John Stephen Goodman (born June 20, 1952) is an American actor. He rose to prominence in television before becoming an acclaimed and popular film actor. Goodman has received numerous accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Vanity Fair has called Goodman "among our very finest actors."
Goodman is known for his collaborations with the Coen brothers, acting in films such as Raising Arizona (1987), Barton Fink (1991), The Big Lebowski (1998), O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000), and Inside Llewyn Davis (2013). He took on leading roles in King Ralph (1991), The Babe (1992), Matinee (1993), The Flintstones (1994), and 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016). Goodman also had supporting roles in Revenge of the Nerds (1984), True Stories (1986), Sea of Love (1989), Bringing Out the Dead (1999), Storytelling (2001), Speed Racer (2008), The Artist (2011), Flight (2012), Argo (2012), The Hangover Part III (2013), and Atomic Blonde (2017). He has voiced roles in The Emperor's New Groove franchise (2000–2008), the Monsters, Inc. franchise (2001–present), The Jungle Book 2 (2003), and Bee Movie (2007).
On television, Goodman gained recognition by playing the family patriarch Dan Conner in the comedy series Roseanne (1988–1997; 2018) and The Conners (2018–present). Goodman had regular roles in the HBO drama series Treme (2010–2011), the legal drama series Damages (2011), the political comedy series Alpha House (2013–2014), and the HBO comedy series The Righteous Gemstones (2019–present). He has been a frequent host of Saturday Night Live (1989–2013) and has guest starred in The West Wing (2003–2004), Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (2006), and Community (2011–2012).
Goodman started his career at The Public Theatre, acting in numerous productions, including Henry IV, Part 1 (1981), The Skin of Our Teeth (1998), and The Seagull (2001). He made his Broadway debut in Big River (1985), for which Goodman received a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical nomination. He returned to Broadway in revivals of the Samuel Becket play Waiting for Godot (2009) and the newspaper comedy The Front Page (2016). Goodman debuted his West End in a revival of David Mamet's American Buffalo (2015).
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| # | Name | Character | Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smurfs (2025) | Papa Smurf (voice) | 6.5 | |
| 2 | Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain (2023) | Narrator (voice) | 7.5 | |
| 3 | Easy Does It (2020) | "Catfish" Crawford (voice) | - | - |
| 4 | Captive State (2019) | William Mulligan | 6.7 | |
| 5 | Kong: Skull Island (2017) | Bill Randa | 7 | |
| 6 | Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017) | Igon Siruss (voice) | 6.8 | |
| 7 | Atomic Blonde (2017) | Emmett Kurzfeld | 7.3 | |
| 8 | Once Upon a Time in Venice (2017) | Dave Phillips | 6.8 | |
| 9 | Transformers: The Last Knight (2017) | Hound (voice) | 6.1 | |
| 10 | Bunyan and Babe (2017) | Paul Bunyan (voice) | - | - |
| 11 | Patriots Day (2016) | Commisioner Ed Davis | 7.4 | |
| 12 | Ratchet & Clank (2016) | Grimroth (voice) | 6.4 | |
| 13 | 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016) | Howard | 7.7 | |
| 14 | Trumbo (2015) Oscars 2016 | Frank King | 7.8 | |
| 15 | Love the Coopers (2015) | Sam Cooper | 5.7 | |
| 16 | Live from New York! (2015) | Self | 8 | |
| 17 | Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle (2015) | Hal Houston (voice) | 6.5 | |
| 18 | Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead (2015) | Self - Actor | 8 | |
| 19 | All-Stars (2014) | Himself | 6 | |
| 20 | Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014) | Hound (voice) | 6.1 | |
| 21 | The Monuments Men (2014) | Sgt. Walter Garfield | 6.1 | |
| 22 | Party Central (2014) | Sullivan (voice) | 6.7 | |
| 23 | The Gambler (2014) | Frank | 6.2 | |
| 24 | Inside Llewyn Davis (2013) Oscars 2014 | Roland Turner | 7.4 | |
| 25 | The Internship (2013) | Sammy Boscoe (uncredited) | 6.5 | |
| 26 | The Hangover Part III (2013) | Marshall | 6.2 | |
| 27 | Monsters University (2013) | Sullivan (voice) | 7.4 | |
| 28 | Milius (2013) | Self | 8.3 | |
| 29 | The Book of Manning (2013) | Narrator | - | - |
| 30 | Flight (2012) Oscars 2013 | Harling Mays | 7.3 | |
| 31 | Argo (2012) Oscars 2013 | John Chambers | 7.7 | |
| 32 | Trouble with the Curve (2012) | Pete Klein | 6.5 | |
| 33 | ParaNorman (2012) Oscars 2013 | Mr. Prenderghast (voice) | 7.2 | |
| 34 | The Campaign (2012) | Congressman Scott Talley (uncredited) | 6.7 | |
