John Goodman

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John Goodman
John Goodman in 2006
Birth name	John Stephen Goodman
Born	June 20, 1952 (age 54) Affton, Missouri, USA
Spouse(s)	Annabeth Hartzog Since 1989
Notable roles	Dan Conner from Roseanne (1988—1997) Delbert McClintock from Arachnophobia (1990) King Ralph from King Ralph (1991) Fred Flintstone from The Flintstones (1994) "Mighty" Mack Blues from Blues Brothers 2000 (1998) Walter Sobchak from The Big Lebowski (1998) *James P. "Sulley"* Sullivan** voice from Monsters, Inc. (2001)

John Stephen Goodman (born June 20, 1952) is a Golden Globe award winner and Emmy award nominated American actor.

1 Biography
- 1.1 Acting career
2 Filmography
3 Footnotes
4 External links

[edit] Biography

[edit] Acting career

Goodman is best known for comic roles, including Dan Conner in the TV sitcom Roseanne, the voice of Sulley in Monsters, Inc., and Fred Flintstone in the movie The Flintstones. He has appeared in many roles in movies by The Coen Brothers. Goodman is frequently cast as blue-collar characters and/or as the main character's sidekick, for example in Sea of Love, as Al Pacino's police partner, in The Big Lebowski as Walter Sobchak, Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski's best friend, and Fallen, as police partner to Denzel Washington. Standing 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) and weighing nearly 400 pounds, Goodman had to lose weight in order to play Babe Ruth in the 1992 movie The Babe.

In 2000, Goodman had his own short-lived sitcom called Normal, Ohio, in which he played a gay man who returns to his small hometown to start a new life. Viewers did not respond well and critics panned the show. In 2004, he starred alongside Jean Smart in the CBS sitcom Center of the Universe; it, too, was critically panned and quickly cancelled.

John Goodman has a long history of appearances on late night comedy shows, being the first guest on Late Night with Conan O'Brien, and receiving the "First Guest Medal". (Goodman promised he would pawn off the medal for a bottle of cheap scotch.) The actor has also been one of the most popular guest hosts on NBC's Saturday Night Live, having hosted the show twelve times (he had auditioned to be a cast member for Jean Doumanian's 1980-1981 season, but was rejected). Goodman also had a recurring role on Aaron Sorkin's The West Wing, as fictional former House Speaker Glen Allen Walken. He briefly served as Acting President when President of the United States Josiah Bartlet yielded power temporarily under the terms of the 25th Amendment to the United States Constitution. He recently played a judge on Sorkin's newest show, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip. He also played someone who unexpectedly became a head of state in the film King Ralph, after the royal family of the United Kingdom dies in a freak electrical accident.

Goodman replaced John Belushi (Jake Blues) as Dan Aykroyd's partner in the latter's popular Blues Brothers Band. He first appeared as "Mighty" Mack Blues on Saturday Night Live on March 25, 1995 and went on to star in the film Blues Brothers 2000. He continued to perform alongside Aykroyd (Elwood Blues) and Jim Belushi (Zee Blues) through 2001. Soon after that, health problems forced him to shelve the character.

[edit] Filmography

John Goodman on the red carpet at the 62nd Annual Academy Awards, March 26, 1990.

