"John Goodman John Stephen Goodman (born June 20, 1952) is an American actor. Early in his career, he was known for playing Dan Conner on the ABC TV series ""Roseanne"" (1988–1997; 2018), for which he won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in 1993. He is also a regular collaborator with the Coen brothers on such films as ""Raising Arizona"" (1987), ""Barton Fink"" (1991), ""The Big Lebowski"" (1998), ""O Brother, Where Art Thou?"" (2000), and ""Inside Llewyn Davis"" (2013). Goodman's voice roles in animated films include Rex in Steven Spielberg's ""We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story"", Pacha in Disney's ""The"
"he had a brief cameo as Otis in ""Sweet Dreams"". In the former film, his character Louis Fyne memorably utters the line: ""I'm 6' 3"" and maintain a consistent panda bear shape"", establishing his trademark size as an important part of many characters he would later play on film and stage. He is also known for his role as the football head coach for Adams College in the movie ""Revenge of the Nerds"". In 1997, Goodman was added to the St. Louis Walk of Fame. Goodman is most famous for his role as Dan Conner on ABC's sitcom ""Roseanne"". Goodman"
"media. Broadcaster ABC and the other cast members wished to keep the show going in some form without Barr, and this culminated in the announcement of ""The Conners"", a separate series from ""Roseanne"" featuring Dan and his family, on June 21, 2018. Barr will not appear and her character will be killed off, making Dan a widower. When John Goodman was chosen to play Dan, co-star Roseanne Barr stated that she was happy, adding that she had a ""big crush"" on him from the start. Dan is a loving, easygoing, funny, witty family man who at the beginning of the"
"well and stumbles upon an unpublished novel of Roseanne's where he states that the book would have been a success had she not killed off the ""most interesting character""; vaguely implying that the season 9 finale revelations were the actual details made-up for Roseanne's book. A list of the top 25 television dad earners created by Brookstone listed Dan in the 24th place, with $17,856 a year. They came to this determination through use of data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and human research firms. Dan Conner has often been described as one of John Goodman's most famous"
"The Conners The Conners is an American television sitcom created for ABC that is a spin-off continuation of ""Roseanne"". It follows the Conners, a working-class family, struggling to get by on a limited household income who, after a sudden turn of events, are forced to face the daily struggles of life in their home in the fictional mid-state exurb of Lanford, Illinois, in a way they never have before. The series is produced by Werner Entertainment, with Bruce Helford serving as showrunner. The series stars John Goodman, Laurie Metcalf, Sara Gilbert, Lecy Goranson, Michael Fishman, Emma Kenney, Ames McNamara, Jayden"
"on the season 28 finale hosted by former ""SNL"" cast member Dan Aykroyd. With little to no experience in TV comedy, Goodman auditioned to be a cast member for Jean Doumanian's tumultuous 1980–1981 ""SNL"" season and was rejected, along with up-and-coming comedians Jim Carrey, Paul Reubens, and Robert Townsend. In 1982, Goodman started landing movie roles, beginning with a small role in ""Eddie Macon's Run"". During this period he continued to work on the stage, starring in ""Big River"" from 1985 to 1987. Before landing his big break into movies in 1986 with a significant comedic role in ""True Stories"","
"canceled the revival after a single season. The next month, ABC ordered a ten-episode ""Roseanne"" spinoff titled ""The Conners"", which will star the ""Roseanne"" cast sans Roseanne Barr. Since Hurricane Katrina, Goodman has appeared in several recovery commercials aired in Louisiana. In 2010, Goodman appeared in a commercial to raise awareness for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Also starring in the commercial were Sandra Bullock, Peyton Manning, Eli Manning, Jack Del Rio, Drew Brees, Emeril Lagasse, James Carville, and Blake Lively. Goodman married Annabeth Hartzog in 1989. They are residents of the Garden District in New Orleans, Louisiana. Their daughter,"
