John Goodman
Born June 20, 1952 (Age: 73)
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Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
Biography
John Stephen Goodman (born June 20, 1952) is an American actor. He rose to prominence in television before becoming an acclaimed and popular film actor. Goodman has received numerous accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Vanity Fair has called Goodman "among our very finest actors." Goodman is known for his collaborations with the Coen brothers, acting in films such as Raising Arizona (1987), Barton Fink (1991), The Big Lebowski (1998), O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000), and Inside Llewyn Davis (2013). He took on leading roles in King Ralph (1991), The Babe (1992), Matinee (1993), The Flintstones (1994), and 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016). Goodman also had supporting roles in Revenge of the Nerds (1984), True Stories (1986), Sea of Love (1989), Bringing Out the Dead (1999), Storytelling (2001), Speed Racer (2008), The Artist (2011), Flight (2012), Argo (2012), The Hangover Part III (2013), and Atomic Blonde (2017). He has voiced roles in The Emperor's New Groove franchise (2000–2008), the Monsters, Inc. franchise (2001–present), The Jungle Book 2 (2003), and Bee Movie (2007). On television, Goodman gained recognition by playing the family patriarch Dan Conner in the comedy series Roseanne (1988–1997; 2018) and The Conners (2018–present). Goodman had regular roles in the HBO drama series Treme (2010–2011), the legal drama series Damages (2011), the political comedy series Alpha House (2013–2014), and the HBO comedy series The Righteous Gemstones (2019–present). He has been a frequent host of Saturday Night Live (1989–2013) and has guest starred in The West Wing (2003–2004), Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (2006), and Community (2011–2012). Goodman started his career at The Public Theatre, acting in numerous productions, including Henry IV, Part 1 (1981), The Skin of Our Teeth (1998), and The Seagull (2001). He made his Broadway debut in Big River (1985), for which Goodman received a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical nomination. He returned to Broadway in revivals of the Samuel Becket play Waiting for Godot (2009) and the newspaper comedy The Front Page (2016). Goodman debuted his West End in a revival of David Mamet's American Buffalo (2015).
John Stephen Goodman (born June 20, 1952) is an American actor. He rose to prominence in television before becoming an acclaimed and popular film actor. Goodman has received numerous accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Vanity Fair has called Goodman "among our very finest actors."
Goodman is known for his collaborations with the Coen brothers, acting in films such as Raising Arizona (1987), Barton Fink (1991), The Big Lebowski (1998), O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000), and Inside Llewyn Davis (2013). He took on leading roles in King Ralph (1991), The Babe (1992), Matinee (1993), The Flintstones (1994), and 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016). Goodman also had supporting roles in Revenge of the Nerds (1984), True Stories (1986), Sea of Love (1989), Bringing Out the Dead (1999), Storytelling (2001), Speed Racer (2008), The Artist (2011), Flight (2012), Argo (2012), The Hangover Part III (2013), and Atomic Blonde (2017). He has voiced roles in The Emperor's New Groove franchise (2000–2008), the Monsters, Inc. franchise (2001–present), The Jungle Book 2 (2003), and Bee Movie (2007).
On television, Goodman gained recognition by playing the family patriarch Dan Conner in the comedy series Roseanne (1988–1997; 2018) and The Conners (2018–present). Goodman had regular roles in the HBO drama series Treme (2010–2011), the legal drama series Damages (2011), the political comedy series Alpha House (2013–2014), and the HBO comedy series The Righteous Gemstones (2019–present). He has been a frequent host of Saturday Night Live (1989–2013) and has guest starred in The West Wing (2003–2004), Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (2006), and Community (2011–2012).
Goodman started his career at The Public Theatre, acting in numerous productions, including Henry IV, Part 1 (1981), The Skin of Our Teeth (1998), and The Seagull (2001). He made his Broadway debut in Big River (1985), for which Goodman received a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical nomination. He returned to Broadway in revivals of the Samuel Becket play Waiting for Godot (2009) and the newspaper comedy The Front Page (2016). Goodman debuted his West End in a revival of David Mamet's American Buffalo (2015).
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Filmography
Smurfs
2025
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as Papa Smurf (voice)
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Age: 73
Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain
2023
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as Narrator (voice)
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Age: 71
Captive State
2019
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as William Mulligan
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Age: 66
Atomic Blonde
2017
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as Emmett Kurzfeld
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Age: 65
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
2017
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as Igon Siruss (voice)
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Age: 65
Transformers: The Last Knight
2017
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as Hound (voice)
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Age: 64
Once Upon a Time in Venice
2017
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as Dave Phillips
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Age: 64
Kong: Skull Island
2017
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as Bill Randa
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Age: 64
New Orleans: The First 300 Years
2017
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as Narrator
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Age: 64
Patriots Day
2016
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as Commisioner Ed Davis
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Age: 64
Ratchet & Clank
2016
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as Grimroth (voice)
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Age: 63
10 Cloverfield Lane
2016
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as Howard
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Age: 63
Love the Coopers
2015
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as Sam Cooper
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Age: 63
Trumbo
2015
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as Frank King
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Age: 63
The Gambler
2014
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as Frank
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Age: 62
Evolution Within Extinction
2014
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as Self
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Age: 62
Transformers: Age of Extinction
2014
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as Hound (voice)
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Age: 62
The Monuments Men
2014
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as Sgt. Walter Garfield
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Age: 61
Inside Llewyn Davis
2013
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as Roland Turner
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Age: 61
Monsters University
2013
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as Sullivan (voice)
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Age: 60
The Internship
2013
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as Sammy Boscoe (uncredited)
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Age: 60
The Hangover Part III
2013
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as Marshall
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Age: 60
Argo
2012
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as John Chambers
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Age: 60
Trouble with the Curve
2012
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as Pete Klein
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Age: 60
The Campaign
2012
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as Congressman Scott Talley (uncredited)
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Age: 60
ParaNorman
2012
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as Mr. Prenderghast (voice)
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Age: 60
The Artist: The Making of an American Romance
2012
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as Self
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Age: 60
Flight
2012
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as Harling Mays
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Age: 59
All Star Bowling Trick Shots
2012
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as
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Age: 59
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
2011
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as Stan the Doorman
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Age: 59
The Artist
2011
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as Al Zimmer
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Age: 59
Red State
2011
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as Joseph Keenan
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Age: 59
You Don't Know Jack
2010
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as Neal Nicol
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Age: 58
The Princess and the Frog
2009
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as "Big Daddy" La Bouff (voice)
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Age: 57
Beyond All Boundaries
2009
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as Capt. Edwin Simmons
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Age: 57
Alabama Moon
2009
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as Mr. Wellington
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Age: 57
Pope Joan
2009
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as Pope Sergius II.
