John Goodman
Acting
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Acting Credits
Biography
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 various accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Vanity Fair has called him "among our very finest actors". Goodman is known for his collaborations with the Coen brothers, appearing in films such as Raising Arizona (1987), Barton Fink (1991), The Big Lebowski (1998)...
Known For
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
The Simpsons
Meathook (voice)
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Self
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
Saturday Night Live
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
Saturday Night Live
Self (uncredited)
Saturday Night Live
Linda Tripp (uncredited)
Filmography
Skeletons
2027
Digger
2026
as President Compson
Chili Finger
2026
as Blake Jr.
Smurfs
2025
as Papa Smurf (voice)
Not So Fast, My Friend: A Lee Corso Special
2025
as Self (archive footage)
Monsters Funday Football
2025
as Sulley (Voice)
A Holiday Short: Best Christmas Ever
2025
as Doodle (voice)
Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain
2023
as Narrator (voice)
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters
2023
as Bill Randa
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters
2023
as Bill Randa (archive footage)
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
2023
as Self
The Freak Brothers
2021
as Fat Freddy Freekowtski (voice)
Monsters at Work
2021
as Sulley (voice)
Easy Does It
2020
as "Catfish" Crawford (voice)
Captive State
2019
as William Mulligan
Chris Farley: Anything for a Laugh
2019
as Self
Biography: Comedy Icons
2019
as Self
The Righteous Gemstones
2019
as Eli Gemstone
Real Life
2018
as Louis Fyne
The Conners
2018
as Dan Conner
Black Earth Rising
2018
as Michael Ennis
New Orleans: The First 300 Years
2017
as Narrator
Transformers: The Last Knight
2017
as Hound (voice)
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
2017
as Igon Siruss (voice)
Kong: Skull Island
2017
as Bill Randa
Atomic Blonde
2017
as Emmett Kurzfeld
Bunyan and Babe
2017
as Paul Bunyan (voice)
Once Upon a Time in Venice
2017
as Dave Phillips
10 Cloverfield Lane
2016
as Howard
Ratchet & Clank
2016
as Grimroth (voice)
Patriots Day
2016
as Commisioner Ed Davis
Trumbo
2015
as Frank King
Love the Coopers
2015
as Sam Cooper
Live from New York!
2015
as Self
Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle
2015
as Hal Houston (voice)
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead
2015
as Self - Actor
The Monuments Men
2014
as Sgt. Walter Garfield
Party Central
2014
as Sullivan (voice)
Transformers: Age of Extinction
2014
as Hound (voice)
Inside 'Inside Llewyn Davis'
2014
as Self
The Gambler
2014
as Frank
Evolution Within Extinction
2014
as Self
All-Stars
2014
as Himself
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self - Guest
Off Camera with Sam Jones
2014
as Self
Monsters University
2013
as Sullivan (voice)
Inside Llewyn Davis
2013
as Roland Turner
The Hangover Part III
2013
as Marshall
The Internship
2013
as Sammy Boscoe (uncredited)
Milius
2013
as Self
Wolfpack Only: The Hangover Retrospective
2013
as Self
The Book of Manning
2013
as Narrator
Alpha House
2013
as Senator Gil John Biggs
Dancing on the Edge
2013
as Masterson
Argo
2012
as John Chambers
Drunkboat
2012
as Mr. Fletcher
ParaNorman
2012
as Mr. Prenderghast (voice)
Trouble with the Curve
2012
as Pete Klein
Flight
2012
as Harling Mays
It's a SpongeBob Christmas!
2012
as Santa Claus
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012
as (archive footage)
All Star Bowling Trick Shots
2012
The Campaign
2012
as Congressman Scott Talley (uncredited)
The Artist: The Making of an American Romance
2012
as Self
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
2011
as Stan the Doorman
Red State
2011
as Joseph Keenan
The Artist
2011
as Al Zimmer
Ole War Skule: The Story of Saturday Night
2011
as Narrator
You Don't Know Jack
2010
as Neal Nicol
Treme
2010
Treme
2010
as Creighton Bernette
Best Food Ever
2010
as Narrator
The Princess and the Frog
2009
as "Big Daddy" La Bouff (voice)
Confessions of a Shopaholic
2009
as Graham Bloomwood
Pope Joan
2009
as Pope Sergius II.
In the Electric Mist
2009
as Julie 'Baby Feet' Balboni
Alabama Moon
2009
as Mr. Wellington
Girls Gone Gangsta
2009
as Mortimer J Hamm
Beyond All Boundaries
2009
as Capt. Edwin Simmons
Community
2009
as Vice Dean Laybourne
Speed Racer
2008
as Pops
Gigantic
2008
as Happy's Father
Fats Domino: Walkin' Back to New Orleans
2008
as Narrator (voice)
Speed Racer: Wonderful World of Racing - The Amazing Racer Family
2008
as Pops Racer
Speed Racer: Car Fu
2008
as Self
Evan Almighty
2007
as Congressman Long
Bee Movie
2007
as Layton T. Montgomery (voice)
Death Sentence
2007
as Bones Darley
The Pixar Story
2007
as James 'Sulley' Sullivan (voice) (archive footage)
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation
2007
as Self
Damages
2007
as Howard Erickson
Boulevard of Broken Dreams
2007
as Self (archive footage)
Tales of the Rat Fink
2006
as Ed Roth (voice)
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
2006
as Steve Mills
Cars
2006
as Sullivan Truck (voice)
The Year Without a Santa Claus
2006
as Santa Claus
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
2006
as Judge Robert Bebe
The Emperor's New School
2006
as Pacha (voice)
Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast
2005
as Self - Presenter
Kronk's New Groove
2005
as Pacha (voice)
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005
as Self
Beyond the Sea
2004
as Steve Blauner
Freshman Orientation
2004
as Rodney
Clifford's Really Big Movie
2004
as George Wolfsbottom (voice)
Father of the Pride
2004
as Larry (voice)
Center of the Universe
2004
as John Barnett
Masked and Anonymous
2003
as Uncle Sweetheart
The Jungle Book 2
2003
as Baloo (voice)
Overnight
2003
as Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
as Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self
Dirty Deeds
2002
as Tony
Mike's New Car
2002
as Sulley (voice)
The Sweatbox
2002
as Self
Monsters, Inc.
