie Kinsella novel, Confessions of a Shopaholic
, where he played Becky's father, Graham Bloomwood. The movie was released February 13, 2009. In the same year he starred in the epic drama Pope Joan as Pope Sergius II.
Goodman played the Ghost of Christmas Present in the 2008 Kodak Theatre
production of A Christmas Carol
, starring Christopher Lloyd
as Ebenezer Scrooge
. He is set to play the role of Pozzo in a Studio 54
revival of the play Waiting for Godot
, opposite Bill Irwin
and Nathan Lane
. Goodman's voice can also be heard on an automated message system at Lambert St. Louis International airport.
In 2010, Variety
announced Goodman will be narrating the new cooking show Best Food Ever. The series will travel the country to uncover some of its most-popular dishes and restaurants. Also in 2010 Goodman lent his vocal talents to Disney's The Princess and the Frog, where he played "Big Daddy" La Bouff.
In 2011, Goodman was a guest star on the third season of NBC's Community
.
. Since Hurricane Katrina
, Goodman has appeared on several recovery commercials aired in Louisiana.
Goodman was cast in In the Electric Mist
(2009) as Julie 'Baby Feet' Balboni, which is set in post-Hurricane Katrina
Louisiana. Goodman was at one time slated to play the role of Ignatius Reilly, the main character of A Confederacy of Dunces
by John Kennedy Toole
. The story takes place almost entirely in New Orleans. However, the movie was never put into production. The movie The Princess and the Frog where he lent his voice as Eli "Big Daddy" La Bouff also takes place in New Orleans. Goodman is also featured in HBO series Treme
, which shares many producers in common with The Wire
. Treme focuses on a group of interconnected people trying to rebuild their lives in post-Hurricane Katrina
New Orleans. Goodman plays Creighton Bernette, a Tulane English professor who suffers from depression.
In 2010, as a result of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill
, Goodman appeared in a commercial to raise awareness for the spill. Also starring in the commercial were Sandra Bullock
, Peyton
, Eli Manning
, Jack Del Rio
, Drew Brees
, Emeril Lagasse
, James Carville
, and Blake Lively
.
In an April 16, 2009 interview with New York Times theater writer Charles McGrath, Goodman was open about his alcoholism. He says, "I don't know how much the old Jackie Daniels franchise ruined my memory, which is going anyway, because of my advancing decrepitude. I had a 30-year run, and at the end I didn't care about anything. I was just fed up with myself. I didn't even want to be an actor anymore." He says he stopped drinking in 2007. "I could never please myself. That's part of what fuels the alcoholic, I guess. You set yourself impossible goals, and then you kick yourself because you're not good enough. But I can't do that every night. I don't have the energy anymore."
Towards the end of 2009-2010, Goodman lost a reported 100 pounds. He claimed that exercise and a journal of food he consumed is what helped him keep the weight off.
American Comedy Awards
Emmy Awards
Golden Globe Award
Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards
People's Choice Awards
Satellite Award
Screen Actors Guild Awards
TV Land Award
Viewers For Quality Television
World Soundtrack Awards
Roseanne (TV series)
Roseanne is an American sitcom broadcast on ABC from October 18, 1988 to May 20, 1997. Starring Roseanne Barr, the show revolved around the Conners, an Illinois working class family...
(1988–1997) for which he won a Best Actor Golden Globe Award
Golden Globe Award
The Golden Globe Award is an accolade bestowed by the 93 members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and foreign...
in 1993, and for appearances in the films of the Coen brothers
Coen Brothers
Joel David Coen and Ethan Jesse Coen known together professionally as the Coen brothers, are American filmmakers...
, with prominent roles in Raising Arizona
Raising Arizona
Raising Arizona is a 1987 comedy film directed by the Coen Brothers and starring Nicolas Cage, Holly Hunter, William Forsythe, John Goodman, Frances McDormand and Randall "Tex" Cobb. Not a blockbuster at the time of its release, it has since achieved cult status...
as an escaped convict, in Barton Fink
Barton Fink
Barton Fink is a 1991 American film, written, directed, and produced by the Coen brothers. Set in 1941, it stars John Turturro in the title role as a young New York City playwright who is hired to write scripts for a movie studio in Hollywood, and John Goodman as Charlie, the insurance salesman who...
as a congenial murderer, in The Big Lebowski
The Big Lebowski
The Big Lebowski is a 1998 comedy film written and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. Jeff Bridges stars as Jeff Lebowski, an unemployed Los Angeles slacker and avid bowler, who is referred to as "The Dude". After a case of mistaken identity, The Dude is introduced to a millionaire also named...
as a volatile bowler and in O Brother Where Art Thou? as a cultured, cycloptic
Cyclops
A cyclops , in Greek mythology and later Roman mythology, was a member of a primordial race of giants, each with a single eye in the middle of his forehead...
thief. Additionally, Goodman's voice work can be heard in numerous Disney films, including the voice for "Sulley" in Monsters, Inc.
Monsters, Inc.
Monsters, Inc. is a 2001 American computer-animated film and the fourth feature-length film produced by Pixar Animation Studios. It was directed by Pete Docter, co-directed by Lee Unkrich and David Silverman, and written by Jill Culton, Peter Docter, Ralph Eggleston, Dan Gerson, Jeff Pidgeon, Rhett...
He has contributed to more than 50 films and hosted Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live is a live American late-night television sketch comedy and variety show developed by Lorne Michaels and Dick Ebersol. The show premiered on NBC on October 11, 1975, under the original title of NBC's Saturday Night.The show's sketches often parody contemporary American culture...
twelve times .
Early life
Goodman was born in Affton, MissouriAffton, Missouri
Affton is an unincorporated inner-ring suburb of St. Louis, located in St. Louis County, Missouri, USA. As of the 2010 census, the community had a total population of 20,307.-Geography:...
. His mother, Virginia Roos (née Loosmore), was a store clerk and waitress who worked at Jack and Phil's Bar-B-Que, and his father, Leslie F. Goodman, was a postal worker who died of a heart attack in 1954. He has a sister, Elisabeth, and a brother, Leslie, with his extended family living in St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis is an independent city on the eastern border of Missouri, United States. With a population of 319,294, it was the 58th-largest U.S. city at the 2010 U.S. Census. The Greater St...
.
Goodman went to Affton High School
Affton High School
Affton High School is located in unincorporated St. Louis County, Missouri. Located in Affton, Missouri, AHS is part of the Affton School District which is headquartered at the Affton School District Administration Building on Mackenzie Road.- History :...
, where he played football and dabbled in theater. He then won a football scholarship
Athletic scholarship
An athletic scholarship is a form of scholarship to attend a college or university awarded to an individual based predominantly on his or her ability to play in a sport...
to Southwest Missouri State University, now called Missouri State University
Missouri State University
Missouri State University is a public university located in Springfield, Missouri, United States and founded in 1905. It is the state's second largest university, with an official enrollment of 20,802 in fall 2011...
. He pledged the Sigma Phi Epsilon
Sigma Phi Epsilon
Sigma Phi Epsilon , commonly nicknamed SigEp or SPE, is a social college fraternity for male college students in the United States. It was founded on November 1, 1901, at Richmond College , and its national headquarters remains in Richmond, Virginia. It was founded on three principles: Virtue,...
fraternity, but was not formally initiated until several years later. Later he discovered Southwest Missouri's drama program. He studied there with actors Kathleen Turner
Kathleen Turner
Mary Kathleen Turner is an American actress. She came to fame during the 1980s, after roles in the Hollywood films Body Heat, Peggy Sue Got Married, Romancing the Stone, The War of the Roses, Who Framed Roger Rabbit and Prizzi's Honor...
and Tess Harper
Tess Harper
Tess Harper is an American actress.-Early life:Born Tessie Jean Washam on August 15, 1950 in Mammoth Spring, Arkansas. Her parents' names are Ed and Rosemary Washam. She grew up around lots of quilts and quilt makers. On her own time, she liked to sit on the porch-swing and read...
