John Goodman biography
John Goodman is an American actor, born on 20 June 1952 in Affton.
John Goodman's screen career began in 1980 with The Mystery of the Morro Castle, playing Telegraph Operator.
John Goodman has appeared in 121 films and 49 television or streaming titles.
The most recent films are Digger (2026), Chili Finger (2026), Smurfs (2025).
John Goodman is best known for Roseanne, Monsters, Inc., The Flintstones.
Honours include Disney Legends, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series and star on Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Coming up next: Skeletons (2027), The Last of Us (2027).
- Also known as
- Jonathan Goodman
- Born
- 20 June 1952 (age 74)
- Birthplace
- Affton
- Work
- Film producer, Television actor, Film actor, Comedian, Voice actor
- Film industries
- Hollywood and beyond
- Years active
- 1975 to present
- Known for
- Roseanne, Monsters, Inc., The Flintstones
- Awards
- Disney Legends
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
John Goodman filmography
122 films and 50 television or streaming titles, newest first.
Films
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2027 | Skeletons | TBA | Filming | |
| 2026 | Digger | President Compson | ||
| 2026 | Chili Finger | Blake Junior | ||
| 2025 | Smurfs | Papa Smurf | Voice | |
| 2023 | Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain | Narrator | ||
| 2023 | Disney Dreamlight Valley | James P. "Sulley" Sullivan | ||
| 2022 | Take Me to the River: New Orleans | Narrator | Documentary film | |
| 2019 | Captive State | William Mulligan | ||
| 2019 | Easy Does It | "Catfish" Crawford | Voice | |
| 2018 | Lego The Incredibles | James P. "Sulley" Sullivan | ||
| 2017 | Atomic Blonde | CIA Agent Emmett Kurzfeld | ||
| 2017 | Kong: Skull Island | William "Bill" J. Randa | ||
| 2017 | Bunyan and Babe | Paul Bunyan | Voice | |
| 2017 | Once Upon a Time in Venice | Dave Phillips | ||
| 2017 | Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets | Igon Siruss | Voice | |
| 2017 | Transformers: The Last Knight | Hound | Voice | |
| 2016 | Patriots Day | Ed Davis | ||
| 2016 | 10 Cloverfield Lane | Howard Stambler | ||
| 2016 | Ratchet & Clank | Grimroth | Voice | |
| 2015 | Love the Coopers | Sam Cooper | ||
| 2015 | Trumbo | Frank King | ||
| 2015 | Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead | English | ||
| 2015 | Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle | Hal Houston | Voice; Direct-to-DVD | |
| 2014 | Transformers: Age of Extinction | Hound | Voice | |
| 2014 | The Monuments Men | Captain Walter Garfield |
Show all 122 films
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | The Gambler | Frank "Little Frank" | ||
| 2014 | Party Central | James P. "Sulley" Sullivan | Voice; Short film | |
| 2013 | Inside Llewyn Davis | Roland Turner | ||
| 2013 | The Internship | Sammy Boscoe | Uncredited | |
| 2013 | The Hangover Part III | Marshall | ||
| 2013 | Monsters University | James P. "Sulley" Sullivan | Voice | |
| 2012 | Trouble with the Curve | Pete Klein | ||
| 2012 | Argo | John Chambers | ||
| 2012 | The Campaign | Scott Talley | Cameo | |
| 2012 | Flight | Harling Mays | ||
| 2012 | ParaNorman | Mr. Prendergast | Voice | |
| 2011 | Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close | English | ||
| 2011 | The Artist | Al Zimmer | ||
| 2011 | Red State | Joseph Keenan | ||
| 2011 | Rage | Dan Hagar | ||
| 2011 | Ole War Skule: The Story of Saturday Night | Narrator | Documentary film | |
| 2011 | Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close | Stan, The Doorman | ||
| 2010 | The Big Uneasy | Narrator | ||
| 2009 | Alabama Moon | Mr. Wellington | ||
| 2009 | In the Electric Mist | Julie "Baby Feet" Balboni | ||
| 2009 | Confessions of a Shopaholic | Graham Bloomwood | ||
