John Goodman Filmography

Born:: June 20, 1952 in St. Louis, MO
Occupation:: Actor
Biography:: With a talent as large as his girth, John Goodman proved himself both a distinguished character actor and engaging leading man. A native of St. Louis, MO, Goodman went to Southwestern Missouri State University on a football scholarship, but an injury compelled him to seek out a less strenuous...Read More

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The Princess and the Frog

Actors: Anika Noni Rose, David Keith, Jenifer Lewis, John Goodman

Synopsis: After being summoned back to the Mouse House by Pixar founder John Lasseter in 2006, Alladin and Treasure Planet directors Ron Clements and John Musker join forces once again for this traditionally animated 2-D fantasy for the entire family, set in New Orleans. Former Dreamgirl Anika Noni Rose Read More

12/25/09
Confessions of a Shopaholic

Actors: Isla Fisher, Hugh Dancy, Krysten Ritter, Joan Cusack, John Goodman

Synopsis: A Manhattan shopaholic (Isla Fisher) whose buying sprees have buried her in immense debt lands a columnist gig dishing out financial advice in this Touchstone comedy based on Sophie Kinsella's series of books. P.J. Hogan (My Best Friend's Wedding) directs, with producing duties being handled by Jerry Bruckheimer Read More

2/13/09
Bunyan & Babe

Actors: John Goodman, Kelsey Grammer, Eddie Griffin

1/1/09
Gigantic

Actors: Paul Dano, Zooey Deschanel, John Goodman, Ed Asner, Jane Alexander

Synopsis: There Will Be Blood's Paul Dano stars as Brian, an unhappy mattress salesman whose infatuation with Happy (Zooey Deschanel), one of his attractive customers, temporarily pushes aside his obsession with adopting a Chinese baby in this unconventional romantic comedy from director Matt Aselton. John Goodman Read More

1/1/09
Speed Racer

Actors: Emile Hirsch, Christina Ricci, Susan Sarandon, Matthew Fox, John Goodman

Synopsis: The Matrix masterminds Andy and Larry Wachowski usher anime icon Tatsuo Yoshida's classic 1960s-era hit into the new millennium with this family-friendly story of a young racecar driver who takes on the mysterious Racer X in a custom-made, gadget-loaded speed machine named the Mach 5. Speed Read More

5/9/08
In the Electric Mist

Actors: Tommy Lee Jones, John Goodman, Peter Sarsgaard, Ned Beatty, Tom Sizemore

Synopsis: A detective tracking a serial killer who preys on young women finds his investigation complicated by a glamorous Hollywood starlet and a ruthless crime kingpin in director Bertrand Tavernier's adaptation of the James Lee Burke novel In the Electric Mist with Confederate Dead. Jerzy Kromolowski Read More

1/1/08
Bee Movie

Actors: Jerry Seinfeld, Renée Zellweger, Matthew Broderick, Patrick Warburton, John Goodman

Synopsis: Barry B. Benson (voice of Jerry Seinfeld) is your average honeybee. Despite having recently received his diploma from bee college and being virtually guaranteed a bright future in honey, Barry feels he has the skills to pursue a number of different career paths and resents the fact that his Read More

11/2/07
Freshman Orientation

Actors: Sam Huntington, Marla Sokoloff, Mike Erwin, Heather Matarazzo, Kaitlin Doubleday

Synopsis: Can a young man win the hand of the girl of his dreams by convincing her that he prefers the company of men? That's the dilemma facing the protagonist of this independent comedy. Clay (Sam Huntington) was a big man on his high-school campus, but he discovers he's just another nobody when he starts Read More

8/31/07
Death Sentence

Actors: Kevin Bacon, Garrett Hedlund, Kelly Preston, Aisha Tyler, John Goodman

Synopsis: Part vigilante drama and part psychological thriller, the James Wan-directed Death Sentence stars Kevin Bacon as Nick Hume, a deceptively passive exec whose wife and children are attacked in a sadistic, gang-related hazing rite, and his oldest son killed. Hell-bent on cold-blooded vengeance, Hume Read More

8/31/07
Evan Almighty

Actors: Steve Carell, Morgan Freeman, Lauren Graham, Johnny Simmons, Graham Phillips

Synopsis: 40-Year-Old Virgin star Steve Carell reprises his role as preening newscaster Evan Baxter in this heavenly sequel to the 2003 Jim Carrey comedy hit. Shortly after television anchorman-turned-U.S. congressman Evan Baxter (Carell) relocates his family from Buffalo to Northern Virginia, God (Morgan Freeman Read More

