name	Monsters, Inc.
director	Pete Docter
producer	Darla K. Anderson
screenplay	Andrew StantonDan GersonRobert L. BairdRhett ReeseJonathan Roberts
story	Peter DocterJill CultonRalph EgglestonJeff Pidgeon
starring	John GoodmanBilly CrystalSteve BuscemiJames CoburnMary Gibbs
music	Randy Newman
editing	Jim Stewart
studio	Pixar
distributor	Walt Disney Pictures
released
runtime	92 minutes
country
language	English
budget	$115 million
gross	$526,366,597 }}

''Monsters, Inc.'' is a 2001 American computer-animated film and the fourth feature-length film produced by Pixar Animation Studios. It was directed by Pete Docter, co-directed by Lee Unkrich and David Silverman, and written by Jill Culton, Peter Docter, Ralph Eggleston, Dan Gerson, Jeff Pidgeon, Rhett Reese, Jonathan Roberts, and Andrew Stanton. The starring voices are John Goodman and Billy Crystal as Sulley and Mike, two monsters who work at a power plant that powers the monster world with children's screams, Mary Gibbs as Boo, a little girl who enters the monster world, Steve Buscemi as Randall, a rival monster, and James Coburn as Mr Waternoose, the plant's owner.

The film was released to theatres by Walt Disney Pictures in the United States on November 2, 2001, in Australia on December 26, 2001, and in the United Kingdom on February 8, 2002. It was a commercial and critical success, grossing over $525,366,597 worldwide. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes also reported extremely positive reviews with a 95% approval rating.

A prequel, ''Monsters University'', is scheduled for a June 21, 2013 release.

Plot

Monstropolis is a city populated entirely by monsters. The world can be connected to children's bedrooms in the human world through closet doors. When a door is properly activated, it becomes a portal between the monster world and the human world. The city's power supply is provided by Monsters, Inc., a power plant that employs monsters to scare children and extract energy from their screams. The company has a large warehouse full of doors, work areas called "scare floors" where the doors are activated, and a special training room in which employees practice their scare skills. The company's best scarer is James P. "Sulley" Sullivan (Goodman), whose assistant is his best friend and room mate Michael "Mike" Wazowski (Crystal). Sulley's main rival is Randall Boggs (Buscemi), but enjoys a patronizing relationship with the company's CEO, Henry J. Waternoose III (Coburn), who likes Sulley because of his scaring ability. Waternooses also worried about an energy crisis because children are harder to scare than they used to be.

One day, Sulley finds an activated door on his scare floor after the workday has ended. He finds no one in the room behind the door, but a little two-year-old girl (Gibbs) follows him back into the monster world. Far from being scared, she calls him "Kitty" and delights in playing with him. Since monsters think humans are lethally toxic, Sulley tries repeatedly to return the girl to her room, but she keeps following him back, and Randall eventually deactivates and stores the door, leaving the girl stuck in the monster world. The girl's presence becomes public knowledge after Sulley sneaks her into a restaurant to find Mike, so they hide her in their home while the Child Detection Agency (CDA) searches for her. Sulley decides to call the girl "Boo", and he slowly bonds with her after realizing that she is not poisonous. He also discovers that her laughter produces even more energy than her screams.

The next morning, Sulley and Mike disguise Boo in a monster costume and sneak her into work. Randall agrees to help them return her to her bedroom, but when Mike enters the room, Randall captures him in a box, believing he is Boo. Randall intends to kidnap Boo and subject her to a device that extracts her screams.

What follows is a sequence of battles, chases, and accidents in which Sulley and Mike attempt to protect Boo from Randall and his scream machine. Waternoose reveals that he is in cahoots with Randall and exiles Sulley and Mike to the Himalayas, where they meet the Abominable Snowman (John Ratzenberger). Sulley and Mike return to the monster world through a village at the foot of the mountain, where Randall chases them through the company's roller-coaster-like door-moving system. When the energy in Boo's laughter activates the doors in storage, the chase passes in and out of the human world. Finally, Sulley and Boo defeat Randall. Sulley throws Randall through the door of a trailer-park trailer, where a woman beats Randall with a shovel, and Mike destroys the door to make sure Randall never comes back.

