John Goodman

Played Pops Racer in the Wachowski brothers' live action film adaptation of the 1960s Japanese series "Speed Racer"

Cast as Bones Darly, an arms dealer opposite Kevin Bacon in the psychological thriller "Death Sentence"

Cast opposite Steve Carell in "Evan Almighty," a sequel to the 2003 comedy "Bruce Almighty"

Co-starred in Randall Miller's "Marilyn Hotchkiss Ballroom Dancing and Charm School"

Won an Emmy guest-starring as a judge on Sorkin's NBC drama, "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip"

Returned to the stage, as Harvey 'Big Daddy' Pollitt, the terminally ill, bullying patriarch in Tennessee Williams' "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"; performed at the Geffen Playhouse

Cast in the short-lived CBS comedy "Center of the Universe"

Portrayed Bobby Darin's (Kevin Spacey) best friend turned manager, Steve Blauner in "Beyond the Sea"

Had a recurring role on Aaron Sorkin's "The West Wing" (NBC) as House Speaker Glen Allen Walken

Appeared in the NY Shakespeare Festival Central Park staging of "The Seagull" directed by Mike Nichols

Played a high-strung FAA agent in the Mike Nichols directed "What Planet Are You From?"

Re-teamed with the Coen brothers for the feature, "O Brother, Where Art Thou?"

Portrayed a hyperactive paramedic in Martin Scorsese's "Bringing out the Dead"

Replaced the late John Belushi as Dan Aykroyd's music-making partner in John Landis' sequel, "Blus Brothers 2000"

Re-teamed with the Coen brothers for "The Big Lebowski"

Cast as Mitch in the CBS remake of Tennessee Williams' "A Streetcar Named Desire" opposite Jessica Lange; earned an Emmy nomination for Suporting Actor

First stage role in eight years, playing Falstaff in "Henry IV (Parts 1 and 2)" at San Diego's Old Globe Theater

Played title role (also produced) in the TNT biopic "Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long"; earned a Best Actor Emmy nomination

Credited as Karl Mundt for his role as the newsreel announcer in the Coen brothers' "The Hudsucker Proxy"

Starred as Fred Flintstone in the live-action feature "The Flintstones"

Played Harry Brock in remake of "Born Yesterday" opposite Melanie Griffith

Portrayed George Herman 'Babe' Ruth in the feature biography "The Babe"

First starring role in a feature, "King Ralph"

Re-teamed with the Coen brothers, as a traveling salesman, in "Barton Fink"

Breakthrough screen performance as a larcenous lout in the Coen bothers' comic gem "Raising Arizona"

Played Sally Field's insurance-salesman husband in "Punchline"

Played the title character's blue-collar husband in the long running ABC sitcom, "Roseanne"; nominated for an Emmy as Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for seven consecutive years (1989-1995)

Re-teamed with Quaid for the football-themed "Everybody's All-American"

Cast in the Los Angeles production of "Antony and Cleopatra"; spotted by casting directors for "Roseanne"

Portrayed a murderously crooked cop in "The Big Easy" opposite Dennis Quaid

Left cast of "Big River" to appear in David Byrne's "True Stories"

Originated role of Pap Finn (Huck's father) in the American Repertory Theatre production of "Big River"

Reprised role of Pap in his Broadway musical debut, "Big River"

Cast in the touring production of the musical, "The Robber Bridegroom"

Feature film debut, "Eddie Macon's Run"

TV-movie debut, "The Face of Rage" (ABC)

Broadway debut in Michael Weller's "Loose Ends" starring Kevin Kline

Moved to New York City to pursue acting

Performed in children's theater productions and had walk-on or bit parts in Off-Off-Broadway plays

Made recurring appearance on NBC's "Saturday Night Live" playing Linda Tripp during the Lewinsky scandal

Performed in sketches on a NYC monthly radio show called "Citizen Kafka" (WBAI)

Raised in the St Louis, Missouri, area