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Acting

John Goodman

Career: Active from 1980 to 2026, busiest in 2000 with 6 main titles.

Leading roles: 76
top three billing

Average score: 59/100

Highest rated: Monsters, Inc.
85/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 138 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

John Goodman Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Violence
3.1, average 4.1
Psychological
4.6, average 5.5
Melancholy
3.8, average 4.7
Tension
5.1, average 6.0

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Family-Friendly 7
Wholesome Entertainment 6
Character-Driven 5
Heartwarming 5
Nostalgic 5
Eccentric Characters 4
Moral Ambiguity 4
Social Commentary 4
Family Comedy 3
Slapstick 3
Gritty Realism 3
Culture Clash 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

168

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

1 title

Speed Racer: O Limite da Velocidade

as Pops

2020s

10 titles · average score 57

Digger

62

as President Compson

Chili Finger

77

as Blake Jr.

A Holiday Short: Best Christmas Ever

61

as Doodle (voice)

Smurfs

34

as Papa Smurf (voice)

Monsters Funday Football

as Sulley (Voice)

Monarch: Legacy of Monsters

67

TV show · as Bill Randa (archive footage) / Bill Randa

Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain

55

as Narrator (voice)

The Freak Brothers

57

TV show · as Fat Freddy Freekowtski (voice)

Monsters at Work

65

TV show · as Sulley (voice)

Easy Does It

35

as "Catfish" Crawford (voice)

2010s

44 titles · average score 62

Captive State

50

as William Mulligan

The Conners

64

TV show · as Dan Conner

Black Earth Rising

67

TV show · as Michael Ennis

Kong: Skull Island

67

as Bill Randa

Once Upon a Time in Venice

35

as Dave Phillips

10 Cloverfield Lane

78

as Howard

Patriots Day

74

as Commisioner Ed Davis

Love the Coopers

38

as Sam Cooper

The Gambler

50

as Frank

Monsters University

73

as Sullivan (voice)

Alpha House

70

TV show · as Senator Gil John Biggs

The Artist

85

as Al Zimmer

2000s

47 titles · average score 58

In the Electric Mist

53

as Julie 'Baby Feet' Balboni

Pope Joan

66

as Pope Sergius II.

Speed Racer

52

as Pops

Bee Movie

55

as Layton T. Montgomery (voice)

The Emperor's New School

63

TV show · as Pacha (voice)

The Jungle Book 2

38

as Baloo (voice)

Mike's New Car

69

as Sulley (voice)

Dirty Deeds

63

as Tony

Monsters, Inc.

85

as Sullivan (voice)

The Emperor's New Groove

78

as Pacha (voice)

What Planet Are You From?

45

as Roland Jones

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

76

as Big Dan Teague

1990s

39 titles · average score 61

Bringing Out the Dead

71

as Larry Verber

The Big Lebowski

79

as Walter Sobchak

Fallen

58

as Jonesy

Blues Brothers 2000

46

as Mighty Mack McTeer

The Borrowers

65

as Ocious P. Potter

The Flintstones

38

as Fred Flintstone

We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story

49

as Rex (voice)

Matinee

79

as Lawrence Woolsey

The Babe

49

as Babe Ruth

Barton Fink

79

as Charlie Meadows

King Ralph

37

as Ralph

Arachnophobia

71

as Delbert McClintock

1980s

26 titles · average score 62

Sea of Love

69

as Sherman

Always

61

as Al Yackey

The Simpsons

83

TV show · as Meathook (voice)

Roseanne

71

TV show · as Dan Conner

Punchline

55

as John Krytsick

Everybody's All-American

50

as Lawrence

Raising Arizona

78

as Gale

Burglar

38

as Detective Nyswander

True Stories

73

as Louis Fyne

The Big Easy

73

as Andre DeSoto

Sweet Dreams

65

as Otis

The Survivors

57

as Commando

1970s

1 title · average score 69

Saturday Night Live

69

TV show · as Self - Various Characters (uncredited) / Self - Cameo (uncredited)