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). Description above from the Wikipedia article John Goodman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Judy | 2026-10-02 | |
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Smurfs | Papa Smurf (voice) | 2025-06-30 |
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Dirty Work: Dirtier Cut | Mayor Adrian Riggins (Uncredited) | 2025-07-29 |
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Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain | Narrator (voice) | 2023-11-17 |
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Birds of a Different Game: The '80s Cardinals | 2020-01-28 | |
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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 | 2019-05-27 | |
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Real Life | Louis Fyne | 2018-11-27 |
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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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Atomic Blonde | Emmett Kurzfeld | 2017-07-26 |
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Transformers: The Last Knight | Hound (voice) | 2017-06-16 |
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Bunyan and Babe | Paul Bunyan (voice) | 2017-01-12 |
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Once Upon a Time in Venice | Dave Phillips | 2017-06-08 |
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Ratchet & Clank | Grimroth (voice) | 2016-04-13 |
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10 Cloverfield Lane | Howard | 2016-03-10 |
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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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Love the Coopers | Sam Cooper | 2015-11-12 |
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Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead | Self - Actor | 2015-01-25 |
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Trumbo | Frank King | 2015-10-27 |
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Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle | Houston (voice) | 2015-01-26 |
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Party Central | Sullivan (voice) | 2014-02-20 |
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Transformers: Age of Extinction | Hound (voice) | 2014-06-25 |
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All-Stars | Himself | 2014-10-15 |
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The Monuments Men | Sgt. Walter Garfield | 2014-01-24 |
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Evolution Within Extinction | Self | 2014-09-30 |
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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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The Hangover Part III | Marshall | 2013-05-23 |
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The Book of Manning | Narrator | 2013-09-24 |
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Milius | Self | 2013-03-09 |
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The Internship | Sammy Boscoe (uncredited) | 2013-06-07 |
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Monsters University | Sullivan (voice) | 2013-06-19 |
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Wolfpack Only: The Hangover Retrospective | Self | 2013-12-03 |
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Inside Llewyn Davis | Roland Turner | 2013-10-18 |
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Drunkboat | Mr. Fletcher | 2012-07-13 |
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All Star Bowling Trick Shots | 2012-01-01 | |
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It's a SpongeBob Christmas! | Santa Claus | 2012-12-06 |
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ParaNorman | Mr. Prenderghast (voice) | 2012-08-03 |
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Trouble with the Curve | Pete Klein | 2012-09-21 |
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Flight | Harling Mays | 2012-11-02 |
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Final Cut: Hölgyeim és uraim | (archive footage) | 2012-02-04 |
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The Campaign | Congressman Scott Talley (uncredited) | 2012-08-09 |
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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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Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close | Stan the Doorman | 2011-12-25 |
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Ole War Skule: The Story of Saturday Night | Narrator | 2011-10-11 |
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Red State | Joseph Keenan | 2011-08-19 |
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The Artist | Al Zimmer | 2011-10-12 |
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You Don't Know Jack | Neal Nicol | 2010-06-27 |
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The Princess and the Frog | "Big Daddy" La Bouff (voice) | 2009-12-08 |
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Girls Gone Gangsta | Mortimer J Hamm | 2009-01-01 |
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Confessions of a Shopaholic | Graham Bloomwood | 2009-02-05 |
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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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Alabama Moon | Mr. Wellington | 2009-10-25 |
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Pixar Short Films | Sulley (voice) | 2009-12-02 |
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Die Päpstin | Pope Sergius II. | 2009-10-22 |
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Fats Domino: Walkin' Back to New Orleans | Himself - Narrator | 2008-11-20 |
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Speed Racer | Pops Racer | 2008-05-07 |
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Gigantic | Happy's Father | 2008-09-09 |
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Pixar Short Films Collection: Volume 1 | 2007-03-21 | |
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Evan Almighty | Congressman Long | 2007-06-09 |
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The Pixar Story | James 'Sulley' Sullivan (voice) (archive footage) | 2007-08-28 |
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Death Sentence | Bones Darley | 2007-08-31 |
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Bee Movie | Layton T. Montgomery (voice) | 2007-10-28 |
