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John Stephen Goodman (born June 20, 1952) is an American film, television, and stage actor. He is best known for his role as Dan Conner on the television series Roseanne (1988–1997) for which he won a Best Actor Golden Globe Award in 1993, and for appearances in the films of the Coen brothers, with prominent roles in Raising Arizona as an escaped convict, in Barton Fink as a jovial insurance salesman, in The Big Lebowski as a volatile bowler and in O Brother Where Art Thou? as a cultured, cycloptic thief. Additionally, Goodman's voice work can be heard in numerous Disney films, including... MORE

John Stephen Goodman (born June 20, 1952) is an American film, television, and stage actor. He is best known for his role as Dan Conner on the television series Roseanne (1988–1997) for which he won a Best Actor Golden Globe Award in 1993, and for appearances in the films of the Coen brothers, with prominent roles in Raising Arizona as an escaped convict, in Barton Fink as a jovial insurance salesman, in The Big Lebowski as a volatile bowler and in O Brother Where Art Thou? as a cultured, cycloptic thief. Additionally, Goodman's voice work can be heard in numerous Disney films, including the voice for "Sulley" in Monsters, Inc. He has contributed to more than 50 films and hosted Saturday Night Live twelve times. Goodman was born in St. Louis, Missouri. His mother, Virginia Roos (née Loosmore), was a store clerk and waitress who worked at Jack and Phil's Bar-B-Que, and his father, Leslie F. Goodman, was a postal worker who died of a heart attack in 1955. He has a sister, Elisabeth, and a brother, Leslie, with his extended family living in St. Louis, Missouri. Goodman went to Affton High School, where he played football and dabbled in theater. He then won a football scholarship to LESS