6/22/07
Drunkboat

2007
Tales of the Rat Fink

Synopsis: Ed "Big Daddy" Roth was a genius of outlaw art who took America's obsession with all that is fast, loud and streamlined and built it into an empire. In the 1950's, Roth was a hot-rodder who moved from body work and helping guys fine-tune the look of their jalopies to building unique custom Read More

10/6/06
Cars

Actors: Owen Wilson, Paul Newman, Bonnie Hunt, Larry the Cable Guy, Cheech Marin

Synopsis: A pedal-to-the-metal race car determined to prove his worth on the tracks discovers that life isn't always about crossing the finish line first in Toy Story director John Lasseter's mechanically minded tale of friendship and loyalty. Lightning McQueen (voice of Owen Wilson) may be just a rookie Read More

6/9/06
Marilyn Hotchkiss Ballroom Dancing & Charm School

Actors: Robert Carlyle, Marisa Tomei, Mary Steenburgen, John Goodman, Sean Astin

Synopsis: Randall Miller's Marilyn Hotchkiss Ballroom Dancing & Charm School compiles an all-star cast to tell an unabashedly emotional story about life, love, and destiny. Robert Carlyle portrays Frank Keane, a man who has been in a deep depression ever since his wife passed away. One day while driving Read More

3/31/06
The Year Without a Santa Claus

Actors: John Goodman, Chris Kattan, Ethan Suplee, Eddie Griffin, Carol Kane

Synopsis: Jules Bass and Arthur Rankin, Jr.'s 1974 animated classic comes to vivid life for a whole new generation of viewers in this live action holiday adventure starring John Goodman, Chris Kattan, Eddie Griffin, Ethan Suplee, and Carol Kane. When a depressed Santa Claus (Goodman) announces plans to take Read More

2006
Kronk's New Groove

Synopsis: The voice cast of Disney's 2000 animated hit The Emperor's New Groove returns in this sequel in which newly established restaurateur Kronk attempts to whip his diner into shape before the arrival of his visiting father. Business at his newly opened restaurant just isn't as good as Kronk had hoped Read More

2005
Beyond the Sea

Actors: Kevin Spacey, Kate Bosworth, John Goodman, Bob Hoskins, Brenda Blethyn

Synopsis: Kevin Spacey serves as both director and star for this biopic based on the life and career of legendary entertainer Bobby Darin, which moves back and forth between his childhood and adult selves to tell the tale of his remarkable life. Born Bobby Cassotto and raised in the Bronx, young Bobby Read More

12/17/04
Clifford's Really Big Movie

Actors: John Ritter, Wayne Brady, Grey DeLisle, Jenna Elfman, John Goodman

Synopsis: Clifford the Big Red Dog finally arrives on the big screen in the animated adventure Clifford's Really Big Movie, directed by Robert Ramirez. Clifford (voice of the late John Ritter) lives on Birdwell Island with his owner Emily Elizabeth Howard (voice of Grey DeLisle). Even though he loves the Read More

4/23/04
The Sweatbox

1/1/04
Center of the Universe [TV Series]

Actors: John Goodman, Jean Smart, Diedrich Bader, Melinda McGraw, Spencer Breslin

2004
Father of the Pride [Animated TV Series]

Crew: Composer (Music Score)

Actors: John Goodman, Cheryl Hines, Carl Reiner, Orlando Jones, Julian Holloway

Synopsis: It is not generally known that the CGI-animated NBC sitcom Father of the Pride was the second cartoon program inspired by the spectacular career of Vegas-based illusionists Siegfried and Roy. The first, a four-part miniseries titled Siegfried & Roy: Masters of the Impossible, was seen in Read More

2004
Masked and Anonymous

Actors: Bob Dylan, Jeff Bridges, Penélope Cruz, John Goodman, Jessica Lange, Luke Wilson

Synopsis: Enigmatic rock legend Bob Dylan stars as an enigmatic rock legend (talk about a casting coup!) in this purposefully eccentric satiric comedy. Uncle Sweetheart (John Goodman) is an unscrupulous concert promoter who has figured out a way to cash in on the feelings of doubt and uncertainty that Read More

7/23/03
The Jungle Book 2

Actors: Haley Joel Osment, John Goodman, Mae Whitman, Connor Funk, Bob Joles

Synopsis: Mowgli the "man-cub" returns to the wilderness in this sequel to the Walt Disney Pictures animated favorite The Jungle Book. After leaving life in the jungle behind, Mowgli (voice of Haley Joel Osment) has been adopted, and now lives in the nearby village with his new parents and his younger Read More

