John Goodman

Described as

American actor

Other names

Jonathan Goodman, John Stephen Goodman, Jonathan Stephen Goodman

Born

June 20, 1952 · 9 references

Born in

Affton · 1 reference

Name at birth

John Stephen Goodman

Citizen of

United States

Occupation

film producer; television actor; film actor; comedian; voice actor; stage actor; actor · 1 reference; producer

Political party

Democratic Party

Education

Missouri State University; St. Louis Community College; Affton High School

Member of

SAG-AFTRA; Screen Actors Guild

Teams

Missouri State Bears football · 1 reference

Instrument

voice

Known for

Roseanne; Monsters, Inc.; The Flintstones (1994)

Awards

Disney Legends (2013) · 1 reference; Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series (2006); star on Hollywood Walk of Fame · 1 reference

Lived in

New Orleans

Wikipedias with a page

99

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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, with Vanity Fair calling him "among our very finest actors".
After appearing in films such as Revenge of the Nerds (1984) and True Stories (1986), Goodman gained wide recognition playing the family patriarch Dan Conner in the ABC sitcom Roseanne (1988–1997), for which he received seven Primetime Emmy Award nominations and a Golden Globe Award. The success of the series led to leading roles in films King Ralph (1991), The Babe (1992), Matinee (1993), and The Flintstones (1994). Goodman is also known for his collaborations with the Coen brothers, acting in their films Raising Arizona (1987), Barton Fink (1991), The Big Lebowski (1998), O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000), and Inside Llewyn Davis (2013). His voice performance roles include Disney's The Emperor's New Groove (2000) and Pixar's Monsters, Inc. franchise (2001–present). Other film roles include Bringing Out the Dead (1999), Speed Racer (2008), The Artist (2011), Flight (2012), Argo (2012), 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016), and Kong: Skull Island (2017).
In 2018, Goodman reprised his role as Dan Conner in Roseanne, and continued to play the character in its spin-off The Conners (2018–2025). He also acted in HBO drama series Treme (2010–2011), FX series Damages (2011), and the HBO comedy series The Righteous Gemstones (2019–2025). He won a Primetime Emmy Award for Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (2006) and was further Emmy-nominated for Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long (1995), A Streetcar Named Desire (1995), and You Don't Know Jack (2010). He is a member of the Five Timers Club having hosted Saturday Night Live 13 times from 1989 to 2013.
Goodman started his career at The Public Theater acting numerous productions including Henry IV, Part 1 (1981), The Skin of Our Teeth (1998), and The Seagull (2001). He made his Broadway debut Big River (1985), for which Goodman received a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical nomination. He returned to Broadway in revivals of the Samuel Beckett play Waiting for Godot (2009), and the newspaper comedy The Front Page (2016). Goodman made his West End debut in a revival of David Mamet's American Buffalo (2015).

Born, in its opening lines

June 20, 1952

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