John Goodman is widely remembered for his role as Fred Flintstone in the 1994 live-action adaptation The Flintstones, a performance that cemented his popularity with mainstream audiences. Known for his large physical presence and distinctive baritone voice, Goodman has built a long and versatile career across film, television, and voice acting.

John Goodman was born on June 20, 1952, in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, as the son of Virginia Roos and Leslie F. Goodman. His full name is John Stephen Goodman. He completed his early education in his hometown before attending Southwest Missouri State University on a sports scholarship, where he graduated from the Department of Theatre Arts. In 1975, he moved to New York City to pursue an acting career.

While living in New York, Goodman supported himself by working in children’s theatre, performing short shows in restaurants after dinner service, appearing in television commercials, and even working as a nightclub bouncer. He began his theatre career in 1978 with a stage production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. In 1979, he appeared on Broadway in the play Loose Ends, and in 1985, he performed in the musical Big River, portraying the character Pap, a drunken and volatile father figure.

Between 1988 and 1997, Goodman gained widespread recognition through his portrayal of Dan Conner in the television series Roseanne, a role that made him one of the most recognizable television actors of the era. In 1998, he appeared in the Coen Brothers’ film The Big Lebowski, starring alongside Jeff Bridges, Julianne Moore, Steve Buscemi, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and John Turturro.

John Goodman married Annabeth Hartzog on October 27, 1989. The couple has one daughter, Molly Evangeline Goodman, born in 1990. He lives with his family in the United States.

Awards:
1993 – Golden Globe Awards, Best Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy, Roseanne
2007 – Emmy Awards, Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip

Filmography and Television Work

Producer:
1974 – Playing with Fire (Feature Film)