Just as Sulley and Mike attempt to return Boo to her home, Waternoose and the CDA call her door to the scare floor, ready to arrest them, but Mike leads the agents away by fleeing with Boo's monster costume, and Sulley flees with Boo and the door. When Waternoose follows Sulley and Boo, Sulley attempts to set up and activate the door, and when Waternoose follows them through the door, he tells Sulley he is willing to kidnap children in order to save the company. However, Sulley had not properly activated Boo's door, causing the three to actually wind up in the adjacent Monsters, Inc. training room, which is equipped with a video monitoring system. Mike has recorded Waternoose's confession, and after he replays the confession, CDA agents arrest Waternoose.

With the scream-machine plot foiled, the CDA agents call in their leader, who is revealed to be Roz (Bob Peterson), the company's bookkeeper who was working undercover at Monsters Inc. Mike says goodbye to Boo and Sulley returns her to her bedroom, then Roz has the door shredded, preventing monsters from ever visiting Boo again. Sulley keeps one of the wood splinters as a memento.

Some time later, Sulley becomes the CEO of Monsters, Inc., and the company has ended the energy crisis with his policy of making children laugh instead of scaring them. Meanwhile, Mike has collected and reassembled the pieces of Boo's shredded door. When Sulley puts his piece in its place, the door is activated again, and when he peeks into Boo's room, she greets him.

Voice cast

John Goodman as James P. "Sulley" Sullivan, a large furry blue monster with horns and purple spots. Even though he excels at scaring children, he is kind-hearted and thoughtful by nature.

Billy Crystal as Michael "Mike" Wazowski, a green monster with a ball-shaped body, a single large eyeball, and skinny arms and legs. He runs Sulley's station on the scare floor, and they are close friends and room mates. Mike has an outgoing personality and is dating Celia Mae. He makes cameo appearances in ''Finding Nemo'', ''Cars'', ''WALL-E'' and ''Toy Story 3''.

Mary Gibbs as "Boo", a 2-year-old human girl. She is unafraid of any monster except Randall, who regularly scared her at night. She overcomes her fear of Randall by the end of the movie. The book based on the film gives Boo's "real" name as Mary Gibbs, the name of her voice actress. In the film, Boo shows Sulley a drawing of Randall with the name "Mary" signed in the corner.

Steve Buscemi as Randall Boggs, a multi-legged lizard-shaped monster with a chameleon-like ability to change skin color and blend in completely with his surroundings. He is Sulley's rival in scream collection.

James Coburn as Henry J. Waternoose III, a crab-like monster with many eyes. At the start of the film, he is CEO of Monsters, Inc., the job having been in his family for generations.

Jennifer Tilly as Celia Mae, a Medusa-like monster with snakes for hair. She is Mike's girlfriend and the receptionist for Monsters, Inc..

Bob Peterson as Roz, a slug-like monster with a raspy voice (similar to Selma Diamond's). She is the administrative clerk for Scare floor F. At the end of the film she turns out to be the Child Detection Agency's (CDA) "Number One", working undercover for years to reveal the child kidnap plot.

Frank Oz as Fungus, Randall's three-eyed assistant and reluctant participant in the plot.

John Ratzenberger as the Abominable Snowman, a yeti banished to the Himalayas.

Samuel Lord Black as the furry George Sanderson, assisted by "Charlie". He is the butt of a running gag in which he repeatedly contacts human artifacts by accident, triggering "23–19" incidents and humorously overblown reactions by the CDA.

Dan Gerson as Smitty and Needleman, two goofy monsters with cracking voices who work as janitors and operate the door shredder when required.

Jeff Pidgeon as Thaddeus Bile, though his friends call him "Phlegm", a trainee scarer for Monsters, Inc.

Bonnie Hunt as Ms. Flint, a snake-like monster who trains new monsters to scare children.

Production

The idea for ''Monsters, Inc.'' started with a lunch in 1994 attended by John Lasseter, Pete Docter, Andrew Stanton and Joe Ranft. One of the ideas that came out of the brainstorming session was a film about monsters. "When we were making ''Toy Story''" Pete Docter claimed "everybody came up to me and said that they totally believed that their toys came to life when they left the room. When Disney asked us to make more films, I wanted to tap into a child-like notion that was similar to Toy Story. I knew monsters were coming out of my closet when I was a kid. So I decided monsters would be appropriate". Docter's original idea revolved around a 30-year-old man dealing with monsters (which he drew in a book as a boy) coming back to bother him as an adult. Each monster represented a fear he had, and conquering those fears caused the monsters eventually to disappear.

