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Milestones
- 2004: Portrayed Bobby Darin's (Kevin Spacey) best friend turned manager, Steve Blauner in "Beyond the Sea" a biopic of the legendary signer Bobby Darin
- 2004: Starred in the CBS comedy "Center of the Universe," playing a security company owner
- 2003: Co-starred in the black comedy "Masked & Anonymous"
- 2001: Appeared in the New York Shakespeare Festival Central Park staging of "The Seagull" directed by Mike Nichols
- 2000: Co-starred along with John Turturro in the Coens' "O Brother, Where Art Thou?", a retelling of the "Ulysses" story set in rural America during the Depresssion
- 2000: Had small role as a cop in "The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle"
- 2000: Portrayed a high-strung FAA agent hot on the tail of alien Garry Shandling in the feature comedy "What Planet Are You From?", directed by Mike Nichols
- 2000: Played one of three men (along with Michael Douglas and Matt Dillon) who are fixated on Liv Tyler in "One Night at McCool's"
- 2000: Voiced the co-starring role of the peasant Pacha in Disney's animated "The Emperor's New Groove"
- 2000: Landed starring role as one of two single fathers sharing a house in "Don't Ask", a Fox fall sitcom created by Bonnie and Terry Turner; network reportedly made a 13-episode commitment; pilot retooled and substantial changes were made; project eventually aired under title "Normal, Ohio" and featured Goodman as a gay man who moves in with his sister and her kids
- 2000: Cast as Piper Perabo's father in "Coyote Ugly"
- 1999: Essayed hyperactive paramedic in Martin Scorsese's "Bringing out the Dead"
- 1999: Had role as the original Michael Wiseman, killed on the very first episode of CBS' drama series "Now and Again", necessitating very few appearances in flashback or the retooled character's mind
- 1998: Replaced the late Jim Belushi as Dan Aykroyd's music-making partner in John Landis' sequel, "Blus Brothers 2000"
- 1998: In a another rare stage turn, took on the role of Everyman George Antrobus in New York Shakespeare Festival revival of Thornton Wilder's "The Skin of Our Teeth"
- 1997: Reunited with the Coen brothers for "The Big Lebowski", starring Jeff Bridges
- 1995: First stage role in eight years, playing Falstaff in "Henry IV (Parts 1 and 2)" at San Diego's Old Globe Theater
- 1995: Appeared as Mitch in the CBS remake of t Tennessee Williams' "A Streetcar Named Desire" (CBS), opposite Jessica Lange; garnered ninth Emmy nomination as Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Special
- 1995: Produced and starred in the TNT biopic "Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long"; earned Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Mminiseries or Special
- 1994: Credited as Karl Mundt for his role as the newsreel announcer in the Coen brothers' "The Hudsucker Proxy"
- 1994: Starred as Fred Flintstone in the live-action feature "The Flintstones"
- 1993: Played Harry Brock in remake of "Born Yesterday" opposite Melanie Griffith
- 1992: Portrayed George Herman 'Babe' Ruth in the feature biography "The Babe"
- 1991: Had first starring film role in "King Ralph"
- 1991: Reteamed with the Coen brothers as a traveling salesman in "Barton Fink", starring John Turturo; reportedly the film sprang from an image Joel and Ethan Coen had of Goodman and Turturro sitting on the edge of a bed in their underwear
- 1988: Played Sally Field's insurance-salesman husband in "Punchline"; part was a precursor for his role as Dan Conner on "Roseanne"
- 1988: Breakthrough screen performance as a larcenous lout in the Coen bothers' comic gem "Raising Arizona"
- 1988: Returned to Louisiana and reteamed with Quaid for the football-themed "Everybody's All-American"
- 1988: Appeared in TV pilot, "After Midnight" (ABC), which became the genesis for the series "Midnight Caller" (NBC)
- 1987: Began his love affair with the state of Louisiana, playing a murderously crooked cop in "The Big Easy" with Dennis Quaid
- 1987: Appeared as Enobarbus in Los Angeles stage production of "Antony and Cleopatra"; spotted by casting directors for TV's "Roseanne" and later signed for the series
- 1986: Left cast of "Big River" to appear in David Byrne's "True Stories"
- 1985: Originated role of Pap Finn (Huck's father) in the premiere of the musical "Big River" at the American Repertory Theatre of Cambridge, Massachusettes
- 1985: Broadway musical debut, "Big River", repeating his original role
- 1983: Feature film debut, "Eddie Macon's Run"
- 1983: Acted in road tour of musical, "The Robber Bridegroom"
- 1983: TV-movie debut, "The Face of Rage" (ABC)
- 1979: Broadway debut as a three-week Christmas season replacement in Michael Weller's "Loose Ends", starring Kevin Kline, who introduced him to the fraternity of actors hanging out at Cafe Central, running the gamut from Robert De Niro and Robert Duvall to wannabes like Dennis Quaid and Bruce Willis
- From 1975 to 1979: Performed in children's theater productions and had walk-on or bit parts in Off-Off-Broadway plays; also played Thomas Jefferson in a Springboro, Ohio dinner theater production of the musical "1776"
- 1975: With a $1,000 loan from his brother, went to New York City in August; hired as a bouncer at Adam's Apple singles bar but quit when shown ways to beat up people
- Raised in the St Louis, Missouri, area
- Made recurring appearances on NBC's "Saturday Night Live", playing Linda Tripp
- Performed in sketches on a monthly radio show called "Citizen Kafka" on WBAI, a NYC public radio station; his most inspired creation was Farmer Bob, a lecherous hayseed who harvested Cabbage Patch love dolls; "Kafka was trashy, deranged, disgusting," Goodman told The New York Times (March 8, 1998). "It played right into my Mad sensibility."
- Co-starred in the TV series "Roseanne" (ABC) as the title character's blue-collar husband; nominated for an Emmy as Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for seven consecutive years (1989-1995)
- Appeared in commercials for Coors beer, Crest toothpaste and 7-Up
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