Madagascar 2 (2008) (voice) as Boom the Rhino
Kung Fu Panda (2008) (voice) as Japaness Fu Chicken
Death Sentence (2007) as Bones Darly
Bee Movie (2007) (voice) as Montgomery
Evan Almighty (2007) as Congressman Long
The Year Without a Santa Claus (2006) (TV) as Santa Claus
Drunkboat (2006) as Mr. Fletcher
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (2006) as Judge Robert Bebe (2 episodes)
Cars (2006) as Monster Truck Sulley (cameo - voice)
Kronk's New Groove (2005) (voice) as Pacha
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School (2005)
Futurama (voice) as the Evil Robot Santa Claus
Center of the Universe (2004) TV Series
Beyond the Sea (2004)
Clifford's Really Big Movie (2004) (voice) as George Wolfsbottom
Home of Phobia (2004) as Rodney
Father of the Pride (2004) TV Series (voice) as Larry the Lion
"The West Wing" (2003-2004) TV Series, Speaker of the House, Acting President, Former President Glen Allen Walken
The Jungle Book 2 (2003) (voice) as Baloo
Masked and Anonymous (2003) as Uncle Sweetheart
Dirty Deeds (2002) as Tony
Mike's New Car (2002) (V) (voice) as Sulley
Monsters, Inc. (2001) (voice) as James P. "Sulley" Sullivan
On the Edge (2001/II) (TV) as The Dean (segment "Happy Birthday")
Storytelling (2001) as Marty Livingston ('Non-fiction')
One Night at McCool's (2001) as Detective Dehling
My First Mister (2001) as Benjamin Wilson
Happy Birthday (2000/I) as The Dean
The Emperor's New Groove (2000) (voice) as Pacha
Saturday Night Live: Best of the Clinton Scandal (2000) (TV) as Linda Tripp
Normal, Ohio (2000) TV Series as William 'Butch' Gamble/Rex Gamble (original pilot)
Pigs Next Door (2000) TV Series (voice)
Coyote Ugly (2000) as Bill
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle (2000) as Oklahoma Cop
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) as Big Dan Teague
What Planet Are You From? (2000) as Roland Jones
The Runner (1999) as Deepthroat
Bringing Out the Dead (1999) as Larry Verber

John Goodman on the red carpet at the Emmys, September 11, 1994

Now and Again (1999) TV Series playing the original Michael Wiseman in two episodes.
The Jack Bull (1999) (TV) as Judge Tolliver
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie (1998) (V) (voice) as Santa Claus
The Real Macaw (1998) (voice) as Voice of Mac
Dirty Work (1998) (uncredited) as Adrian Riggins the Mayor
The Big Lebowski (1998) as Walter Sobchak
Blues Brothers 2000 (1998) as Mighty Mack McTeer
Fallen (1998) as Jonesy
The Borrowers (1997) as Ocious P. Potter
Pyst (1996) (VG) as King Mattruss
Mother Night (1996) as Maj. Frank Wirtanen
Pie in the Sky (1996) as Alan Davenport
A Streetcar Named Desire (1995) (TV) as Harold 'Mitch' Mitchell
The Flintstones (1995) as Fred Flintstone
Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long (1995) (TV) as Huey Long
The Hudsucker Proxy (1994) (as Karl Mundt) as Rockwell Newsreel Announcer
We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (1993) (voice) as Rex
Born Yesterday (1993) as Harry Brock
Matinee (1993) as Lawrence Woolsey
Frosty Returns (1992) (TV) (voice) as Frosty the Snowman
The Babe (1992) as Babe Ruth
Barton Fink (1991) as Charlie Meadows
King Ralph (1991) as Ralph Jones
Arachnophobia (1990) as Delbert McClintock
Stella (1990) as Ed Munn
Always (1989) as Al Yackey
Sea of Love (1989) as Det. Sherman
Everybody's All-American (1988) as Lawrence
Roseanne (1988 - 1997) TV Series as Daniel 'Dan' Conner
Punchline (1988) as John Krytsick

John Goodman and Jerry Seinfeld at the 45th Emmy Awards Governor's Ball, September 19, 1993

The Wrong Guys (1988) as Duke Earle
Murder Ordained (1987) (TV) as Hugh Rayburn
The Big Easy (1987) as Det. Andre DeSoto
Burglar (1987) as Detective Nyswander
Raising Arizona (1987) as Gale
True Stories (1986) as Louis Fyne
Sweet Dreams (1985) as Otis
Maria's Lovers (1984) as Frank
C.H.U.D. (1984) as Cop in Diner
Revenge of the Nerds (1984) as Coach Harris
Heart of Steel (1983) (TV) as Raymond Bohupinsky
Chiefs (1983) (mini) TV Series as Newt 'Tub' Murray
Eddie Macon's Run (1983) as Hebert
The Survivors (1983) as Commando
The Face of Rage (1983) (TV) as Fred
Jailbait Babysitter (1978)

[edit] Footnotes

Goodman is now the voice of Dunkin' Donuts.

John Goodman is shown bowling in a lot of his work. He bowls as Dan on Rosanne, he bowls as Fred in the Flinstones, he bowls in The Big Lebowski, etc...