| 2009 | Drunkboat | Mr. Fletcher | ||
| 2009 | The Princess and the Frog | Eli "Big Daddy" La Bouff | Voice | |
| 2009 | Pope Joan | Pope Sergius II | ||
| 2009 | Cars Race-O-Rama | James P. "Sulley" Sullivan Truck | ||
| 2009 | Beyond All Boundaries | Captain Edwin Simmons | Voice; Short film | |
| 2008 | Speed Racer | Pops Racer | ||
| 2008 | Gigantic | Al Lolly | ||
| 2007 | Evan Almighty | Congressman Chuck Long | ||
| 2007 | Death Sentence | "Bones" Darley | ||
| 2007 | Cars Mater-National Championship | James P. "Sulley" Sullivan Truck | ||
| 2007 | Bee Movie Game | Layton T. Montgomery | ||
| 2007 | Bee Movie | Layton T. Montgomery | Voice | |
| 2006 | Tales of the Rat Fink | Ed "Big Daddy" Roth | Voice; Documentary film | |
| 2006 | Cars | James P. "Sulley" Sullivan Truck | Voice; Cameo | |
| 2005 | Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School | Steve Mills | ||
| 2005 | Kronk's New Groove | Pacha | Voice; Direct-to-DVD | |
| 2004 | Freshman Orientation | Rodney | ||
| 2004 | Beyond the Sea | Steve "Boom-Boom" Blauner | ||
| 2004 | Clifford's Really Big Movie | George Wolfsbottom | Voice | |
| 2003 | Masked and Anonymous | Uncle Sweetheart | ||
| 2003 | The Jungle Book 2 | Baloo | Voice | |
| 2002 | Dirty Deeds | Tony Testano | ||
| 2002 | Monsters, Inc. Scream Arena | James P. "Sulley" Sullivan | ||
| 2002 | Mike's New Car | James P. "Sulley" Sullivan | Voice; Short film | |
| 2002 | Mike's Monstrous Adventure | James P. "Sulley" Sullivan | ||
| 2001 | Storytelling | Marty Livingston | Segment: "Non-Fiction" | |
| 2001 | One Night at McCool's | Detective Dehling | ||
| 2001 | My First Mister | Benjamin Wilson | ||
| 2001 | The Emperor's New Groove: Groove Center | Pacha | ||
| 2001 | Monsters, Inc | James P. "Sulley" Sullivan | Voice | |
| 2001 | Happy Birthday | The Dean | ||
| 2000 | Coyote Ugly | William James Sanford | ||
| 2000 | O Brother, Where Art Thou? | Daniel "Big Dan" Teague | ||
| 2000 | The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas | English | ||
| 2000 | What Planet Are You From? | Roland Jones | ||
| 2000 | The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle | Oklahoma Highway Patrol Officer | Cameo | |
| 2000 | The Emperor's New Groove | Pacha | Voice | |
| 1999 | The Runner | Deepthroat | ||
| 1999 | The Jack Bull | Judge Joe B. Tolliver | ||
| 1999 | Bringing Out the Dead | Larry Verber | ||
| 1998 | The Big Lebowski | Walter Sobchak | ||
| 1998 | Fallen | Detective "Jonesy" Jones | ||
| 1998 | The Real Macaw | Mac the Parrot | Voice; US version | |
| 1998 | Dirty Work | Mayor Adrian Riggins | Uncredited | |
| 1998 | Blues Brothers 2000 | Mack "Mighty Mack" McTeer | ||
| 1998 | Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie | Santa Claus | Voice | |
| 1997 | The Borrowers | Ocious P. Potter | ||
| 1996 | Pie in the Sky | Alan Davenport | ||
| 1996 | Mother Night | Major Frank Wirtanen | ||
| 1996 | Pyst | King Mattruss (live-action) | ||
| 1994 | The Flintstones | Fred Flintstone | ||
| 1994 | The Hudsucker Proxy | Newsreel Announcer | Credited as Karl Mundt | |
| 1993 | Matinee | Lawrence Woolsey | ||
| 1993 | Born Yesterday | Harry Brock | ||
| 1993 | We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story | Rex the Tyrannosaurus Rex | Voice | |
| 1992 | The Babe | George Herman "Babe" Ruth | ||
| 1991 | King Ralph | Ralph Hampton Gainesworth Jones | ||
| 1991 | Barton Fink | Charlie Meadows / Karl Mundt | ||
| 1990 | Arachnophobia | Delbert McClintock | ||
| 1990 | Stella | Ed Munn | ||
| 1989 | Sea of Love | Detective Sherman Touhey | ||
| 1989 | Always | Al Yackey | ||
| 1988 | Punchline | John Krytsick | ||
| 1988 | Everybody's All-American | Edward Lawrence | ||
| 1988 | The Wrong Guys | Duke Earle | ||
| 1987 | Raising Arizona | Gale Snoats | ||
