John Goodman

John Stephen Goodman is an American actor, singer and voice actor, who is best known for his recurring role as Daniel "Dan" Conner in the ABC sitcom Roseanne and its spin-off The Conners (the latter of which he is the protagonist), and for being the host of Saturday Night Live fourteen times. He is also well-known for portraying Fred Flintstone in the 1994 live-action adaptation of The Flintstones, as well as voicing Rex in the 1993 Universal Pictures animated film We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story, Larry in the adult animated sitcom Father of the Pride, George Wolfsbottom in Clifford's Really Big Movie and Layton T. Montgomery, in the 2007 DreamWorks animated film Bee Movie.
For Disney, he is best known for voicing James P. Sullivan in Disney/Pixar's 2001 film Monsters, Inc. and its 2013 prequel Monsters University, as well as reprising this role in the Pixar video games Monsters, Inc. Scream Arena, Cars: Mater-National Championship, Cars: Race-O-Rama, LEGO The Incredibles, Disney Dreamlight Valley, and in the Disney+ original series Monsters at Work. He also voiced Pacha in The Emperor's New Groove, its 2005 sequel, and the TV series (season 2 only), Baloo in The Jungle Book 2, and Eli "Big Daddy" La Bouff in The Princess and the Frog.
Additionally, he starred in various Touchstone Pictures films, such as Ed Munn in Stella, William "Bill" Sanford in Coyote Ugly, Daniel "Big Dan" Teague in O Brother, Where Art Thou?, and Graham Bloomwood in Confessions of a Shopaholic.
Goodman was born in Affton, Missouri. His father, Leslie Francis Goodman, was a postal worker who died of a heart attack when John was two years old. Goodman's mother, Virginia Roos (née Loosmore), was a waitress at Jack and Phil's Bar-B-Que, a retail store worker, and also took in laundry to support the family. Goodman has an older brother, Leslie, who is 14 years his senior, and a younger sister, Elisabeth, who was born six months after his father's death. He is of English, German, and Welsh ancestry and was raised Southern Baptist. Goodman described his childhood as alone and withdrawn after his father had died so early and his brother had left to go to college. He was bullied at school for being overweight.
==Filmography==
===Film===
Year	Film 	Character 	Studio 	Notes
2000	The Emperor's New Groove 	Pacha 	Walt Disney Animation Studios	Voice
2001	Monsters, Inc. 	James P. "Sulley" Sullivan 	Pixar Animation Studios 	Voice
2003	The Jungle Book 2 	Baloo 	Disneytoon Studios 	Voice (replacing Phil Harris)
2005	Kronk's New Groove 	Pacha 	Disneytoon Studios 	Voice/Straight-to-video
2006	Cars 	Sulley (cameo as "Sullivan Truck")	Pixar Animation Studios 	Voice
2009	The Princess and the Frog	Eli "Big Daddy" La Bouff 	Walt Disney Animation Studios	Voice
2013	Monsters University 	James P. Sullivan 	Pixar Animation Studios 	Voice
===Television===
Year(s) 	Show 	Character 	Studio 	Network 	Notes
2007–2008	The Emperor's New School	Pacha(season 2) 	Walt Disney Television Animation	Disney Channel/ABC 	Voice
2021 	Monsters at Work 	James P. Sullivan	Walt Disney Television Animation	Disney+/Disney Channel	Voice
===Touchstone Pictures===
Year	Film	Character 	Studio
1990	 	Ed Munn 	The Samuel Goldwyn Company
2000	 	William James "Bill" Sanford	Jerry Bruckheimer Films
2000	 	Big Dan Teague 	Universal PicturesStudioCanalWorking Title Films
2009	 	Graham Bloomwood 	Jerry Bruckheimer Films
===Hollywood Pictures===
Year	
Film	
Character	
Studio
1990	
Arachnophobia	
Delbert McClintock	
Amblin Entertainment
1993	
Born Yesterday	
Harry Brock	
Touchwood Pacific Partners I
===Video games===
Year	Video Games 	Character 	Notes