. After a college injury ended his football career, he decided to become a professional actor, leaving Missouri for New York in 1975.
With a small bankroll from his brother, he found an apartment on Ninth Avenue and 51st street near the Theatre District, Manhattan
Theatre District, New York
The Theater District is an area in Midtown Manhattan where most Broadway theaters are located, as well as many other theaters, movie theaters, restaurants, hotels and other places of entertainment. It extends from 40th Street to 54th Street, and from west of Sixth Avenue to east of Eighth Avenue,...
, and attempted (unsuccessfully) to earn money as a bartender and waiter. But, he was soon to find modest success on stage, in commercials and in voice over performance. He was the person who slapped himself in the commercial for Skin Bracer
Skin Bracer
Skin Bracer is an aftershave lotion created by Mennen and manufactured by Colgate-Palmolive....
by Mennen
Mennen
Mennen is a brand owned in most parts of the world by the Colgate-Palmolive Company. Its most notable product, Mennen Speed Stick, with its fougère perfume and green wide stick, was the market leader among deodorants and antiperspirants for men for many years...
, saying the famous line "Thanks...I needed that!". He performed off Broadway and in dinner theatres, before getting character roles in movies during the early 1980s.
In 1978, he joined Dennis Quaid
Dennis Quaid
Dennis William Quaid is an American actor known for his comedic and dramatic roles. First gaining widespread attention in the 1980s, his career rebounded in the 1990s after he overcame an addiction to drugs and an eating disorder...
, Bruce Willis
Bruce Willis
Walter Bruce Willis , better known as Bruce Willis, is an American actor, producer, and musician. His career began in television in the 1980s and has continued both in television and film since, including comedic, dramatic, and action roles...
and Kevin Kline
Kevin Kline
Kevin Delaney Kline is an American theatre, voice, film actor and comedian. He has won an Academy Award and two Tony Awards, and has been nominated for five Golden Globe Awards, two BAFTA Awards and an Emmy Award.- Early life :...
in the Broadway production of Loose Ends
Loose Ends
In common conversation, the phrase loose ends usually refers to unresolved issues.Loose Ends may also refer to the following:In music:* Loose Ends * Loose Ends...
.
Career
Goodman is most famous for his role as Dan Conner on the American sitcom, RoseanneRoseanne (TV series)
Roseanne is an American sitcom broadcast on ABC from October 18, 1988 to May 20, 1997. Starring Roseanne Barr, the show revolved around the Conners, an Illinois working class family...
, which aired on ABC from 1988 to 1997. In 1985, Goodman originated the role of Pap Finn in the Broadway musical Big River
Big River (musical)
Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a musical with a book by William Hauptman and music and lyrics by Roger Miller.Based on Mark Twain's classic 1884 novel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, it features music in the bluegrass and country styles in keeping with the setting of the novel...
. For his role, he received a Drama Desk nomination for Best Featured Actor in a Musical; he also is featured on the Original Broadway Cast Recording. He had a long history of appearances on late night comedy shows, and was the first guest on Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Late Night with Conan O'Brien is an American late-night talk show hosted by Conan O'Brien that aired 2,725 episodes on NBC between 1993 and 2009. The show featured varied comedic material, celebrity interviews, and musical and comedy performances. Late Night aired weeknights at 12:37 am...
, which won him the show's "First Guest Medal" (Goodman joked that he would pawn the medal for a bottle of cheap scotch
Scotch whisky
Scotch whisky is whisky made in Scotland.Scotch whisky is divided into five distinct categories: Single Malt Scotch Whisky, Single Grain Scotch Whisky, Blended Malt Scotch Whisky , Blended Grain Scotch Whisky, and Blended Scotch Whisky.All Scotch whisky must be aged in oak barrels for at least three...
). He was a popular guest host on NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
's Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live is a live American late-night television sketch comedy and variety show developed by Lorne Michaels and Dick Ebersol. The show premiered on NBC on October 11, 1975, under the original title of NBC's Saturday Night.The show's sketches often parody contemporary American culture...
, hosting the show twelve times, while also making seven cameo
Cameo appearance
A cameo role or cameo appearance is a brief appearance of a known person in a work of the performing arts, such as plays, films, video games and television...
appearances as Linda Tripp
Linda Tripp
Linda Rose Tripp was a central figure in the Lewinsky scandal of 1998 and 1999 that led to the impeachment and subsequent acquittal of U.S. President Bill Clinton.-Early life and government employment:...
during the Monica Lewinsky
Monica Lewinsky
Monica Samille Lewinsky is an American woman with whom United States President Bill Clinton admitted to having had an "improper relationship" while she worked at the White House in 1995 and 1996...
scandal. Goodman once auditioned to be a castmember for Jean Doumanian
Jean Doumanian
Jean Doumanian is an American producer.Doumanian is probably most well known for her short reign as producer of Saturday Night Live between November 1980 and March 1981...
's tumultuous 1980–1981 SNL season, but was rejected.
In 1982 Goodman started landing movie roles, beginning with a small role in Eddie Macon's Run
Eddie Macon's Run
Eddie Macon's Run is a 1983 film starring Kirk Douglas and John Schneider, based on the 1980 novel by James McLendon.- Plot :Eddie Macon was wrongly convicted of a crime. While performing at a prison rodeo in Huntsville, Texas, he escapes and heads for the border, hoping to join his family in Mexico...
. During this period he continued to work on the stage, starring in the Tony-winning Broadway musical Big River from 1985 to 1987. He landed his big break into movies in 1986, when he had a significant comedic role in the David Byrne
David Byrne
David Byrne may refer to:*David Byrne , musician and former Talking Heads frontman**David Byrne , his eponymous album*David Byrne , Irish footballer*David Byrne , English footballer...
mockumentary True Stories
True Stories (film)
True Stories is an American film that spans the genres of musical, art, and comedy, directed by and starring David Byrne of the band Talking Heads. It co-stars John Goodman, Swoosie Kurtz, and Spalding Gray. Byrne has described the film as, "A project with songs based on true stories from tabloid...
. In that film, his character Louis Fyne memorably utters the line "I'm 6' 3" and maintain a consistent panda bear shape," establishing his trademark size as an important part of many characters he would later play on film and stage. He is also known for his role as the Head Football Coach for Adams College in the movie Revenge of the Nerds
Revenge of the Nerds
Revenge of the Nerds is a 1984 comedy film satirizing social life on a college campus. The film stars Robert Carradine and Anthony Edwards, with Curtis Armstrong, Ted McGinley, Julia Montgomery, Brian Tochi, Larry B. Scott, John Goodman, and Donald Gibb...
. In 1997, John Goodman was added to the St. Louis Walk of Fame.
Goodman had a guest role on Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip was an American dramedy television series created and written by Aaron Sorkin. It ran for 22 episodes.The series takes place behind the scenes of a live sketch comedy show on the fictional television network NBS , whose format is similar to that of NBC's...
, as Pahrump, Nevada
Pahrump, Nevada
-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 24,631 people, 10,153 households, and 7,127 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 82.7 people per square mile . There were 11,651 housing units at an average density of 39.1 per square mile...
Judge Robert Bebe, earning a 2007 Emmy for Outstanding Guest Actor – Drama Series for his performance. In addition, Goodman starred as Fred Flintstone in the Flintstones movie.
