John Goodman

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John Goodman
Goodman at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival
Born	John Stephen Goodman
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1978–present
Spouse	Annabeth Hartzog

John Stephen Goodman (born June 20, 1952) is an American actor. He is best known for his role on the television series Roseanne, as well as his film work with the Coen brothers.

Early life

Goodman was born in Affton, Missouri, the son of Virginia, a store clerk and waitress who worked at Jack and Phil's Bar-B-Que, and Leslie Goodman, a postal worker who died from a heart attack in 1954. He has a sister, Elisabeth, and two brothers, Jon and Rick, with his extended family living in both St. Louis, MO as well as Miami, FL.

Goodman went to Affton High School where he played football and dabbled in theater. He then won a football scholarship to Southwest Missouri State University, now called Missouri State University. He pledged the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity, but was not formally initiated until several decades later. He admittedly "wasted a year in the keg," before discovering Southwest Missouri's unusually well regarded drama program. He studied there with notable actors Kathleen Turner and Tess Harper. During his college stint he got injured, ending his football career. He then decided to become a professional actor, leaving Missouri for New York in 1975.

With a small bankroll from his brother, he found an apartment on ninth avenue and 51st street near the Theater District (Manhattan), and attempted (unsuccessfully) to earn money as a bartender and waiter. But, he was soon to find modest success on stage, in commercials and in voice over performance. He was the guy who slapped himself in the commercial for Skin Bracer by Mennen, saying the famous line "Thanks...I needed that!". He performed off Broadway and in dinner theatres, before getting character roles in movies during the early 1980s. One of his earliest roles was Pap Finn in the Broadway musical Big River, and he can be heard on the original cast album.

In 1978 he joined fellow young and struggling actors Dennis Quaid, Bruce Willis and Kevin Kline in the Broadway production of "Loose Ends".

Career

Goodman is most famous for his role as Dan Conner on the American sitcom, Roseanne, which aired on ABC from 1988 to 1997. He had a long history of appearances on late night comedy shows, and was the first guest on Late Night with Conan O'Brien, which won him the show's "First Guest Medal" (Goodman joked that he would pawn the medal for a bottle of cheap scotch). He was a popular guest host on NBC's Saturday Night Live, hosting the show thirteen times, while also making seven cameo appearances as Linda Trip during the Monica Lewinsky Scandal. Goodman once auditioned to be a castmember for Jean Doumanian's tumultuous 1980-1981 SNL season, but was rejected.

John Goodman on the red carpet at the Emmys, September 11th, 1994, photo by Alan Light.

In 1982 Goodman started landing movie roles, beginning with a small role in Eddie Macon's Run. Then a 1983 made for television movie (ABC) "Face of Rage." During this period he continued to work on the stage, starring in the Tony-winning Broadway Musical "Big River" from 1985 to 1987. His big break into movies came in 1986, when he had a significant comedic role in the David Byrne mockumentary set in Texas True Stories. In that film, his character Louis Fyne memorably utters the line "I'm 6' 3" and maintain a consistent panda bear shape," establishing his trade mark size as an important part of many characters he would later play on film and stage.

Goodman is noted for his work in numerous films by Joel and Ethan Coen, including Raising Arizona, Barton Fink, The Big Lebowski, and O Brother, Where Art Thou?. In the film King Ralph, he played a good-timer who unexpectedly becomes the official British head of state after the royal family dies in a freak electrical accident. In television, Goodman had a recurring role on The West Wing as fictional House Speaker Glen Allen Walken. In the show, his character 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.

Goodman had a guest role on Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, as Pahrump, Nevada Judge Robert Bebe, earning a 2007 Emmy for Outstanding Guest Actor - Drama Series for his performance.

He voiced Robot Santa in the character's first appearance on Futurama. Beginning in 2007, Goodman has been the voiceover in Dunkin' Donuts commercials.

Goodman replaced John Belushi as Dan Aykroyd's partner in the popular Blues Brothers Band, in which he first appeared as "Mighty" Mack McTeer on Saturday Night Live on March 25, 1995 and co-starred in the film Blues Brothers 2000. He continued to perform with Aykroyd (Elwood Blues) and James Belushi (Zee Blues) through 2001. Health problems eventually forced Goodman to retire the character.

Also in 2001, Goodman provided the voice of "Sully" in Disney/Pixar's film Monsters, Inc.

In 2007, Goodman starred as the antagonist in the movie Evan Almighty (directed by Tom Shadyac), opposite Evan Baxter, played by Steve Carell and God, played by Morgan Freeman.

A recent project was the film version of the Sophie Kinsella novel, Confessions of a Shopaholic, where he played Becky's father, Graham Bloomwood. The movie was released February 13, 2009.

Goodman played the Ghost of Christmas Present in the 2008 Kodak Theatre production of A Christmas Carol, starring Christopher Lloyd as Scrooge. He is set to play the role of Pozzo in a Studio 54 revival of the play Waiting for Godot, opposite Bill Irwin and Nathan Lane. Goodman's voice can also be heard on an automated message system at Lambert St. Louis International airport.

