John Goodman (born June 20, 1952 in Affton, Missouri) is an American actor.

Goodman won an athletics scholarship as a adolescent, however after decided to be an actor, allowing Missouri for Future York around 1975. He so appeared in stage off-Broadway, within dinner theater & in TV ad prior to swimming character area in motion picture in the early Eighties.

Standing Captawithin hicks foot Deuce in (Unity.88 m) & deliberation about 400 lb (181 kg), he is better known for comic roles, including Roseanne Barr's husband in the TV sitcom Roseanne, the voice of Sulley inside Monsters, Inc., Fred Flintstone in the movie The Flintstones. Goodman has appeared inside numerous roles around flick of The Coen Brothers. Goodman is ofttimes cast around roles depicting blue-propertyless characters or even a right friend of the lead character inside films rather The Big Lebowski and Fallen.

He got his have sitcom known as Normal, Ohio in which he played an atypical shirtlifter world health organization is restored to his little hometown to begin the recently life. Although a indicate projected a caring message for homo, gay viewers did non respond swell, & critics panned the indicate.

Goodman has as well been the popular guest persons the total of days in NBC TV's Saturday Night Live. Goodman too has the revenant role on The West Wing, as previous-President Glen Allen Walken.

Goodman got to slenderize sequentially to play Babe Ruth.

Filmography
Green Eggs and Ham (2009 film) (2009) Center of the Universe (2004) TV Series Beyond the Sea (2004) ''Clifford's Really Big Movie (2004) (voice) as George Wolfsbottom Front yard of Phobic neurosis (2004) when Rodney Father of the Pride (2004) TV Series (voice) as Larry a Lion The Jungle Book 2 (2003) (voice) as Baloo Cloaked & Anon. (2003) when Uncle Sweetheart Dirty Deeds (2002) as Tony Microphone's Future Car (2002) (Five) (voice) when Sulley Monsters, Inc. (2001) (voice) as James P. "Sulley" Sullivan On the Edge (2001/II) (TV) when A Dean (section "Happy Birthday") Storytelling'' (2001) when Marty Livingston ('Non-nonfictional prose') ''One Night at McCool's (2001) as Detective Dehling My First Mister (2001) as Benjamin Wilson Happy Birthday (2000/I) when A Dean The Emperor's New Groove (2000) (voice) as Pacha Saturday Night Live: Best of the Clinton Scandal (2000) (TV) when Linda Tripp Normal, Ohio'' (2000) TV Series when William 'Butch' Gamble/Rex Gamble (original pilot) Pigs Next Door (2000) TV Series (voice) Coyote Ugly (2000) as Bill The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle (2000) as Oklahoma Cop O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) as Large Dan Teague What Planet Are You From? (2000) as Roland Jones A Runner (1999) when Deepthroat Bringing Out the Dead (1999) as Larry Verber Now and Again (1999) TV Series playing a original Michael Wiseman within 2 episodes. The Jack Bull (1999) (TV) as Judge Tolliver Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Flick (1998) (5) (voice) when Santa Claus The Real Macaw (1998) (voice) when Voice of Mac Dirty Work (1998) (uncredited) as Adrian Riggins a Mayor The Big Lebowski (1998) as Walter Sobchak Blues Brothers 2000 (1998) as Powerful Mac McTeer Fallen (1998) as Jonesy The Borrowers (1997) as Ocious P. Potter Pyst (1996) (VG) as King Mattruss Mother Nighttime (1996) when Maj. Frank Wirtanen Pie in the Sky (1996) when Alan Davenport A Streetcar Named Desire (1995) (TV) as Harold 'Mitch' Mitchell Kingfish: The Story of Huey P. Long (1995) (TV) when Huey Long The Flintstones (1994) as Fred Flintstone The Hudsucker Proxy (1994) (when Karl Mundt) as Rockwell Newsreel Announcer ''We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (1993) (voice) as Rex Born Yesterday (1993) as Harry Brock Matinee (1993) as Lawrence Woolsey Frosty Comes back (1992) (TV) (voice) when Frosty a Snowman The Babe'' (1992) as George Herman 'Babe' Ruth Barton Fink (1991) as Charlie Meadows King Ralph (1991) as Ralph Jones Arachnophobia (1990) as Delbert McClintock Stella (1990) as Ed Munn Always (1989) as Al Yackey Sea of Love (1989) as Det. Sherman ''Everybody's Completely-Our contries (1988) when Lawrence Roseanne'' (1988) TV Series as Daniel 'Dan' Conner Punchline (1988) when John Krytsick A Wrongly Guys (1988) when Duke Earle Slaying Ordained (1987) (TV) when Hugh Rayburn The Big Easy (1987) as Det. Andre DeSoto Burglar (1987) when Detective Nyswander Raising Arizona (1987) as Gale True Stories (1986) as Louis Fyne Sweet Dreams (1985) as Otis ''Maria's Lovers (1984) when Frank C.H.U.D. (1984) as Cop in Diner Revenge of the Nerds (1984) as Coach Harris Heart of Steel (1983) (TV) when Raymond Bohupinsky Chiefs'' (1983) (mini) TV Series when Triton 'Tub' Murray ''Eddie Macon's Redo (1983) when Hebert A Survivors (1983) when Commando A Face of Rage (1983) (TV) when Fred Jailbait Sitter'' (1978)