 [Layborne] is an unseen, unknown force on campus. Heâs got [the dean's] privates in a vice. Dean Pelton was feeling his oats, and now heâs having his oats fed to him.â
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| — John Goodman, Examiner |
Bio
John Goodman is an American film, television, and stage actor. He was born on June 20, 1952, in Affton, Missouri to Leslie Goodman and Virginia Goodman. His father died of a heart attack only a few years after his birth leaving Virginia to raise John and his siblings on by herself. After graduating Affton High School in 1970, he got a football scholarship to Southwest Missouri State University. When a serious injury forced Goodman to change his major he started studying drama and theater. Goodman eventually graduated with his theater degree in 1975 and went to New York to pursue an acting career. He got a few jobs doing commercials and voice over work supporting himself by waiting tables and bar tending. By the 1980's he managed to land a string of TV and film appearances. In 1985 he was cast in the David Byrne comedy "True Stories" and followed that with more high profile parts in "The Big Easy" and "Raising Arizona".
The latter film would start his long association with the filmmaking duo the Coen Brothers and as he would later go on to star in four more of their films. In 1987 he was cast in his most recognizable role as "Dan Conner" in the Rosanne Barr ABC sitcom "Roseanne". He played the part from 1988â1997 and won a Golden Globe Award for his performance in 1993. After leaving the show he continued doing feature films such as "Monsters, Inc." and "The Big Lebowski". He also pursued work sporadically on television appearing in a few short lived series such as "Normal, Ohio", "Father of the Pride" and "Center of the Universe". He had a steady stream of work in both TV and films in both major and guest starring roles. One of those roles was on "Community" in 2011 where he played the recurring character of Vice Dean Robert Laybourne" in the shows third season. Having contributed to more than 50 films, Goodman has also won two American Comedy Awards and hosted Saturday Night Live fourteen times.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Eddie Macon's Run | Herbert | |
| 1983 | The Survivors (1983 film) | Commando | |
| 1984 | Revenge of the Nerds | Coach Harris | |
| 1984 | C.H.U.D. | Cop in Diner | |
| 1984 | Maria's Lovers | Frank | |
| 1985 | Dreams (1985 film) | Otis | |
| 1986 | True Stories (film) | Louis Fyne | |
| 1987 | The Big Easy | Det. Andre DeSoto | |
| 1987 | Raising Arizona | Gale Snoats | |
| 1987 | Burglar (film) | Det. Nyswander | |
| 1988 | The Wrong Guys | Duke Earle | |
| 1988 | Punchline (film) | John Krytsick | |
| 1988 | Everybody's All-American (film) | Lawrence | |
| 1989 | Sea of Love (film) | Det. Sherman Touhey | |
| 1989 | Always (1989 film) | Al Yackey | |
| 1990 | Stella (1990 film) | Ed Munn | |
| 1990 | Arachnophobia (film) | Delbert McClintock | |
| 1991 | King Ralph | Ralph Hampton Gainesworth Jones | |
| 1991 | Barton Fink | Charlie Meadows | |
| 1992 | The Babe | George Herman 'Babe' Ruth | |
| 1992 | Frosty Returns | Frosty the Snowman | Voice |
| 1993 | Matinee (1993 film) | Lawrence Woolsey | |
| 1993 | Born Yesterday (1993 film) | Harry Brock | |
| 1993 | We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (film) | Rex the Dinosaur | Narrator Voice |
| 1994 | The Hudsucker Proxy | Newsreel Announcer | Credited as Karl Mundt |
| 1994 | The Flintstones | Fred Flintstone | |
| 1996 | Pie in the Sky (1996 film) | Alan Davenport | |
| 1996 | Mother Night (film) | Major Frank Wirtanen | |
| 1997 | The Borrowers (1997 film) | Ocious P. Potter | |
| 1998 | Fallen (film) | Jonesy | |
| 1998 | Blues Brothers 2000 | Mighty Mack McTeer | |
| 1998 | The Big Lebowski | Walter Sobchak | |
| 1998 | Dirty Work (1998 film) | Mayor Adrian Riggins | Uncredited |
| 1998 | The Real Macaw | Mac the Parrot | Voice |
| 1998 | Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie | Santa Claus | Voice |
| 1999 | The Runner (1999 film) | Deepthroat | |
| 1999 | Bringing Out the Dead | Larry | |
| 1999 | The Jack Bull | Judge Joe B. Tolliver | |
| 2000 | What Planet Are You From? | Roland Jones | |
| 2000 | O Brother, Where Art Thou? | Daniel 'Big Dan' Teague | |
| 2000 | The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle | Oklahoma Cop | |
| 2000 | Coyote Ugly (film) | Billene Sanford | |
| 2000 | The Emperor's New Groove | Pacha | Voice |
| 2001 | My First Mister | Benjamin | |
| 2001 | One Night at McCool's | Det. Dehling | |
