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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 Goodman
Detective Harvey Bullock
for Detective Harvey Bullock in Batman: A Death in the Family (2014)
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Bruce Wayne, two decades into his crusade, still holds a code—refusing to cross the line, even as Gotham tests him nightly. Jason Todd, bold and brash, struggles under Bruce’s control, desperate to be more than a soldier. When intel points to the Joker operating overseas, Bruce forbids pursuit. Jason disobeys. He’s captured, beaten, and ultimately killed in an explosion—broadcast live for Gotham to see. Bruce is shattered. Guilt festers into obsession. He hunts the Joker through shadows and corpses, ignoring Alfred’s pleas and isolating from allies. He captures Harley Quinn, wringing out the Joker’s location, and finally corners him in a decaying theater. Joker taunts him, begging for death. As Bruce raises a batarang to deliver it, Nightwing arrives. A single throw knocks Bruce back—not enough to stop him, but enough to make him hesitate. Joker escapes into the storm. Bruce stays silent, trembling. Dick says nothing. He doesn’t have to. The line still holds… but barely. Post Credits: Tim Drake pores over GCPD archives, connecting Batman’s cases with Bruce Wayne’s movements. He lifts a floorboard and finds a Domino mask. “He needs someone. Even if he doesn’t want it.”