Actor:
2019 – Captive State (Feature Film)
2018 – Operation Finale (Dave) (Feature Film)
2017 – Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (Voice) (Feature Film)
2017 – Transformers: The Last Knight (Hound) (Feature Film)
2017 – Kong: Skull Island (Bill Randa) (Feature Film)
2017 – Bunyan and Babe (Paul Bunyan) (Feature Film)
2016 – Patriots Day (Ed Davis) (Feature Film)
2016 – 10 Cloverfield Lane (Howard Stambler) (Feature Film)
2016 – Atomic Blonde (Emmett Kurzfeld) (Feature Film)
2015 – Trumbo (Frank King) (Feature Film)
2015 – Ratchet & Clank (Grimroth) (Voice) (Feature Film)
2015 – Love the Coopers (Sam) (Feature Film)
2015 – Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon (Himself) (Feature Film)
2014 – The Gambler (Frank) (Feature Film)
2013 – Monsters University (James P. Sullivan) (Voice) (Feature Film)
2013 – Inside Llewyn Davis (Roland Turner) (Feature Film)
2013 – The Monuments Men (Walter Garfield) (Feature Film)
2013 – The Internship (Feature Film)
2013 – The Hangover Part III (Feature Film)
2013 – Dancing on the Edge (Masterson) (TV Series)
2013 – Alpha House (Senator Gil John Biggs) (TV Series)
2012 – Flight (Feature Film)
2012 – Trouble with the Curve (Pete Klein) (Feature Film)
2012 – ParaNorman (Voice) (Feature Film)
2012 – Argo (John Chambers) (Feature Film)
2011 – Red State (Joseph Keenan) (Feature Film)
2011 – Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (Feature Film)
2011 – The Artist (Al Zimmer) (Feature Film)
2011 – Thicker (Trooper) (Feature Film)
2010 – You Don’t Know Jack (Neal Nicol) (TV Film)
2010 – Treme (Creighton Bernette) (TV Series – 10 Episodes)
2010 – For Love of Liberty: The Story of America’s Black Patriots (Himself) (TV Film)
2009 – Everybody’s Fine (Feature Film)
2009 – The Princess and the Frog (Louis) (Voice) (Feature Film)
2009 – Pope Joan (Pope Sergius) (Feature Film)
2009 – Community (Vice Dean Laybourne) (TV Series)
2009 – Confessions of a Shopaholic (Graham Bloomwood) (Feature Film)
2009 – Beyond All Boundaries (Edwin Simmons) (Voice) (Short Film)
2009 – Alabama Moon (Mr. Wellington) (Feature Film)
2008 – Speed Racer (Pops Racer) (Feature Film)
2008 – Gigantic (Al Lolly) (Feature Film)
2007 – Death Sentence (Bones Darley) (Feature Film)
2007 – Bee Movie (Voice) (Feature Film)
2007 – Evan Almighty (Feature Film)
2006 – Tales of the Rat Fink (Ed Roth) (Voice) (Feature Film)
2005 – Marilyn Hotchkiss’ Ballroom Dancing and Charm School (Steve Mills) (Feature Film)
2004 – Home of Phobia (Rodney) (Feature Film)
2004 – Song of the Sea (Steve Bluaner) (Feature Film)
2004 – Clifford’s Really Big Movie (George Wolfsbottom) (Voice) (Feature Film)
2003 – The Jungle Book 2 (Baloo) (Voice) (Feature Film)
2003 – Masked and Anonymous (Uncle Sweetheart) (Feature Film)
2003 – One Night at McCool’s (Detective Dehling) (Feature Film)
2002 – Dirty Deeds (Tony) (Feature Film)
2001 – Osmosis Jones (Mayor Phlegmming) (Voice) (Feature Film)
2001 – Storytelling (Marty Livingston) (Feature Film)
2001 – Monsters, Inc. (James P. Sullivan) (Voice) (Feature Film)
2000 – The Emperor’s New Groove (Pacha) (Voice) (Feature Film)
2000 – Coyote Ugly (Bill Sanford) (Feature Film)
2000 – O Brother, Where Art Thou? (Big Dan Teague) (Feature Film)
1999 – Bringing Out the Dead (Larry Verber) (Feature Film)
1999 – The Jack Bull (Judge Tolliver) (TV Film)
1999 – Futurama (Robot Santa Claus) (TV Series)
1998 – The Big Lebowski (Walter Sobchak) (Feature Film)
1998 – Blues Brothers 2000 (Mighty Mack McTeer) (Feature Film)
1998 – Fallen (Detective Jonesy) (Feature Film)
1997 – Borrowers (Ocious P. Potter) (Feature Film)
1995 – A Streetcar Named Desire (Harold Mitchell) (TV Film)
1994 – The Flintstones (Fred Flintstone) (Feature Film)
1993 – We’re Back! A Dinosaur’s Story (Rex) (Voice) (Feature Film)
1993 – Matinee (Lawrence Woolsey) (Feature Film)
1993 – Born Yesterday (Harry Brock) (Feature Film)
1992 – The Babe (George Herman “Babe” Ruth) (Feature Film)
1991 – King Ralph (Ralph Jones) (Feature Film)
1991 – Barton Fink (Charlie Meadows) (Feature Film)
1990 – Arachnophobia (Delbert McClintock) (Feature Film)
1990 – Stella (Ed Munn) (Feature Film)
1989 – Always (Al Yackey) (Feature Film)
1989 – Sea of Love (Sherman) (Feature Film)
1988 – True Stories (Louis Fyne) (Feature Film)
1988 – Punchline (John Krytsick) (Feature Film)
1988 – Roseanne (Dan Conner) (TV Series)
1987 – The Big Easy (Andre DeSoto) (Feature Film)
1987 – Raising Arizona (Gale Snoats) (Feature Film)
1986 – True Stories (Louis Fyne) (Feature Film)
1985 – Sweet Dreams (Otis) (Feature Film)
1984 – Revenge of the Nerds (Coach Harris) (Feature Film)
1984 – Maria’s Lovers (Frank) (Feature Film)
1983 – The Survivors (Commando) (Feature Film)

Source: Biyografiler.com