1952-06-20 Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
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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Digger | 2026-09-30 | |
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Smurfs | Papa Smurf (voice) | 2025-07-05 |
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Not So Fast, My Friend: A Lee Corso Special | Self (archive footage) | 2025-08-22 |
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Monsters Funday Football | Sulley (Voice) | 2025-12-08 |
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A Holiday Short: Best Christmas Ever | Doodle (voice) | 2025-11-10 |
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Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain | Narrator (voice) | 2023-11-17 |
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Easy Does It | "Catfish" Crawford (voice) | 2020-06-05 |
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Captive State | William Mulligan | 2019-03-15 |
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Chris Farley: Anything for a Laugh | Self | 2019-05-27 |
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Real Life | Louis Fyne | 2018-11-27 |
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Atomic Blonde | Emmett Kurzfeld | 2017-07-26 |
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Kong: Skull Island | Bill Randa | 2017-03-08 |
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Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets | Igon Siruss (voice) | 2017-07-19 |
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New Orleans: The First 300 Years | Narrator | 2017-01-01 |
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Transformers: The Last Knight | Hound (voice) | 2017-06-16 |
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Once Upon a Time in Venice | Dave Phillips | 2017-06-08 |
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Bunyan and Babe | Paul Bunyan (voice) | 2017-01-12 |
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10 Cloverfield Lane | Howard | 2016-03-10 |
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Ratchet & Clank | Grimroth (voice) | 2016-04-13 |
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Patriots Day | Commisioner Ed Davis | 2016-12-12 |
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Live from New York! | Self | 2015-04-15 |
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Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead | Self - Actor | 2015-01-25 |
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Love the Coopers | Sam Cooper | 2015-11-12 |
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Trumbo | Frank King | 2015-10-27 |
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Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle | Hal Houston (voice) | 2015-01-26 |
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The Monuments Men | Sgt. Walter Garfield | 2014-01-24 |
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All-Stars | Himself | 2014-10-15 |
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Evolution Within Extinction | Self | 2014-09-30 |
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Party Central | Sullivan (voice) | 2014-02-20 |
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Inside 'Inside Llewyn Davis' | Self | 2014-03-11 |
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The Gambler | Frank | 2014-12-25 |
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Transformers: Age of Extinction | Hound (voice) | 2014-06-25 |
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The Internship | Sammy Boscoe (uncredited) | 2013-06-07 |
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The Book of Manning | Narrator | 2013-09-24 |
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The Hangover Part III | Marshall | 2013-05-23 |
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Milius | Self | 2013-03-09 |
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Wolfpack Only: The Hangover Retrospective | Self | 2013-12-03 |
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Monsters University | Sullivan (voice) | 2013-06-19 |
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Inside Llewyn Davis | Roland Turner | 2013-10-18 |
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Argo | John Chambers | 2012-10-11 |
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The Artist: The Making of an American Romance | Self | 2012-06-26 |
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Drunkboat | Mr. Fletcher | 2012-07-13 |
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ParaNorman | Mr. Prenderghast (voice) | 2012-08-03 |
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Final Cut: Hölgyeim és uraim | (archive footage) | 2012-02-04 |
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All Star Bowling Trick Shots | 2012-01-01 | |
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The Campaign | Congressman Scott Talley (uncredited) | 2012-08-09 |
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It's a SpongeBob Christmas! | Santa Claus | 2012-09-19 |
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Flight | Harling Mays | 2012-02-22 |
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Trouble with the Curve | Pete Klein | 2012-09-21 |
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The Artist | Al Zimmer | 2011-10-12 |
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Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close | Stan the Doorman | 2011-12-25 |
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Red State | Joseph Keenan | 2011-08-19 |
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Ole War Skule: The Story of Saturday Night | Narrator | 2011-10-11 |
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You Don't Know Jack | Neal Nicol | 2010-06-27 |
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Die Päpstin | Pope Sergius II. | 2009-10-22 |
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Alabama Moon | Mr. Wellington | 2009-10-25 |
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Girls Gone Gangsta | Mortimer J Hamm | 2009-01-01 |
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In the Electric Mist | Julie 'Baby Feet' Balboni | 2009-04-15 |
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Beyond All Boundaries | Capt. Edwin Simmons | 2009-11-09 |
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Confessions of a Shopaholic | Graham Bloomwood | 2009-02-05 |
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The Princess and the Frog | "Big Daddy" La Bouff (voice) | 2009-12-08 |
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Gigantic | Happy's Father | 2008-09-09 |
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Speed Racer | Pops Racer | 2008-05-07 |
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Fats Domino: Walkin' Back to New Orleans | Narrator (voice) | 2008-11-20 |
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Speed Racer: Wonderful World of Racing - The Amazing Racer Family | Pops Racer | 2008-05-04 |
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The Pixar Story | James 'Sulley' Sullivan (voice) (archive footage) | 2007-08-28 |
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Bee Movie | Layton T. Montgomery (voice) | 2007-10-28 |
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Evan Almighty | Congressman Long | 2007-06-09 |
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Death Sentence | Bones Darley | 2007-08-31 |
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Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation | Self | 2007-05-06 |
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The Year Without a Santa Claus | Santa Claus | 2006-12-11 |
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Tales of the Rat Fink | Ed Roth (voice) | 2006-01-01 |
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Cars | Sullivan Truck (voice) | 2006-06-08 |
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Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School | Steve Mills | 2006-01-12 |
