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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).
It was supposed to be the eighth wonder of the world. But he broke free from the chains. The famous movie monster, the giant male monkey King Kong, has been awe-inspiring to moviegoers since 1933. It was the first version of his story that became an unforgettable legend, despite two big-budget remakes from 1976 and 2005. The film tells the story of director Carl Denham, who takes a hired boat to a mysterious island to film an adventure story based on the fairy tale Beauty and the Beast with the unsuspecting actress Ann Darrow. There are dozens of prehistoric creatures in the island jungle. Among them a giant gorilla, called Kong. The natives, who keep the animals behind a huge ancient wall, kidnap the actress and sacrifice her to Kong. However, the crew rescues her from the monkey's clutches after a long struggle. He even manages to drug Kong and transport him to New York. However, there begins the second part of the thrilling drama: Denham's new attraction breaks free from its chains and unleashes hell in the streets...at the end, King Kong is not killed, but shot by special ammunition from one of the planes, the missile contains a gas that immediately puts him to sleep and paralyzes him. KING KONG WILL RETURN!!!
