John Goodman's Trivia: Bought a $4.6 million home in Pacific Palisades, California (2008).
John Goodman's Quotation: We'll shoot in Los Angeles, on the same lot where we shot Roseanne. It'll be difficult because I live in New Orleans. But I really enjoy doing sitcoms. You've got 22 minutes a week to put on a new play. It keeps me off the street." - about his role as a gay construction worker
John Goodman's Award: Emmy Awards: Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (2007)
Bought a $4.6 million home in Pacific Palisades, California (2008).
Has been ordered by his doctor to lose 100 pounds in 2005 to avoid serious health problems. (January 14, 2005)
His father was a postal worker who died of a massive heart-attack one month before his second birthday, and his sister Betty was 4 months away from being born.
Frequently plays the sympathetic friend of the lead character
Growing up for John was not easy. He will admit they were poor.
He is one of the favorite hosts on SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE hosting the show 11 times and making numerous surprise appearences starting from the 1989-1990 season to the present.
His first job was as a bouncer.
His trademark is occasionally impersonated Linda Tripp on SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE during the Monica Lewinsky scandal in late 1990s.
It was not until 1978 when he debuted in an off-Broadway production of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM that things started to come together.
His mother Virginia did whatever it took to provide for her family. She would take in wash, ironing, or work as a clerk. John always speaks of his mother fondly.
On August 15, 1975, with a thousand dollars that his brother Les had saved up for him, John climbed aboard an Amtrak train and headed for the bright lights of New York. The money lasted 3 months.
The screenplay of THE BIG LEBOWSKI (1998) was written with Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, and Sam Elliot in mind.
The fast food restaurant In & Out Burger is referred to during THE BIG LEBOWSKI (1998).Goodman once did a commercial for the In & Out fast food chain.
In ONE NIGHT AT McCOOL'S (2001), he takes fingerprints from a wine glass in an attempt to catch the killer. He employs a similar method of capture in SEA OF LOVE (1989).
His character in RAISING ARIZONA (1987) was also tracked by the Biker from Hell by an empty can of pomade. (O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU? (2000))
