John Goodman’s net worth
John Goodman is an American theatre, film, and television actor. He is one of the richest celebrities in America. He has a net worth of $45 million. An award-winning actor, John Goodman, is perhaps most widely recognized for his work as Dan Conner on the sitcom Roseanne. He is also a successful commercial and cartoon voice-over actor. John has hosted Saturday Night Line 13 times, making him one of the show’s most frequent hosts. He has starred in Roseanne spin-off The Conners since 2018 and HBO comedy The Righteous Gemstones since 2019. Goodman has won more than 30 awards for his work, including a Primetime Emmy and a Golden Globe.
John Goodman was born John Stephen Goodman on June 20, 1952, in Affton, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis. His mother, Virginia, worked at a drugstore and waited tables at a cafeteria, and his father, Leslie, was a postal worker; sadly, Leslie passed away from a heart attack when John was just 2 years old. Goodman grew up in a Southern Baptist household with an older brother, Leslie, and a younger sister, Elisabeth. Goodman experienced bullying at school because of his weight, and he participated in Boy Scouts until high school. During his childhood, he enjoyed reading comic books and magazines.
John attended Affton High School, where he got involved in theatre and was an offensive guard and defensive tackle on the football team. He graduated in 1970 and took a year off before going to Southwest Missouri State University. Goodman graduated in 1975, earning a bachelor of Fine Arts, and the school awarded him an Honorary Doctorate in 2013.
John Goodman’s successful career
John moved to New York City in 1975 and worked as a waiter and bartender while trying to find success as an actor. He began doing commercials, voiceover work, and plays and landed roles in off-Broadway and dinner theater productions. He made his big screen debut in 1982’s Eddie Macon’s Run, and he starred in the play Big River from 1985 to 1987. Goodman appeared in Revenge of the Nerds (1984), The Big Easy (1987), Raising Arizona (1987), and several other films before landing the role of Dan Conner on ABC’s Roseanne. The sitcom ran from 1988 to 1997. Goodman starred in Arachnophobia (1990), King Ralph (1991), and The Flint Stones (1994). he played numerous memorable roles, including Mighty, Mack McTeer in Blues Brothers 2000 (1998), Walter Sobchak in The Big Lebowski (1998), and Daniel Big Dan Teague in O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000).
John has more than 160 film and television credits to his name, and he has lent his voice to animated projects Monsters, Inc. (2001), Monster’s University (2013), The Emperor’s New Groove (2000), The Princess and the Frog (2009), and ParaNorman (2012). In the 2000s, he has appeared in acclaimed films such as The Artist (2011) and Argo (2012). He tried his hand at horror in Red State” (2011) and 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016), and made audiences laugh in Evan Almighty (2007), The Campaign (2012), and The Hangover Part III (2013).