2/14/03
Storytelling

Actors: Selma Blair, Leo Fitzpatrick, Aleksa Palladino, Robert Wisdom, Noah Fleiss

Synopsis: From the controversial director of Happiness comes another dark look at New Jersey, this time broken into two separate stories. The first is a 26-minute segment entitled "Fiction," which highlights the life of Marcus (Leo Fitzpatrick), an aspiring writer who was born with deformities due to Read More

1/25/02
Dirty Deeds

Actors: Bryan Brown, Toni Collette, John Goodman, Sam Neill, Sam Worthington

Synopsis: Directed by David Caesar, Dirty Deeds is an Australian crime picture inspired by real-life Sydney mobsters, and is set in the Sydney crime underworld of 1969. Bryan Brown stars as Barry Ryan, a prominent gangster whose ruthlessness rivals some of the toughest in the trade. He lives with his Read More

2002
Fighting for Freedom: Revolution & Civil War

Synopsis: Filmmakers Phillip B. Kunhardt III, Nancy Steiner, and Peter W. Kunhardt explore the eternal struggle for liberty in America while simultaneously illuminating the hypocritical underlying factors that undermined the colonist's bold "experiment in freedom," in a revealing documentary featuring the Read More

2002
Monsters, Inc.

Actors: John Goodman, Billy Crystal, Mary Gibbs, Steve Buscemi, James Coburn

Synopsis: After exploring the worlds of toys and bugs in the two Toy Story films and A Bug's Life, the award-winning computer animation company Pixar delves into the realm of monsters with its fourth feature. Hulking, blue-furred behemoth James P. "Sully" Sullivan (John Goodman) and his one-eyed assistant Read More

11/2/01
My First Mister

Actors: Albert Brooks, Leelee Sobieski, Desmond Harrington, Carol Kane, Mary Kay Place

Synopsis: A first feature from acclaimed actress Christine Lahti (who won an Academy Award for her short film Lieberman in Love in 1995), My First Mister explores the delicate relationship between two unlikely individuals who bring each other out of their protective shells. Jennifer (Leelee Sobieski), the Read More

10/12/01
One Night at McCool's

Actors: Liv Tyler, Matt Dillon, John Goodman, Paul Reiser, Michael Douglas

Synopsis: The debut project from co-star Michael Douglas' production company Further Films, this comic crime caper uses the narrative devices of multiple points of view and flashbacks, à la Rashomon (1951) and that classic film's many imitators. A late-night slaying at a bar called McCool's is the point of Read More

4/27/01
On the Edge

Actors: Andie MacDowell, Paul Rudd, Anthony LaPaglia, John Goodman, David Hyde Pierce

Synopsis: First seen over the Showtime cable network on June 29, 2001, On the Edge is a compendium of three short science-fiction films, each with a decidedly feminist slant. The first segment, directed by Helen Mirren, is "Happy Birthday," in which a straight-A student (Sidney Tamilia Poitier) seeks Read More

2001
When Dinosaurs Roamed America

Synopsis: This video combines computer animation with live-action footage to show how dinosaurs might have looked striding over the landscapes of the United States. Each portion of the U.S. is profiled to show what it looked like millions of years ago and what animals strode that particular portion of the Read More

2001
Saturday Night Live: John Goodman [12]

Actors: John Goodman, Ja Rule

Synopsis: This 2001 episode of Saturday Night Live is hosted by John Goodman and features musical guest Ja Rule. ~ Skyler Miller, All Movie Guide Read More

2001
O Brother, Where Art Thou?

Actors: George Clooney, John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson, Charles Durning, John Goodman

Synopsis: The writing, directing, and producing team of Joel Coen and Ethan Coen created this picaresque comedy (inspired in part by Homer's The Odyssey) set in the Deep South during the Depression. Suave and fancy-talking Everett Ulysses McGill (George Clooney), dim-witted Delmar (Tim Blake Nelson) Read More

12/20/00
The Emperor's New Groove

Actors: David Spade, John Goodman, Eartha Kitt, Patrick Warburton, Wendie Malick

Synopsis: A ruler learns how the other half lives -- the animal half, that is -- in this animated comedy-adventure from the Walt Disney Studios. Kuzco (voice of David Spade) is the young emperor of an Inca nation who takes a self-centered joy in the troubles of others. Not surprisingly, Kuzco's attitudes Read More

