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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
Circus Owner / Ringmaster
for Circus Owner / Ringmaster in Lucky Luke II: The Westward Trail
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Lucky Luke is hired to escort a wagon train from Missouri to California. The settlers hope to build new lives in the West, but the journey becomes dangerous when supplies disappear, routes are sabotaged, and attacks begin along the trail. One of travelers is Waldo Badmington, a rich inexperienced Easterner mocked by everyone for acting like a cowboy without knowing how to survive in the Wild West. To help protect the caravan, army sends Calamity Jane, a fearless and unpredictable gunslinger. Unlike Luke, she is loud, reckless, and causing constant arguments between them. Despite rivalry, they slowly gain respect for one another while defending the settlers from attacks. Meanwhile, the Daltons escape prison and head toward Mexican border after learning that a railroad payroll shipment will cross near the wagon route. They plan to rob the money and disappear forever. The wagon train reaches Painful Gulch, town divided by 2 families in a violent feud that lasted generations. Luke discovers the Daltons secretly were keeping the conflict to control the pass and rob travelers moving west. Meanwhile, a struggling Western circus arrives nearby. Hidden among the performers and wagons, the Daltons use them as cover while preparing the final robbery. As the wagon train, circus, and payroll convoy meet near a canyon, Daltons launch attack. Luke and Jane fights off gunmen. Settlers defend the payroll. Waldo finally proves himself by saving kids trapped during the chaos. Luke captures Daltons again by trapping them inside a circus animal cage. The feud in Painful Gulch finally ends. Later Luke and Jane went to see Daltons but lawmen screw it and they escaped. The wagon train reaches California. Waldo returns East as a famous writer of The Dashing White Cowboy. Jane challenges Luke to one final shooting contest. Luke easily wins but deliberately misses the last shot to spare her pride. She smiles and says You’re good, Luke. Luke answers I know. Post credit: Daltons enter Mexico.
