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John Stephen Goodman (born June 20, 1952) is a Golden Globe- and Emmy-winning American actor. He is known for his deep, booming voice, and his large and robust size.
man was born in Affton, Missouri, the son of Virginia, a store clerk and waiter who worked at Jack and Phil's Bar-B-Que, and Leslie Goodman, a postal worker who died from a heart attack in 1955. He has a sister, Elisabeth, and a brother, Leslie.
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John Stephen Goodman (born June 20, 1952) is a Golden Globe- and Emmy-winning American actor. He is known for his deep, booming voice, and his large and robust size.
Early life
Goodman was born in Affton, Missouri, the son of Virginia, a store clerk and waiter who worked at Jack and Phil's Bar-B-Que, and Leslie Goodman, a postal worker who died from a heart attack in 1955. He has a sister, Elisabeth, and a brother, Leslie. Goodman went to Affton High School and won a football scholarship at 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.
During his college stint he got injured, ending his football career. He decided to become an actor, leaving Missouri for New York in 1975. He performed off Broadway, in dinner theatres, and in television commercials 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.
Career
Goodman is 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 twelve times (Goodman once auditioned to be a castmember for Jean Doumanian's tumultuous 1980-1981 SNL season, but was rejected). His many appearances on Saturday Night Live can be partially attributed to his recurring role as Linda Tripp during the Lewinsky scandal.
Goodman was 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 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 also recently played an ornery judge on Sorkin's newest show, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, 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 Jim Belushi (Zee Blues) through 2001. Health problems eventually forced Goodman to retire the character.
Recently, 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.
Louisiana connection
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 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.
Filmography
Wild Wild Life Talking Heads music video 1986 Jailbait Babysitter (1978) The Face of Rage (1983) (TV) as Fred The Survivors (1983) as Commando Eddie Macon's Run (1983) as Hebert Chiefs (1983) (mini) TV Series as Newt 'Tub' Murray Heart of Steel (1983) (TV) as Raymond Bohupinsky Revenge of the Nerds (1984) as Coach Harris C.H.U.D. (1984) as Cop in Diner Maria's Lovers (1984) as Frank Sweet Dreams (1985) as Otis True Stories (1986) as Louis Fyne Raising Arizona (1987) as Gale Burglar (1987) as Detective Nyswander The Big Easy (1987) as Det. Andre DeSoto Murder Ordained (1987) (TV) as Hugh Rayburn The Wrong Guys (1988) as Duke Earle Punchline (1988) as John Krytsick Roseanne (1988 - 1997) (TV series) as Daniel 'Dan' Conner Everybody's All-American (1988) as Lawrence Sea of Love (1989) as Det. Sherman Always (1989) as Al Yackey Stella (1990) as Ed Munn Arachnophobia (1990) as Delbert McClintock King Ralph (1991) as Ralph Jones Barton Fink (1991) as Charlie Meadows The Babe (1992) as Babe Ruth Frosty Returns (1992) (TV) (voice) as Frosty the Snowman Matinee (1993) as Lawrence Woolsey Born Yesterday (1993) as Harry Brock We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (1993) (voice) as Rex The Hudsucker Proxy (1994) (as Karl Mundt) as Rockwell Newsreel Announcer The Flintstones (1994) as Fred Flintstone Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long (1995) (TV) as Huey Long A Streetcar Named Desire (1995) (TV) as Harold 'Mitch' Mitchell Pie in the Sky (1996) as Alan Davenport Mother Night (1996) as Maj. Frank Wirtanen Pyst (1996) (VG) as King Mattruss The Borrowers (1997) as Ocious P. Potter Fallen (1998) as Jonesy Blues Brothers 2000 (1998) as Mighty Mack McTeer The Big Lebowski (1998) as Walter Sobchak (with Jeff Bridges as "The Dude") Dirty Work (1998) (uncredited) as Adrian Riggins the Mayor The Real Macaw (1998) (voice) as Voice of Mac Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie (1998) (V) (voice) as Santa Claus The Jack Bull (1999) (TV) as Judge Tolliver Now and Again (1999) (TV series) playing the original Michael Wiseman in two episodes. Bringing Out the Dead (1999) as Larry Verber The Runner (1999) as Deepthroat Futurama (1999) (voice) as the Evil Robot Santa Claus What Planet Are You From? (2000) as Roland Jones O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) as Big Dan Teague The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle (2000) as Oklahoma Cop Coyote Ugly (2000) as Bill Sanford Pigs Next Door (2000) (TV series) (voice) Normal, Ohio (2000) (TV series) as William 'Butch' Gamble/Rex Gamble (original pilot) Saturday Night Live: Best of the Clinton Scandal (2000) (TV) as Linda Tripp The Emperor's New Groove (2000) (voice) as Pacha Happy Birthday (2001) as The Dean My First Mister (2001) as Benjamin Wilson One Night at McCool's (2001) as Detective Dehling Storytelling (2001) as Marty Livingston ('Non-fiction') On the Edge (2001) (TV) as The Dean (segment "Happy Birthday") Monsters, Inc. (2001) (voice) as James P. "Sulley" Sullivan Mike's New Car (2002) (V) (voice) as Sulley Dirty Deeds (2002) as Tony Masked and Anonymous (2003) as Uncle Sweetheart The Jungle Book 2 (2003) (voice) as Baloo The West Wing (2003-2004) (TV series) as Speaker of the House, Acting President, Former President Glen Allen Walken Father of the Pride (2004) (TV series) (voice) as Larry the Lion Home of Phobia (2004) as Rodney Clifford's Really Big Movie (2004) (voice) as George Wolfsbottom Beyond the Sea (2004) as Steve Blauner Center of the Universe (2004) (TV series) as John Barnett Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School (2005The Devil's Rejects, Saw II, Cheaper by the Dozen 2, ''The Ring Two, ''Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, ''xXx: State of the Union, ''Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous...
) as Steve Mills Kronk's New Groove (2005) (voice) as Pacha Cars (2006) (voice) as Monster Truck Sulley (cameo) Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (2006) (TV series) as Judge Robert Bebe (2 episodes) The Year Without Santa Claus (2006) (TV) as Santa Claus Drunkboat (2007) as Mr. Fletcher Evan Almighty (2007) as Congressman Long Death Sentence (2007) as Bones Darly Bee Movie (2007) (voice) as Layton T. Montgomery (first to voice for both Pixar and DreamWorks) Speed Racer (2008) as Pops Racer Gigantic (2008) as Al Lolly Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009) as Graham Bloomwood In the Electric Mist (2009) as Julie 'Baby Feet' Balboni Spring Break '83 (2009) as Dick Bender Alabama Moon (2009) as Mr. Wellington Pope Joan (2009) as Pope Sergius The Princess and the Frog (2009) (voice) as Big Daddy La Bouff
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