Actor

John
Goodman

John Goodman is one of the entertainment industry’s most respected actors. He earned a Golden Globe nomination in 1992 for his chilling performance in the Coen Brothers’ heralded Barton Fink. Coincidentally, Goodman's breakthrough motion picture performance was in Raising Arizona, another Coen Brothers film. He has since teamed with the Coen’s in The Big Lebowski and O Brother, Where Art Thou? Goodman has lent his voice to numerous animated characters as well. His voice-over credits include Monsters, Inc., The Emperor’s New Groove and The Jungle Book II. He also voiced one of the main characters in NBC’s animated series Father of the Pride. His regional theatre credits include Henry IV, Parts I and II, Antony and Cleopatra and As You Like It. He starred in two Broadway shows, Loose Ends in 1979 and Big River in 1985. In 2002, Goodman starred on Broadway in the Public Theatre’s Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui. In 2001, he starred in the Shakespeare in the Park production of The Seagull. Goodman made his screen debut in the HBO production Mystery of the Moro Castle. His film credits include Beyond the Sea, Masked and Anonymous, Storytelling, O Brother, Where Art Thou, Coyote Ugly, What Planet Are Your From?, One Night at McCool's, Bringing Out the Dead, Fallen, The Borrowers, Blues Brothers 2000, The Runner, The Flintstones, Mother Night, Arachnophobia, Always, Pie in the Sky, Born Yesterday, Matinee, The Babe, King Ralph, Punchline, Everybody's All-American, Sea of Love, Stella, Eddie Macon's Run, C.H.U.D., Revenge of the Nerds, Maria's Lovers, Sweet Dreams, True Stories, The Big Easy, Burglar, and The Wrong Guys. Goodman has also given many acclaimed television performances. He received Emmy nominations for his starring role in TNT's Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long and for his role as Mitch in the CBS production of Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire. He also starred in the HBO film The Jack Bull. For eight seasons, he played Dan Conner in the popular sitcom Roseanne, a role that earned him seven Emmy nominations and a Golden Globe.