Docter started working on the script in 1996, and with Harley Jessup, Jill Culton and Jeff Pidgeon completed a draft treatment in February 1997. However Sulley worked in the scream refinery before being changed to Monsters Inc.'s top scare producer. Also Boo was aged six, but was changed to 3 years of age, because "The younger she was, she became the more dependant on Sulley," Docter claimed. If Sulley moved the hair would react to the movement just like it would in nature. The same goes for Boo's t-shirt that would produce wrinkles in the fabric. This would save the animators from animating the three million hairs on Sullivan individually.

The release of ''Monsters, Inc.'' nearly was delayed by a lawsuit brought by Lori Madrid against Pixar, Disney and Chronicle Books. The suit alleged that the defendants had stolen her story ''There's a Boy in My Closet'', which she had mailed in October 1999 to a number of publishers, including Chronicle Books. The plaintiffs had requested a temporary injunction against the release of the film. Judge Clarence Brimmer, Jr. had a hearing on the injunction on November 1, 2001, the day before the film was to be released. He judged against the injunction, and the entire suit was thrown out on June 26, 2002.

Another lawsuit by Stanley Mouse, alleged that the characters of Mike and Sulley were based on drawings he had tried to sell to Hollywood in 1998.

Release

Box office

''Monsters, Inc.'' ranked No.1 at the box office its opening weekend, grossing $62,577,067 in North America alone. The film had a small drop-off of 27.2% over its 2nd weekend, earning another $45,551,028. In its 3rd weekend the film experienced a larger decline of 50.1%, placing itself in the second position just after ''Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone''. In its 4th weekend, however, there was an increase of 5.9%. Making $24,055,001 that weekend, it is the 7th biggest (in US$) 4th weekend ever for a film. As of September 26, 2002, the film has a total of $255,873,250 in the United States and Canada and $269,493,347 in other territories for a worldwide gross of $525,366,597. The film is Pixar's sixth highest grossing movie worldwide and fifth in North America.

In the UK, Ireland and Malta, it earned £37,264,502 ($53,335,579) in total, marking the 6th highest-grossing animated feature of all time in the country and the 32nd largest movie of all time. In Japan, although earning $4,471,902 during its opening and ranking 2nd behind ''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'' for the weekend, on subsequent weekends it moved to first place due to exceptionally small decreases or even increases and dominated for six weeks at the box office. It finally reached $74,437,612, standing as the third highest-grossing film of 2002 and the third largest US animated feature of all time in the country behind ''Toy Story 3'' and ''Finding Nemo''.

Critical reception

The film received near universal critical acclaim. Review aggregate Rotten Tomatoes reports that 95% of critics gave the film a positive review based on 164 reviews, with an average score of 7.9/10. The critical consensus was: ''Even though Monsters, Inc lacks the sophistication of the Toy Story series, it is a still delight for children of all ages.'' Among Rotten Tomatoes' ''Cream of the Crop'', which consists of popular and notable critics from the top newspapers, websites, television, and radio programs, the film holds an overall approval rating of 88% based on 33 reviews. Another review aggregator, Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 top reviews from mainstream critics, calculated a score of 78 based on 34 reviews.

Charles Taylor from ''Salon.com'' stated: "It's agreeable and often funny, and adults who take their kids to see it might be surprised to find themselves having a pretty good time." A. O. Scott from ''The New York Times'' gave a positive review saying: "There hasn't been a film in years to use creative energy as efficiently as Monsters, Inc." Mike Clark from ''USA Today'' also gave a positive review saying: "Though the comedy is sometimes more frenetic than inspired and viewer emotions are rarely touched to any notable degree, the movie is as visually inventive as its Pixar predecessors." ''Reelviews'' film critic James Berardinelli, who gave the film 3 1/2 stars out of 4 wrote: "Monsters, Inc. is one of those rare family films that parents can enjoy (rather than endure) along with their kids." Roger Ebert, film critic from ''Chicago Sun-Times'', while praising the movie with 3 out of 4 stars, wrote: "Monsters, Inc. is cheerful, high-energy fun, and like the other Pixar movies, has a running supply of gags and references aimed at grownups." Lisa Schwarzbaum, a film critic for ''Entertainment Weekly'' gave a B for the movie and wrote: "Everything from Pixar Animation Studios, the snazzy, cutting-edge computer animation outfit, looks really, really terrific, and unspools with a liberated, heppest-moms-and-dads-on-the-block iconoclasm."

Accolades

''Monsters, Inc.'' won the Academy Award for Best Song (Randy Newman, after 15 previous nominations, for ''If I Didn't Have You''). It was one of the first animated films to be nominated for Best Animated Feature (lost to ''Shrek''). It was also nominated for Best Music, Original Score (lost to ''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'') and Academy Award for Best Sound Editing (lost to ''Pearl Harbor'').