He voiced Robot Santa in the character's first appearance on Futurama
Futurama
Futurama is an American animated science fiction sitcom created by Matt Groening and developed by Groening and David X. Cohen for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series follows the adventures of a late 20th-century New York City pizza delivery boy, Philip J...
. Beginning in 2007, Goodman has been the voiceover in Dunkin' Donuts
Dunkin' Donuts
Dunkin' Donuts is an international doughnut and coffee retailer founded in 1950 by William Rosenberg in Quincy, Massachusetts; it is now headquartered in Canton...
commercials.
He appeared as a federal judge in the 1999 HBO production, The Jack Bull
The Jack Bull
The Jack Bull is a made for television western, produced for HBO, and directed by John Badham. The film is loosely based on Michael Kohlhaas, a novel by Heinrich von Kleist, with the script by Dick Cusack...
, bringing some semblance of order and justice to the story. He also appeared in the 2000 motion picture Coyote Ugly
Coyote Ugly (film)
Coyote Ugly is a 2000 romantic comedy/drama based on the actual Coyote Ugly Saloon, set in New York City. The film stars Piper Perabo and Adam Garcia...
. In 2000, Goodman provided the voice of Pacha in the Disney film The Emperor's New Groove
The Emperor's New Groove
The Emperor's New Groove is a 2000 American animated film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures through Buena Vista Distribution on December 15, 2000. It is the 40th animated feature in the Walt Disney Animated Classics...
and, a year later, the voice of Sulley in the Disney/Pixar
Pixar
Pixar Animation Studios, pronounced , is an American computer animation film studio based in Emeryville, California. The studio has earned 26 Academy Awards, seven Golden Globes, and three Grammy Awards, among many other awards and acknowledgments. Its films have made over $6.3 billion worldwide...
film Monsters, Inc.
In 2007, Goodman starred as the antagonist in the movie Evan Almighty
Evan Almighty
Evan Almighty is a 2007 American religious comedy film and the stand-alone sequel to Bruce Almighty . The film was directed by Tom Shadyac, written by Steve Oedekerk, and starring Steve Carell as the title character. Morgan Freeman also reprised his role as God from the original film. Production of...
(directed by Tom Shadyac
Tom Shadyac
Thomas Peter "Tom" Shadyac is an American comedian, director, screenwriter, and producer. Shadyac, who was the youngest joke-writer ever for comedian Bob Hope, is widely known for writing and directing the films Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, The Nutty Professor, Liar Liar, Bruce Almighty, and the...
), opposite Steve Carell
Steve Carell
Steven John "Steve" Carell is an American comedian, actor, voice artist, producer, writer, and director. Although Carell is notable for his role on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, he found greater fame in the late 2000s for playing Michael Scott on The Office...
and Morgan Freeman
Morgan Freeman
Morgan Freeman is an American actor, film director, aviator and narrator. He is noted for his reserved demeanor and authoritative speaking voice. Freeman has received Academy Award nominations for his performances in Street Smart, Driving Miss Daisy, The Shawshank Redemption and Invictus and won...
.
A recent project was the film version of the Sophie Kinsella novel, Confessions of a Shopaholic
Confessions of a Shopaholic (film)
Confessions of a Shopaholic is a 2009 American romantic comedy film based on the Shopaholic series of novels by Sophie Kinsella. Directed by P. J. Hogan, the film stars Isla Fisher as the shopaholic journalist and Hugh Dancy as her boss.-Plot:...
, where he played Becky's father, Graham Bloomwood. The movie was released February 13, 2009. In the same year he starred in the epic drama Pope Joan as Pope Sergius II.
Goodman played the Ghost of Christmas Present in the 2008 Kodak Theatre
Kodak Theatre
The Kodak Theatre is a live theatre in the Hollywood and Highland shopping mall and entertainment complex on Hollywood Boulevard and North Highland Avenue in the Hollywood district of Los Angeles...
production of A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol is a novella by English author Charles Dickens first published by Chapman & Hall on 17 December 1843. The story tells of sour and stingy Ebenezer Scrooge's ideological, ethical, and emotional transformation after the supernatural visits of Jacob Marley and the Ghosts of...
, starring Christopher Lloyd
Christopher Lloyd
Christopher Allen Lloyd is an American actor. He is best known for playing Emmett Brown in the Back to the Future trilogy, Uncle Fester in The Addams Family and Addams Family Values, and Judge Doom in Who Framed Roger Rabbit. He played Reverend Jim Ignatowski in the television series Taxi and more...
as Ebenezer Scrooge
Ebenezer Scrooge
Ebenezer Scrooge is the principal character in Charles Dickens's 1843 novel, A Christmas Carol. At the beginning of the novel, Scrooge is a cold-hearted, tight-fisted and greedy man, who despises Christmas and all things which give people happiness...
. He is set to play the role of Pozzo in a Studio 54
Studio 54
Studio 54 was a highly popular discotheque from 1977 until 1991, located at 254 West 54th Street in Manhattan, New York, USA. It was originally the Gallo Opera House, opening in 1927, after which it changed names several times, eventually becoming a CBS radio and television studio. In 1977 it...
revival of the play Waiting for Godot
Waiting for Godot
Waiting for Godot is an absurdist play by Samuel Beckett, in which two characters, Vladimir and Estragon, wait endlessly and in vain for someone named Godot to arrive. Godot's absence, as well as numerous other aspects of the play, have led to many different interpretations since the play's...
, opposite Bill Irwin
Bill Irwin
William Mills "Bill" Irwin is an American actor and clown noted for his contribution to the renaissance of American circus during the 1970s. He is known for his vaudeville-style stage acts, but has made a number of appearances on film and television and won a Tony Award for a dramatic role on...
and Nathan Lane
Nathan Lane
Nathan Lane is an American actor of stage and screen. He is best known for his roles as Mendy in The Lisbon Traviata, Albert in The Birdcage, Max Bialystock in the musical The Producers, Ernie Smuntz in MouseHunt, Nathan Detroit in Guys and Dolls, Pseudolus in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to...
. Goodman's voice can also be heard on an automated message system at Lambert St. Louis International airport.
In 2010, Variety
Variety (magazine)
Variety is an American weekly entertainment-trade magazine founded in New York City, New York, in 1905 by Sime Silverman. With the rise of the importance of the motion-picture industry, Daily Variety, a daily edition based in Los Angeles, California, was founded by Silverman in 1933. In 1998, the...
announced Goodman will be narrating the new cooking show Best Food Ever. The series will travel the country to uncover some of its most-popular dishes and restaurants. Also in 2010 Goodman lent his vocal talents to Disney's The Princess and the Frog, where he played "Big Daddy" La Bouff.
In 2011, Goodman was a guest star on the third season of NBC's Community
Community (TV series)
Community is an American television comedy series created by Dan Harmon that airs on NBC. The series is about a group of students at a community college in the fictional locale of Greendale, Colorado. The series heavily uses meta-humor and pop culture references, often parodying film and television...
.
New Orleans residency
Goodman has long resided in New Orleans, LouisianaNew Orleans, Louisiana
New Orleans is a major United States port and the largest city and metropolitan area in the state of Louisiana. The New Orleans metropolitan area has a population of 1,235,650 as of 2009, the 46th largest in the USA. The New Orleans – Metairie – Bogalusa combined statistical area has a population...
. Since Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season was a powerful Atlantic hurricane. It is the costliest natural disaster, as well as one of the five deadliest hurricanes, in the history of the United States. Among recorded Atlantic hurricanes, it was the sixth strongest overall...
, Goodman has appeared on several recovery commercials aired in Louisiana.
