Everything about John Goodman totally explained
John Stephen Goodman (born
June 20,
1952) is an
American Golden Globe- and
Emmy-winning
actor, perhaps best known for his roles on the television series
Roseanne, and in several
Hollywood films.
Biography
Early life
Goodman was born in
Affton, Missouri, the son of Virginia, a store clerk and waitress who worked at Jack and Phil's Bar-B-Cue, and Leslie Goodman, a
postal worker who died from a
heart attack in 1955. He has a sister, Elisabeth, and a brother, Leslie. Goodman went to
Affton High School and won a football scholarship at
Southwest Missouri State University, now called
Missouri State University. He pledged the
Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity, but wasn't formally initiated until several decades later. During his college stint, he got injured ending his football career. He decided to become an
actor, leaving Missouri for
New York in 1975.
Goodman replaced
John Belushi as
Dan Aykroyd's partner in the popular Blues Brothers Band, in which he first appeared as "Mighty" Mack McTeer on
Saturday Night Live on
March 25,
1995 and co-starred in the film
Blues Brothers 2000. He continued to perform with Aykroyd (Elwood Blues) and
Jim Belushi (Zee Blues) through 2001. Health problems eventually forced Goodman to retire the character.
Goodman's most recent project is the film version of
Speed Racer in which he played the character of Pops, Speed Racer's father.
Louisiana connection
Goodman has long resided in
New Orleans, Louisiana.
Since
Hurricane Katrina, Goodman has appeared on several recovery commercials aired in Louisiana. Additionally, Goodman was at one time slated to play the role of
Ignatius Reilly, the main character of a
A Confederacy of Dunces by
John Kennedy Toole. The story takes place almost entirely in
New Orleans. However, the movie was never put into production and was scrapped.
Personal life
John met his wife, Anna Elizabeth Hartzog, in New Orleans while he was filming 1988’s
Everybody’s All-American. They married in October 1989 and have a daughter named Molly Evangeline (born on August 31, 1990).
Filmography
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