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STAGE CREDITS

The Front Page The Front Page
[Broadway]
Broadway Revival Production, 2016
Sheriff Hartman
American Buffalo American Buffalo
[West End]
West End, 2015
Don
Waiting for Godot Waiting for Godot
[Broadway]
Roundabout Revival, 2009
Pozzo
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui
[Off-Broadway]
2002
Emanuele Giri
The Seagull
[Off-Broadway]
2001
Shamrayev
The Skin of Our Teeth
[Off-Broadway]
1998
Mr. Antrobus
Big River
[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 1985
Ensemble
Hired Hand
Pap Finn
Sheriff Bell
Triple Feature
[Off-Broadway]
1983
Winninger (Half)
Henry IV Part I
[Off-Broadway]
1981
Blunt

Movies

The Survivors
[ 1983 ] Commando
Eddie Macon's Run
[ 1983 ] Hebert
Revenge of the Nerds
[ 1984 ] Coach Harris
C.H.U.D.
[ 1984 ] Cop in Diner
Maria's Lovers
[ 1984 ] Frank
Sweet Dreams
[ 1985 ] Otis
The Big Easy
[ 1986 ] Det. Andre DeSoto
True Stories
[ 1986 ] Louis Fyne
Burglar
[ 1987 ] Detective Nyswander
Raising Arizona
[ 1987 ] Gale
The Wrong Guys
[ 1988 ] Duke Earle
Punchline
[ 1988 ] John Krytsick
Everybody's All-American
[ 1988 ] Lawrence
Always
[ 1989 ] Al Yackey
Sea of Love
[ 1989 ] Sherman
Arachnophobia
[ 1990 ] Delbert McClintock
Stella
[ 1990 ] Ed Munn
Barton Fink
[ 1991 ] Charlie Meadows
King Ralph
[ 1991 ] Ralph
The Babe
[ 1992 ] Babe Ruth
Born Yesterday
[ 1993 ] Harry Brock
Matinee
[ 1993 ] Lawrence Woolsey
We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story
[ 1993 ] Rex
The Flintstones
[ 1994 ] Fred Flintstone
The Hudsucker Proxy
[ 1994 ] Newsreel Announcer
Pie in the Sky
[ 1995 ] Alan Davenport
Mother Night
[ 1996 ] Major Frank Wirtanen
The Borrowers
[ 1997 ] Ocious P. Potter
Fallen
[ 1998 ] Jonesy
The Real Macaw
[ 1998 ] Mac
Blues Brothers 2000
[ 1998 ] Mighty Mack McTeer
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie
[ 1998 ] Santa Claus
The Big Lebowski
[ 1998 ] Walter Sobchak
The Runner
[ 1999 ] Deepthroat
Bringing Out the Dead
[ 1999 ] Larry
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
[ 2000 ] Big Dan Teague
Coyote Ugly
[ 2000 ] Bill
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
[ 2000 ] Oklahoma Cop
The Emperor's New Groove
[ 2000 ] Pacha
What Planet Are You From?
[ 2000 ] Roland Jones
My First Mister
[ 2001 ] Benjamin
One Night at McCool's
[ 2001 ] Detective Dehling
Monsters, Inc.
[ 2001 ] Sullivan
Dirty Deeds
[ 2002 ] Tony Testano
The Jungle Book 2
[ 2003 ] Baloo
Masked and Anonymous
[ 2003 ] Uncle Sweetheart
Clifford's Really Big Movie
[ 2004 ] George Wolfsbottom
Freshman Orientation
[ 2004 ] Rodney
Beyond the Sea
[ 2004 ] Steve Blauner
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
[ 2005 ] Steve Mills
Cars
[ 2006 ] Sullivan Truck
Death Sentence
[ 2007 ] Bones Darley
Evan Almighty
[ 2007 ] Congressman Long
Bee Movie
[ 2007 ] Layton T. Montgomery
Gigantic
[ 2008 ] Al Lolly
Speed Racer
[ 2008 ] Pops
The Princess and the Frog
[ 2009 ] Big Daddy La Bouff
Confessions of a Shopaholic
[ 2009 ] Graham Bloomwood
In the Electric Mist
[ 2009 ] JulieBaby FeetBalboni
Alabama Moon
[ 2009 ] Mr. Wellington
Pope Joan
[ 2009 ] Pope Sergius
Drunkboat
[ 2010 ] Fletcher
The Artist
[ 2011 ] Al Zimmer
Red State
[ 2011 ] Joseph Keenan
Girls Gone Gangsta
[ 2011 ] Mortimer J Hamm
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
[ 2011 ] Stan the Doorman
Flight
[ 2012 ] Harling Mays
Argo
[ 2012 ] John Chambers
ParaNorman
[ 2012 ] Mr. Prenderght
Trouble with the Curve
[ 2012 ] Pete Klein
The Hangover Part III
[ 2013 ] Marshall
Inside Llewyn Davis
[ 2013 ] Roland Turner
Monsters University
[ 2013 ] Sullivan
The Gambler
[ 2014 ] Frank
Transformers: Age of Extinction
[ 2014 ] Hound
The Monuments Men
[ 2014 ] Walter Garfield
Trumbo
[ 2015 ] Frank King
Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle
[ 2015 ] Hal Houston
Love the Coopers
[ 2015 ] Sam
Patriots Day
[ 2016 ] Commissioner Ed Davis
Ratchet & Clank
[ 2016 ] Grimroth
10 Cloverfield Lane
[ 2016 ] Howard
Kong: Skull Island
[ 2017 ] Bill Randa
Once Upon a Time in Venice
[ 2017 ] Dave
Atomic Blonde
[ 2017 ] Emmett Kurzfeld
Transformers: The Last Knight
[ 2017 ] Hound
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
[ 2017 ] Igon Siruss
Bunyan and Babe
[ 2017 ] Paul Bunyan
Easy Does It
[ 2019 ] Catfish Crawford
Captive State
[ 2019 ] William Mulligan

TV Shows

Alpha House
Senator Gil John Biggs
Center of the Universe
John Barnett
Community
Vice Dean Laybourne
Monsters at Work
Sulley
Now and Again
Michael Wiseman
Roseanne
Dan Conner, Hair Stylist, Don Hollinger
Soul Man
Capt. Stan Hamel
The Conners
Dan Conner
The Freak Brothers
Fat Freddy Freekowtski
The Righteous Gemstones
Dr. Eli Gemstone
The West Wing
Glenallen Walken
Treme
Creighton Bernette

Awards and Nominations

Drama Desk Awards - 1985 - Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical

John Goodman, Big River

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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

How many Broadway shows has John Goodman been in?

John Goodman has appeared on Broadway in 3 shows.

How many West End shows has John Goodman been in?

John Goodman has appeared on London's West End in 1 shows.

What was John Goodman's first West End show?

John Goodman's first West End show was American Buffalo which opened in 2015

What awards has John Goodman been nominated for?

John Goodman has been nominated for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical at the Drama Desk Awards for his role in Big River.

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