Jump to content

John Goodman on screen and stage

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Goodman at the 2016 San Diego Comic-Con

John Goodman is an American actor known for his roles in film, television and theatre.

Goodman gained national fame for his role as the family patriarch Dan Conner in the ABC television series Roseanne (1988–1997; 2018), for which he won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in 1993, and reprised the role in its sequel series The Conners. He is also known as a character actor appearing as a regular collaborator with the Coen brothers. Goodman has appeared in five of their films Raising Arizona (1987), Barton Fink (1991), The Big Lebowski (1998), O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000), and Inside Llewyn Davis (2013).

Goodman's other film performances include lead roles in Stella (1990), King Ralph (1991), The Babe (1992), The Flintstones (1994), Blues Brothers 2000 (1998), and 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016), and supporting roles in True Stories (1986), Storytelling (2001), Beyond the Sea (2004), Evan Almighty (2007), Speed Racer (2008), Pope Joan (2009), The Artist (2011), Argo (2012), The Hangover Part III (2013), The Monuments Men (2014), Trumbo (2015), Patriots Day (2016), and Atomic Blonde (2017).

Goodman is also known for his voice acting in various animated films. His voice roles include We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (1993), The Emperor's New Groove (2000), Pixar's Monsters, Inc. franchise (2001–present), Clifford's Really Big Movie (2004), Bee Movie (2007) and The Princess and the Frog (2009).

On television, Goodman has starred in the Amazon Studios political comedy series Alpha House (2012–2013), the first season of HBO's Treme (2010–2011),[1] the NBC sitcom Community, and the HBO comedy The Righteous Gemstones (2019–present). He is also known as a frequent host of Saturday Night Live having served as a host 13 times.[2]

Filmography

[edit]

Film

[edit]
Year Title Role Notes Ref(s)
1983 Eddie Macon's Run Herbert
The Survivors Commando
1984 Crackers Cracker
C.H.U.D. Cop in Diner
Maria's Lovers Frank
Revenge of the Nerds Coach Harris
1985 Sweet Dreams Otis
1986 True Stories Louis Fyne
1987 The Big Easy Detective Andre DeSoto
Raising Arizona Gale Snoats
Burglar Detective Nyswander
1988 The Wrong Guys Duke Earle
Punchline John Krytsick
Everybody's All-American Edward Lawrence
1989 Sea of Love Detective Sherman Touhey
Always Al Yackey
1990 Stella Ed Munn
Arachnophobia Delbert McClintock
1991 King Ralph Ralph Hampton Gainesworth Jones
Barton Fink Charlie Meadows / Karl Mundt
1992 The Babe George Herman "Babe" Ruth
1993 Matinee Lawrence Woolsey
Born Yesterday Harry Brock
We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story Rex the Tyrannosaurus Rex Voice
1994 The Hudsucker Proxy Newsreel Announcer Credited as Karl Mundt [3]
The Flintstones Fred Flintstone
1996 Pie in the Sky Alan Davenport
Mother Night Major Frank Wirtanen
1997 The Borrowers Ocious P. Potter
1998 Fallen Detective "Jonesy" Jones
Blues Brothers 2000 Mack "Mighty Mack" McTeer
The Big Lebowski Walter Sobchak
Dirty Work Mayor Adrian Riggins Uncredited [4]
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie Santa Claus Voice
The Real Macaw Mac the Parrot Voice; US version
1999 The Runner Deepthroat
Bringing Out the Dead Larry Verber
The Jack Bull Judge Joe B. Tolliver
2000 What Planet Are You From? Roland Jones
O Brother, Where Art Thou? Daniel "Big Dan" Teague
The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle Oklahoma Highway Patrol Officer Cameo
Coyote Ugly William James Sanford
The Emperor's New Groove Pacha Voice
2001 My First Mister Benjamin Wilson
One Night at McCool's Detective Dehling
Storytelling Marty Livingston Segment: "Non-Fiction"
Happy Birthday The Dean
Monsters, Inc. James P. "Sulley" Sullivan Voice
2002 Mike's New Car Voice; Short film
Dirty Deeds Tony Testano
2003 Masked and Anonymous Uncle Sweetheart
The Jungle Book 2 Baloo Voice
2004 Freshman Orientation Rodney
Clifford's Really Big Movie George Wolfsbottom Voice
Beyond the Sea Steve "Boom-Boom" Blauner
2005 Marilyn Hotchkiss'
Ballroom Dancing and Charm School
Steve Mills
Kronk's New Groove Pacha Voice; Direct-to-DVD
2006 Cars James P. "Sulley" Sullivan Truck Voice; Cameo
Tales of the Rat Fink Ed "Big Daddy" Roth Voice; Documentary film
2007 Death Sentence "Bones" Darley
Evan Almighty Congressman Chuck Long
Bee Movie Layton T. Montgomery Voice
2008 Speed Racer Pops Racer
Gigantic Al Lolly
2009 Confessions of a Shopaholic Graham Bloomwood
In the Electric Mist Julie "Baby Feet" Balboni
Alabama Moon Mr. Wellington
Beyond All Boundaries Captain Edwin Simmons Voice; Short film
The Princess and the Frog Eli "Big Daddy" La Bouff Voice
Pope Joan Pope Sergius II
Drunkboat Mr. Fletcher
2010 The Big Uneasy Narrator
2011 The Artist Al Zimmer
Red State Joseph Keenan
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close Stan, The Doorman
2012 ParaNorman Mr. Prendergast Voice
The Campaign Scott Talley Cameo
Trouble with the Curve Pete Klein
Argo John Chambers
Flight Harling Mays
2013 Inside Llewyn Davis Roland Turner
The Hangover Part III Marshall
The Internship Sammy Boscoe Uncredited
Monsters University James P. "Sulley" Sullivan Voice
2014 The Monuments Men Captain Walter Garfield
Party Central James P. "Sulley" Sullivan Voice; Short film
Transformers: Age of Extinction Hound Voice [5]
The Gambler Frank "Little Frank"
2015 Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle Hal Houston Voice; Direct-to-DVD
Trumbo Frank King
Love the Coopers Sam Cooper
2016 10 Cloverfield Lane Howard Stambler
Ratchet & Clank Grimroth Voice
Patriots Day Ed Davis
2017 Bunyan and Babe Paul Bunyan Voice
Kong: Skull Island William "Bill" J. Randa
Atomic Blonde CIA Agent Emmett Kurzfeld
Once Upon a Time in Venice Dave Phillips
Transformers: The Last Knight Hound Voice [6]
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets Igon Siruss
2019 Captive State William Mulligan
Easy Does It "Catfish" Crawford Voice
2022 Take Me to the River: New Orleans Narrator Documentary film
2023 Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain Narrator
2025 The Smurfs Movie TBA Voice
TBA Judy TBA Filming

