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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 The Dark Knight Unleashed
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Following the defeat of Black Mask and the downfall of the League Of Shadows, Batman, Catwoman, Nightwing, Batwing, and Huntress continue patrolling the streets of Gotham City in order to maintain peace and justice. When Bruce Wayne's childhood best friend Dr. Thomas Elliot returns to Gotham, the city is plunged into chaos as a mysterious individual known simply as Hush begins murdering powerful figures in the city around the same time. Meanwhile, a Christian vigilante named Jean-Paul Valley, operating under the code name Azrael, created by secretive religious extremist group the Order of St. Dumas begins violently disposing of criminals around the city, putting him directly in the cross hairs of Batman and his allies. Inspired by the Bat-Family and their war on crime, as well her father's heroic sacrifice during the battle against Black Mask and Nyssa al Ghul, Barbara Gordon dons her own costumed persona, Batgirl. Determined to save Gotham City at any cost, the Bat-Family reluctantly teams up with Azrael to take down Hush by any means necessary in the ultimate final battle with the fate of Gotham hanging in the balance.