"David Denman David Denman (born July 25, 1973) is an American actor. He made his film debut with Keanu Reeves and Gene Hackman as the deaf tight-end in the Warner Bros. football comedy ""The Replacements"". His other feature credits include Tim Burton’s ""Big Fish"" with Ewan McGregor, ""Fair Game"" with Sean Penn, ""The Nines"" with Ryan Reynolds and Melissa McCarthy, ""Shutter"", ""Smart People"", ""Fanboys"", ""Let Go"", and the snowboard comedy ""Out Cold"" opposite Zach Galifianakis. Other films include ""After Earth"", ""Jobs"", ""Beneath the Harvest Sky"", ""Men, Women & Children"" and Joel Edgerton’s directorial debut ""The Gift"" with Jason Bateman and"
"most entertaining and realistic couples on television, they were one of the least during their separation. The potential absence of Dan from all or most of the next season prompted Phil Rosenthal of the ""Los Angeles Daily News"" to describe it as a rare occasion where ending the show would be preferred to doing without. Robinson described Dan's potential absence as leaving a tremendous void, owing to his ability to make everyone around him better. The revelation that Dan actually died and the latter part of the series being a work of fiction was not well received. John Goodman was"
"Cameron Goodman Cameron Elizabeth Goodman (born August 24, 1984) is an American actress. She was born in Texas but grew up in Washington D.C. She attended Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. after transferring from Syracuse University in New York. Goodman has been in numerous films in her career, first starting out in 2002 as a freshman doing her comedic acting at Syracuse University in a show called ""SU Live"". In 2003, she left Syracuse and transferred to Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. Goodman had guest roles on ABC's ""Sons & Daughters"", """", ""NCIS"", ""The Suite Life of Zack & Cody"","
"Senator Gil John Biggs in Amazon's ""Alpha House"", a political comedy written by Garry Trudeau. In the show Goodman's character, a retired UNC basketball coach, and three other Republican senators share a house on Capitol Hill. Goodman spent the summer of 2014 shooting Season Two. In April 2015, Goodman made his return to the stage, making his West End debut in the process while starring as Donny in ""American Buffalo"" at the Wyndham's Theatre alongside Damian Lewis and Tom Sturridge. On March 10, 2017, Goodman received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his work in motion pictures,"
"character Abby Cunningham. Both series were also Lorimar productions. David Wayne would also reunite with Hagman on ""Dallas"", where he originated role of Willard ""Digger"" Barnes. The British television series released as ""Good Neighbors"" in American syndication was originally titled ""The Good Life"" in the United Kingdom, but changed its name for American audiences to avoid confusion with this earlier series. The Good Life (1971 TV series) The Good Life is an American situation comedy that was aired on NBC as part of its 1971–1972 lineup. The series stars Larry Hagman and Donna Mills, and was produced by Lorimar, in"
"winning TV shows including ""ER"", ""The X-Files"", ""Mad Men"" and ""True Detective"". He earned a SAG Award for the role of Roy Anderson, the ex-fiancé of Pam Beesly on the US version of ""The Office"". Denman married actress Mercedes Mason in September 2014. The couple welcomed their first child on January 10, 2018, a son named Caius Kane. David Denman David Denman (born July 25, 1973) is an American actor. He made his film debut with Keanu Reeves and Gene Hackman as the deaf tight-end in the Warner Bros. football comedy ""The Replacements"". His other feature credits include Tim Burton’s"
"prime-time TV series. A 90-minute pilot film of the series aired on NBC the week of May 4, 1974; the pilot also starred Kathleen Quinlan and Joe Garagiola. This series was Hartman's last television series as an actor—in November 1975, he began as co-host of ABC's ""Good Morning America"". Lucas Tanner Lucas Tanner is an NBC television drama that aired during the 1974-75 season. The title character, played by David Hartman, was a former baseball player and sportswriter who becomes an English teacher at the fictional Harry S Truman High School in Webster Groves, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis."