Goodman was cast in In the Electric Mist
In the Electric Mist
In the Electric Mist is a 2009 Franco-American drama/mystical film based on the novel In the Electric Mist with Confederate Dead by James Lee Burke...
(2009) as Julie 'Baby Feet' Balboni, which is set in post-Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season was a powerful Atlantic hurricane. It is the costliest natural disaster, as well as one of the five deadliest hurricanes, in the history of the United States. Among recorded Atlantic hurricanes, it was the sixth strongest overall...
Louisiana. Goodman was at one time slated to play the role of Ignatius Reilly, the main character of A Confederacy of Dunces
A Confederacy of Dunces
A Confederacy of Dunces is a picaresque novel written by John Kennedy Toole, published by LSU Press in 1980, 11 years after the author's suicide. The book was published through the efforts of writer Walker Percy and Toole's mother Thelma Toole, quickly becoming a cult classic, and later a...
by John Kennedy Toole
John Kennedy Toole
John Kennedy Toole was an American novelist from New Orleans, Louisiana, best-known for his posthumously published novel A Confederacy of Dunces. He also wrote The Neon Bible. Although several people in the literary world felt his writing skills were praiseworthy, Toole's novels were rejected...
. The story takes place almost entirely in New Orleans. However, the movie was never put into production. The movie The Princess and the Frog where he lent his voice as Eli "Big Daddy" La Bouff also takes place in New Orleans. Goodman is also featured in HBO series Treme
Treme (TV series)
Treme is an American television drama series created by David Simon and Eric Overmyer that premiered on April 11, 2010 on HBO. It takes its name from Tremé, a neighborhood of New Orleans...
, which shares many producers in common with The Wire
The WIRE
the WIRE is the student-run College radio station at the University of Oklahoma, broadcasting in a freeform format. The WIRE serves the University of Oklahoma and surrounding communities, and is staffed by student DJs. The WIRE broadcasts at 1710 kHz AM in Norman, Oklahoma...
. Treme focuses on a group of interconnected people trying to rebuild their lives in post-Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season was a powerful Atlantic hurricane. It is the costliest natural disaster, as well as one of the five deadliest hurricanes, in the history of the United States. Among recorded Atlantic hurricanes, it was the sixth strongest overall...
New Orleans. Goodman plays Creighton Bernette, a Tulane English professor who suffers from depression.
In 2010, as a result of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill
Deepwater Horizon oil spill
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, Goodman appeared in a commercial to raise awareness for the spill. Also starring in the commercial were Sandra Bullock
Sandra Bullock
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, Peyton
Peyton Manning
Peyton Williams Manning is an American football quarterback for the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League . Manning holds the record for most NFL MVP awards with four. He was drafted by the Colts as the first overall pick in 1998 after a standout college football career with the...
, Eli Manning
Eli Manning
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, Jack Del Rio
Jack Del Rio
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, Drew Brees
Drew Brees
Drew Christopher Brees is a quarterback for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League. He was drafted by the San Diego Chargers in the second round of the 2001 NFL Draft. He played college football at Purdue....
, Emeril Lagasse
Emeril Lagasse
'Emeril John Lagasse is an American celebrity chef, restaurateur, television personality, and cookbook author. A regional James Beard Award winner, he is perhaps most notable for his Food Network shows Emeril Live and Essence of Emeril as well as catchphrases such as “Kick it up a notch!” and...
, James Carville
James Carville
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, and Blake Lively
Blake Lively
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Personal life
Goodman met his wife, Anna Beth Hartzog, in New Orleans while he was filming 1988’s Everybody’s All-American. They married in October 1989 and have a daughter named Molly Evangeline (born August 31, 1990).In an April 16, 2009 interview with New York Times theater writer Charles McGrath, Goodman was open about his alcoholism. He says, "I don't know how much the old Jackie Daniels franchise ruined my memory, which is going anyway, because of my advancing decrepitude. I had a 30-year run, and at the end I didn't care about anything. I was just fed up with myself. I didn't even want to be an actor anymore." He says he stopped drinking in 2007. "I could never please myself. That's part of what fuels the alcoholic, I guess. You set yourself impossible goals, and then you kick yourself because you're not good enough. But I can't do that every night. I don't have the energy anymore."
Towards the end of 2009-2010, Goodman lost a reported 100 pounds. He claimed that exercise and a journal of food he consumed is what helped him keep the weight off.
Films
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| 1977 | Jailbait Babysitter | John Goodman's debut | |
| 1983 | Eddie Macon's Run Eddie Macon's Run Eddie Macon's Run is a 1983 film starring Kirk Douglas and John Schneider, based on the 1980 novel by James McLendon.- Plot :Eddie Macon was wrongly convicted of a crime. While performing at a prison rodeo in Huntsville, Texas, he escapes and heads for the border, hoping to join his family in Mexico... |
Herbert | |
| The Survivors | Commando | ||
| 1984 | Revenge of the Nerds Revenge of the Nerds Revenge of the Nerds is a 1984 comedy film satirizing social life on a college campus. The film stars Robert Carradine and Anthony Edwards, with Curtis Armstrong, Ted McGinley, Julia Montgomery, Brian Tochi, Larry B. Scott, John Goodman, and Donald Gibb... |
Coach Harris | |
| C.H.U.D. C.H.U.D. C.H.U.D. is a 1984 American horror film produced by Andrew Bonime, and directed by Douglas Cheek with Peter Stein as the director of photography and William Bilowit as production designer. The cast includes Daniel Stern and John Heard. It was followed in 1989 by C.H.U.D. II: Bud the... |
Cop in Diner | ||
| Maria’s Lovers Maria’s Lovers Maria’s Lovers is a 1984 drama film directed by Andrei Konchalovsky and starring Nastassja Kinski, John Savage and Robert Mitchum. The plot follows a soldier returning from World War II who marries the woman of his dreams, but he is unable to consummate his marriage ruining the couples chances... |
Frank | ||
| 1985 | Sweet Dreams | Otis | |
| 1986 | True Stories True Stories (film) True Stories is an American film that spans the genres of musical, art, and comedy, directed by and starring David Byrne of the band Talking Heads. It co-stars John Goodman, Swoosie Kurtz, and Spalding Gray. Byrne has described the film as, "A project with songs based on true stories from tabloid... |
Louis Fyne | |
| 1987 | The Big Easy | Det. Andre DeSoto | |
| Raising Arizona Raising Arizona Raising Arizona is a 1987 comedy film directed by the Coen Brothers and starring Nicolas Cage, Holly Hunter, William Forsythe, John Goodman, Frances McDormand and Randall "Tex" Cobb. Not a blockbuster at the time of its release, it has since achieved cult status... |
Gale Snoats | ||
| Burglar Burglar (film) Burglar is a 1987 American comedy film directed by Hugh Wilson and distributed by Warner Bros. The film stars Whoopi Goldberg and Bobcat Goldthwait.-Plot:... |
Det. Nyswander | ||
| 1988 | The Wrong Guys The Wrong Guys The Wrong Guys is a 1988 American comedy film directed by Danny Bilson.-Plot:Thirty years ago Louie Anderson was the leader of a group of Cub Scouts, Den 7: "The Owl Patrol", consisting of himself, neurotic Richard, ladies man Belz, smooth talking Franklin and surfer dude Tim... |
Duke Earle | |
| Punchline Punchline (film) Punchline is a 1988 American film written and directed by David Seltzer and stars Tom Hanks as a very talented young comic who helps a housewife, played by Sally Field who wants to break into stand-up comedy.-Synopsis:... |
John Krytsick | ||