2000	The Emperor's New Groove 	Pacha 	(movie stock footage)
2002	Mike's Monstrous Adventure 	James P. Sullivan	Voice
2002	Monsters, Inc. Scream Arena	James P. Sullivan	Voice
2007	Cars Mater-National 	James P. Sullivan	Voice
2009	Cars Race-O-Rama 	James P. Sullivan	Voice
2018	LEGO The Incredibles 	James P. Sullivan	Voice
2023	Disney Dreamlight Valley 	James P. Sullivan	Voice
==Accolades==
Year	Film 	Character 	Award 	Category 	Result
2002	Monsters, Inc. 	James P. "Sulley" Sullivan	World Soundtrack Awards 	Best Original Song Written For A Film	Won
2004	The Jungle Book 2 	Baloo 	Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards	Favorite Voice from an Animated Movie	Nominated
2010	The Princess and the Frog	Eli "Big Daddy" La Bouff 	Black Reel Awards 	Best Ensemble 	Nominated
2013	Monsters University 	James P. Sullivan 	Disney Legends Award 	Animation (voice) 	Won
==Roles==
latest2.png|Baloo(The Jungle Book 2)
pacha.png|Pacha(The Emperor's New Groove franchise and The Emperor's New School; season 2)
Sulley 3.png|James P. Sullivan(Monsters, Inc. franchise)
Big daddy.png|Eli "Big Daddy" La Bouff(The Princess and the Frog)
==Gallery==
Disney Adventure Baloo.jpg|John (as Fred Flintstone) with Baloo on the cover of Disney Adventures (June 1994).
MT104-21.jpg|John Goodman on .
John Goodman behind the scenes of empnewgroove.jpg|John Goodman behind the scenes of The Emperor's New Groove.
John Goodman behind the scenes Monsters Inc.jpg|John Goodman behind the scenes of Monsters, Inc..
Billy Crystal & John Goodman behind the scenes Monsters Inc.jpg|John Goodman and Billy Crystal behind the scenes of Monsters, Inc..
John Goodman Monsters Inc premiere.jpg|John Goodman at the premiere of Monsters, Inc. in October 2001.
Randy newman and john goodman at the 74th Oscars.JPG|Goodman performing "If I Didn't Have You" with Randy Newman at the 74th Academy Awards ceremony.
John Goodman behind the scenes JB2.jpg|John Goodman behind the scenes of The Jungle Book 2.
John Goodman behind the scenes PatF.jpg|John Goodman behind the scenes of The Princess and the Frog.
John Goodman behind the scenes MU.jpg|John Goodman behind the scenes of Monsters University.
John Goodman MU premiere.jpg|John Goodman holding a Sulley Funko POP! figure at the premiere of Monsters University in June 2013.
John Goodman Chinese Theatre handprint ceremony.jpg|John Goodman poses at his Chinese Theatre Handprint ceremony in November 2013.
John Goodman Summer TCA Tour14.jpg|John Goodman speaks at the panel at the 2014 Summer TCA Tour.
John Goodman SNL 40th Anniversary.jpg|John Goodman attending the 40th anniversary of in February 2015.
John Goodman TIFF.jpg|John Goodman attending the 2015 Toronto International Film Fest.
John Goodman SDCC.jpg|John Goodman speaks at the 2016 San Diego Comic Con.
John Goodman visits Stephen Colbert.jpg|John Goodman visits in December 2016.
John Goodman walk of fame.jpg|John Goodman at his Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony in March 2017.
John Goodman 75th Golden Globes.jpg|John Goodman arrives at the 75th annual Golden Globes in January 2018.
John Goodman DIsney, ABC & Freeform Upfront.jpg|John Goodman attending the 2018 Disney, ABC, & Freeform upfront.
John Goodman Summer TCA19.jpg|John Goodman speaks at panel at the 2019 Summer TCA Tour.
==Trivia==
*He was considered to voice Genie in Aladdin, along with several other actors, but the role was ultimately given to Robin Williams.https://web.archive.org/web/20121025122146/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,312562_2,00.html
*He was also considered for the voice role of Zeus in Hercules, alongside Jim Belushi, Patrick Stewart, and .
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