"""Open Range"", a role the actor won because he had been cut out of director Kevin Costner's previous film, ""The Postman"". He frequently voices characters on Adult Swim's stop-motion animation show ""Robot Chicken"", and has also contributed to a second show from ""Chicken's"" creators, ""Titan Maximum."" Following the cancellation of ""Men In Trees"" in early 2007, Benrubi returned to the cast of ""ER"" in late 2008 for the show's final season. Benrubi played a young Dan Conner, the character portrayed by John Goodman, in a flashback episode of ""Roseanne"". Benrubi starred in the short lived (April 2010 to June 2010)"
"the way his character was presented most of the time. As a result, some media outlets dismissed Goodman's role as unrealistic. Goodman won the People's Choice Award for Best Actor in a New Comedy Series, but, up against the second half hour of ""Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?"", it flopped in the Nielsen ratings. Twelve episodes of the series were made, but only seven were aired before its cancellation. Goodman appeared on the cover of TV Guide's 2000 Fall Preview issue, along with three other actors starring in new sitcoms: Geena Davis, Bette Midler and Michael Richards. The magazine"
"and screenwriter. In addition to his role on ""General Hospital"", he has recurred on Bones as ""FBI Forensic Tech Marcus Geier"" and in the role of ""Fred"" on ""Gilmore Girls"", and has also guest-starred on ""According To Jim"", ""Monk"", ""The Mentalist"", ""Weeds"", and ""The New Adventures of Old Christine"". David Greenman David Greenman (born October 27, 1977 in Syracuse, New York) is an American actor best known for portraying the character of Danny McCall from 2004-2006 on the ABC daytime soap opera ""General Hospital"". David Greenman was born and raised in Manlius, New York, a suburb of Syracuse. His parents"
"Rebecca Hall. In 2016, Denman starred as ""Boon"" in the Michael Bay film ""13 Hours"" about the 2012 Benghazi attack. In 2017, Denman continued with roles in Saban’s ""Power Rangers"" and ""Logan Lucky"" with Channing Tatum, Riley Keough, Adam Driver and Daniel Craig. In 2018, Denman starred in the Sundance crowd pleaser ""Puzzle"" opposite Kelly MacDonald and Irrfan Khan that came to theaters in the summer of 2018. On television, Denman starred as ""Mike"" on the critically acclaimed, but short-lived FOX comedy ""Traffic Light"" and in Robert Kirkman’s short lived demonic series ""Outcast"". He has recurred as ""Ed Brooks"" on"
"Brian Goodman Brian Goodman (born June 1, 1963) is an American film and television director, writer, and actor. At 12, Goodman quit school and started living on the streets. He sold drugs, married young, and served time in prison for his criminal activity. It was not until he saw ""Brian's Song"" that Goodman made a decision to become an actor. However, when Goodman came out of prison, he would steal from drug dealers. After deciding what he was going to do with his life, he went on an audition for a low-budget film called ""Southie"" with Donnie Wahlberg. Goodman also"
"Steven Gardner, and Arthur Gardner (related to original producers Levy-Gardner-Laven) as executive producers. The remake project was canceled a few months later, without a pilot episode being made. The TV show was also adapted into a comic book by Dan Spiegle, distributed by Dell Comics. The Rifleman The Rifleman is an American Western television program starring Chuck Connors as rancher Lucas McCain and Johnny Crawford as his son Mark McCain. It was set in the 1870s and 1880s in the fictional town of North Fork, New Mexico Territory. The show was filmed in black and white, in half-hour episodes. ""The"