| Everybody's All-American Everybody's All-American (film) Everybody's All-American is a 1988 motion picture directed by Taylor Hackford and based on the novel Everybody's All-American by longtime Sports Illustrated contributor Frank Deford.The film covers 25 years in the life of a college football hero... |
Lawrence | ||
| 1989 | Sea of Love | Det. Sherman | |
| Always | Al Yackey | ||
| 1990 | Stella Stella (1990 film) Stella is a 1990 American drama film produced by The Samuel Goldwyn Company and released by Touchstone Pictures. The screenplay by Robert Getchell is the third feature film adaptation of the 1920 novel Stella Dallas by Olive Higgins Prouty.... |
Ed Munn | |
| Arachnophobia Arachnophobia (film) Arachnophobia is a 1990 American comedy horror film directed by Frank Marshall and starring Jeff Daniels and John Goodman. It was the first film released by Hollywood Pictures.... |
Delbert McClintock | Nominated- Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor | |
| 1991 | King Ralph King Ralph King Ralph is a 1991 American comedy film starring John Goodman in the title role of Ralph Jones. The movie also stars Peter O'Toole as the King's private secretary, Sir Cedric Willingham, Camille Coduri as Ralph's girlfriend Miranda Greene, and John Hurt as the British peer Percival Graves, who... |
Ralph Hampton Gainesworth Jones | |
| Barton Fink Barton Fink Barton Fink is a 1991 American film, written, directed, and produced by the Coen brothers. Set in 1941, it stars John Turturro in the title role as a young New York City playwright who is hired to write scripts for a movie studio in Hollywood, and John Goodman as Charlie, the insurance salesman who... |
Charlie Meadows | Nominated- Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture The Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture was first awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association in 1944 for a performance in a motion picture released in the previous year.... |
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| 1992 | The Babe The Babe The Babe is a 1992 biographical film about the life of famed baseball player Babe Ruth, who is portrayed by John Goodman.-Plot:The story begins in 1902 in Baltimore, Maryland, where a young Babe Ruth, troubled and not-so disciplined, is sent to the St. Mary's Industrial School for Boys, a... |
George Herman 'Babe' Ruth Babe Ruth George Herman Ruth, Jr. , best known as "Babe" Ruth and nicknamed "the Bambino" and "the Sultan of Swat", was an American Major League baseball player from 1914–1935... |
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| Frosty Returns Frosty Returns Frosty Returns is an animated Christmas television special featuring the character Frosty the Snowman. It first aired on December 1, 1992. The special is not a direct sequel to the original 1969 special, and the two were produced by different companies Frosty Returns is an animated Christmas... |
Frosty the Snowman Frosty the Snowman "Frosty the Snowman" is a popular song written by Walter "Jack" Rollins and Steve Nelson, and first recorded by Gene Autry and the Cass County Boys in 1950. It was written after the success of Autry's recording of "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" the previous year; Rollins and Nelson shipped the... |
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| 1993 | Matinee Matinee (film) Matinee is a 1993 period comedy film directed by Joe Dante. It is an ensemble piece about the home front in the Cuban Missile Crisis combined with a tribute to independent filmmaker William Castle. The film stars John Goodman, Cathy Moriarty, Simon Fenton, Omri Katz, Lisa Jakub, and Kellie Martin... |
Lawrence Woolsey | |
| Born Yesterday Born Yesterday (1993 film) Born Yesterday is a 1993 film based on Born Yesterday, a play by Garson Kanin. The film stars Melanie Griffith, John Goodman and Don Johnson. It was adapted by Douglas McGrath and directed by Luis Mandoki... |
Harry Brock | ||
| We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (film) We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story is a 1993 American animated film, produced by Steven Spielberg's Amblimation animation studio, distributed by Universal Pictures, and originally released to theaters on November 24, 1993 for the United States. It was rated G by the MPAA... |
Rex | Voice | |
| 1994 | The Hudsucker Proxy The Hudsucker Proxy The Hudsucker Proxy is a 1994 screwball comedy film written, produced, and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. Sam Raimi co-wrote the script and served as second unit director.... |
Newsreel Announcer | Credited as Karl Mundt |
| The Flintstones The Flintstones (film) The Flintstones is a 1994 American live-action comedy film based on the Hanna-Barbera cartoon television series of the same name about a Stone-Age man, his family and his best friend. The film was directed by Brian Levant, written by Tom S. Parker, Jim Jennewein and Steven E... |
Fred Flintstone | ||
| 1996 | Pie in the Sky Pie in the Sky (1996 film) Pie in the Sky is a 1996 romantic comedy film about a young man obsessed with traffic gridlock who falls in love with an avant-garde dancer... |
Alan Davenport | |
| Mother Night Mother Night (film) Mother Night is a 1996 film based on Kurt Vonnegut's 1961 book of the same name.Nick Nolte stars as Howard W. Campbell, Jr., an American who moves with his family to Germany after World War I and goes on to become a successful German language playwright... |
Major Frank Wirtanen | ||
| 1997 | The Borrowers The Borrowers (1997 film) The Borrowers is a 1997 film based on the children's novel of the same name by author Mary Norton. In 1998 it was nominated for the title of Best British Film in the British Academy of Film and Television Arts awards, but lost to Gary Oldman's Nil by Mouth... |
Ocious P. Potter | |
| 1998 | Fallen Fallen (film) Fallen is a 1998 supernatural thriller film, directed by Gregory Hoblit, and starring Denzel Washington, John Goodman and Donald Sutherland.-Plot:... |
Jonesy | |
| Blues Brothers 2000 Blues Brothers 2000 Blues Brothers 2000 is a 1998 American musical comedy film that is a sequel to the 1980 film The Blues Brothers. Directed by John Landis, the film featured Dan Aykroyd and John Goodman, with cameos by many musicians.-Plot:... |
Mighty Mack McTeer | ||
| The Big Lebowski The Big Lebowski The Big Lebowski is a 1998 comedy film written and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. Jeff Bridges stars as Jeff Lebowski, an unemployed Los Angeles slacker and avid bowler, who is referred to as "The Dude". After a case of mistaken identity, The Dude is introduced to a millionaire also named... |
Walter Sobchak | Nominated - Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture The Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor is one of the annual Satellite Awards given by the International Press Academy.-Drama :2000: Bruce Greenwood – Thirteen Days*Jeff Bridges – The Contender as Jackson Evans... |
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| Dirty Work | Mayor Adrian Riggins | Uncredited | |
| Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie is a 1998 animated film based on the film of the same name by Robert May. It was the first theatrical feature from GoodTimes Entertainment, long known as a home video company. The film's animation was produced by Yowza! Animation, Wang Film Productions &... |
Santa Claus Santa Claus Santa Claus is a folklore figure in various cultures who distributes gifts to children, normally on Christmas Eve. Each name is a variation of Saint Nicholas, but refers to Santa Claus... |
Voice | |
| 1999 | The Runner The Runner (film) The Runner is a 1999 crime thriller film starring Ron Eldard and Courteney Cox. It was directed by Ron Moler. In the film, a young man with a gambling addiction has managed to get himself into serious debt by losing all his money... |
Deepthroat | |
| Bringing Out the Dead Bringing Out the Dead Bringing Out the Dead is a 1999 drama film directed by Martin Scorsese, and based on the novel by Joe Connelly with the screenplay by Paul Schrader... |
Larry | ||
| The Jack Bull The Jack Bull The Jack Bull is a made for television western, produced for HBO, and directed by John Badham. The film is loosely based on Michael Kohlhaas, a novel by Heinrich von Kleist, with the script by Dick Cusack... |
Judge Tolliver | ||
| 2000 | What Planet Are You From? What Planet Are You From? What Planet Are You From? is a 2000 comedy film starring Garry Shandling and Annette Bening. It was directed by Mike Nichols.-Plot:A denizen of a faraway planet occupied only by highly evolved males is ordered to find a female human, impregnate her and bring the baby back to the planet... |