New Orleans residency

Goodman has long resided in New Orleans, Louisiana and is now being thought of as a "Fellow Louisianian" by the people in Louisiana. Since Hurricane Katrina, Goodman has appeared on several recovery commercials aired in Louisiana.

Goodman was cast in In the Electric Mist (2009) as Julie 'Baby Feet' Balboni, which is set in Louisiana post-Katrina. Goodman was at one time slated to play the role of Ignatius Reilly, the main character of a A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole. The story takes place almost entirely in New Orleans. However, the movie was never put into production.

Personal life

Goodman met his wife, Annabeth Hartzog, in New Orleans while he was filming 1988’s Everybody’s All-American. They married in October 1989 and have a daughter named Molly Evangeline (born August 31, 1990). Goodman has done television advertisements in order to raise awareness for pediatric cancer and the Be The Match marrow registry.

In an April 16, 2009 interview with New York Times theater writer Charles McGrath, Goodman is open about his alcoholism. He says, "I don't know how much the old Jackie Daniels franchise ruined my memory, which is going anyway, because of my advancing decrepitude. I had a 30-year run, and at the end I didn't care about anything. I was just fed up with myself. I didn't even want to be an actor anymore." He claims to have stopped drinking in 2007. "I could never please myself. That's part of what fuels the alcoholic, I guess. You set yourself impossible goals, and then you kick yourself because you're not good enough. But I can't do that every night. I don't have the energy anymore," he added. Goodman was in New York preparing for the role of Pozzo in Samuel Beckett's play, "Waiting for Godot," which ran through July 2009.

Filmography

Film
Year	Film	Role	Other notes
1977	Jailbait Babysitter
1983	Eddie Macon's Run	Herbert
	The Survivors	Commando
1984	Revenge of the Nerds	Coach Harris
	C.H.U.D.	Cop in Diner
	Maria’s Lovers	Frank
1985	Sweet Dreams	Otis
1986	True Stories	Louis Fyne
1987	The Big Easy	Det. Andre DeSoto
	Raising Arizona	Gale Snoats
	Burglar	Det. Nyswander
1988	The Wrong Guys	Duke Earle
	Punchline	John Krytsick
	Everybody's All-American	Lawrence
1989	Sea of Love	Det. Sherman
	Always	Al Yackey
1990	Stella	Ed Munn
	Arachnophobia	Delbert McClintock
1991	King Ralph	Ralph Hampton Gainesworth Jones
	Barton Fink	Charlie Meadows
1992	The Babe	George Herman 'Babe' Ruth
1993	Matinee	Lawrence Woolsey
	Born Yesterday	Harry Brock
	We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story	Rex	Voice Role
1994	The Hudsucker Proxy	Newsreel Announcer
	The Flintstones	Fred Flintstone
1996	Pie in the Sky	Alan Davenport
	Mother Night	Major Frank Wirtanen
1997	The Borrowers	Ocious P. Potter
1998	Fallen	Jonesy
	Blues Brothers 2000	Mighty Mack McTeer
	The Big Lebowski	Walter Sobchak
	Dirty Work	Mayor Adrian Riggins	Uncredited Role
	The Real Macaw	Voice of Mac	Voice Role
	Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie	Santa Claus	Voice Role
1999	The Runner	Deepthroat
	Bringing Out the Dead	Larry
2000	What Planet Are You From?	Roland Jones
	O Brother, Where Art Thou?	Daniel 'Big Dan' Teague
	The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle	Oklahoma Cop
	Coyote Ugly	Billene Sanford
	The Emperor's New Groove	Pacha	Voice Role
2001	My First Mister	Benjamin
	One Night at McCool's	Det. Dehling
	Storytelling	Marty Livingston	Segment: Non-Fiction
	Monsters, Inc.	James P. 'Sulley' Sullivan	Voice Role
2002	Mike's New Car	James P. 'Sulley' Sullivan	Voice Role Short film
	Dirty Deeds	Tony
2003	Masked and Anonymous	Uncle Sweetheart
	The Jungle Book 2	Baloo	Voice Role
2004	Home of Phobia	Rodney
	Clifford's Really Big Movie	George Wolfsbottom	Voice Role
	Beyond the Sea	Steve 'Boom Boom' Blauner
2005	Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School	Steve Mills
	The Emperor's New Groove 2: Kronk's New Groove	Pacha	Voice Role Direct-to-DVD
2006	Cars	Sullivan Truck	Voice Role
2007	Drunkboat	Mr. Fletcher
	Death Sentence	Bones Darley
	Evan Almighty	Congressman Long
	Bee Movie	Layton T. Montgomery	Voice Role
2008	Speed Racer	Pops Racer
	Speed Racer: Wonderful World of Racing - The Amazing Racer Family	Pops Racer	Short film
2009	Gigantic	Al Lolly
	Spring Break '83	Dick Bender
	Confessions of a Shopaholic	Graham Bloomwood
	In the Electric Mist	Julie 'Baby Feet' Balboni
	Alabama Moon	Mr. Wellington
	Pope Joan	Pope Sergius
	Beyond All Boundaries		Voice Role Short film
	The Princess and the Frog	Eli 'Big Daddy' La Bouff	Voice Role post-production
2010	Thicker	Trooper	pre-production
	The Cross		in production
2011	Bunyan and Babe	Paul Bunyan	Voice Role filming
Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1983	The Face of Rage	Fred	TV-Movie
	Chiefs	Newt 'Tub' Murray	Miniseries
	Heart of Steel	Raymond Bohupinsky	TV-Movie
1987	Murder Ordained	Hugh Rayburn	TV-Movie
	The Equalizer	Harold Winter	Episode: Re-Entry
	Moonlighting	Donald Chase	Episode: Come Back Little Shiksa
1988–1997	Roseanne	Dan Conner	221 episodes
1989–2001	Saturday Night Live	Himself Linda Tripp Nathan Barnett	20 episodes
1990	Grand	Red	Episode: The Healing
1992	Frosty Returns	Frosty the Snowman	Voice Role TV-Movie
1993	Grace Under Fire	Police Officer	Uncredited Role Episode: Pilot
1994	All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!	Tough Guy Helpline operator	TV-Special
1995	Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long	Huey P. Long Jr.	TV-Movie
	A Streetcar Named Desire	Harold 'Mitch' Mitchell	TV-Movie
1997, 1998	Soul Man	Capt. Stan Hamel	Episode: The Lost Sheep Squadron Episode: The Stan Plan
1999	Saturday Night Live: Best of the Clinton Scandal	Linda Tripp	TV-Special
	The Jack Bull	Judge Tolliver	TV-Movie
	The Simpsons	Meathook	Voice Role Episode: Take My Wife, Sleaze
	Futurama	Robot Santa Claus	Episode: Xmas Story
1999, 2000	Now and Again	Michael Wiseman	Episode: Origins Episode: Deep In My Heart Is a Song
2000	Pigs Next Door		Voice Role
	Normal, Ohio	William 'Butch' Gamble/Rex Gamble	13 episodes
2001	Ed	Big Rudy	Episode: Loyalties
	On the Edge	The Dean	Miniseries Segment: Happy Birthday
2003	Freedom: A History of Us	William 'Big Bill' Haywood Benjamin Harrison	Episode: Working for Freedom Episode: Independence
2003–2004	The West Wing	Glen Allen Walken	4 episodes
2004–2005	Center of the Universe	John Barnett	15 episodes
	Father of the Pride	Larry	Voice Role 14 episodes
2006	Odd Job Jack	Garbage Czar	Voice Role Episode: The Big Dump
	Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip	Judge Robert Bebe	Episode: Nevada Day (1) Episode: Nevada Day (2)
	The Year Without a Santa Claus	Santa Claus	TV-Movie
2007	King of the Hill	Tommy	Voice Role Episode: serPUNt
	The Emperor's New School	Pacha	Voice Role 2 episodes
2009	You Don't Know Jack	Neal Nicol	TV-Movie filming

