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NAME: John Goodman
PROFILE: Name: John Goodman
Birth Name: John Stephen Goodman
Height: 6' 2"
Sex: M
Nationality: American
Birth Date: June 20, 1952
Birth Place: St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Profession: actor
Education: Afton Senior High School, St Louis, MO
Meramec Campus, St Louis Community College, Kirkwood, MO
Southwest Missouri State University, Springfield, MO (BFA, 1975, majored in Speech and Theater)
Husband/Wife: Anna Elizabeth Hartzog (married in October 1989 in New Orleans; met on set while Goodman was filming Everybody's All-American in 1988)
Father: Leslie (letter carrier; died of a heart attack in 1954 at 36)
Mother: Virginia
Sister: Betty (born in 1954)
Brother: Leslie Jr. (born in 1940)
Daughter: Molly Evangeline (born on August 31, 1990)
Claim to fame: Costarred as Dan Conner on the hit TV show Roseanne (1988-1997)
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GOSSIP:
  • Has been ordered by his doctor to lose 100 pounds in 2005 to avoid serious health problems. (January 14, 2005)
  • His father was a postal worker who died of a massive heart-attack one month before his second birthday, and his sister Betty was 4 months away from being born.
  • Frequently plays the sympathetic friend of the lead character
  • Growing up for John was not easy. He will admit they were poor.
  • He is one of the favorite hosts on SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE hosting the show 11 times and making numerous surprise appearences starting from the 1989-1990 season to the present.
  • His first job was as a bouncer.
  • His trademark is occasionally impersonated Linda Tripp on SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE during the Monica Lewinsky scandal in late 1990s.
  • It was not until 1978 when he debuted in an off-Broadway production of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM that things started to come together.
  • His mother Virginia did whatever it took to provide for her family. She would take in wash, ironing, or work as a clerk. John always speaks of his mother fondly.
  • On August 15, 1975, with a thousand dollars that his brother Les had saved up for him, John climbed aboard an Amtrak train and headed for the bright lights of New York. The money lasted 3 months.
  • The screenplay of THE BIG LEBOWSKI (1998) was written with Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, and Sam Elliot in mind.
  • The fast food restaurant In & Out Burger is referred to during THE BIG LEBOWSKI (1998).Goodman once did a commercial for the In & Out fast food chain.
  • In ONE NIGHT AT McCOOL'S (2001), he takes fingerprints from a wine glass in an attempt to catch the killer. He employs a similar method of capture in SEA OF LOVE (1989).
  • His character in RAISING ARIZONA (1987) was also tracked by the Biker from Hell by an empty can of pomade. (O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU? (2000))
  • MONSTERS, INC. (2001) is the fourth movie to feature both Goodman and Steve Buscemi, and is the first of the four not to be directed and produced by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen.
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