Roland Jones | |
| O Brother, Where Art Thou? O Brother, Where Art Thou? O Brother, Where Art Thou? is a 2000 comedy film directed by Joel and Ethan Coen and starring George Clooney, John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson, John Goodman, Holly Hunter, and Charles Durning. Set in 1937 rural Mississippi during the Great Depression, the film's story is a modern satire loosely... |
Daniel 'Big Dan' Teague | ||
| The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle is a 2000 comedy film based on the television cartoon The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show by Jay Ward. The animated characters Rocky and Bullwinkle shared the screen with live actors portraying Fearless Leader , Boris Badenov , Natasha Fatale , and FBI agent Karen... |
Oklahoma Cop | ||
| Coyote Ugly Coyote Ugly (film) Coyote Ugly is a 2000 romantic comedy/drama based on the actual Coyote Ugly Saloon, set in New York City. The film stars Piper Perabo and Adam Garcia... |
Billene Sanford | ||
| The Emperor's New Groove The Emperor's New Groove The Emperor's New Groove is a 2000 American animated film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures through Buena Vista Distribution on December 15, 2000. It is the 40th animated feature in the Walt Disney Animated Classics... |
Pacha | Voice | |
| 2001 | My First Mister My First Mister My First Mister is a 2001 film written by Jill Franklyn, and directed by actress Christine Lahti. The film is the story of an alienated goth teen who forms an unlikely friendship with a lonely men's clothing store owner... |
Benjamin | |
| One Night at McCool's One Night at McCool's One Night at McCool's is a 2001 American dark comedy/neo-noir film, directed by Harald Zwart and starring Liv Tyler, Matt Dillon, Michael Douglas, John Goodman, Paul Reiser, Reba McEntire and Andrew Dice Clay.-Plot:... |
Det. Dehling | ||
| Storytelling Storytelling (film) Storytelling is a 2001 film, directed by Todd Solondz. It features original music by Belle & Sebastian, later compiled on an album of the same name... |
Marty Livingston | Segment: "Non-Fiction" | |
| Monsters, Inc. Monsters, Inc. Monsters, Inc. is a 2001 American computer-animated film and the fourth feature-length film produced by Pixar Animation Studios. It was directed by Pete Docter, co-directed by Lee Unkrich and David Silverman, and written by Jill Culton, Peter Docter, Ralph Eggleston, Dan Gerson, Jeff Pidgeon, Rhett... |
James P. 'Sulley' Sullivan | Voice World Soundtrack Award for Best Original Song Written for a Film |
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| 2002 | Mike's New Car Mike's New Car Mike's New Car is a 2002 Pixar animated short, starring the two main characters from Monsters, Inc., Mike and Sulley. Directed by Pete Docter and Roger Gould, it is the first Pixar short to utilize dialogue and the first to take characters and situations from a previously established work.It... |
Voice Short film |
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| Dirty Deeds Dirty Deeds (2002 film) Dirty Deeds is a 2002 film shot in Australia. It was directed by noted fringe director David Caesar and stars Bryan Brown, Toni Collette, Sam Neill, Sam Worthington and John Goodman and produced by Nine Films and Television, the film and television production arm of the Nine Network, owned by PBL... |
Tony | ||
| 2003 | Masked and Anonymous Masked and Anonymous Masked and Anonymous is a 2003 comedy-drama film directed by Larry Charles, who is better known for his writing on successful TV sitcoms, Seinfeld and Mad About You and for executive producing episodes of The Tick and Dilbert. The film was written by Larry Charles and Bob Dylan, the latter under... |
Uncle Sweetheart | |
| The Jungle Book 2 The Jungle Book 2 The Jungle Book 2 is a 2003 American animated film produced by the DisneyToons studio in Sydney, Australia and released by Walt Disney Pictures and Buena Vista Distribution. The theatrical version of the film was released in France on February 5, 2003, and released in the United States on February... |
Baloo Baloo Baloo is the fictional bear featured in Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book from 1894 and The Second Jungle Book from 1895.-Name and species:He is described in Kipling's work as "the sleepy brown bear"... |
Voice Nominated- Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Voice from an Animated Movie |
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| 2004 | Home of Phobia | Rodney | Released under the name Freshman Orientation |
| Clifford's Really Big Movie Clifford's Really Big Movie Clifford's Really Big Movie is a 2004 American animated film based on the series of children's books drawn and written by Norman Bridwell. This film was directed by Robert C. Ramirez, produced by Scholastic Entertainment in association with Big Red Dog Productions, and originally released to... |
George Wolfsbottom | Voice | |
| Beyond the Sea Beyond the Sea (film) Beyond the Sea is a 2004 biographical film based on the life of singer/actor Bobby Darin. Kevin Spacey, who stars in the lead role and used his own singing voice for the musical numbers, co-wrote, directed, and co-produced the film, which takes its title from the Darin song of the same name... |
Steve 'Boom Boom' Blauner | ||
| 2005 | Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School is a 2005 musical romance film produced by Samuel Goldwyn Films and directed by Randall Miller... |
Steve Mills | |
| The Emperor's New Groove 2: Kronk's New Groove | Pacha | Voice Direct-to-DVD |
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| 2006 | Cars Cars (film) Cars is a 2006 American animated family film produced by Pixar and directed by John Lasseter and co-directed by Joe Ranft. It is the seventh Disney·Pixar feature film, and Pixar's final, independently-produced motion picture before its purchase by Disney... |
Sullivan Truck | Car version of James P. 'Sulley' Sullivan, Voice |
| Tales of the Rat Fink | Ed "Big Daddy" Roth | Narrator/ Voice | |
| 2007 | Death Sentence | Bones Darley | |
| Evan Almighty Evan Almighty Evan Almighty is a 2007 American religious comedy film and the stand-alone sequel to Bruce Almighty . The film was directed by Tom Shadyac, written by Steve Oedekerk, and starring Steve Carell as the title character. Morgan Freeman also reprised his role as God from the original film. Production of... |
Congressman Long | ||
| Bee Movie Bee Movie Bee Movie is a 2007 computer animated family comedy film starring Jerry Seinfeld, Renée Zellweger, Matthew Broderick, Megan Mullally, John Goodman, Chris Rock, Kathy Bates, and Patrick Warburton. Produced by DreamWorks Animation, it is directed by Simon J... |
Layton T. Montgomery | Voice | |
| 2008 | Speed Racer Speed Racer (film) Speed Racer is a 2008 American live action film adaptation of Tatsuo Yoshida's 1960s Japanese anime series of the same name, produced by Tatsunoko Productions. The film is written and directed by the Wachowskis... |
Pops Racer | |
| 2009 | Gigantic Gigantic (film) Gigantic is a 2008 independent comedy film directed by Matt Aselton and starring Paul Dano, Zooey Deschanel, John Goodman, Edward Asner and Jane Alexander... |
Al Lolly | |
| Confessions of a Shopaholic Confessions of a Shopaholic (film) Confessions of a Shopaholic is a 2009 American romantic comedy film based on the Shopaholic series of novels by Sophie Kinsella. Directed by P. J. Hogan, the film stars Isla Fisher as the shopaholic journalist and Hugh Dancy as her boss.-Plot:... |
Graham Bloomwood | ||
| In the Electric Mist In the Electric Mist In the Electric Mist is a 2009 Franco-American drama/mystical film based on the novel In the Electric Mist with Confederate Dead by James Lee Burke... |
Julie 'Baby Feet' Balboni | ||
| Alabama Moon Alabama Moon Alabama Moon is a 2010 film starring Jimmy Bennett and John Goodman, based on the book Alabama Moon by Watt Key. The story takes place in the forests of Alabama.-Plot:... |
Mr. Wellington | ||
| Pope Joan | Pope Sergius Pope Sergius II Pope Sergius II was Pope from January 844 – January 24, 847.On the death of Gregory IV the archdeacon John was proclaimed pope by popular acclamation, while the nobility elected Sergius, a Roman of noble birth. The opposition was suppressed, with Sergius intervening to save John's life... |