| 2001 | Storytelling (film) | Marty Livingston | Segment: "Non-Fiction" |
| 2001 | Monsters, Inc. | James P. "Sulley" Sullivan | Voice |
| 2001 | Happy Birthday (2001 film) | The Dean | |
| 2002 | Mike's New Car | James P. "Sulley" Sullivan | Voice Short film |
| 2002 | Dirty Deeds (2002 film) | Tony | |
| 2003 | Masked and Anonymous | Uncle Sweetheart | |
| 2003 | The Jungle Book 2 | Baloo | Voice |
| 2004 | Home of Phobia | Rodney | Released under the title Freshman Orientation |
| 2004 | Clifford's Really Big Movie | George Wolfsbottom | Voice |
| 2004 | Beyond the Sea (film) | Steve 'Boom Boom' Blauner | |
| 2005 | Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School | Steve Mills | |
| 2005 | Kronk's New Groove | Pacha | Voice Direct-to-video |
| 2006 | Cars (film) | Sullivan Truck | Voice Cameo appearance Car version of James P. "Sulley" Sullivan; |
| 2006 | The Year Without a Santa Claus (2006 film) | Santa Claus | |
| 2006 | Tales of the Rat Fink | Ed "Big Daddy" Roth | Narrator Voice |
| 2007 | Death Sentence (2007 film) | Bones Darley | |
| 2007 | Evan Almighty | Congressman Long | |
| 2007 | Bee Movie | Layton T. Montgomery | Voice |
| 2008 | Speed Racer (film) | Pops Racer | |
| 2009 | Gigantic (film) | Al Lolly | |
| 2009 | Confessions of a Shopaholic (film) | Graham Bloomwood | |
| 2009 | In the Electric Mist | Julie 'Baby Feet' Balboni | |
| 2009 | Alabama Moon | Mr. Wellington | |
| 2009 | Beyond All Boundaries | Capt. Edwin Simmons | Voice Short film |
| 2009 | The Princess and the Frog | Eli "Big Daddy" La Bouff | Voice |
| 2009 | A Sewer Runs Through It | Narrator | Voice |
| 2009 | Pope Joan (2009 film) | Pope Sergius II | |
| 2009 | Drunkboat | Mr. Fletcher | |
| 2011 | The Artist | Al Zimmer | Silent film |
| 2011 | Red State | Joseph Kennan | |
| 2011 | Spring Break '83 | Dick Bender | |
| 2011 | Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close | Stan the Doorman | |
| 2012 | Bunyan and Babe | Paul Bunyan | Voice |
| 2012 | ParaNorman | Mr. Prendergast | Voice |
| 2012 | The Campaign | Scott Talley | Cameo appearance |
| 2012 | Trouble with the Curve | Pete Klein | |
| 2012 | Argo | John Chambers | |
| 2012 | Flight | Harling Mays | |
| 2013 | The Hangover Part III | Marshall | |
| 2013 | The Internship | Sammy Boscoe | Uncredited |
| 2013 | Monsters University | James P. "Sulley" Sullivan | Voice |
| 2013 | Monuments Men | ||
| 2013 | Inside Llewyn Davis |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | The Face of Rage | Fred | Television film |
| 1983 | Chiefs | Newt 'Tub' Murray | Miniseries |
| 1983 | Heart of Steel | Raymond Bohupinsky | Television film |
| 1987 | Murder Ordained | Hugh Rayburn | Television film |
| 1987 | The Equalizer | Harold Winter | Episode: "Re-Entry" |
| 1987 | Moonlighting | Donald Chase | Episode: "Come Back Little Shiksa" |
| 1988â1997 | Roseanne | Dan Conner | 221 episodes |
| 1995 | Kingfish | Huey P. Long | Television film |
| 1995 | A Streetcar Named Desire (1995) | Harold 'Mitch' Mitchell | Television film |
| 1996 | Muppets Tonight | Himself | Season 1, Episode 4 |
| 1999 | Now and Again | Michael Wiseman | Episode: "Origins" |
| 1999 | The Simpsons | Meathook | Voice Episode: "Take My Wife, Sleaze" |
| 1999 | Futurama | Robot Santa | Voice Episode: "Xmas Story" |
| 2000 | Ohio Normal, Ohio | William "Butch" Gamble | 13 Episodes |
| 2001 | When Dinosaurs Roamed America | Narrator | Voice Discovery Channel documentary |
| 2003â2004 | The West Wing | Glen Allen Walken | Four Episodes |
| 2004 | Father of the Pride | Larry | Voice only 15 episodes |
| 2004â2005 | Center of t | John Barnett | 10 episodes |
| 2006 | Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip | Judge Bobby Bebe | Episodes: "Nevada Day: Part I & II" |
| 2007 | King of the Hill | Tommy | Episode: "SerPUNt" |
| 2010 | You Don't Know Jack | Neal Nicol | |
| 2010â2011 | Treme | Creighton Bernette | 11 episodes |
| 2011 | Damages | Howard T. Erickson | Season 4 |
| 2011â2012 | Community | Vice Dean Robert Laybourne | 6 episodes |
| 2012 | Dancing on the Edge | Masterson | 5 episodes |
| 2012 | SpongeBob SquarePants | Santa Claus | Voice Episode: "It's a SpongeBob Christmas!" |
| 2013 | Alpha House | Gil John Biggs |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Pyst | King Mattruss | Voice |
| 2002 | Monsters Inc. Scream Arena | James P. "Sulley" Sullivan | Voice |
| 2007 | Cars Mater-National Championship | James P. "Sulley" Sullivan Truck | Voice |
| 2009 | Cars Race-O-Rama | James P. "Sulley" Sullivan Truck | Voice |
| 2011 | Rage | Dan Hagar | Voice |
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