"began airing in July 2011. For his performance as Danes, Pullman received a Saturn Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor on Television. From 2012-13, Pullman portrayed the President of the United States in the television comedy series ""1600 Penn"". He plays Detective Harry Ambrose in the USA Network mystery series ""The Sinner"", which aired its first season in 2017 and has been renewed for a second season. Pullman is married to Tamara Hurwitz, a modern dancer, Their three children are actor Lewis Pullman singer-songwriter Maesa Pullman, and Jack Pullman. At the age of 21, Pullman suffered a head injury and"
"Martin Charnin, Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Edward Kleban, Fred Ebb, Sheldon Harnick, Peter Allen, Barry Manilow, Carole Bayer Sager, and Stephen Sondheim, among others. The show ran for 86 performances at the 22 Steps Theatre in New York City. An early television role for Newman was in a 1959 episode of Beverly Garland's crime drama, ""Decoy"". She was then cast in 1960 as Doris Hudson in the CBS summer replacement series """", with Patrick O'Neal as the pathologist Dr. Daniel Coffee and Martin Huston as the handyman named Link. Newman became a major television celebrity of the 1960s and 1970s,"
"The Sandman. In 2007 he appeared on an episode of ""Burn Notice"". In 2011, Bauer appeared on the show ""Breaking Bad"" playing Mexican drug lord Don Eladio. He stars with Julianne Michelle in the feature film ""Awakened"", a supernatural thriller touching on Life After Death, a Supernova Media motion picture. More recently, Bauer appeared as ex-Mossad agent turned private investigator ""Avi"" in the Showtime series ""Ray Donovan"". Bauer also reprised his ""Breaking Bad"" role in AMC's prequel ""Better Call Saul"". In addition, he played El Santo in the American version of ""Queen of the South"". Bauer married actress Melanie Griffith."
"for popular western and action television shows, including ""Dragnet"" (1951), ""Wagon Train"" (1957), ""Maverick"" (1957), and ""Bonanza"" (1959). At Universal in the early 1960s, he turned ""McHale's Navy"" (1962) from a one-hour drama into a successful 30-minute sitcom. Together with the writer Les Colodny, Coon floated the idea for ""The Munsters"" (1964), as a satirical spin-off from ""The Donna Reed Show"" (1958), to MCA chairman Lew Wasserman. The result of this last, whose format was worked out by Allan Burns and Chris Hayward and whose characters and situations were developed by Norm Liebman and Ed Haas, was yet another hit"
"began writing. In 2008, Goodman co-wrote (with Donnie Wahlberg) and directed the Ethan Hawke/Mark Ruffalo film ""What Doesn't Kill You"". Goodman has also had recurring and guest-starring roles in a number of different films and television series, including all thirteen episodes of ""Line of Fire"" (as Donovan Stubbin) and three episodes of ""Lost"" as Ryan Pryce. Some of his other appearances include 2001 film ""The Last Castle"", the 2002 film "" Catch Me If You Can"", The 2006 film """", two episodes of ""24"" and a recurring role on the first two seasons of ""Rizzoli & Isles"". His recurring role"
"chocolate Labrador retriever and his family, as well as staying active in his church youth group. Dolley currently lives with his parents in Simi Valley, California. When not acting, he takes college courses in philosophy at Moorpark College and at California Lutheran University. Jason Dolley Jason Scott Dolley (born July 5, 1991) is an American actor and musician, known for his roles in Disney Channel shows and movies. These include Newton ""Newt"" Livingston III on ""Cory in the House"", Virgil Fox in ""Minutemen"", Connor Kennedy in ""Read It and Weep"", Pete Ivey in ""Hatching Pete"", and PJ Duncan on ""Good"
"it to the costume managers to select the right outfits for his parts. Notes Bob Odenkirk Robert John Odenkirk (born October 22, 1962) is an American actor, comedian, writer, director, and producer. He is best known for his role as smooth-talking lawyer Saul Goodman/Jimmy McGill on the AMC crime drama series ""Breaking Bad"" and its spin-off ""Better Call Saul"", and for the HBO sketch comedy series ""Mr. Show with Bob and David"", which he co-created and starred in with fellow comic and friend David Cross. From the late 1980s to 1990s, Odenkirk worked as a writer for television shows ""Saturday"