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| Beyond All Boundaries Beyond All Boundaries Beyond All Boundaries is a 2009 Short film depicting the battles of World War II. The film is shown in 4-D, and includes archive footage and special effects. The short, directed and narrated by Tom Hanks was released 9 November 2009 and is shown solely in The National World War II Museum, New... |
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| The Princess and the Frog | Eli 'Big Daddy' La Bouff | Voice Nominated- Black Reel Award for Best Ensemble |
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| A Sewer Runs Through It | Narrator | ||
| 2010 | You Don't Know Jack You Don't Know Jack (film) You Don't Know Jack is a 2010 television film directed by Barry Levinson and starring Al Pacino as Jack Kevorkian, based in part on the book, "Between the Dying and the Dead: Dr. Jack Kevorkian's Life And The Battle To Legalize Euthanasia"... |
Neal Nicol | |
| Drunkboat Drunkboat Drunkboat is a 2010 American drama-genre film starring John Malkovich, Dana Delany and John Goodman.-Cast:* Dana Delany - Eileen* John Malkovich - Mort* John Goodman - Mr. Fletcher* Jacob Zachar - Abe... |
Mr. Fletcher | ||
| 2011 | The Artist The Artist (film) The Artist is a 2011 French romance film directed by Michel Hazanavicius, starring Jean Dujardin and Bérénice Bejo. The story takes place in Hollywood between 1927 and 1932 and focuses on a declining male film star and a rising actress, as silent cinema grows out of fashion and is replaced by the... |
Zimmer | |
| Red State Red State (2011 film) Red State is a 2011 American independent horror film written and directed by Kevin Smith, starring Michael Parks, John Goodman, Melissa Leo and Stephen Root... |
Joseph Kennan | ||
| Spring Break '83 Spring Break '83 -Plot:Four friends who were bullied by their graduating high school class seek revenge against the now freshman college students while on Spring break during 1983.-Production:... |
Dick Bender | ||
| Bunyan and Babe Bunyan and Babe Bunyan and Babe is an upcoming live-action/animated film. It is directed by Jim Rygiel and Tony Bancroft and features the voices of John Goodman as Paul Bunyan and Jeff Foxworthy as Babe the Blue Ox.-Premise:... |
Paul Bunyan Paul Bunyan Paul Bunyan is a lumberjack figure in North American folklore and tradition. One of the most famous and popular North American folklore heroes, he is usually described as a giant as well as a lumberjack of unusual skill, and is often accompanied in stories by his animal companion, Babe the Blue... |
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| 2012 | Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (film) Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close is an upcoming 2011 American drama film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Jonathan Safran Foer, directed by Stephen Daldry and written by Eric Roth. It stars Tom Hanks, Sandra Bullock, Thomas Horn, Max von Sydow, Viola Davis, John Goodman, Jeffrey... |
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| ParaNorman ParaNorman ParaNorman is an upcoming 3D stop-motion animated comedy thriller film produced by Laika, distributed by Focus Features and set for international release on August 17, 2012... |
Mr. Prendergast | filming | |
| 2013 | Monsters University | James P. 'Sulley' Sullivan | Voice Development |
Television
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| 1983 | The Face of Rage | Fred | TV film |
| Chiefs Chiefs (TV miniseries) Chiefs is a miniseries based upon the novel of the same name by Stuart Woods. It was broadcast on CBS over three nights in November 1983. It was directed by Jerry London, and stars Charlton Heston, Keith Carradine, Stephen Collins, Danny Glover, Wayne Rogers and Billy Dee Williams... |
Newt 'Tub' Murray | Miniseries Miniseries A miniseries , in a serial storytelling medium, is a television show production which tells a story in a limited number of episodes. The exact number is open to interpretation; however, they are usually limited to fewer than a whole season. The term "miniseries" is generally a North American term... |
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| Heart of Steel | Raymond Bohupinsky | TV film | |
| 1987 | Murder Ordained Murder Ordained Murder Ordained is 1987 Emmy-nominated CBS miniseries starring JoBeth Williams, Kathy Bates, and Keith Carradine. The telefilm, directed and co-written by Mike Robe, was inspired by real events that occurred in Emporia, Kansas. Much of the principal photography and filming occurred on location in... |
Hugh Rayburn | |
| The Equalizer The Equalizer The Equalizer is an American television series that ran for four seasons, initially on CBS, between 1985 and 1989. It starred Edward Woodward as an aging New York vigilante with a mysterious past... |
Harold Winter | Episode: "Re-Entry" | |
| Moonlighting Moonlighting (TV series) Moonlighting is an American television series that aired on ABC from March 3, 1985, to May 14, 1989. The network aired a total of 66 episodes... |
Donald Chase | Episode: "Come Back Little Shiksa" | |
| 1988–1997 | Roseanne Roseanne (TV series) Roseanne is an American sitcom broadcast on ABC from October 18, 1988 to May 20, 1997. Starring Roseanne Barr, the show revolved around the Conners, an Illinois working class family... |
Dan Conner | 221 episodes Golden Globe Award Golden Globe Award The Golden Globe Award is an accolade bestowed by the 93 members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and foreign... for Best Performance by an Actor in a TV Series- Comedy/Musical (1993) American Comedy Award for Funniest Male Performer in a TV Series (Leading Role) (1989,1990) Nominated- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series (1989–1995) Nominated- Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Television Series Musical or Comedy (1989–1991) Nominated- Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series (1994) |
| 1995 | Kingfish | Huey P. Long | TV Film |
| 1996 | Muppets Tonight Muppets Tonight Muppets Tonight is a live-action/puppet television series created by Jim Henson Productions and featuring The Muppets. Much like the "MuppeTelevision" segment of The Jim Henson Hour, Muppets Tonight was a continuation of The Muppet Show, set in a television studio, rather than a theater.-Format:The... |
Himself | Season 1, Episode 4 |
| 1999 | Now and Again Now and Again Now and Again is an American television series that aired in the US from September 24, 1999 until May 5, 2000 on CBS. The story revolves around the United States government engineering the perfect human body for use in espionage, but not being able to yet perfect the brain... |
Michael Wiseman | Episode: "Origins" |
| 1999 | The Simpsons The Simpsons The Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is a satirical parody of a middle class American lifestyle epitomized by its family of the same name, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie... |
Meathook (voice) | Episode: "Take My Wife, Sleaze Take My Wife, Sleaze "Take My Wife, Sleaze" is the eighth episode of the eleventh season of the American animated sitcom The Simpsons. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on November 28, 1999. In the episode, Homer wins a Harley-Davidson motorcycle and starts his own biker gang, naming it... " |
| 1999 | Futurama Futurama Futurama is an American animated science fiction sitcom created by Matt Groening and developed by Groening and David X. Cohen for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series follows the adventures of a late 20th-century New York City pizza delivery boy, Philip J... |
Robot Santa (voice) | Episode: "Xmas Story Xmas Story "Xmas Story" is the fourth episode in the second production season of Futurama. It originally aired as the eighth episode in the second broadcast season in North America on December 19, 1999. The episode was written by David X. Cohen and directed by Peter Avanzino. John Goodman guest stars in this... " |
| 2000 | Normal, Ohio Normal, Ohio Normal, Ohio is an American television sitcom, which aired on the Fox Network in 2000. The show stars John Goodman as William "Butch" Gamble, a gay man returning to his Midwestern home town... |
William "Butch" Gamble | 13 Episodes |
| 2003–2004 | The West Wing | Glen Allen Walken Glen Allen Walken Glen Allen Walken is a fictional character on The West Wing played by John Goodman.... |
Four Episodes |