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Age: 57
Confessions of a Shopaholic
2009
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as Graham Bloomwood
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Age: 56
Gigantic
2008
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as Happy's Father
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Age: 56
Speed Racer
2008
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as Pops Racer
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Age: 55
Speed Racer: Wonderful World of Racing - The Amazing Racer Family
2008
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as Pops Racer
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Age: 55
Bee Movie
2007
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as Layton T. Montgomery (voice)
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Age: 55
Death Sentence
2007
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as Bones Darley
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Age: 55
Evan Almighty
2007
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as Congressman Long
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Age: 54
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation
2007
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as Self
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Age: 54
Cars
2006
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as Sullivan Truck (voice)
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Age: 53
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
2006
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as Steve Mills
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Age: 53
Beyond the Sea
2004
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as Steve Blauner
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Age: 52
Clifford's Really Big Movie
2004
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as George Wolfsbottom (voice)
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Age: 51
Masked and Anonymous
2003
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as Uncle Sweetheart
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Age: 51
The Jungle Book 2
2003
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as Baloo (voice)
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Age: 50
The Sweatbox
2002
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as Self
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Age: 50
Dirty Deeds
2002
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as Tony
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Age: 50
Mike's New Car
2002
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as Sulley (voice)
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Age: 49
Storytelling
2001
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as Marty Livingston
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Age: 49
Monsters, Inc.
2001
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as Sullivan (voice)
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Age: 49
My First Mister
2001
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as Benjamin
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Age: 49
One Night at McCool's
2001
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as Detective Dehling
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Age: 48
The Emperor's New Groove
2000
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as Pacha (voice)
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Age: 48
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
2000
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as Big Dan Teague
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Age: 48
Coyote Ugly
2000
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as Bill
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Age: 48
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
2000
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as Oklahoma Cop
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Age: 48
What Planet Are You From?
2000
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as Roland Jones
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Age: 47
Bringing Out the Dead
1999
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as Larry Verber
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Age: 47
No Image
Discovering Bedrock
1999
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as Self
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Age: 46
The Making of 'The Big Lebowski'
1998
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as Self
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Age: 46
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie
1998
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as Santa Claus (voice)
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Age: 46
The Real Macaw
1998
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as Mac (voice)
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Age: 46
Dirty Work
1998
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as Mayor Adrian Riggins (uncredited)
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Age: 45
The Big Lebowski
1998
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as Walter Sobchak
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Age: 45
Blues Brothers 2000
1998
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as Mighty Mack McTeer
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Age: 45
Fallen
1998
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as Jonesy
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Age: 45
The Borrowers
1997
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as Ocious P. Potter
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Age: 45
Mother Night
1996
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as Major Frank Wirtanen
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Age: 44
Pie in the Sky
1996
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as Alan Davenport
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Age: 43
The Flintstones
1994
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as Fred Flintstone
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Age: 41
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
1994
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as Tough Guy Helpline Operator
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Age: 41
The Hudsucker Proxy
1994
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as Newsreel Announcer (voice)
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Age: 41
We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story
1993
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as Rex (voice)
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Age: 41
Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration
1993
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as Self (segment "New Way to Walk")
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Age: 41
Frosty Returns
1993
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as Frosty the Snowman (voice)
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Age: 41
Born Yesterday
1993
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as Harry Brock
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Age: 40
Matinee
1993
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as Lawrence Woolsey
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Age: 40
The Babe
1992
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as Babe Ruth
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Age: 39
Barton Fink
1991
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as Charlie Meadows
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Age: 39
King Ralph
1991
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as Ralph Hampton Gainesworth Jones
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Age: 38
Tom & Jerry's 50th Birthday Bash
1990
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as Self - Host
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Age: 38
Arachnophobia
1990
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as Delbert McClintock
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Age: 38
Stella
1990
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as Ed Munn
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Age: 37
Always
1989
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as Al Yackey
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Age: 37
Sea of Love
1989
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as Sherman
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Age: 37
Everybody's All-American
1988
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as Lawrence
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Age: 36
Punchline
1988
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as John Krytsick
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Age: 36
The Wrong Guys
1988
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as Duke Earle
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Age: 35
Murder Ordained
1987
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as Hugh Rayburn
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Age: 34
Burglar
1987
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as Detective Nyswander
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Age: 34
Raising Arizona
1987
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as Gale
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Age: 34
The Big Easy
1986
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as Andre DeSoto
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Age: 34
Sweet Dreams
1985
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as Otis
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Age: 33
C.H.U.D.
1984
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as Cop in Diner
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Age: 32
Eddie Macon's Run
1983
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as Mr. Hebert
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Age: 30
The Robber Bridegroom
1980
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as Townsperson
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Age: 27
No Image
The Mystery of the Morro Castle
1980
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as Telegraph Operator
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Age: 27