John Goodman
Born in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA — Jun 20 1952
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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 Dav…
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The Simpsons
Meathook (voice)
Community
Vice Dean Laybourne
The West Wing
Glenallen Walken
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters
Bill Randa
King of the Hill
Tommy (voice)
Damages
Howard Erickson
Futurama
Robot Santa Claus (voice)
The Equalizer
Harold Winter
Moonlighting
Donald Chase
The Conners
Dan Conner
The Oscars
Self
Grace Under Fire
Police Officer
Ed
Big Rudy
Monsters, Inc.
Sullivan (voice)
The Righteous Gemstones
Eli Gemstone
SpongeBob SquarePants
Santa Claus (voice)
Treme
Cars
Sullivan Truck (voice)
The Emperor's New School
Pacha (voice)
Monsters at Work
Sulley (voice)
Alpha House
Senator Gil John Biggs
Roseanne
Dan Conner
Kong: Skull Island
Bill Randa
Smurfs
Papa Smurf (voice)
The Princess and the Frog
"Big Daddy" La Bouff (voice)
The Emperor's New Groove
Pacha (voice)
Transformers: Age of Extinction
Hound (voice)
The Big Lebowski
Walter Sobchak
Father of the Pride
Larry (voice)
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
Judge Robert Bebe
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
Igon Siruss (voice)
Muppets Tonight
Self
Monsters University
Sullivan (voice)
Now and Again
Argo
John Chambers
Transformers: The Last Knight
Hound (voice)
Soul Man
Capt. Stan Hamel
Grand
Red
Bee Movie
Layton T. Montgomery (voice)
Flight
Harling Mays
Maria's Lovers
Frank
Murder Ordained
Hugh Rayburn
The Flintstones
Fred Flintstone
The Hangover Part III
Marshall
CMA Awards
Self
10 Cloverfield Lane
Howard
Black Earth Rising
Michael Ennis
Atomic Blonde
Emmett Kurzfeld
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Big Dan Teague
Dancing on the Edge
Masterson
Coyote Ugly
Bill
The Artist
Al Zimmer
Center of the Universe
John Barnett
The Freak Brothers
Fat Freddy Freekowtski (voice)
The Gambler
Frank
ParaNorman
Mr. Prenderghast (voice)
Fallen
Jonesy
Digger
Patriots Day
Commisioner Ed Davis
The Monuments Men
Sgt. Walter Garfield
Raising Arizona
Gale
Sea of Love
Sherman
Barton Fink
Charlie Meadows
Inside Llewyn Davis
Roland Turner
The Jackie Thomas Show
Dan Conner
Ruby Wax Meets
Confessions of a Shopaholic
Graham Bloomwood
Love the Coopers
Sam Cooper
Trumbo
Frank King
Evan Almighty
Congressman Long
The Jungle Book 2
Baloo (voice)
Speed Racer
Pops Racer
The Pixar Story
James 'Sulley' Sullivan (voice) (archive footage)
Revenge of the Nerds
Coach Harris
The Campaign
Congressman Scott Talley (uncredited)
Kronk's New Groove
Pacha (voice)
Pigs Next Door
Phil (voice)
Chiefs
Newt 'Tub' Murray
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
(archive footage)
The Hudsucker Proxy
Newsreel Announcer (voice)
Bringing Out the Dead
Larry Verber
What Planet Are You From?
Roland Jones
Ratchet & Clank
Grimroth (voice)
Normal, Ohio
William "Butch" Gamble
Trouble with the Curve
Pete Klein
Always
Al Yackey
Biography: Comedy Icons
Self
One Night at McCool's
Detective Dehling
We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story
Rex (voice)
Matinee
Lawrence Woolsey
Captive State
William Mulligan
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Stan the Doorman
You Don't Know Jack
Neal Nicol
Saturday Night Special
Dirty Work
Mayor Adrian Riggins (uncredited)
The Borrowers
Ocious P. Potter
Pope Joan
Pope Sergius II.
Burglar
Detective Nyswander
Mike's New Car
Sulley (voice)
In the Electric Mist
Julie 'Baby Feet' Balboni
Arachnophobia
Delbert McClintock
C.H.U.D.
