John Goodman

John Stephen Goodman is an American actor, known for his distinctive deep Southern drawl voice. He is probably best known for his recurring role as on the ABC sitcom ', and for being the host of ' fourteen times. He is also well-known for playing Charlie Meadows in ', Fred Flintstone in the 1994 live-action adaptation of The Flintstones, Walter Sobchak in ', John Chambers in ', Neal Nicol in ', Gil John Biggs in the political satire series . He also voiced Rex, the protagonist of the Universal Pictures/Amblin animated film .

For Disney, he is known for voicing James P. Sullivan in Pixar's Monsters, Inc. and its prequel Monsters University. He also reprised this role in the Pixar video games Monsters, Inc. Scream Arena, Cars: Mater-National Championship, and Cars: Race-O-Rama. Additionally, he voiced Pacha in The Emperor's New Groove, Kronk's New Groove, and the TV series The Emperor's New School (Season 2 only). He also voiced Baloo in The Jungle Book 2 and Eli "Big Daddy" La Bouff in The Princess and the Frog.

Additionally, he starred in various Touchstone Pictures films, such as Ed Munn in ', William "Bill" Sanford in ', Big Dan Teague in ', and Graham Bloomwood in '.

Trivia

 * He was at one point considered for the role of Genie in Aladdin, along with several other actors that were considered. But the role was later given to Robin Williams.