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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 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article John Goodman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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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 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article John Goodman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Saturday Night Live
The Oscars
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Community
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Simpsons
The Equalizer
Monsters at Work
Ed
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
The West Wing
King of the Hill
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
Grand
Futurama
Ruby Wax Meets
SpongeBob SquarePants
The Jackie Thomas Show
Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Treme
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters
The Campaign
Transformers: The Last Knight
Dirty Work
The Internship
The Hudsucker Proxy
Cars
Damages
Smurfs
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Chiefs
The Righteous Gemstones
Transformers: Age of Extinction
Inside Llewyn Davis
Ratchet & Clank
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
It's a SpongeBob Christmas!
The Princess and the Frog
ParaNorman
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
Evan Almighty
Sweet Dreams
The Hangover Part III
Coyote Ugly
Trouble with the Curve
Kronk's New Groove
Confessions of a Shopaholic
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Bee Movie
Father of the Pride
Clifford's Really Big Movie
Masked and Anonymous
Atomic Blonde
Argo
Flight
Bringing Out the Dead
Speed Racer
Roseanne
Kong: Skull Island
Arachnophobia
Blues Brothers 2000
The Big Lebowski
Mike's New Car
The Gambler
Monsters University
The Jack Bull
Patriots Day
The Emperor's New Groove
Party Central
Alpha House
The Flintstones
The Mystery of the Morro Castle
10 Cloverfield Lane
The Jungle Book 2
Monsters, Inc.
Center of the Universe
The Conners
On the Edge
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