2001
as Sullivan (voice)
One Night at McCool's
2001
as Detective Dehling
My First Mister
2001
as Benjamin
When Dinosaurs Roamed America
2001
as Narrator
On the Edge
2001
as The Dean (segment "Happy Birthday")
Storytelling
2001
as Marty Livingston
The Firesign Theatre: Weirdly Cool
2001
as Self
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
2000
as Big Dan Teague
What Planet Are You From?
2000
as Roland Jones
The Emperor's New Groove
2000
as Pacha (voice)
Coyote Ugly
2000
as Bill
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
2000
as Oklahoma Cop
Ed
2000
as Big Rudy
Normal, Ohio
2000
as William "Butch" Gamble
Pigs Next Door
2000
as Phil (voice)
Bringing Out the Dead
1999
as Larry Verber
The Jack Bull
1999
as Judge Tolliver
Dancing Outlaw II: Jesco Goes to Hollywood
1999
as Himself
The Runner
1999
as Deepthroat
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
1999
as Self
Discovering Bedrock
1999
as Self
Now and Again
1999
Futurama
1999
as Robot Santa Claus (voice)
SpongeBob SquarePants
1999
as Santa Claus (voice)
The West Wing
1999
as Glenallen Walken
Now and Again
1999
as Michael Wiseman
The Big Lebowski
1998
as Walter Sobchak
Blues Brothers 2000
1998
as Mighty Mack McTeer
Fallen
1998
as Jonesy
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie
1998
as Santa Claus (voice)
Dirty Work
1998
as Mayor Adrian Riggins (uncredited)
The Real Macaw
1998
as Mac (voice)
The Making of 'The Big Lebowski'
1998
as Self
The Borrowers
1997
as Ocious P. Potter
King of the Hill
1997
as Tommy (voice)
Soul Man
1997
as Capt. Stan Hamel
Mother Night
1996
as Major Frank Wirtanen
Pie in the Sky
1996
as Alan Davenport
Muppets Tonight
1996
as Self
Saturday Night Special
1996
Ruby Wax Meets
1996
A Streetcar Named Desire
1995
as Harold 'Mitch' Mitchell
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995
as Self
Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long
1995
as Huey P. Long, Jr.
The Flintstones
1994
as Fred Flintstone
The Hudsucker Proxy
1994
as Newsreel Announcer (voice)
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
1994
as Tough Guy Helpline Operator
Inside the Actors Studio
1994
as Self
Downwardly Mobile
1994
Matinee
1993
as Lawrence Woolsey
Born Yesterday
1993
as Harry Brock
We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story
1993
as Rex (voice)
Sesame Street's 25th Birthday: A Musical Celebration
1993
as Self (segment "New Way to Walk")
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
Grace Under Fire
1993
as Police Officer
Frosty Returns
1992
as Frosty the Snowman (voice)
The Babe
1992
as Babe Ruth
A Friend in New Orleans
1992
as Himself
The Future Is Now
1992
as Businessman
The Jackie Thomas Show
1992
as Dan Conner
Barton Fink
1991
as Charlie Meadows
King Ralph
1991
as Ralph
Arachnophobia
1990
as Delbert McClintock
Stella
1990
as Ed Munn
Tom & Jerry's 50th Birthday Bash
1990
as Self - Host
Happy Birthday, Bugs! 50 Looney Years
1990
as Self
Grand
1990
as Red
American Chronicles
1990
as self
Always
1989
as Al Yackey
Sea of Love
1989
as Sherman
The Simpsons
1989
as Meathook (voice)
The Wrong Guys
1988
as Duke Earle
Everybody's All-American
1988
as Lawrence
Punchline
1988
as John Krytsick
Talking Heads: Storytelling Giant
1988
as Cowboy singer ("Wild Wild Life")
Roseanne
1988
as Dan Conner
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
as Self - Guest
Raising Arizona
1987
as Gale
Burglar
1987
as Detective Nyswander
Murder Ordained
1987
as Hugh Rayburn
Murder Ordained
1987
as Hugh Rayburn
The Big Easy
1986
as Andre DeSoto
True Stories
1986
as Louis Fyne
Sweet Dreams
1985
as Otis
Moonlighting
1985
as Donald Chase
The Equalizer
1985
as Harold Winter
Revenge of the Nerds
1984
as Coach Harris
Maria's Lovers
1984
as Frank
C.H.U.D.
1984
as Cop in Diner
The Survivors
1983
as Commando
The Face of Rage
1983
as Fred
Heart of Steel
1983
as Raymond Bohupinsky
Eddie Macon's Run
1983
as Mr. Hebert
The Mystery of the Morro Castle
1980
as Telegraph Operator
The Robber Bridegroom
1980
as Townsperson
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self (uncredited)
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Linda Tripp (uncredited)
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Nathan Barnett (uncredited)
Saturday Night Live
1975
as The Ghost of SNL Hosts Presents (uncredited)
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Linda Tripp (voice) (uncredited)
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Various Characters (uncredited)
CMA Awards
1967
as Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Winner