Biography
John Goodman
John Goodman Goodman was born in Affton, Missouri to Virginia, a store clerk and waiter who worked at Jack and Phil's Bar-B-Cue, and Leslie Goodman, a postal worker who died of a heart attack in 1954. He has a sister, Elisabeth, and a brother, Leslie. Goodman went to Affton High School and won a football scholarship at Southwest Missouri State University, now called Missouri State University. He pledged the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity, but was not formally initiated until several decades later. During his college stint, he decided to become an actor, leaving Missouri for New York in 1975. He performed off-Broadway, in dinner theatres and in television commercials before getting character roles in movies during the early 1980s. One of his earliest roles was Pap Finn in the Broadway musical Big River, and he can be heard on the original cast album.
Filmography
YearMovie TitleGenreRating
2010 The Princess and The Frog Animation, Family
2010 Pope Joan Drama, History
2008 Speed Racer Action, Drama
2008 Death Sentence Drama, Thriller
2003 The Jungle Book II Animation, Family
2001 The Emperor's New Groove Animation, Comedy
2001 O Brother, Where Art Thou? Adventure, Crime
2001 One Night at McCool's Comedy
2001 Monsters, Inc. Animation, Family
2000 Coyote Ugly Action, Romance