As of July 2026, John Goodman is best known for The West Wing and Community. Find every show and movie John Goodman has starred in — and where to watch them — below.
John Goodman

John Goodman

Actor Born 1952 Saint Louis, Missouri, USA 12 TV Shows 8 Movies

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 numerous accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Vanity Fair has called Goodman "among our very finest actors."

Goodman is known for his collaborations with the Coen brothers, acting in films such as Raising Arizona (1987), Barton Fink (1991), The Big Lebowski (1998), O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000), and Inside Llewyn Davis (2013). He took on leading roles in King Ralph (1991), The Babe (1992), Matinee (1993), The Flintstones (1994), and 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016). Goodman also had supporting roles in Revenge of the Nerds (1984), True Stories (1986), Sea of Love (1989), Bringing Out the Dead (1999), Storytelling (2001), Speed Racer (2008), The Artist (2011), Flight (2012), Argo (2012), The Hangover Part III (2013), and  Atomic Blonde (2017). He has voiced roles in The Emperor's New Groove franchise (2000–2008), the Monsters, Inc. franchise (2001–present), The Jungle Book 2 (2003), and Bee Movie (2007).

On television, Goodman gained recognition by playing the family patriarch Dan Conner in the comedy series Roseanne (1988–1997; 2018) and The Conners (2018–present). Goodman had regular roles in the HBO drama series Treme (2010–2011), the legal drama series Damages (2011), the political comedy series Alpha House (2013–2014), and the HBO comedy series The Righteous Gemstones (2019–present). He has been a frequent host of Saturday Night Live (1989–2013) and has guest starred in The West Wing (2003–2004), Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (2006), and Community (2011–2012).

Goodman started his career at The Public Theatre, acting in numerous productions, including Henry IV, Part 1 (1981), The Skin of Our Teeth (1998), and The Seagull (2001). He made his Broadway debut in Big River (1985), for which Goodman received a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical nomination. He returned to Broadway in revivals of the Samuel Becket play Waiting for Godot (2009) and the newspaper comedy The Front Page (2016). Goodman debuted his West End in a revival of David Mamet's American Buffalo (2015).

John Goodman has built a filmography of 20 credits over a career spanning from 1988 to 2021.

John Goodman's most notable role to date came in Monsters, Inc. (2001), where he played Sullivan (voice). He also appeared in Cars (2006) as Sullivan Truck (voice). Most recently appeared in Monsters University (2013) as Sullivan (voice).

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📺 John Goodman's TV Shows

The West Wing
Glenallen Walken
1999
Community
Vice Dean Laybourne
2009
Damages
Howard Erickson
2007
The Righteous Gemstones
Eli Gemstone
2019
The Conners
Dan Conner
2018
Monsters at Work
Sulley (voice)
2021
The Emperor's New School
Pacha (voice)
2006
Treme
2010
Black Earth Rising
Michael Ennis
2018
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
Judge Robert Bebe
2006
Alpha House
Senator Gil John Biggs
2013
Roseanne
Dan Conner
1988

🎬 John Goodman's Movies

Monsters, Inc.
Sullivan (voice)
2001
Cars
Sullivan Truck (voice)
2006
The Emperor's New Groove
Pacha (voice)
2000
Monsters University
Sullivan (voice)
2013
The Princess and the Frog
"Big Daddy" La Bouff (voice)
2009
Kong: Skull Island
Bill Randa
2017
Transformers: Age of Extinction
Hound (voice)
2014
Bee Movie
Layton T. Montgomery (voice)
2007

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