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Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast | Self - Presenter | 2005-09-02 |
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Kronk's New Groove | Pacha (voice) | 2005-12-05 |
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Clifford's Really Big Movie | George Wolfsbottom (voice) | 2004-02-20 |
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Freshman Orientation | Rodney | 2004-01-18 |
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Beyond the Sea | Steve Blauner | 2004-11-16 |
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Masked and Anonymous | Uncle Sweetheart | 2003-07-25 |
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The Jungle Book 2 | Baloo (voice) | 2003-02-07 |
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Overnight | Self | 2003-06-12 |
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Dirty Deeds | Tony | 2002-07-18 |
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Mike's New Car | Sulley (voice) | 2002-05-24 |
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The Sweatbox | Self | 2002-09-13 |
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Storytelling | Marty Livingston | 2001-11-21 |
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On the Edge | The Dean (segment "Happy Birthday") | 2001-06-28 |
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My First Mister | Benjamin | 2001-10-12 |
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When Dinosaurs Roamed America | Narrator | 2001-07-15 |
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Monsters, Inc. | Sullivan (voice) | 2001-11-01 |
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One Night at McCool's | Detective Dehling | 2001-04-19 |
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The Firesign Theatre: Weirdly Cool | Self | 2001-01-01 |
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Coyote Ugly | Bill | 2000-07-30 |
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O Brother, Where Art Thou? | Big Dan Teague | 2000-08-30 |
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The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle | Oklahoma Cop | 2000-06-30 |
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What Planet Are You From? | Roland Jones | 2000-03-03 |
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The Emperor's New Groove | Pacha (voice) | 2000-12-15 |
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Bringing Out the Dead | Larry Verber | 1999-10-22 |
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The Runner | Deepthroat | 1999-09-09 |
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Discovering Bedrock | Self | 1999-02-23 |
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Dancing Outlaw II: Jesco Goes to Hollywood | Himself | 1999-01-01 |
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The Jack Bull | Judge Tolliver | 1999-04-17 |
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Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special | Self | 1999-09-25 |
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Dirty Work | Mayor Adrian Riggins (uncredited) | 1998-06-12 |
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Blues Brothers 2000 | Mighty Mack McTeer | 1998-02-06 |
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The Real Macaw | Mac (voice) | 1998-09-24 |
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The Big Lebowski | Walter Sobchak | 1998-03-06 |
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Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie | Santa Claus (voice) | 1998-10-16 |
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The Making of 'The Big Lebowski' | Self | 1998-10-27 |
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Fallen | Jonesy | 1998-01-16 |
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The Borrowers | Ocious P. Potter | 1997-12-05 |
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Mother Night | Major Frank Wirtanen | 1996-11-01 |
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Pie in the Sky | Alan Davenport | 1996-02-09 |
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A Streetcar Named Desire | Harold 'Mitch' Mitchell | 1995-10-24 |
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The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies | Self | 1995-06-05 |
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Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long | Huey P. Long, Jr. | 1995-03-18 |
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The Hudsucker Proxy | Newsreel Announcer (voice) | 1994-03-11 |
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Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! | Tough Guy Helpline Operator | 1994-05-18 |
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The Flintstones | Fred Flintstone | 1994-05-27 |
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Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration | Self (segment "New Way to Walk") | 1993-10-29 |
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Matinee | Lawrence Woolsey | 1993-01-29 |
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We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story | Rex (voice) | 1993-11-24 |
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Frosty Returns | Frosty the Snowman (voice) | 1993-09-15 |
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Born Yesterday | Harry Brock | 1993-03-26 |
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The Babe | Babe Ruth | 1992-04-17 |
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King Ralph | Ralph Hampton Gainesworth Jones | 1991-02-15 |
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Barton Fink | Charlie Meadows | 1991-08-01 |
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Tom & Jerry's 50th Birthday Bash | Self - Host | 1990-11-30 |
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Stella | Ed Munn | 1990-02-02 |
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Arachnophobia | Delbert McClintock | 1990-07-20 |
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Sea of Love | Sherman | 1989-09-15 |
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Always | Al Yackey | 1989-12-22 |
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Talking Heads: Storytelling Giant | Cowboy singer ("Wild Wild Life") | 1988-04-13 |
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Punchline | John Krytsick | 1988-10-07 |
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The Wrong Guys | Duke Earle | 1988-05-13 |
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Everybody's All-American | Lawrence | 1988-11-04 |
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Burglar | Detective Nyswander | 1987-03-20 |
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Murder Ordained | Hugh Rayburn | 1987-05-03 |
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Raising Arizona | Gale | 1987-03-13 |
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True Stories | Louis Fyne | 1986-10-10 |
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The Big Easy | Andre DeSoto | 1986-11-27 |
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Sweet Dreams | Otis | 1985-10-02 |
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Maria's Lovers | Frank | 1984-07-15 |
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C.H.U.D. | Cop in Diner | 1984-08-31 |
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Revenge of the Nerds | Coach Harris | 1984-07-20 |
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Heart of Steel | Raymond Bohupinsky | 1983-12-04 |
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The Survivors | Commando | 1983-06-24 |
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The Face of Rage | Fred | 1983-03-20 |
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Eddie Macon's Run | Mr. Hebert | 1983-03-23 |
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The Mystery of the Morro Castle | Telegraph Operator | 1980-03-01 |
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The Robber Bridegroom | Townsperson | 1980-06-01 |
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