THE MANY FACES OF: John Goodman

Since making his name as Dan Conner in long-running US sitcom Roseanne, the star of The Righteous Gemstones (10pm, Sky Comedy) has branched out into a diverse range of roles…

An established character Born and raised in Missouri – considered both actor, John has worked with a Midwestern and Southern state – he explored the Coen brothers on six films, his Southern side in Louisiana-set crime thriller starting with 1987’s Raising In The Electric Mist (2009, Prime Video) and Arizona (left, Disney+) and also in post-katrina drama Treme (Sky/now), set including 1998 cult favourite in New Orleans, the city John calls home.

The Big Lebowski (buy or rent on Sky Store).

He voices Sulley (centre) in Monsters, Inc

John starred as Fred (left) in 1994’s liveaction (2001), sequel Monsters University version of TV cartoon (2013) and the spin-off series Monsters hit The Flintstones (Netflix). At Work. All available on Disney+.

He also played a more villainous role in Recently, John has tackled darker another children’s and more serious roles, including horror favourite, The thriller 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016, buy Borrowers (1997, or rent on Sky Store, Prime Video) and buy or rent on Apple British drama Black Earth Rising

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