John Stephen Goodman\u00a0(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\u00a0Primetime Emmy Award,\u00a0a Golden Globe Award, and a\u00a0Screen Actors Guild Award.\u00a0Vanity Fair\u00a0has called Goodman “among our very finest actors.”<\/p>\n
Goodman is known for his collaborations with the\u00a0Coen brothers, acting in films such as\u00a0Raising Arizona\u00a0(1987),\u00a0Barton Fink\u00a0(1991),\u00a0The Big Lebowski\u00a0(1998),\u00a0O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000), and\u00a0Inside Llewyn Davis\u00a0(2013). He took on leading roles in\u00a0King Ralph\u00a0(1991),\u00a0The Babe (1992),\u00a0Matinee\u00a0(1993),\u00a0The Flintstones\u00a0(1994), and\u00a010 Cloverfield Lane\u00a0(2016). Goodman also had supporting roles in\u00a0Revenge of the Nerds (1984),\u00a0True Stories\u00a0(1986),\u00a0Sea of Love\u00a0(1989),\u00a0Bringing Out the Dead\u00a0(1999),\u00a0Storytelling (2001),\u00a0Speed Racer\u00a0(2008),\u00a0The Artist\u00a0(2011),\u00a0Flight\u00a0(2012),\u00a0Argo\u00a0(2012),\u00a0The Hangover Part III (2013), and\u00a0\u00a0Atomic Blonde\u00a0(2017). He has voiced roles in\u00a0The Emperor’s New Groove\u00a0franchise (2000\u20132008), the\u00a0Monsters, Inc.\u00a0franchise (2001\u2013present),\u00a0The Jungle Book 2\u00a0(2003), and\u00a0Bee Movie\u00a0(2007).<\/p>\n
On television, Goodman gained recognition by playing the family patriarch\u00a0Dan Conner\u00a0in the\u00a0comedy series\u00a0Roseanne\u00a0(1988\u20131997; 2018) and\u00a0The Conners\u00a0(2018\u2013present). Goodman had regular roles in the\u00a0HBO\u00a0drama series\u00a0Treme\u00a0(2010\u20132011), the legal drama series\u00a0Damages\u00a0(2011), the political comedy series\u00a0Alpha House\u00a0(2013\u20132014), and the HBO comedy series\u00a0The Righteous Gemstones\u00a0(2019\u2013present).\u00a0He has been a frequent host of\u00a0Saturday Night Live\u00a0(1989\u20132013) and has guest starred in\u00a0The West Wing\u00a0(2003\u20132004),\u00a0Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip\u00a0(2006), and\u00a0Community\u00a0(2011\u20132012).\u00a0<\/p>\n
Goodman started his career at\u00a0The Public Theatre, acting in numerous productions, including\u00a0Henry IV, Part 1\u00a0(1981),\u00a0The Skin of Our Teeth\u00a0(1998), and\u00a0The Seagull\u00a0(2001). He made his\u00a0Broadway\u00a0debut\u00a0in Big River\u00a0(1985), for which Goodman received a\u00a0Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical\u00a0nomination. He returned to Broadway in revivals of the\u00a0Samuel Becket\u00a0play\u00a0Waiting for Godot\u00a0(2009) and the newspaper comedy\u00a0The Front Page (2016). Goodman debuted his West End in a revival of\u00a0David Mamet’s\u00a0American Buffalo (2015).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
John Stephen Goodman\u00a0(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\u00a0Primetime Emmy Award,\u00a0a Golden Globe Award, and a\u00a0Screen Actors Guild Award.\u00a0Vanity Fair\u00a0has called Goodman “among our very finest actors.” Goodman is known for his collaborations […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-8012","movie_engine_person","type-movie_engine_person","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n