John Goodman
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 and O Brother Where Art Thou 2000 and Inside Llewyn Davis 2013 He took leading roles in King Ralph 1991 The Babe 1992 Matinee 1993 The Flintstones 1994 and 10 Cloverfield Lane 2016 as well as supporting roles in Revenge of the Nerds 1984 True Stories 1986 Bringing Out the Dead 1999 Evan Almighty 2007 Speed Racer 2008 The Artist 2011 Flight 2012 Argo 2012 and Atomic Blonde 2017 He voiced roles in The Emperors New Groove franchise 20002008 the Monsters Inc franchise 2001present Bee Movie 2007 and Smurfs 2025 On television Goodman gained recognition playing the family patriarch Dan Conner in the ABC comedy series Roseanne 19881997 2018 and The Conners 20182025 Goodman has played an English professor in the drama series Treme 20102011 a military contractor in the legal drama series Damages 2011 a Republican senator in the political satire Alpha House 20132014 and a televangelist in the comedy series The Righteous Gemstones 20192025 He also gueststarred in The West Wing 20032004 Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip 2006 and Community 20112012 and is a member of the Five Timers Club having hosted Saturday Night Live 13 times from 1989 to 2013 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 Beckett play Waiting for Godot 2009 and the newspaper comedy The Front Page 2016 Goodman made his West End debut in a revival of David Mamets American Buffalo 2015 Description above from the Wikipedia article John Goodman licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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