Awards and nominations

Saturn Award

• 1991: Nominated, "Best Supporting Actor" - Arachnophobia

American Comedy Awards

• 1989: Won, "Funniest Male Performer in a TV Series (Leading Role) Network, Cable or Syndication" - Roseanne
• 1990: Won, "Funniest Male Performer in a TV Series (Leading Role) Network, Cable or Syndication" - Roseanne

Emmy Awards

• 1989: Nominated, "Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series" - Roseanne
• 1990: Nominated, "Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series" - Roseanne
• 1991: Nominated, "Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series" - Roseanne
• 1992: Nominated, "Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series" - Roseanne
• 1993: Nominated, "Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series" - Roseanne
• 1994: Nominated, "Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series" - Roseanne
• 1995: Nominated, "Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series" - Roseanne
• 1995: Nominated, "Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Special" - Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long
• 1996: Nominated, "Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Special" - A Streetcar Named Desire
• 2007: Won, "Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series" - Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip

Golden Globe Award

• 1989: Nominated, "Best Performance by an Actor in a TV-Series - Comedy/Musical" - Roseanne
• 1990: Nominated, "Best Performance by an Actor in a TV-Series - Comedy/Musical" - Roseanne
• 1991: Nominated, "Best Performance by an Actor in a TV-Series - Comedy/Musical" - Roseanne
• 1992: Nominated, "Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture" - Barton Fink
• 1993: Won, "Best Performance by an Actor in a TV-Series - Comedy/Musical" - Roseanne

Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards

• 2004: Nominated, "Favorite Voice from an Animated Movie" - The Jungle Book 2

People's Choice Awards

• 1989: Won, "Favorite Male Performer in a New TV Program" - Roseanne
• 2001: Won, "Favorite Male Performer in a New Television Series" - Normal, Ohio

Satellite Award

• 1999: Nominated, "Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical" - The Big Lebowski

Screen Actors Guild Awards

• 1995: Nominated, "Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series" - Roseanne

TV Land Award

• 2007: Nominated, "Favorite Elvis Impersonation" - Roseanne
• 2008: Won, "Innovator Award" - Roseanne

Viewers For Quality Television

• 1992: Won, "Best Actor in a Quality Comedy Series" - Roseanne

World Soundtrack Awards

• 2002: Won, "Best Original Song Written for a Film" - Monsters, Inc.

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