12/15/00
Coyote Ugly

Actors: Piper Perabo, Adam Garcia, Maria Bello, John Goodman, Melanie Lynskey

Synopsis: An aspiring musician becomes one of the most famous bartenders in New York in this high-spirited comedy-drama. Small-town girl Violet Sanford (Piper Perabo) dreams of making a name for herself as a singer and songwriter, so she moves to New York City in hopes of landing her big break. Needing to Read More

8/4/00
The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle

Actors: Rene Russo, Jason Alexander, Piper Perabo, Randy Quaid, Robert De Niro, June Foray, Keith Scott

Synopsis: The pride of Frostbite Falls and Whatsamatta U's most famous alumni find their way onto the big screen (and the real world) in this comedy inspired by the popular cartoon series. Years after their TV show is cancelled, Rocky the Flying Squirrel (voice of June Foray) and Bullwinkle J. Moose (voice Read More

6/30/00
What Planet Are You From?

Actors: Garry Shandling, Annette Bening, Greg Kinnear, Ben Kingsley, Linda Fiorentino, John Goodman, Richard Jenkins, Caroline Aaron, Judy Greer

Synopsis: Garry Shandling makes his big-screen debut as a leading man in this sci-fi romantic comedy. Harold (Shandling) is an alien from another galaxy sent to Earth on a vital mission: in order to ensure that his civilization will prevail, Harold must impregnate an Earth woman. But he discovers that this Read More

3/3/00
Saturday Night Live: The Best of the Clinton Scandal

2000
Saturday Night Live: John Goodman [11]

Actors: John Goodman, Neil Young

Synopsis: This 2000 episode of Saturday Night Live is hosted by John Goodman and features musical guest Neil Young. ~ Skyler Miller, All Movie Guide Read More

2000
Normal, Ohio

Actors: John Goodman, Joely Fisher, Anita Gillette

2000
Bringing Out the Dead

Actors: Nicolas Cage, Patricia Arquette, John Goodman, Ving Rhames, Tom Sizemore

Synopsis: This tense urban drama stars Nicolas Cage as Frank Pierce, a paramedic on the brink of physical and emotional collapse. Frank has worked for years in one of New York's most brutal neighborhoods, and the pressure of his job has taken its toll; plagued with self-doubt, he is haunted by the spirits Read More

10/22/99
Saturday Night Live: John Goodman [10]

Actors: John Goodman, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

Synopsis: This 1999 episode of Saturday Night Live is hosted by John Goodman and features musical guest Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers. ~ Skyler Miller, All Movie Guide Read More

1999
Now And Again [TV Series]

Actors: Eric Close, John Goodman, Margaret Colin, Dennis Haysbert, Heather Matarazzo

1999
Saturday Night Live: 25 Years of Laughs

Synopsis: Like it or not, for 25 years, Saturday Night Live has graced our living rooms on Saturday nights. The show has gone through changes and ups and downs in its 25 year run and has become a breeding ground for many talented comics who use its stage as a trampoline to stardom. This side-achingly funny Read More

1999
The Runner

Actors: Ron Eldard, Courteney Cox Arquette, Joe Mantegna, Bokeem Woodbine, John Goodman

Synopsis: A young man with an addiction to gambling (played by Ron Eldard) has managed to get himself into serious debt. In an effort to pay off the bookies, his uncle (Joe Mantegna) pulls a few strings and gets him a job working for a gangster (John Goodman) who needs a "runner" to place bets with various Read More

1999
Futurama: Xmas Story

Actors: Billy West, Katey Sagal, John DiMaggio, Phil LaMarr, Lauren Tom

Synopsis: Fry is sad about his first Christmas away from his family and Leela is sad because she's the only one of her species in the galaxy. Fry wants to comfort her, but he just ends up making her feel worse. To make up for it he goes out to buy her a present, despite warnings that an evil Robot Santa Read More

1999
The Jack Bull

Actors: John Cusack, John Goodman, L.Q. Jones, Miranda Otto, John C. McGinley

Synopsis: John Cusack plays Myrl Redding, a horse trader who locks horns with a rancher who has callously mistreated two of his horses, as well as their handler, a Crow Indian. When the law gives Myrl no justice, he is forced to take matters into his own hands, leading to a cycle of violence and chaos. The Read More

1999
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

Actors: John Goodman, Eric Idle, Bob Newhart, Debbie Reynolds, Richard Simmons

Synopsis: Bill Kowalchuk produced and directed this animated interpretation of the familiar Christmas fable about the eccentric reindeer, highlighted by nine musical numbers. Following the song's basic outline, dad Blitzen is embarrassed by the antics of cute yet offbeat Rudolph who has a glowing nose, gets Read More