Cop in Diner
King Ralph
Ralph Hampton Gainesworth Jones
Clifford's Really Big Movie
George Wolfsbottom (voice)
Storytelling
Marty Livingston
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
Oklahoma Cop
Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain
Narrator (voice)
Beyond the Sea
Steve Blauner
Blues Brothers 2000
Mighty Mack McTeer
Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Self (archive footage)
Death Sentence
Bones Darley
Milius
Self
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Self
Punchline
John Krytsick
Masked and Anonymous
Uncle Sweetheart
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
Self
Born Yesterday
Harry Brock
Gigantic
Happy's Father
The Jack Bull
Judge Tolliver
The Babe
Babe Ruth
Overnight
Self
Party Central
Sullivan (voice)
Once Upon a Time in Venice
Dave Phillips
Mother Night
Major Frank Wirtanen
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead
Self - Actor
All-Stars
Himself
Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast
Self - Presenter
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie
Santa Claus (voice)
Pie in the Sky
Alan Davenport
Chris Farley: Anything for a Laugh
Self
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
Tough Guy Helpline Operator
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
Steve Mills
True Stories
Louis Fyne
Beyond All Boundaries
Capt. Edwin Simmons
Stella
Ed Munn
Alabama Moon
Mr. Wellington
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation
Self
Bunyan and Babe
Paul Bunyan (voice)
The Wrong Guys
Duke Earle
Red State
Joseph Keenan
The Survivors
Commando
Everybody's All-American
Lawrence
My First Mister
Benjamin
Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration
Self (segment "New Way to Walk")
Inside 'Inside Llewyn Davis'
Self
Frosty Returns
Frosty the Snowman (voice)
Dirty Deeds
Tony
American Chronicles
self
On the Edge
The Dean (segment "Happy Birthday")
The Sweatbox
Self
Easy Does It
"Catfish" Crawford (voice)
Sweet Dreams
Otis
Chili Finger
The Runner
Deepthroat
Heart of Steel
Raymond Bohupinsky
Tales of the Rat Fink
Ed Roth (voice)
Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle
Hal Houston (voice)
Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long
Huey P. Long, Jr.
Downwardly Mobile
The Big Easy
Andre DeSoto
The Year Without a Santa Claus
Santa Claus
Not So Fast, My Friend: A Lee Corso Special
Self (archive footage)
The Face of Rage
Fred
Wolfpack Only: The Hangover Retrospective
Self
Evolution Within Extinction
Self
Live from New York!
Self
The Real Macaw
Mac (voice)
Eddie Macon's Run
Mr. Hebert
Real Life
Louis Fyne
Speed Racer: Wonderful World of Racing - The Amazing Racer Family
Pops Racer
Murder Ordained
Hugh Rayburn
A Streetcar Named Desire
Harold 'Mitch' Mitchell
The Making of 'The Big Lebowski'
Self
The Robber Bridegroom
Townsperson
Best Food Ever
Narrator
It's a SpongeBob Christmas!
Santa Claus
All Star Bowling Trick Shots
The Book of Manning
Narrator
Dancing Outlaw II: Jesco Goes to Hollywood
Himself
Freshman Orientation
Rodney
Tom & Jerry's 50th Birthday Bash
Self - Host
Monsters Funday Football
Sulley (Voice)
Fats Domino: Walkin' Back to New Orleans
Narrator (voice)
The Firesign Theatre: Weirdly Cool
Self
Drunkboat
Mr. Fletcher
Girls Gone Gangsta
Mortimer J Hamm
The Artist: The Making of an American Romance
Self
Speed Racer: Car Fu
Self
New Orleans: The First 300 Years
Narrator
When Dinosaurs Roamed America
Narrator
A Holiday Short: Best Christmas Ever
Doodle (voice)
The Mystery of the Morro Castle
Telegraph Operator
Discovering Bedrock
Self
Talking Heads: Storytelling Giant
Cowboy singer ("Wild Wild Life")
Ole War Skule: The Story of Saturday Night
Narrator
The Internship
Sammy Boscoe (uncredited)