Television

[edit]
Year Title Role Notes Ref(s)
1980 The Mystery of the Morro Castle Telegraph Operator Television film / Documentary [7]
1983 The Face of Rage Fred Television film
Heart of Steel Raymond Bohupinsky
Chiefs Newt "Tub" Murray Episode: "Part 3"
1987 The Equalizer Harold Winter Episode: "Re-Entry"
Moonlighting Donald Chase Episode: "Come Back Little Shiksa"
Murder Ordained Hugh Rayburn Television film
1988–1997,
2018
Roseanne Dan Conner 220 episodes
1989–2013 Saturday Night Live Himself / Host 13 episodes
1990 Grand "Red" Episode: "The Healing"
1992 The Jackie Thomas Show Dan Conner Episode: "The Joke"
Frosty Returns Frosty the Snowman Voice; TV special
1993 Grace Under Fire Police Officer Episode: "Pilot"; Uncredited [8]
1994 Sesame Street Himself 2 episodes
1995 Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long Huey Long Television film
A Streetcar Named Desire Harold "Mitch" Mitchell
1997–1998 Soul Man Captain Stan Hamel 2 episodes
1999 The Simpsons Meathook Voice; Episode: "Take My Wife, Sleaze"
Futurama Robot Santa Voice; Episode: "Xmas Story"
1999–2000 Now and Again Michael Wiseman 2 episodes
2000 Pigs Next Door Phil Stymington Voice; 13 episodes
Normal, Ohio William "Butch" Gamble 13 episodes
2001 When Dinosaurs Roamed America The Narrator Voice; Television film
Ed Rudy "Big Rudy" Episode: "Loyalties"
2003–2004 The West Wing Speaker Glen Allen Walken 4 episodes
2004–2005 Father of the Pride Larry Voice; 15 episodes
Center of the Universe John Barnett 12 episodes
2006 Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip Judge Bobby Bebe 2 episodes
Odd Job Jack Garbage Czar Voice; Episode: "The Big Dump"
The Year Without a Santa Claus Santa Claus Television film
2007 King of the Hill Tommy Voice; Episode: "SerPUNt"
2007–2008 The Emperor's New School Pacha Voice; 16 episodes
2010 You Don't Know Jack Neal Nicol Television film
2010–2011 Treme Creighton Bernette 13 episodes
2011 Damages Howard T. Erickson 10 episodes
2011–2012 Community Vice Dean Robert Laybourne 6 episodes [9]
2012, 2019 SpongeBob SquarePants Santa Claus / Himself Voice; Episode: "It's a SpongeBob Christmas!"
Live-action; Episode: "SpongeBob's Big Birthday Blowout"
2013 Dancing on the Edge Masterson 5 episodes
2013–2014 Alpha House Gil John Biggs 21 episodes
2016–2018 Saturday Night Live Rex Tillerson 3 episodes [10]
2018 Black Earth Rising Michael Ennis 8 episodes
2018–present The Conners Dan Conner 106 episodes
2019–present The Righteous Gemstones Eli Gemstone 27 episodes
2020 Birds of a Different Game: The 80's Cardinals The Narrator Voice; Documentary
2020–present The Freak Brothers Freddy "Fat Freddy" Voice; 10 episodes
2021–present Monsters at Work James P. "Sulley" Sullivan Voice; 18 episodes [11]
2023–2024 Monarch: Legacy of Monsters Older Bill Randa 2 episodes [12]