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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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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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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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Freshman Orientation | Rodney | 2004-01-18 |
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Clifford's Really Big Movie | George Wolfsbottom (voice) | 2004-02-20 |
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Beyond the Sea | Steve Blauner | 2004-11-16 |
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The Jungle Book 2 | Baloo (voice) | 2003-02-07 |
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Masked and Anonymous | Uncle Sweetheart | 2003-07-25 |
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Overnight | Self | 2003-06-12 |
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The Sweatbox | Self | 2002-09-13 |
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Mike's New Car | Sulley (voice) | 2002-05-24 |
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Dirty Deeds | Tony | 2002-07-18 |
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Monsters, Inc. | Sullivan (voice) | 2001-11-01 |
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The Firesign Theatre: Weirdly Cool | Self | 2001-01-01 |
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One Night at McCool's | Detective Dehling | 2001-04-19 |
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Storytelling | Marty Livingston | 2001-11-08 |
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On the Edge | The Dean (segment "Happy Birthday") | 2001-06-28 |
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When Dinosaurs Roamed America | Narrator | 2001-07-15 |
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My First Mister | Benjamin | 2001-10-12 |
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O Brother, Where Art Thou? | Big Dan Teague | 2000-08-30 |
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Coyote Ugly | Bill | 2000-07-30 |
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The Emperor's New Groove | Pacha (voice) | 2000-12-15 |
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What Planet Are You From? | Roland Jones | 2000-03-03 |
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The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle | Oklahoma Cop | 2000-06-30 |
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The Runner | Deepthroat | 1999-09-09 |
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The Jack Bull | Judge Tolliver | 1999-04-17 |
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Bringing Out the Dead | Larry Verber | 1999-10-22 |
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Dancing Outlaw II: Jesco Goes to Hollywood | Himself | 1999-01-01 |
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Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special | Self | 1999-09-25 |
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The Real Macaw | Mac (voice) | 1998-09-24 |
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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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Dirty Work | Mayor Adrian Riggins (uncredited) | 1998-06-12 |
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The Big Lebowski | Walter Sobchak | 1998-03-06 |
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Blues Brothers 2000 | Mighty Mack McTeer | 1998-02-05 |
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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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Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long | Huey P. Long, Jr. | 1995-03-18 |
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The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies | Self | 1995-06-05 |
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The Hudsucker Proxy | Newsreel Announcer (voice) | 1994-03-11 |
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The Flintstones | Fred Flintstone | 1994-05-27 |
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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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Matinee | Lawrence Woolsey | 1993-01-29 |
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Born Yesterday | Harry Brock | 1993-03-26 |
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We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story | Rex (voice) | 1993-11-24 |
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The Babe | Babe Ruth | 1992-04-17 |
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Frosty Returns | Frosty the Snowman (voice) | 1992-12-01 |
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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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Arachnophobia | Delbert McClintock | 1990-07-20 |
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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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Sea of Love | Sherman | 1989-09-15 |
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Always | Al Yackey | 1989-12-22 |
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Punchline | John Krytsick | 1988-10-07 |
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Everybody's All-American | Lawrence | 1988-11-04 |
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The Wrong Guys | Duke Earle | 1988-05-13 |
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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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The Big Easy | Andre DeSoto | 1986-11-27 |
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True Stories | Louis Fyne | 1986-10-10 |
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Sweet Dreams | Otis | 1985-10-02 |
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Revenge of the Nerds | Coach Harris | 1984-07-20 |
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Maria's Lovers | Frank | 1984-09-11 |
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C.H.U.D. | Cop in Diner | 1984-08-31 |
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The Survivors | Commando | 1983-06-24 |
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Heart of Steel | Raymond Bohupinsky | 1983-12-04 |
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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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