A jovial jokester with an edge, John Goodman was born June 20, 1952, in St. Louis. After graduation from Southwest Missouri State, he moved to New York City and worked as a waiter while auditioning. He first landed on TV in commercials and made an inauspicious film debut in Jailbait Babysitter (1978). C.H.U.D. and Revenge of the Nerds (1984) followed, but his star-making roles were on the way.First came Broadway success in "Big River," then a leading role in 1986's True Stories. With Raising Arizona, Goodman made the first of several appearances in the films of Joel and Ethan Coen (Barton Fink, The Big Lebowski) as well as in Born Yesterday, The Babe and Monster's Inc.
His legions of TV fans know him for his Emmy-nominated role as Dan Conner on the sitcom "Roseanne" and for his frequent hosting gigs on "Saturday Night Live." He received his first Emmy for his guest appearance on "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip."
AddIn the Electric MistDetective Dave Robicheaux (Tommy Lee Jones) finds himself swimming in a murky sea of corruption, deception and lies when he probes the connection between a rash of murders and a notorious New Orleans mobster (John Goodman) -- and discovers secrets that were better left untold. With Robicheaux's... Read More
AddDeath SentenceKevin Bacon stars in this dramatic thriller from director James Wan (Saw) as Nick Hume, a grieving father who decides to take the law into his own hands when his son (Stuart Lafferty) is senselessly murdered during a holdup. Kelly Preston, John Goodman, Aisha Tyler and Garrett Hedlund also star in... Read More
AddThe Big LebowskiSlacker Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski (Jeff Bridges) gets involved in a gargantuan mess of events when he's mistaken for another man named Lebowski, whose wife has been kidnapped and is being held for ransom. All the while, Dude's friend, Walter (John Goodman), stirs the pot. Brothers Joel Coen and Ethan... Read More
AddBarton FinkIdealistic playwright Barton Fink (John Turturro) believes writing should reveal the hopes, dreams and tragedies of the common man. When Hollywood taps him to write a movie, Fink develops severe writer's block and soon falls victim to a strange sequence of events. Unable to combine his deep-seated... Read More
AddFallenAssigned to nab a killer before he or she strikes again, tough homicide detective John Hobbes (Denzel Washington) knows he's on a dangerous assignment -- and one for which he's uniquely suited. But there's more to it than he realizes. Turns out he's not just up against a killer: He must face an evil... Read More