10/16/98
Dirty Work

Actors: Norm MacDonald, Jack Warden, Artie Lange, Traylor Howard, Don Rickles

Synopsis: Shortly after leaving the "Weekend Update" anchor slot on Saturday Night Live, Norm Macdonald resurfaced in this comedy about smart-aleck Mitch Weaver who teams with buddy Sam McKenna (Artie Lange of Mad TV). They open a revenge-for-hire business (Dirty Work Inc.) in order to raise $50,000 so Read More

6/12/98
The Big Lebowski

Actors: Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Julianne Moore, Steve Buscemi, David Huddleston, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Peter Stormare

Synopsis: The plot of this Raymond Chandler-esque comedy crime caper from the Coen Brothers (Joel Coen and Ethan Coen) pivots around a case of mistaken identity complicated by extortion, double-crosses, deception, embezzlement, sex, pot, and gallons of White Russians (made with fresh cream, please). In Read More

1998
Saturday Night Live: John Goodman [9]

Actors: John Goodman, Paula Cole

Synopsis: This 1998 episode of Saturday Night Live is hosted by John Goodman and features musical guest Paula Cole. ~ Skyler Miller, All Movie Guide Read More

1998
Blues Brothers 2000

Actors: Dan Aykroyd, John Goodman, Joe Morton, Evan Bonifant, Nia Peeples

Synopsis: Dan Aykroyd and John Landis teamed to script this sequel to The Blues Brothers (1980), which they also co-scripted. With Landis once again at the helm as director, Aykroyd re-creates his role of rhythm-and-blues man Elwood Blues, and the film's numerous R&B performances and production numbers Read More

1998
Fallen

Actors: Denzel Washington, John Goodman, Donald Sutherland, Embeth Davidtz, James Gandolfini

Synopsis: Directed by Gregory Hoblit (Primal Fear), Fallen is a blend of the police drama and supernatural thriller genres. Homicide detective John Hobbes (Denzel Washington) narrates, taking the audience back to "the time I almost died." This sets a flashback in motion, beginning at the prison cell of Read More

1998
Roseanne: Season 09

Actors: Roseanne, John Goodman, Laurie Metcalf, Sarah Chalke, Sara Gilbert, Michael Fishman

Synopsis: Season nine of Roseanne begins with the Conners winning one hundred million dollars in the lottery, and the rest of the season maintains the same sort of unbelievability. A prince falls for Jackie, the Conners party with rich people, and Roseanne battles terrorists just in the first few episodes. Read More

1997
Saturday Night Live: John Goodman [8]

Actors: John Goodman, Jewel

Synopsis: This 1997 episode of Saturday Night Live is hosted by John Goodman and features musical guest Jewel. ~ Skyler Miller, All Movie Guide Read More

1997
The Borrowers

Actors: John Goodman, Jim Broadbent, Mark Williams, Hugh Laurie, Bradley Pierce

Synopsis: Peter Hewitt (Tom and Huck) directed this $30-million family film, an adaptation of Mary Norton's classic children's novels about a miniature family of wee folk, four inches high, living beneath the floorboards of an English cottage. The Borrowers family, so labeled because they "borrow" from the Read More

1997
Mother Night

Actors: Nick Nolte, Sheryl Lee, Alan Arkin, John Goodman, Kirsten Dunst

Synopsis: Kurt Vonnegut Jr. once summarized the moral of his novel Mother Night like so: "We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be." In Keith Gordon's film adaptation of Vonnegut's book, Nick Nolte stars as Howard W. Campbell Jr., an American playwright living in Read More

1996
Saturday Night Live: John Goodman [7]

Actors: John Goodman, Everclear

Synopsis: This 1996 episode of Saturday Night Live is hosted by John Goodman and features musical guest Everclear. ~ Skyler Miller, All Movie Guide Read More

1996
Saturday Night Live: John Goodman [6]

Actors: John Goodman, The Tragically Hip

Synopsis: This 1995 episode of Saturday Night Live is hosted by John Goodman and features musical guest the Tragically Hip. ~ Skyler Miller, All Movie Guide Read More

1995
Roseanne: Season 08

Actors: Roseanne, John Goodman, Laurie Metcalf, Alicia Goranson, Sara Gilbert, Michael Fishman, Sarah Chalke

Synopsis: Season eight of Roseanne is the last regular season, leading into the crazy departure of season nine. A lot of soap opera situations occur, with the birth of Roseanne's baby, the engagement of Leon and Scott, Darlene's pregnancy announcement, Darlene and David's wedding, and then Dan's hear