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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).
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for Perry White in Superman: A Better Tomorrow 💎
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Clark Kent works at the Daily Planet, nervously trying to ask out Lois Lane—until chaos erupts on Main Street. He dashes outside, changes in a phone booth, and emerges as Superman. He finds a LexCorp android—Metallo—who attacks him. Superman quickly realizes Metallo has a Kryptonite core. Overpowered, Superman retreats, but his powers fail midair and he crashes outside a comic book shop. Inside, he's patched up by Jimmy Olsen, an intern at the Daily Planet working here part time. Jimmy hides him for three days as Clark heals. When Jimmy sees news that Clark Kent is missing, he confronts Superman—who admits the truth. Hurt by the lies, Jimmy walks out. Metallo finds them. He kidnaps Jimmy and returns to LexCorp Tower. Superman arrives, enduring the Kryptonite to save Jimmy. In battle, Superman sees pain in Metallo’s eyes—a man, not a machine. Refusing to fight back, Superman lets Metallo tear into him. Metallo stops, overwhelmed, and rips out his Kryptonite core. Superman catches him, realizing it was keeping him alive. Metallo dies in his arms, saying he only wanted to be a hero. Superman confronts Lex, but it’s too late—While Superman was missing, he won the election. Lex is now Mayor. At Metallo’s grave, Superman stands alone until Jimmy appears. They reconcile. Superman says, “Maybe he would’ve liked the idea of a better tomorrow… I’ll give him that.”
