John Goodman

An acclaimed veteran of stage, film and television, John Goodman has garnered many accolades during his career, including a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor and seven Emmy nominations for his role in “Roseanne.” He also earned Emmy nominations for his starring roles in TNT’s KINGFISH: A STORY OF HUEY P. LONG and CBS’s production of Tennessee Williams’ A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE; and a Golden Globe nomination for his performance in the Coen Brothers BARTON FINK. In 2007, Goodman won his second Emmy, for Outstanding Guest Actor, on “Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip.” His performance in the recent HBO biopic YOU DON’T KNOW JACK earned him an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie and a SAG nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries.

Goodman is starring in the fourth season of DirecTV’s “Damages,” playing the CEO of a mysterious military contractor who is put on trial in a wrongful-death suit. In addition, Goodman has joined NBC’s “Community” as the new vice dean of Greendale's well-known air -conditioning program. His recent TV credits include the HBO drama “Treme.”

Goodman’s upcoming film projects the drama EXTREMELY LOUD AND INCREDIBLY CLOSE and the political thriller ARGO. Previous film credits include IN THE ELECTRIC MIST; CONFESSIONS OF A SHOPAHOLIC; SPEED RACER; BEE MOVIE; POPE JOAN; ALABAMA MOON; GIGANTIC; MARILYN HOTCHKISS’ BALLROOM DANCING AND CHARM SCHOOL; BEYOND THE SEA; MASKED AND ANONYMOUS; STORYTELLING; O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU?; COYOTE UGLY; WHAT PLANET ARE YOU FROM?; ONE NIGHT AT MCCOOL'S; BRINGING OUT THE DEAD; FALLEN; THE BORROWERS; BLUES BROTHERS 2000; THE RUNNER; THE FLINTSTONES; MOTHER NIGHT; ARACHNOPHOBIA; ALWAYS; PIE IN THE SKY; BORN YESTERDAY; MATINEE; THE BABE; KING RALPH; PUNCHLINE; EVERYBODY'S ALL-AMERICAN; SEA OF LOVE; STELLA; EDDIE MACON'S RUN; C.H.U.D.; REVENGE OF THE NERDS; MARIA'S LOVERS; SWEET DREAMS; TRUE STORIES; THE BIG EASY; BURGLAR” “THE WRONG GUYS; RAISING ARIZONA; and THE BIG LEBOWSKI.

He has lent his voice to numerous animated films, including MONSTERS, INC., THE EMPEROR’S NEW GROOVE and THE JUNGLE BOOK II. He also voiced a main character in NBC’s animated series “Father of the Pride” and provided the voice of Ed “Big Daddy” Roth in the documentary TALES OF THE RAT FINK.

Goodman starred on Broadway in “Waiting for Godot,” for which he received rave reviews as Pozzo. Goodman’s other stage credits include many dinner theatre and children's theatre productions, as well as several off-Broadway plays. His regional theatre credits include “Henry IV, Parts I and II,” “Antony and Cleopatra,” “As You Like It” and “A Christmas Carol.” He performed in a road production of “The Robber Bridegroom” and starred in two Broadway shows, “Loose Ends” in 1979 and “Big River” in 1985. In 2001, he starred in the NY Shakespeare Festival Central Park staging of “The Seagull” directed by Mike Nichols. The following year Goodman appeared on Broadway in the Public Theatre’s “Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui”.

Goodman went to Southwest Missouri State intending to play football, but an injury forced him to switch his major to drama. He never returned to football and graduated with a degree in Theatre. He and Goodman and his family have homes in Los Angeles and New Orleans.

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