John Goodman

At 71 years old, John Goodman has this physical status:

Career

Goodman, a college footballer, wanted to be a professional actor and moved to New York City in 1975 after an accident ended his college football career. Goodman, a small bankroll from his brother, discovered an apartment in Hell's Kitchen near the Theater District and unsuccessfully attempted to make money as a bartender and waiter. However, he did not have much success in voice-overs, companies, and plays. He slapped himself (uttering the phrase, "Thanks... he slapped himself" at the top of the tagline.

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Mennen's iconic television commercial for Skin Bracer was shown in an iconic television commercial. Goodman has appeared on Broadway and in dinner theaters before he was granted character roles in film in the early 1980s.

Goodman made his film debut in 1982 with a small role in Eddie Macon's Run. He stayed on the stage from 1985 to 1987, playing Pap Finn in Big River. He received a Drama Desk Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical, and he is also featured on the Original Broadway Cast Recording. He had a brief appearance in Sweet Dreams before launching his big break into film in 1986 with a major comedic role. Louis Fyne's character in the previous film says, "I'm 6'3" and maintains a classic panda bear silhouette," establishing his trademark size as an integral part of many characters he'll later perform on film and stage.

Goodman rose to fame in acting by playing Dan Conner on ABC's Roseanne from 1988 to 1997. In 2018, he returned to the character from "Roseanne and I just went back to having a ball," and then continued on for the show's sequel spin-off The Conners. Goodman had a long tradition of appearing on late night comedy shows, and he was the first guest on Late Night with Conan O'Brien, winning him the series's "First Guest Medal" (Goodman joked he'd pawn the medal for a bottle of cheap Scotch). Goodman has appeared on NBC's Saturday Night Live 13 times, as Linda Tripp during the Monica Lewinsky affair, three appearances as Rex Tillerson, and cameoing on the season 28 finale hosted by former SNL cast member Dan Aykroyd. Goodman, who had no training in TV comedy, auditioned to be a cast member of Jean Doumanian's tumultuous 1980-19881 SNL season, but was turned down along with up-and-coming comedians Jim Carrey, Paul Reubens, and Robert Townsend.

Goodman first appeared with the Coen Brothers on Raising Arizona (1987). Barton Fink (1991), Where Art Thou? (2000) and Inside Llewyn Davis (2013). Only Steve Buscemi has appeared in more Coen films (six films), however Frances McDormand and Jon Polito have also appeared in five of their films.

Always (1989), Arachnophobia (1990), and The Flintstones (1994) were two of Steven Spielberg's collaborations.

Goodman appeared on The West Wing and Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, as guest stars. In the past, he appeared in four episodes, as both Speaker of the House and potential acting president Glen Allen Walken. He appeared in the former as Pahrump, Nevada Judge Robert Bebe, receiving an Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor – Drama Series in 2007. In addition, Goodman appeared in the film version of The Flintstones as Fred Flintstone.

In the character's first appearance on Futurama, he portrayed Robot Santa. Goodman has been the voiceover in Dunkin' Donuts commercials since 2007. Goodman appeared in Disney's The Emperor's New Groove in 2000, and a year later, he appeared as Sulley in Pixar's Monsters, Inc. He reprised his role in Monsters University, (2013), and the 2021 Disney+ series Monsters at Work, to name two aspects. In 2009, Goodman sang of "Big Daddy" La Bouff in The Princess and the Frog. At Lambert-St. Louis International Airport, Goodman's voice can also be heard on an automated message system. He appeared on the yellow M&M from 1995 until being replaced by J. K. Simmons the following year.

In the 2008 Kodak Theatre production of A Christmas Carol, Goodman played the Ghost of Christmas Presenter, starring Christopher Lloyd as Ebenezer Scrooge. Pozzo was the protagonist in Samuel Beckett's play Waiting for Godot, opposite Bill Irwin and Nathan Lane. "The best Pozzo I've ever seen," Vanity Fair's John Heilpern called it "the best Pozzo I've ever seen." He reprised his role as Pozzo at the Roundabout Theatre Company in 2009.

Julie "Baby Feet" Balboni, a goodman, was cast in In the Electric Mist (2009). He was supposed to appear as Ignatius Reilly, the central character of John Kennedy's A Confederacy of Dunces, at one point. The tale takes place almost entirely in New Orleans. However, the film was never intended to be released. Eli "Big Daddy" La Bouff lent his voice to the Princess and the Frog in New Orleans. In post-Hurricane Katrina New Orleans, Goodman was also included in Treme, a drama series focusing on a group of interconnected people trying to rebuild their lives. In the show's first season, Goodman played Creighton Bernette, a Tulane English professor.

Goodman appeared on the third season of Community in 2011. He also played a character in Rage's video game, as well as Best Picture nominee Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close the same year. Dan Hagar played Al Zimmer in the Academy Award-winning live action film The Artist and Incredibly Close, as well as Best Picture nominee Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close. Goodman appeared in Kevin Smith's Red State as ATF Agent Joseph Keenan. In February 2012, it was announced that Goodman would reunite with Roseanne Barr for a new NBC pilot called Downwardly Mobile. Goodman would have played a bachelor mechanic who lives in a trailer park, and the series's standard multiple-camera setup was not taken up by the network; however, the series's option was not chosen by the network. Other notable performances include performances in Flight (2012) and The Monuments Men (2014). Goodman achieved the rare honor of being in back-to-back winners of the Academy Award for Best Picture, with his well-received supporting roles in The Artist (2011) and Argo (2012).

Goodman was inducted as a Disney Legend on August 10, 2013. Goodman's performance in Amazon's Alpha House, a political parody written by Garry Trudeau, earned raves for his performance as North Carolina Senator Gil John Biggs in 2013. A house on Capitol Hill is shared by Goodman's character, a former UNC basketball coach, and three other Republican senators. In 2014, the show came to an end after two seasons.

Goodman made his West End debut in the process in April 2015, while starring as Donny in American Buffalo with Damian Lewis and Tom Sturridge. In the 2016 Broadway revival of The Front Page, he appeared alongside Nathan Lane and John Slattery.

Goodman was nominated for his film work on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on March 10, 2017. Goodman is a comedian who appeared on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his work in motion pictures, and 6767 Hollywood Boulevard is 6767.

It was revealed on April 28, 2017, that a revival of Roseanne was in the works, and that Goodman, the original cast, and some of the show's producers would return for the limited series that was being shopped around with ABC and Netflix's frontrunners to land the series. On May 16, 2017, ABC announced that 8 episodes would be broadcast mid-season in 2018. ABC cancelled the revival after a single season on May 29, 2018, in the aftermath of Barr's inflammatory remarks about Valerie Jarrett (an advisor to former President Barack Obama). ABC ordered The Conners, a ten-episode Roseanne spin-off that stars Roseanne Barr and is not starring Roseanne Barr. On October 16, 2018, the show's first season premiered.

Goodman starred in the role of Southern megachurch preacher and family patriarch Eli Gemstone on HBO's The Righteous Gemstones, created by and co-starring Danny McBride in 2019. Goodman accepted the role right after the revived Roseanne series was cancelled and before its spin-off The Conners was revealed, leading to Goodman's appearance on both shows. In September 2019, the Righteous Gemstones were revived for a second season.

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