At the Kid's choice awards of 2002, it was nominated for "Favorite voice in an animated Movie" with Billy Crystal. (Which lost to Shrek with Eddie Murphy.)

;American Film Institute Lists

AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs:

If I Didn't Have You – Nominated

AFI's 10 Top 10 – Nominated Animated Film

Music

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artist	Randy Newman
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released	October 23, 2001
recorded	2000-2001
genre	Score
length	60:30
label	Walt Disney
chronology	Pixar Soundtracks
last album	''Toy Story 2''(1999)
this album	''Monsters, Inc.''(2001)
next album	''Finding Nemo''(2003) }}

The album was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Score and a Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media. The score lost both these awards to ''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'', but after 16 nominations, the song "If I Didn't Have You" finally won Newman his first Academy Award for Best Original Song. It also won a Grammy for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media.

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Prequel

A sequel was officially confirmed in 2010. The original release date of the film was November 16, 2012, but it was later changed to November 2, 2012 to avoid direct competition with ''The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2''. On April 5, 2011, it was announced that the film's release date had been pushed back to June 21, 2013 due to the success of Pixar films that are released in the summer, according to Disney distribution executive Chuck Viane.

In early 2011, there were claims that ''Monsters, Inc. 2'' was going to be a prequel which focuses on Sulley and Mike's studies at the University of Fear, where they start off as rivals but soon become best friends. On March 29, 2011, it was confirmed that the film will indeed be a prequel and the new title ''Monsters University'' was revealed. The feature will be directed by Dan Scanlon and produced by Kori Rae. It was also announced that John Goodman, Billy Crystal and Steve Buscemi will be reprising their roles. New voice cast includes Dave Foley, Julia Sweeney, Joel Murray and Peter Sohn.

Other media

Additional short film

An animated short, ''Mike's New Car'', was made by Pixar in 2002 in which the two main characters have assorted misadventures with a car Mike has just bought. This film was not screened in theaters, but is included with all home video releases of ''Monsters, Inc.'', and on Pixar's dedicated Shorts DVD.

Manga

A manga version of ''Monsters, Inc.'' was made by Hiromi Yamafuji and distributed in Kodansha's ''Comic Bon Bon'' magazine in Japan; the manga was published in English by Tokyopop until it went out of print.

Video games

A series of video games, and a multi-platform video game were created, based on the film, such as a film adaptation, Monsters Inc., developed by A2M on PS1, PC, Game Boy Color, and GBA consoles in 2001, and later by THQ for Nintendo Gamecube in 2002.

Walt Disney's World On Ice

Feld Entertainment toured a ''Monsters, Inc.'' edition of their ''Walt Disney's World on Ice'' skating tour from 2003 to 2007.

Theme park attractions

''Monsters, Inc.'' has inspired three attractions at Disney theme parks around the world.

In 2006 Monsters, Inc. Mike & Sulley to the Rescue! opened at Disney's California Adventure at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California. The dark ride was developed to boost the theme park's lagging attendance, and was quite successful in doing so for a short time.

In 2007 Monsters, Inc. Laugh Floor opened at the Magic Kingdom at the Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, replacing The Timekeeper. The show is improvisational in nature, and features the opportunity for Guests to interact with the monster comedians, and even submit jokes of their own via text message. The attraction has been praised for its originality, but has been criticized for being in Tomorrowland.

In 2009 Monsters, Inc.: Ride & Go Seek opened at Tokyo Disneyland at the Tokyo Disney Resort in Chiba, Japan.

See also

List of animated feature-length films

List of computer-animated films

References

External links

Category:2001 films Category:Best Song Academy Award winners Category:Buddy films Category:Films directed by Pete Docter Category:Films featuring anthropomorphic characters Category:Manga series Category:Pixar feature films Category:Tokyopop titles Category:Films directed by Lee Unkrich

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Demetri Martin (born May 25, 1973) is an American comedian, actor, artist, musician, writer and humorist. Martin is best known for his work as a stand-up comedian, contributor on ''The Daily Show'' and for his Comedy Central show ''Important Things with Demetri Martin''.

Early life

Demetri Martin was born to a Greek American family in New York City, New York, and grew up in Toms River, New Jersey. He is the son of Lillian, a nutritionist, and Dean C. Martin, now deceased, a Greek Orthodox priest. Martin graduated from Yale University in 1995. Although he was accepted into Harvard Law School, he went to New York University School of Law after he received a full scholarship.

