John Goodman

John Goodman

Acting

Born June 20, 1952 · Saint Louis, Missouri, USA

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, includi…

Known for

The Simpsons

The Simpsons

1989

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

Futurama

Futurama

1999

King of the Hill

King of the Hill

1997

The West Wing

The West Wing

1999

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

1975

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

1975

Acting(211)

2026Chili FingerBlake Jr.

2026DiggerPresident Compson

2025Monsters Funday FootballSulley (Voice)

2025A Holiday Short: Best Christmas EverDoodle (voice)

2025Not So Fast, My Friend: A Lee Corso SpecialSelf (archive footage)

2025SmurfsPapa Smurf (voice)

2023Off Script with The Hollywood ReporterSelf

2023Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy MountainNarrator (voice)

2023Monarch: Legacy of MonstersBill Randa

2021The Freak BrothersFat Freddy Freekowtski (voice)

2021Monsters at WorkSulley (voice)

2020Easy Does It"Catfish" Crawford (voice)

2019The Righteous GemstonesEli Gemstone

2019Chris Farley: Anything for a LaughSelf

2019Biography: Comedy IconsSelf

2019Captive StateWilliam Mulligan

2018Real LifeLouis Fyne

2018The ConnersDan Conner

2018Black Earth RisingMichael Ennis

2017Atomic BlondeEmmett Kurzfeld

2017Valerian and the City of a Thousand PlanetsIgon Siruss (voice)

2017Transformers: The Last KnightHound (voice)

2017Once Upon a Time in VeniceDave Phillips

2017Kong: Skull IslandBill Randa

2017Bunyan and BabePaul Bunyan (voice)

2017New Orleans: The First 300 YearsNarrator

2016Patriots DayCommisioner Ed Davis

2016Ratchet & ClankGrimroth (voice)

201610 Cloverfield LaneHoward

2015Love the CoopersSam Cooper

2015TrumboFrank King

2015Live from New York!Self

2015Curious George 3: Back to the JungleHal Houston (voice)

2015Drunk Stoned Brilliant DeadSelf - Actor

2014The GamblerFrank

2014All-StarsHimself

2014Evolution Within ExtinctionSelf

2014Transformers: Age of ExtinctionHound (voice)

2014Inside 'Inside Llewyn Davis'Self

2014Late Night with Seth MeyersSelf - Guest

2014Party CentralSullivan (voice)

2014Off Camera with Sam JonesSelf

2014The Monuments MenSgt. Walter Garfield

2013Wolfpack Only: The Hangover RetrospectiveSelf

2013Inside Llewyn DavisRoland Turner

2013The Book of ManningNarrator

2013Monsters UniversitySullivan (voice)

2013The InternshipSammy Boscoe (uncredited)

2013The Hangover Part IIIMarshall

2013Alpha HouseSenator Gil John Biggs

2013Dancing on the EdgeMasterson

2012It's a SpongeBob Christmas!Santa Claus

2012ArgoJohn Chambers

2012Trouble with the CurvePete Klein

2012The CampaignCongressman Scott Talley (uncredited)

2012ParaNormanMr. Prenderghast (voice)

2012DrunkboatMr. Fletcher

2012The Artist: The Making of an American RomanceSelf

2012FlightHarling Mays

2012Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen(archive footage)

2012All Star Bowling Trick Shots

2011Extremely Loud & Incredibly CloseStan the Doorman

2011The ArtistAl Zimmer

2011Ole War Skule: The Story of Saturday NightNarrator

2011Red StateJoseph Keenan

2010You Don't Know JackNeal Nicol

2010Best Food Ever Narrator

2009The Princess and the Frog"Big Daddy" La Bouff (voice)

2009Beyond All BoundariesCapt. Edwin Simmons

2009Alabama MoonMr. Wellington

2009Pope JoanPope Sergius II.

2009CommunityVice Dean Laybourne

2009In the Electric MistJulie 'Baby Feet' Balboni

2009Confessions of a ShopaholicGraham Bloomwood

2009Girls Gone GangstaMortimer J Hamm

2008Speed Racer: Car FuSelf

2008Fats Domino: Walkin' Back to New OrleansNarrator (voice)

2008GiganticHappy's Father

2008Speed RacerPops

2008Speed Racer: Wonderful World of Racing - The Amazing Racer FamilyPops Racer

2007Bee MovieLayton T. Montgomery (voice)

2007Death SentenceBones Darley

2007The Pixar StoryJames 'Sulley' Sullivan (voice) (archive footage)

2007DamagesHoward Erickson

2007Evan AlmightyCongressman Long

2007Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture NationSelf

2007Boulevard of Broken DreamsSelf (archive footage)

2006The Year Without a Santa ClausSanta Claus

2006Studio 60 on the Sunset StripJudge Robert Bebe

2006CarsSullivan Truck (voice)

2006Tales of the Rat FinkEd Roth (voice)

2006The Emperor's New SchoolPacha (voice)

2006Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm SchoolSteve Mills

2005Kronk's New GroovePacha (voice)