| 1987 | Burglar | Detective Nyswander | ||
| 1987 | The Big Easy | Detective Andre DeSoto | ||
| 1986 | True Stories | Louis Fyne | ||
| 1985 | Sweet Dreams | Otis | ||
| 1984 | Revenge of the Nerds | Coach Harris | ||
| 1984 | Maria's Lovers | Frank | ||
| 1984 | C.H.U.D | Cop in Diner | ||
| 1984 | Crackers | Cracker | ||
| 1983 | The Survivors | Commando | ||
| 1983 | Eddie Macon's Run | Herbert |
Television and streaming
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2027 | The Last of Us | Joey | Upcoming | |
| 2023 | Monarch: Legacy of Monsters | Older Bill Randa | 2 episodes | |
| 2021 | Monsters at Work | James P. "Sulley" Sullivan | Voice; 18 episodes | |
| 2020 | The Freak Brothers | Freddy "Fat Freddy" | Voice; 22 episodes | |
| 2020 | Birds of a Different Game: The 80's Cardinals | The Narrator | Voice; Documentary | |
| 2019 | The Righteous Gemstones | Eli Gemstone | 35 episodes | |
| 2018 | The Conners | Dan Conner | 112 episodes | |
| 2018 | Black Earth Rising | Michael Ennis | 8 episodes | |
| 2016 | Saturday Night Live | Rex Tillerson | 3 episodes | |
| 2013 | Dancing on the Edge | Masterson | 5 episodes | |
| 2013 | Alpha House | Gil John Biggs | 21 episodes | |
| 2012 | SpongeBob SquarePants | Santa Claus / Himself | ||
| 2011 | Damages | Howard T. Erickson | 10 episodes | |
| 2011 | Community | Vice Dean Robert Laybourne | 6 episodes | |
| 2010 | You Don't Know Jack | Neal Nicol | Television film | |
| 2010 | Treme | Creighton Bernette | 13 episodes | |
| 2007 | The Emperor's New School | Pacha | Voice; 16 episodes | |
| 2007 | King of the Hill | Tommy | Voice; Episode: "SerPUNt" | |
| 2006 | The Year Without a Santa Claus | Santa Claus | Television film | |
| 2006 | Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip | Judge Bobby Bebe | 2 episodes | |
| 2006 | Odd Job Jack | Garbage Czar | Voice; Episode: "The Big Dump" | |
| 2004 | The Stormy Present | English | ||
| 2004 | Father of the Pride | Larry | Voice; 15 episodes | |
| 2004 | Center of the Universe | John Barnett | 12 episodes | |
| 2003 | The Dogs of War | English |
Show all 50 titles
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 7A WF 83429 | English | ||
| 2003 | Twenty Five | English | ||
| 2003 | The West Wing | Speaker Glen Allen Walken | 4 episodes | |
| 2001 | When Dinosaurs Roamed America | The Narrator | Voice; Television film | |
| 2001 | Ed | Rudy "Big Rudy" | Episode: "Loyalties" | |
| 2000 | Pigs Next Door | Phil Stymington | Voice; 13 episodes | |
| 2000 | Normal, Ohio | William "Butch" Gamble | 13 episodes | |
| 1999 | The Simpsons | Meathook | Voice; Episode: "Take My Wife, Sleaze" | |
| 1999 | Now and Again | Michael Wiseman | 2 episodes | |
| 1999 | Futurama | Robot Santa | Voice; Episode: "Xmas Story" | |
| 1997 | Soul Man | Captain Stan Hamel | 2 episodes | |
| 1995 | Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long | Huey Long | Television film | |
| 1995 | A Streetcar Named Desire | Harold "Mitch" Mitchell | Television film | |
| 1993 | Grace Under Fire | Police Officer | Episode: "Pilot"; Uncredited | |
| 1992 | Frosty Returns | Frosty the Snowman | Voice; TV special | |
| 1992 | The Jackie Thomas Show | Dan Conner | Episode: "The Joke" | |
| 1990 | Grand | "Red" | Episode: "The Healing" | |
| 1988 | Roseanne | Dan Conner | 220 episodes | |
| 1987 | Murder Ordained | Hugh Rayburn | Television film | |
| 1987 | The Equalizer | Harold Winter | Episode: "Re-Entry" | |
| 1987 | Moonlighting | Donald Chase | Episode: "Come Back Little Shiksa" | |
| 1983 | The Face of Rage | Fred | Television film | |
| 1983 | Heart of Steel | Raymond Bohupinsky | Television film | |
| 1983 | Chiefs | Newt "Tub" Murray | Episode: "Part 3" | |
| 1980 | The Mystery of the Morro Castle | Telegraph Operator | Television film / Documentary |