Career

In 2001, Martin caught his first big break in stand-up comedy when he appeared on Comedy Central's stand-up showcase ''Premium Blend''. At the 2003 Edinburgh Festival Fringe he won the Perrier award with his show ''If I...''. The show was turned into a British television special in 2004. From 2003 to 2004, Martin wrote for ''Late Night with Conan O'Brien''. In 2004, Martin had his own ''Comedy Central Presents'' stand-up special. His special was divided into three parts. In the first, he performed in traditional stand-up comedy fashion. In the second segment, he used humorous drawings as visual aids, which would serve either as the punchline or a background. During the third segment, he played a guitar and put on a pseudo-play where he would strum his guitar while alternating between playing harmonica and talking; some of his comedian friends dressed as fairies and dragons acted according to the story he was telling, detailing the magical land where his jokes came from. Martin's mother and grandmother also appeared.

Since late 2005, he has been credited as a contributor on ''The Daily Show'', on which he has appeared as the named "Senior Youth Correspondent" and on which he hosts a segment called "Trendspotting". He has used this segment to talk about so-called hip trends among youth such as hookahs, wine, guerilla marketing and Xbox 360. A piece about social networking featured his profile on MySpace. On March 22, 2007, Demetri made another appearance on ''The Daily Show'', talking about the Viacom lawsuit against Google and YouTube.

He has recorded a comedy CD/DVD titled ''These Are Jokes'', which was released on September 26, 2006. This album also features ''Saturday Night Live'' member Will Forte and stand-up comedian Leo Allen.

Martin returned to ''The Daily Show'' on March 22, 2006, as the new Youth Correspondent, calling his segment "Professional Important News with Demetri Martin". In 2007, he starred in a Fountains of Wayne music video for "Someone to Love" as Seth Shapiro, a character in the song. He also starred in the video for the new Travis single "Selfish Jean", in which he wears multiple t-shirts with lyrics written on them.

On September 2, 2007, Martin appeared on the season finale of the HBO series ''Flight of the Conchords''. He appeared as a keytar player named Demetri.

He also had a part in the movie ''The Rocker'' (2008) starring Rainn Wilson. Martin played the part of the videographer when the band in the movie was making their first music video.

In 2009, he hosted and starred in his own television show called Important Things With Demetri Martin on Comedy Central. Later in June, it was announced his show had been renewed for a second season. The second season premiered, again on Comedy Central, on February 4, 2010. Martin has stated that ''Important Things'' will not return for a third season.

Prior to completing work on his second season, Martin starred in the comedy-drama film ''Taking Woodstock'' (2009), directed by Ang Lee, which premiered at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival. In the film Martin plays Elliot Tiber, a closeted gay artist who has given up his ambitions in the city to move upstate and help his old-world Jewish family run their Catskill Mountains motel. The film is based on the book written by Tiber.

On April 25, 2011, Martin released his first book, titled ''This Is a Book by Demetri Martin''.

Martin was slated to portray Paul DePodesta as Oakland Athletics assistant GM to Billy Beane in the 2011 movie Moneyball (film), however was dropped and Jonah Hill took his place in the movie.

Future plans

Martin sold his movie concept ''Will'' to DreamWorks; he is expected to play a key supporting role. He will play the lead in the film ''Moon People'', a pitch that he sold to Columbia Pictures.

Martin also signed a blind script deal with CBS in October 2010 to produce, write, and star in his own television series.

After CBS was shown the pilot for the series, they decided not to air it.

On August 11, 2011, Fox ordered a presentation of a new animated show they might air.

''If I''

''If I'' is a Perrier Comedy Award-winning comedy one-man show written and performed by Demetri Martin at the 2003 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. It was also aired on British television as a special. The show is an autobiographical examination of Martin's life, as seen through various definitions of the word "if."

The title of the special comes from a lengthy palindromic poem that Martin wrote; the words "if I" are at the center of the poem.

Comedic style

Martin is known for being an unconventional stand-up comic. He uses one-liners and drawings on a "large pad", as well as accompanying his jokes with music on either guitar, harmonica, piano, keyboard, glockenspiel, toy bells, ukulele, or tambourine, sometimes all at once. He has cited comedian Steven Wright as an important influence (both use deadpan one-liners in their acts) and he is also a fan of Bill Cosby.