Video games

[edit]
Year Title Voice role Notes
1994 The Flintstones Fred Flintstone
1996 Pyst King Mattruss (live-action)
2001 The Emperor's New Groove: Groove Center Pacha
2002 Mike's Monstrous Adventure James P. "Sulley" Sullivan
Monsters, Inc. Scream Arena
2007 Bee Movie Game Layton T. Montgomery
Cars Mater-National Championship James P. "Sulley" Sullivan Truck
2009 Cars Race-O-Rama
2011 Rage Dan Hagar
2018 Lego The Incredibles James P. "Sulley" Sullivan
2023 Disney Dreamlight Valley Added in a February 2024 update

Theatre

[edit]
Year Title Role Venue Ref(s)
1975 Destry Rides Again Tom Destry Tent Theatre, SMSU [13]
1981 Henry IV Part I Blunt Delacorte Theater [14]
1983 Triple Feature Winninger (Half) Stage 73 [15]
1984–1985 Big River Pap Finn American Repertory Theater
La Jolla Playhouse, San Diego
Eugene O'Neill Theatre, Broadway
[16]
1998 The Skin of Our Teeth Mr. Antrobus Delacorte Theater [17]
2001 The Seagull Shamrayev [18]
2002 The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui Emanuele Giri Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts
2005 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Big Daddy The Geffen Playhouse, Los Angeles
2008 A Christmas Carol Ghost of Christmas Present Kodak Theatre, Los Angeles [19]
2009 Waiting for Godot Pozzo Studio 54, Broadway [20]
2015 American Buffalo Donny Wyndham's Theatre, West End [21]
2016–2017 The Front Page Sheriff Hartman Broadhurst Theatre, Broadway [22]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "In HBO's new series 'Treme,' John Goodman looks back in anger". Los Angeles Times. 2010-04-07. Retrieved 2019-11-04.
  2. ^ "'SNL' 5-Timers Club: Most Frequent Hosts, From Alec Baldwin to Will Ferrell". Yahoo.com. 31 October 2020. Retrieved May 16, 2021.
  3. ^ "The Hudsucker Proxy". March 11, 1994 – via IMDb.
  4. ^ "Movie Review: Dirty Work(1998)". Entertainment Weekly. New York City: Meredith Corporation. March 1, 1998. Archived from the original on December 27, 2013. Retrieved August 2, 2012.
  5. ^ Bay, Michael (May 8, 2014). "John Goodman And Ken Watanabe Join The Autobot Voice Cast in Michael Bay's 'Transformers: Age Of Extinction'". Michael Bay. Archived from the original on April 11, 2016. Retrieved May 8, 2014.
  6. ^ "Transformers: The Last Knight Director Confirms John Goodman, John Turturro Returns". Retrieved January 6, 2017.
  7. ^ Lynch, Jason (February 7, 2014). "John Goodman on getting wooed by Clooney and bunking with Bruce Willis". The A.V. Club. The Onion, Inc. Retrieved February 7, 2014.
  8. ^ Gray, Tim (September 29, 1993). "Review: 'Grace Under Fire'". Variety. Retrieved March 24, 2017.
  9. ^ Mitovich, Matt Webb (August 28, 2011). "Community Sneak Peek Video: John Goodman Tells the Dean 'Wassup'". TVLine. Retrieved August 29, 2011.
  10. ^ Anderson Cooper White House Turmoil Cold Open, 2018-03-17, retrieved 2018-10-03
  11. ^ "'Monsters, Inc.' Voice Cast to Return for Disney+ Series (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 2019-04-09.
  12. ^ Holmes, Martin (September 8, 2023). "John Goodman Tries to Fix the Past in 'Monarch: Legacy of Monsters' Trailer (VIDEO)". TV Insider. TV Guide. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
  13. ^ "Destry Rides into an Evening of Fun and Excitement". Southwest Standard. Retrieved June 19, 2021.
  14. ^ "SD's Old Globe Snares John Goodman for Behan's Hostage, Sept. 19-Oct. 31". Playbill. Retrieved May 16, 2021.
  15. ^ Rich, Frank (30 March 1983). "STAGE: 'SLACKS AND TOPS,' ONE OF A 'TRIPLE FEATURE'". The New York Times. Retrieved May 16, 2021.
  16. ^ Rich, Frank (26 April 1985). "STAGE: WITH HUCK FINN ON THE 'BIG RIVER'". The New York Times. Retrieved May 16, 2021.
  17. ^ "Goodman, Conroy & '3rd Rock's' Johnson Open Central Park Skin June 28". Playbill. Retrieved May 16, 2021.
  18. ^ "The Seagull". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved May 16, 2021.
  19. ^ "Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol". Variety. 29 December 2008. Retrieved May 16, 2021.
  20. ^ "John Goodman and David Strathairn Join Waiting for Godot". Broadway.com. Retrieved May 16, 2021.
  21. ^ "American Buffalo - Review". The Guardian.com. 27 April 2015. Retrieved May 16, 2021.
  22. ^ "The Front Page's John Goodman Stops by The Late Show". Playbill.com. Retrieved May 16, 2021.