"to 2018, Scolaro has had a recurring character of the sad sack, forgetful, Doug, on the first season of TBS's ""Sullivan and Son"", played numerous characters on HBO's ""The Life and Times of Tim"", did stand-up on ""The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson"" and ""Conan"", and appeared on AMC's ""Mad Men"", SHOWTIME's ""Shameless"", TNT's ""Men of a Certain Age"", Showtime's ""Dexter"", ABC's ""Grey's Anatomy"", FOX's ""Bones"", ABC's ""The Middle"", Comedy Central's ""Kroll Show"", Disney's ""Girl Meets World"", NBC's ""Go On"", ABC's ""Castle"", Showtime's""I'm Dying Up Here""NBC's ""Harry's Law"", CBS's ""Superior Donuts"", Freeform's ""Alone Together"", ABC's ""Comics Unleashed"", NBC's ""Truth"
"Bob Odenkirk Robert John Odenkirk (born October 22, 1962) is an American actor, comedian, writer, director, and producer. He is best known for his role as smooth-talking lawyer Saul Goodman/Jimmy McGill on the AMC crime drama series ""Breaking Bad"" and its spin-off ""Better Call Saul"", and for the HBO sketch comedy series ""Mr. Show with Bob and David"", which he co-created and starred in with fellow comic and friend David Cross. From the late 1980s to 1990s, Odenkirk worked as a writer for television shows ""Saturday Night Live"" and ""The Ben Stiller Show"", winning two Emmys for his work. He"
"Goodman) gets woken up by his wife Kate (voiced by Cheryl Hines), late for his performance, on the couch before dashing towards the stage (but not before having a beer given to him by Snack {voiced by Orlando Jones} at the Watering Hole). Larry sings a rendition of Elvis Presley's ""Viva Las Vegas"" as the background music throughout the title sequence. The series' debut on NBC on August 31, 2004 attracted 12.3 million viewers, making it the most-watched series of the week on American television. However, the series was expected to do better, especially considering heavy promotion during NBC's coverage"
"his family's new butler and housekeeper, and helped them get acquainted in their new jobs in the 1971 situation comedy ""The Good Life"". Among his other early roles on television were appearances in the TV shows ""That Girl"", ""Room 222"", ""The Partridge Family"", ""Love, American Style"", ""Needles and Pins"", ""Columbo"", ""Baretta"" and ""Chico and the Man"". He was a regular member of the cast of the situation comedy ""Busting Loose"" in 1977. Goldman was also featured as Ozzie the Answer in the 1980s detective drama ""Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer"" and as Dr. Denton on ""Get Smart, Again!"" He acted in"
"of ""Conan"" that aired on February 10, 2011. Along with directing the film, he also wrote the screenplay, served as producer, and starred as the title character. ""Ted"" tells the story of John Bennett (Mark Wahlberg) and his talking teddy bear (MacFarlane) who keeps John and his girlfriend Lori Collins (Mila Kunis) from moving on with their lives. The film received generally favorable reviews from both critics and audiences, and was a box office success, opening with the highest weekend gross of all time for an original R-rated comedy. Internationally, the movie is currently the highest-grossing original R-rated comedy of"
"Booker (George Clooney), the foreman at Wellman. Dan (John Goodman) finds sporadic work as a construction contractor and faces a strained relationship with his irresponsible and womanizing father (Ned Beatty). Roseanne's parents, Beverly (Estelle Parsons) and Al (John Randolph), consider moving to Lanford, but eventually decide against it. Tomboy Darlene (Sara Gilbert) struggles with her femininity as she enters puberty and gets her first period. Becky (Lecy Goranson) faces dating problems with her first boyfriend Chip (Jared Rushton), who is introduced in the ""Lover's Lane"" episode. Season one also finds the Conners experiencing, and surviving, a tornado. In the ""Death"