2005Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf CoastSelf - Presenter

2005The Late Late Show with Craig FergusonSelf

2004Beyond the SeaSteve Blauner

2004Center of the UniverseJohn Barnett

2004Father of the PrideLarry (voice)

2004Clifford's Really Big MovieGeorge Wolfsbottom (voice)

2004Freshman OrientationRodney

2003The Ellen DeGeneres ShowSelf

2003Masked and AnonymousUncle Sweetheart

2003OvernightSelf

2003The Jungle Book 2Baloo (voice)

2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!Self

2002The SweatboxSelf

2002Dirty DeedsTony

2002Mike's New CarSulley (voice)

2001StorytellingMarty Livingston

2001Monsters, Inc.Sullivan (voice)

2001My First MisterBenjamin

2001When Dinosaurs Roamed AmericaNarrator

2001On the EdgeThe Dean (segment "Happy Birthday")

2001One Night at McCool'sDetective Dehling

2001The Firesign Theatre: Weirdly CoolSelf

2000The Emperor's New GroovePacha (voice)

2000Normal, OhioWilliam "Butch" Gamble

2000O Brother, Where Art Thou?Big Dan Teague

2000Coyote UglyBill

2000The Adventures of Rocky & BullwinkleOklahoma Cop

2000Pigs Next DoorPhil (voice)

2000What Planet Are You From?Roland Jones

1999Bringing Out the DeadLarry Verber

1999Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary SpecialSelf

1999Now and Again

1999The West WingGlenallen Walken

1999The RunnerDeepthroat

1999SpongeBob SquarePantsSanta Claus (voice)

1999The Jack BullJudge Tolliver

1999FuturamaRobot Santa Claus (voice)

1999Discovering BedrockSelf

1999Dancing Outlaw II: Jesco Goes to HollywoodHimself

1998The Making of 'The Big Lebowski'Self

1998Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The MovieSanta Claus (voice)

1998The Real MacawMac (voice)

1998Dirty WorkMayor Adrian Riggins (uncredited)

1998The Big LebowskiWalter Sobchak

1998Blues Brothers 2000Mighty Mack McTeer

1998FallenJonesy

1997The BorrowersOcious P. Potter

1997Soul ManCapt. Stan Hamel

1997King of the HillTommy (voice)

1996Mother NightMajor Frank Wirtanen

1996Saturday Night Special

1996Muppets TonightSelf

1996Pie in the SkyAlan Davenport

1996Ruby Wax Meets

1995A Streetcar Named DesireHarold 'Mitch' Mitchell

1995The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American MoviesSelf

1995Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. LongHuey P. Long, Jr.

1994Inside the Actors StudioSelf

1994Downwardly Mobile

1994The FlintstonesFred Flintstone

1994Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!Tough Guy Helpline Operator

1994The Hudsucker ProxyNewsreel Announcer (voice)

1993We're Back! A Dinosaur's StoryRex (voice)

1993Sesame Street's 25th Birthday: A Musical CelebrationSelf (segment "New Way to Walk")

1993Grace Under FirePolice Officer

1993Late Night with Conan O'BrienSelf - Guest

1993Born YesterdayHarry Brock

1993MatineeLawrence Woolsey

1992Frosty ReturnsFrosty the Snowman (voice)

1992The Jackie Thomas ShowDan Conner

1992The BabeBabe Ruth

1992A Friend in New OrleansHimself

1992The Future Is NowBusinessman

1991Barton FinkCharlie Meadows

1991King RalphRalph

1990Tom & Jerry's 50th Birthday BashSelf - Host

1990American Chroniclesself

1990ArachnophobiaDelbert McClintock

1990Happy Birthday, Bugs! 50 Looney YearsSelf

1990StellaEd Munn

1989AlwaysAl Yackey

1989The SimpsonsMeathook (voice)

1989Sea of LoveSherman

1988Everybody's All-AmericanLawrence

1988RoseanneDan Conner

1988PunchlineJohn Krytsick

1988LIVE with Kelly and MarkSelf - Guest

1988The Wrong GuysDuke Earle

1988Talking Heads: Storytelling GiantCowboy singer ("Wild Wild Life")

1987Murder OrdainedHugh Rayburn

1987Murder OrdainedHugh Rayburn

1987BurglarDetective Nyswander

1987Raising ArizonaGale

1986The Big EasyAndre DeSoto

1986True StoriesLouis Fyne

1985Sweet DreamsOtis

1985The EqualizerHarold Winter

1985MoonlightingDonald Chase

1984C.H.U.D.Cop in Diner

1984Revenge of the NerdsCoach Harris

1984Maria's LoversFrank

1983Heart of SteelRaymond Bohupinsky

1983The SurvivorsCommando

1983Eddie Macon's RunMr. Hebert

1983The Face of RageFred

1980The Robber BridegroomTownsperson

1980The Mystery of the Morro CastleTelegraph Operator

1975Saturday Night LiveSelf - Host

1967CMA AwardsSelf

1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf

1953The OscarsSelf

1944Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Winner