| 2004–2005 | Center of the Universe Center of the Universe Center of the Universe is a television series on CBS, which ran from October 27, 2004, until January 19, 2005. The sitcom was canceled after just 10 episodes aired. It was set in downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma.... |
John Barnett John Barnett John Barnett was an English composer and writer on music.-Life:Barnett was the eldest son of a Prussian Jew named Bernhard Beer, who changed his surname on settling in England as a jeweller. According to some he was a cousin of the composer Giacomo Meyerbeer... |
10 Episodes |
| 2006 | Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip was an American dramedy television series created and written by Aaron Sorkin. It ran for 22 episodes.The series takes place behind the scenes of a live sketch comedy show on the fictional television network NBS , whose format is similar to that of NBC's... |
Judge Bobby Bebe | Episodes: "Nevada Day parts I and II" |
| 2007 | King of the Hill King of the Hill King of the Hill is an American animated dramedy series created by Mike Judge and Greg Daniels, that ran from January 12, 1997, to May 6, 2010, on Fox network. It centers on the Hills, a working-class Methodist family in the fictional small town of Arlen, Texas... |
Tommy | Episode: "SerPUNt" |
| 2010-2011 | Treme Treme (TV series) Treme is an American television drama series created by David Simon and Eric Overmyer that premiered on April 11, 2010 on HBO. It takes its name from Tremé, a neighborhood of New Orleans... |
Creighton Bernette | 11 Episodes |
| 2011 | Damages Damages (TV series) Damages is an American television drama series created by the writing and production trio of Daniel Zelman and brothers Glenn and Todd A. Kessler . It is broadcast in the United States on the DirecTV channel Audience Network after originally airing on FX and is produced by the creators' own... |
Howard T. Erickson | Season 4 |
| 2011 | Community Community (TV series) Community is an American television comedy series created by Dan Harmon that airs on NBC. The series is about a group of students at a community college in the fictional locale of Greendale, Colorado. The series heavily uses meta-humor and pop culture references, often parodying film and television... |
Vice Dean Robert Laybourne | Season 3 |
Video games
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Pyst Pyst Pyst is a computer game published in 1996. It was created as a parody of the highly successful adventure game, Myst. The parody features full motion video of John Goodman as "King Mattruss", the ruler of "Pyst Island". Pyst was written by Peter Bergman, a co-founder of the Firesign Theatre, and... |
King Mattruss Pyst Pyst is a computer game published in 1996. It was created as a parody of the highly successful adventure game, Myst. The parody features full motion video of John Goodman as "King Mattruss", the ruler of "Pyst Island". Pyst was written by Peter Bergman, a co-founder of the Firesign Theatre, and... |
| 2002 | Monsters Inc. Scream Arena Monsters Inc. Scream Arena Monsters, Inc. Scream Arena is a sports video game released in 2002 by Radical Entertainment. The game isbased on the Academy Award nominated computer-animated feature film Monsters, Inc..... |
James P. "Sulley" Sullivan |
| 2011 | Rage Rage (video game) Rage is a first-person shooter video game by id Software which was released on October 4, 2011 in North America. It uses the company's new OpenGL based id Tech 5 engine. The game was first shown as a tech demo on June 11, 2007, at Apple's WWDC, and was officially announced on August 2, 2007, at... |
Dan Hagar |
Awards and nominations
Saturn AwardSaturn Award
The Saturn Award is an award presented annually by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films to honor the top works in science fiction, fantasy, and horror in film, television, and home video. The Saturn Awards were devised by Dr. Donald A. Reed in 1972, who felt that films within...
- 1991: Nominated, "Best Supporting Actor" – Arachnophobia
American Comedy Awards
American Comedy Awards
The American Comedy Awards were a group of awards presented annually in the United States from 1987 to 2001 recognizing performances and performers in the field of comedy, with an emphasis on television comedy and comedy films...
- 1989: Won, "Funniest Male Performer in a TV Series (Leading Role) Network, Cable or Syndication" – Roseanne
- 1990: Won, "Funniest Male Performer in a TV Series (Leading Role) Network, Cable or Syndication" – Roseanne
Emmy Awards
- 1989: Nominated, "Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series" – Roseanne
- 1990: Nominated, "Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series" – Roseanne
- 1991: Nominated, "Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series" – Roseanne
- 1992: Nominated, "Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series" – Roseanne
- 1993: Nominated, "Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series" – Roseanne
- 1994: Nominated, "Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series" – Roseanne
- 1995: Nominated, "Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series" – Roseanne
- 1995: Nominated, "Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Special" – Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long
- 1996: Nominated, "Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Special" – A Streetcar Named Desire
- 2007: Won, "Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series" – Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
- 2010: Nominated, "Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseies or TV Movie" – You Don't Know Jack
Golden Globe Award
Golden Globe Award
The Golden Globe Award is an accolade bestowed by the 93 members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and foreign...
- 1989: Nominated, "Best Performance by an Actor in a TV-Series – Comedy/Musical" – Roseanne
- 1990: Nominated, "Best Performance by an Actor in a TV-Series – Comedy/Musical" – Roseanne
- 1991: Nominated, "Best Performance by an Actor in a TV-Series – Comedy/Musical" – Roseanne
- 1992: Nominated, "Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture" – Barton Fink
- 1993: Won, "Best Performance by an Actor in a TV-Series – Comedy/Musical" – Roseanne
Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards
Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards
The Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards, also known as the KCAs or Kids Choice Awards, is an annual awards show that airs on the Nickelodeon cable channel, which airs live and is usually held and telecast live on a...
- 2004: Nominated, "Favorite Voice from an Animated Movie" – The Jungle Book 2
People's Choice Awards
People's Choice Awards
The People's Choice Awards is an American awards show recognizing the people and the work of popular culture. The show has been held annually since 1975 and is voted on by the general public. The People's Choice Awards air on CBS and are produced by Procter & Gamble and Survivor magnate Mark Burnett...
- 1989: Won, "Favorite Male Performer in a New TV Program" – Roseanne
- 2001: Won, "Favorite Male Performer in a New Television Series" – Normal, Ohio
Satellite Award
- 1999: Nominated, "Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical" – The Big Lebowski
Screen Actors Guild Awards
Screen Actors Guild Awards
A Screen Actors Guild Award is an accolade given by the Screen Actors Guild to recognize outstanding performances by its members. The statuette given, a nude male figure holding both a mask of comedy and a mask of tragedy, is called "The Actor"...
- 1995: Nominated, "Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series" – Roseanne
- 2011: Nominated, "Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries" – "You Don't Know Jack"
TV Land Award
- 2007: Nominated, "Favorite Elvis Impersonation" – Roseanne
- 2008: Won, "Innovator Award" – Roseanne
Viewers For Quality Television
Viewers For Quality Television
Viewers for Quality Television was an American nonprofit organization founded in 1984 to advocate network television series that members of the organization voted to be of the "highest quality." The group's goal was to rescue "...critically acclaimed programs from cancellation despite their...
- 1992: Won, "Best Actor in a Quality Comedy Series" – Roseanne
World Soundtrack Awards
- 2002: Won, "Best Original Song Written for a Film" – Monsters, Inc.