Personal life

According to a July 2011 interview on the WTF with Marc Maron podcast, Demetri had a short-lived marriage to a girl he knew from high school. They began dating after high school and got married when he was in NYU Law School and she was attending NYU Medical School. He was aged 25 and in the end of his marriage when his stand-up career began.

He is extremely allergic to nuts and peanuts.

Martin moved to Santa Monica, California in 2009.

Discography

''Invite Them Up'' (2005)

''These Are Jokes'' (2006)

''Demetri Martin. Person.'' (2007)

Filmography and television work

''If I'' ''12:21'' ''Late Night with Conan O'Brien'' "''Someone to Love (Fountains of Wayne song) ''Flight of the Conchords (TV series) ''The Rocker (film) ''Paper Heart'' ''Post Grad'' ''Taking Woodstock'' ''Important Things with Demetri Martin'' ''Take Me Home Tonight (film) ''Contagion (film) ''Conan_(TV_series)

Year	! Title	! Role	Notes
2002	''Analyze That''	Personal Assistant
2003	|	Himself	British television special, also writer
2004	|	Himself	short film, also writer
2004	|	Himself	1 episode, series writer
2007	Someone to Love''" ||	Seth Shapiro	''Fountains of Wayne'' music video
2007	Flight of the Conchords'' ||	Demetri	Season 1, Episode 12
2008	The Rocker'' ||	Kip (a music video producer)
2009	|	Himself
2009	|	Ad Exec
2009	|	Elliot Tiber
2009–2010	|	Himself / Various	writer, series creator, executive producer, and composer
2011	Take Me Home Tonight'' ||	Carlos
2011	Contagion'' ||	Dr. David Eisenberg
2011	Conan'' ||	Himself	guest

Written works

''This Is a Book'', April 2011, .

Awards and nominations

AwardPerrier Comedy AwardEmmy Awards Shared with Mike Sweeney (writer)Writers Guild of America Award Shared with Mike Sweeney (writer)Barry Award (for comedy)

Year	|	For	Category	Result	Other notes
2003	|	''If I''		Won	At the Edinburgh Festival Fringe
2004	|	''Late Night with Conan O'Brien''	Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music, or Comedy Program	Nominated	Mike Sweeney (head writer), Chris Albers, Jose Arroyo, Andy Blitz, Kevin Dorff, Daniel J. Goor, Michael Gordon, Brian Kiley, Michael Koman, Brian McCann, Guy Nicolucci, Conan O'Brien, Allison Silverman, Robert Smigel, Brian Stack, Andrew Weinberg
2005	|	''Late Night with Conan O'Brien''	Comedy/Variety (Including Talk) - Series	Won	Mike Sweeney (head writer), Chris Albers, Jose Arroyo, Andy Blitz, Kevin Dorff, Daniel J. Goor, Michael Gordon, Brian Kiley, Michael Koman, Brian McCann, Guy Nicolucci, Conan O'Brien, Allison Silverman, Robert Smigel, Brian Stack, Andrew Weinberg
2006	Barry Award ||	''Dr. Earnest Parrot Presents Demetri Martin''		Won	Award for best show at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival

References

External links

Interview from November, 2006, in Onion AV Club

Interview from October 2006, in The DePaulia

Article, in ''The Scotsman''

Article, in ''Gelf Magazine''

Interview by Brian M. Palmer

MP3 Audio Interview on ''The Sound of Young America'' public radio show and podcast

Interview Believer Mag

New Jersey Monthly Magazine

Fresh Air, NPR.org

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Name	Billy Crystal
Birth date	March 14, 1948
Birth name	William Edward Crystal
Birth place	New York City, United States
Spouse	Janice Goldfinger (1970–present)
Nationality	American
Active	1975–present

}} William Edward "Billy" Crystal (born March 14, 1948) is an American actor, writer, producer, comedian and film director. He gained prominence in the 1970s for playing Jodie Dallas on the ABC sitcom ''Soap'' and became a Hollywood film star during the late 1980s and 1990s, appearing in the critical and box office successes ''When Harry Met Sally...'' and ''City Slickers''. He has hosted the Academy Awards eight times.

Early life

Crystal was born in the Doctor's Hospital in Manhattan and grew up in Long Beach, New York, the son of Helen (née Gabler), a housewife, and Jack Crystal, a record company executive and producer of jazz records, who owned and operated the Commodore Record store. His uncle was musician and songwriter Milt Gabler, and his brother, Richard "Rip" Crystal, is a television producer. Crystal grew up in a Jewish family that he has described as "large" and "loving". Billie Holiday was one of Crystal's babysitters during his childhood.

