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John Goodman, Danny McBride, and Adam Devine in The Righteous Gemstones (2019)
Is one of the favorite hosts on Saturday Night Live (1975), hosting it 13 times and making numerous surprise appearances starting with the 1989 season.
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John Goodman in Atomic Blonde (2017)
Became a father for the first time at age 38 when his wife Annabeth Hartzog gave birth to their daughter Molly Evangeline Goodman on August 31, 1990.
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John Goodman in Atomic Blonde (2017)
His first job was as a bouncer.
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John Goodman in Atomic Blonde (2017)
Attended and graduated from Affton High School in Affton, MO, where he played football and dabbled in theater.
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John Goodman in Atomic Blonde (2017)
Received his Bachelor's degree in Fine Arts from Southwest Missouri State University in Springfield, MO (1975).
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John Goodman and Roseanne Barr in Roseanne (1988)
He was regarded as being so crucial to the feature film version of The Flintstones (1994) that the project would have been shelved once he had turned down the role of Fred Flintstone.
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John Goodman and Laurie Metcalf in Roseanne (1988)
Has played both the King of England (in King Ralph (1991)) and the President of the United States (in certain episodes of The West Wing (1999)).
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John Goodman and Roseanne Barr in Roseanne (1988)
Dan Conner, Goodman's character on Roseanne (1988), was ranked #13 in TV Guide's list of the "50 Greatest TV Dads of All Time" [June 20, 2004 issue].
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John Goodman and Alicia Goranson in Die Conners (2018)
In 2005, he was ordered by his doctors to lose a great deal of weight. He referred to this as his biggest challenge since quitting smoking (2003).
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John Goodman, Michael Fishman, and Alicia Goranson in Die Conners (2018)
Was a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon national fraternity (Missouri Eta chapter, Southwest Missouri State University).
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John Goodman and Alicia Goranson in Die Conners (2018)
Bought his home in New Orleans, LA, from Trent Reznor, the brain behind the rock band Nine Inch Nails.
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John Goodman and Alicia Goranson in Die Conners (2018)
Was the first guest on Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993) when the show premiered on September 13, 1993.
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John Goodman and Alicia Goranson in Die Conners (2018)
On Inside the Actors Studio (1994), he revealed that of all the projects he has worked on, The Big Lebowski (1998) is his favorite.
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John Goodman and Alicia Goranson in Die Conners (2018)
Had to lose weight in order to play Babe Ruth.
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John Goodman, Sara Gilbert, Alicia Goranson, and Laurie Metcalf in Die Conners (2018)
Is a huge fan of the St. Louis Cardinals baseball team.
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John Goodman and Ames McNamara in Die Conners (2018)
Bought a $4.6-million home in Pacific Palisades, CA. [2008]
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John Goodman, Oscar Isaac, and Garrett Hedlund in Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)
Born to Leslie Goodman Sr, a postal worker (died 1955), and his wife Virginia, a store clerk and waitress, he has a sister, Elisabeth (born after father's death), and a brother, Leslie Jr (14 years senior to John).
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John Goodman in Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)
His unique style of throwing darts--holding the pointing tip of the dart with his thumb and index finger and then throwing it with the opposite end pointing to the board so that the dart makes a 180-degree turn in mid air with the pointed end to the stuck board--can be seen in many of his movies such as King Ralph (1991).
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John Goodman in Punchline - Der Knalleffekt (1988)
Began his career in a small theater in Springboro, Ohio called the Miami Valley Dinner Theater now called La Comedia Dinner Theater. He appeared in the musical "1776" (1975).
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John Goodman in Punchline - Der Knalleffekt (1988)
He was considered for the role of Buck Russell in Uncle Buck (1989), which went to the late John Candy.
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John Goodman and James Pickens Jr. in Roseanne (1988)
He was considered for the role of Paul Hennessy on 8 Simple Rules (2002), which went to the late John Ritter.
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Sharon Stone, John Goodman, and Roseanne Barr in Roseanne (1988)
In 2007, he quit drinking and has vowed to remain sober.
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John Goodman and Roseanne Barr in Roseanne (1988)
Enjoys fishing and playing golf.
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John Goodman, Roseanne Barr, and Sara Gilbert in Roseanne (1988)
Drama classmates at Missouri State University included Kathleen Turner and Tess Harper.
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John Goodman, Roseanne Barr, and Sara Gilbert in Roseanne (1988)
Was friends with Bruce Willis during their New York City days as struggling actors.
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Has provided the voice of two computer-generated characters named Sullivan: James P. "Sulley" Sullivan in Monsters, Inc. (2001) and Sullivan Truck in Cars (2006).
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Though he has been nominated multiple times for a Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Awards (two common indicators for an Academy Award nomination), he has never been nominated for an Oscar.
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John Goodman, Roseanne Barr, Sara Gilbert, and Laurie Metcalf in Roseanne (1988)
Wife Anna Beth Goodman owns a children's clothing store called Pippen Lane on Magazine Street in New Orleans, LA.
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John Goodman and Roseanne Barr in Roseanne (1988)
He is known for frequently playing roles in animated films more than any other celebrity actor in film history, like Frosty the Snowman in Frosty Returns (1992) Rex in We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (1993), Santa Claus in Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1998), Pacha in The Emperor's New Groove (2000), Kronk's New Groove (2005), and The Emperor's New School (2006), James P. "Sulley" Sullivan in Monsters, Inc. (2001) Mike's New Car (2002), Baloo in The Jungle Book 2 (2003), George Wolfsbottom in Clifford's Really Big Movie (2004), Sulley Truck in the closing credits sequence of Cars (2006), Layton T. Montgomery in Bee Movie (2007), 'Big Daddy' La Bouff in The Princess and the Frog (2009), Santa Claus (again) in SpongeBob SquarePants: It's a SpongeBob Christmas! (2012), Mr. Prenderghast in ParaNorman (2012), and young James P. "Sulley" Sullivan in Monsters University (2013).
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John Goodman and Roseanne Barr in Roseanne (1988)
Has appeared with Richard Jenkins in four films: Sea of Love (1989), What Planet Are You From? (2000), One Night at McCool's (2001) and Kong: Skull Island (2017).
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John Goodman, Roseanne Barr, and Sara Gilbert in Roseanne (1988)
Has appeared with Steve Buscemi in four films: Barton Fink (1991), The Big Lebowski (1998), Monsters, Inc. (2001) and Monsters University (2013).
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As of 2016, has appeared in three films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2011), The Artist (2011) and Argo (2012). The latter two are winners in the category.
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John Goodman, Roseanne Barr, and Sara Gilbert in Roseanne (1988)
Has worked with eight directors who have won a Best Director Oscar: Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, Mike Nichols, Barry Levinson, Michel Hazanavicius and Robert Zemeckis.
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John Goodman, Roseanne Barr, and Sara Gilbert in Roseanne (1988)
He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6767 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on March 10, 2017.
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John Goodman in Roseanne (1988)
He was awarded a star on the St. Louis Walk of Fame at 6508 Delmar Boulevard in St. Louis, Missouri on May 18, 1997.
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John Goodman and Roseanne Barr in Roseanne (1988)
Has appeared in each and every episode of Roseanne (1988) until the ninth (and final) season, missing out on (in other words being written out of) a dozen episodes that season.
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John Goodman, Roseanne Barr, and Sara Gilbert in Roseanne (1988)
His daughter, Molly Evangeline Goodman, was conceived during his honeymoon.
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John Goodman and Roseanne Barr in Roseanne (1988)
Has English, German and Welsh ancestry.
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