| 35 | Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012) | (archive footage) | 8 | |
| 36 | It's a SpongeBob Christmas! (2012) | Santa Claus | 7.5 | |
| 37 | Red State (2011) | Joseph Keenan | 7 | |
| 38 | The Artist (2011) Oscars 2012 | Al Zimmer | 7.5 | |
| 39 | Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2011) Oscars 2012 | Stan the Doorman | 7.2 | |
| 40 | You Don't Know Jack (2010) | Neal Nicol | 7.2 | |
| 41 | In the Electric Mist (2009) | Julie 'Baby Feet' Balboni | 5.9 | |
| 42 | Pope Joan (2009) | Pope Sergius II. | 7 | |
| 43 | Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009) | Graham Bloomwood | 5.9 | |
| 44 | The Princess and the Frog (2009) Oscars 2010 | "Big Daddy" La Bouff (voice) | 7.3 | |
| 45 | Speed Racer (2008) | Pops | 5.9 | |
| 46 | Gigantic (2008) | Happy's Father | 4 | |
| 47 | The Pixar Story (2007) | James 'Sulley' Sullivan (voice) (archive footage) | 7.7 | |
| 48 | Death Sentence (2007) | Bones Darley | 6.6 | |
| 49 | Evan Almighty (2007) | Congressman Long | 5.5 | |
| 50 | Bee Movie (2007) | Layton T. Montgomery (voice) | 6 | |
| 51 | Cars (2006) Oscars 2007 | Sullivan Truck (voice) | 7.2 | |
| 52 | The Year Without a Santa Claus (2006) | Santa Claus | - | - |
| 53 | Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School (2006) | Steve Mills | 5 | |
| 54 | Kronk's New Groove (2005) | Pacha (voice) | 6.4 | |
| 55 | Clifford's Really Big Movie (2004) | George Wolfsbottom (voice) | - | - |
| 56 | Freshman Orientation (2004) | Rodney | - | - |
| 57 | Beyond the Sea (2004) | Steve Blauner | - | - |
| 58 | Overnight (2003) | Self | 6 | |
| 59 | The Jungle Book 2 (2003) | Baloo (voice) | 6.2 | |
| 60 | Dirty Deeds (2002) | Tony | 8.5 | |
| 61 | Mike's New Car (2002) Oscars 2003 | Sulley (voice) | 7.5 | |
| 62 | On the Edge (2001) | The Dean (segment "Happy Birthday") | - | - |
| 63 | Monsters, Inc. (2001) Oscars 2002 | Sullivan (voice) | 8.1 | |
| 64 | My First Mister (2001) | Benjamin | 6 | |
| 65 | Storytelling (2001) | Marty Livingston | 6.7 | |
| 66 | One Night at McCool's (2001) | Detective Dehling | 5.3 | |
| 67 | The Emperor's New Groove (2000) Oscars 2001 | Pacha (voice) | 7.7 | |
| 68 | Coyote Ugly (2000) | Bill | 5.8 | |
| 69 | O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) Oscars 2001 | Big Dan Teague | 7.5 | |
| 70 | The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle (2000) | Oklahoma Cop | 7.7 | |
| 71 | What Planet Are You From? (2000) | Roland Jones | 7 | |
| 72 | Bringing Out the Dead (1999) | Larry Verber | 6.7 | |
| 73 | The Runner (1999) | Deepthroat | - | - |
| 74 | Blues Brothers 2000 (1998) | Mighty Mack McTeer | 5.5 | |
| 75 | Fallen (1998) | Jonesy | 7.3 | |
| 76 | Dirty Work (1998) | Mayor Adrian Riggins (uncredited) | 7 | |
| 77 | The Big Lebowski (1998) | Walter Sobchak | 8 | |
| 78 | Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie (1998) | Santa Claus (voice) | 7 | |
| 79 | The Borrowers (1997) | Ocious P. Potter | 6.7 | |
| 80 | Mother Night (1996) | Major Frank Wirtanen | - | - |
| 81 | Pie in the Sky (1996) | Alan Davenport | 7 | |
| 82 | A Streetcar Named Desire (1995) | Harold 'Mitch' Mitchell | - | - |
| 83 | The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (1995) | Self | - | - |
| 84 | The Flintstones (1994) | Fred Flintstone | 4.9 | |
| 85 | The Hudsucker Proxy (1994) | Newsreel Announcer (voice) | 6.8 | |
| 86 | Born Yesterday (1993) | Harry Brock | 5 | |
| 87 | Matinee (1993) | Lawrence Woolsey | 7.3 | |
| 88 | We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (1993) | Rex (voice) | 6.1 | |
| 89 | The Babe (1992) | Babe Ruth | 6 | |
| 90 | Frosty Returns (1992) | Frosty the Snowman (voice) | 6.3 | |
| 91 | Barton Fink (1991) | Charlie Meadows | 7.3 | |
| 92 | King Ralph (1991) | Ralph Hampton Gainesworth Jones | 5 | |
| 93 | Arachnophobia (1990) | Delbert McClintock | 6.8 | |
| 94 | Stella (1990) | Ed Munn | - | - |
| 95 | Always (1989) | Al Yackey | 5.8 | |
| 96 | Sea of Love (1989) | Sherman | 7 | |
| 97 | Punchline (1988) | John Krytsick | 8 | |
| 98 | Everybody's All-American (1988) | Lawrence | - | - |
| 99 | The Wrong Guys (1988) | Duke Earle | 8 | |
| 100 | Burglar (1987) | Detective Nyswander | 5 | |
| 101 | Murder Ordained (1987) | Hugh Rayburn | - | - |
| 102 | Raising Arizona (1987) | Gale | 6.9 | |
| 103 | True Stories (1986) | Louis Fyne | 6.5 | |
| 104 | The Big Easy (1986) | Andre DeSoto | 4.5 | |
| 105 | Sweet Dreams (1985) | Otis | - | - |
| 106 | Revenge of the Nerds (1984) | Coach Harris | 6.7 | |
| 107 | Maria's Lovers (1984) | Frank | - | - |
| 108 | C.H.U.D. (1984) | Cop in Diner | 6.3 | |
| 109 | The Survivors (1983) | Commando | - | - |