After graduation from Long Beach High School, Crystal attended Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia, on a baseball scholarship, having learned the game from his father, who pitched for St. John's University. Crystal never played a game at Marshall because the program was suspended during his freshman year. He did not return as a sophomore, staying back in New York with his future wife. He then went on to Nassau Community College, and later attended New York University, where he graduated with a B.F.A. from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts in 1970. He was also the Editor-in-Chief of the BG News from 1969–70.

Career

Television

Crystal returned to New York and performed regularly at ''The Improv'' and ''Catch a Rising Star''. He studied film and television direction under Martin Scorsese at New York University. In 1976, Crystal appeared on an episode of ''All in the Family''. He was on the dais for the Dean Martin Celebrity Roast of Muhammad Ali on February 19, 1976, where he did impressions of both Ali and sportscaster Howard Cosell. He was scheduled to appear on the first episode of ''NBC Saturday Night'' (later renamed ''Saturday Night Live'') (October 11, 1975), but his sketch was cut. He did do a stand-up bit later in that first season as "Bill Crystal", on the April 17, 1976, episode; the "Can you dig it? I knew that you could," portion of which was repeatedly quoted by characters in the 1977 film, ''Saturday Night Fever''.

Crystal's earliest prominent role was as Jodie Dallas on ''Soap'', one of the first unambiguously gay characters in the cast of an American television series. He continued in the role the series' entire 1977–1981 run.

After hosting ''Saturday Night Live'' in 1984, he joined the regular cast. His most famous recurring sketch was his parody of Fernando Lamas Fernando, a smarmy talk show host whose catchphrase, "You look... mahvelous!," became a media sensation. Crystal subsequently released an album of his stand-up material titled ''Mahvelous!'' in 1985, as well as the single "You Look Marvelous", which peaked at #58 on the Billboard Hot 100 during the same year. Also in the 1980s, Crystal starred in an episode of Shelley Duvall's ''Faerie Tale Theater'' as the smartest of the three little pigs.

In 1996, Crystal was the guest star of the third episode of ''Muppets Tonight''.

Acting in film and hosting the Oscars

Crystal's first film role was in Joan Rivers's 1978 film ''Rabbit Test''. Crystal also made game show appearances such as ''The Hollywood Squares'', ''All Star Secrets'' and ''The $20,000 Pyramid''. He holds the record for getting his contestant partner to the top of the pyramid in winner's circle in the fastest time, 26 seconds.

Crystal appeared briefly in Rob Reiner's 1984 "rockumentary" ''This Is Spinal Tap'' as Morty The Mime, a waiter dressed as a mime at one of Spinal Tap's parties. He shared the scene with a then-unknown, non-speaking Dana Carvey. Crystal's line in the film was "Mime is money." Reiner directed Crystal again in ''The Princess Bride'' (1987).

Reiner directed Crystal for a third time in the classic romantic comedy ''When Harry Met Sally...'' (1989), for which Crystal was nominated for a Golden Globe. Crystal then starred in the buddy comedy ''City Slickers'' (1991), which proved very successful both commercially and critically and for which Crystal was nominated for his second Golden Globe.

Following the success of these films, Crystal wrote, directed, and starred in ''Mr. Saturday Night'' (1992) and ''Forget Paris'' (1995). In the former, Crystal played a serious role in aging makeup, as an egotistical comedian who reflects back on his career. He directed the made-for-television movie ''61*'' (2001) based on Roger Maris's and Mickey Mantle's race to break Babe Ruth's single-season home run record in 1961. This earned Crystal an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special.

Crystal has continued working in film, including ''Analyze This'' (1999) and ''Analyze That'' (2002) with Robert De Niro, and in the English version of ''Howl's Moving Castle'' as the voice of Calcifer. Pixar originally approached him to provide the voice of Buzz Lightyear in ''Toy Story'' (1995). He turned down that offer, but regretted it after the film became one of the most popular releases of the year. Crystal later went on to provide the voice of Mike Wazowski in the Pixar film, ''Monsters, Inc.'' (2001), which was nominated for the inaugural Best Animated Feature Oscar.

Crystal hosted the Academy Awards broadcast in 1990–1993, 1997, 1998, 2000, and 2004; and he reportedly turned down hosting the 2006 ceremony to concentrate on his one-man show, ''700 Sundays''. His eight times as the M.C. is second only to Bob Hope's 18 in most ceremonies hosted. At the 83rd Academy Awards ceremony in 2011, he appeared as a presenter for a digitally inserted Bob Hope and before doing so was given a standing ovation. Film critic Roger Ebert said when Crystal came onstage about two hours into the show, he got the first laughs of the broadcast.

