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John Stephen Goodman is an American actor, voice actor, and comedian, known for his distinctive deep Southern drawl voice. He is probably best known for his recurring role as Daniel "Dan" Conner on the ABC sitcom Roseanne, and for being the host of Saturday Night Live fourteen times. He is also well-known for playing Charlie Meadows in Barton Fink, Fred Flintstone in the 1994 live-action adaptation of The Flintstones, Walter Sobchak in The Big Lebowski with Steve Buscemi as Donny, John Chambers in Argo, Neal Nicol in You Don't Know Jack, and Gil John Biggs in the political satire series Alpha House. He even voiced Rex, the protagonist of the Universal Pictures animated film, We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story.

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 even 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 Stella, William "Bill" Sanford in Coyote Ugly, Big Dan Teague in O Brother, Where Art Thou?, and Graham Bloomwood in Confessions of a Shopaholic.

Disney Filmography

Film

Year Film Character Studio Notes
2000 The Emperor's New Groove Pacha Walt Disney Animation Studios Voice
2001 Monsters, Inc. James P. "Sulley" Sullivan Pixar Animation Studios Voice
2003 The Jungle Book 2 Baloo Disneytoon Studios Voice
2005 Kronk's New Groove Pacha Disneytoon Studios Voice/Straight-to-video
2006 Cars Sulley (cameo as "Sullivan Truck") Pixar Animation Studios Voice
2009 The Princess and the Frog Eli "Big Daddy" La Bouff Walt Disney Animation Studios Voice
2013 Monsters University James P. Sullivan Pixar Animation Studios Voice

Television

Year(s) Show Character Studio Network Notes
20072008 The Emperor's New School Pacha
(Season 2)
Walt Disney Television Animation Disney Channel/ABC Voice
2020 Monsters at Work James P. Sullivan Walt Disney Television Animation Disney+ Voice

Touchstone Pictures

Year Film Character Studio
1990 Stella Ed Munn The Samuel Goldwyn Company
2000 Coyote Ugly William James "Bill" Sanford Jerry Bruckheimer Films
2000 O Brother, Where Art Thou? Big Dan Teague StudioCanal StudioCanal
Working Title Films
2009 Confessions of a Shopaholic Graham Bloomwood Jerry Bruckheimer Films

Hollywood Pictures

Year

Film

Character

Studio

1990

Arachnophobia

Delbert McClintock

Amblin Entertainment

1993

Born Yesterday

Harry Brock

Touchwood Pacific Partners I

Video games

Year Video Games Character Notes
2000 The Emperor's New Groove Pacha (movie stock footage)
2002 Monsters, Inc. Scream Arena James P. Sullivan Voice
2007 Cars Mater-National James P. Sullivan Truck Voice
2009 Cars Race-O-Rama James P. Sullivan Truck Voice

Accolades

Year Film Character Award Category Result
2002 Monsters, Inc. James P. 'Sulley' Sullivan World Soundtrack Awards Best Original Song Written For A Film Won
2004 The Jungle Book 2 Baloo Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards Favorite Voice from an Animated Movie Nominated
2010 The Princess and the Frog Eli 'Big Daddy' La Bouff Black Reel Awards Best Ensemble Nominated
2013 Monsters University James P. 'Sulley' Sullivan Disney Legends Award Animation (voice) Won

Disney Roles

Gallery

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.