Broadway

Crystal won the 2005 Tony Award for Best Special Theatrical Event for ''700 Sundays'', a two-act, one-man play, which he conceived and wrote about his parents and his childhood growing up on Long Island. He toured the U.S. with the show in 2006 and Australia in 2007.

Following the initial success of the play, Crystal wrote the book ''700 Sundays'' for Warner Books, which was published on October 31, 2005. In conjunction with the book and the play that also paid tribute to his uncle, Milt Gabler, Crystal produced two CD compilations: ''Billy Crystal Presents: The Milt Gabler Story'', which featured his uncle's most influential recordings from Billie Holiday's "Strange Fruit" to "Rock Around the Clock" by Bill Haley & His Comets; and ''Billy Remembers Billie'' featuring Crystal's favorite Holiday recordings.

Philanthropy

In 1986, Crystal started hosting ''Comic Relief'' on HBO with Robin Williams and Whoopi Goldberg. Founded by Bob Zmuda, Comic Relief raises money for homeless people in the United States.

On September 6, 2005, on ''The Tonight Show with Jay Leno'', Crystal and Jay Leno were the first celebrities to sign a Harley-Davidson motorcycle to be auctioned off for Gulf Coast relief.

Crystal has participated in the Simon Wiesenthal Center Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles. Portraying himself in a video, Crystal introduces museum guests to the genealogy wing of the museum.

New York baseball

On March 12, 2008, Crystal signed a minor league contract, for a single day, to play with the New York Yankees, and was invited to the team's major league spring training. He wore uniform number 60, in honor of his upcoming 60th birthday. On March 13, in a spring training game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, Crystal led off as the designated hitter. He managed to make contact, fouling a fastball up the first base line, but was eventually struck out by Pirates pitcher Paul Maholm on 6 pitches and was later replaced in the batting order by Johnny Damon. He was released on March 14, his 60th birthday. Although a life-long Yankee fan, he is a part-owner of the Arizona Diamondbacks, even earning a World Series ring in 2001 when the Diamondbacks beat his beloved Yankees.

In the movie ''City Slickers'', Crystal wears a New York Mets baseball cap.

Personal life

Billy Crystal and his wife Janice have two daughters, actress Jennifer and producer Lindsay, and are now grandparents. They reside in Pacific Palisades, California.

Awards

In addition to his Golden Globe Award-nominations, Emmy Awards, and Tony Award, Crystal won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding One-Person Show for ''700 Sundays'' and received the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in 2007.

Filmography

! Year	! Title	! Role	! Notes
1977–1981		Jodie Dallas	TV series
1977	''SST: Death Flight''	David
		Lionel Carpenter
''Human Feelings	Angel	Made for TV
1980	''Animalympics''	Lodge Turkell	Voice
1984	''This Is Spinal Tap''	Morty the Mime
1986		Danny Constanzo
		Miracle Max
''Throw Momma from the Train''	Larry Donner
1988	''Memories of Me''	Abbie	Writer/Producer
1989	''When Harry Met Sally...''	Harry Burns
1991	''City Slickers''	Mitch Robbins
	''Horton Hatches the Egg''	Narrator	Voice
''Mr. Saturday Night''	Buddy Young, Jr.	Writer/Director/ProducerNominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
1994	''City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold''	Mitch Robbins	Writer/Producer
	''Forget Paris''	Mickey Gordon	Writer/Director/Producer
1996	''Muppets Tonight''	Himself	Guest star on third episode
	''Deconstructing Harry''	Larry
	Jack Lawrence
''Friends''	The Gynecologist (with Robin Williams)	TV Series
1998	''My Giant''	Sam 'Sammy' Kamin	Writer/Producer
1999	''Analyze This''	Dr. Ben Sobel	Executive Producer
2000	''The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle''	Mattress salesman	Uncredited
	''61*''		Director
''America's Sweethearts''	Lee Phillips	Writer/Producer
''Monsters, Inc.''	Michael "Mike" Wazowski	Voice
	''Mike's New Car''	Mike Wazowski	Short Film SubjectVoice
''Analyze That''	Dr. Ben Sobel	Executive Producer
2004		Calcifer	Voice
2005	''Dinotopia: Quest for the Ruby Sunstone''	Karl Scott	Voice
2006		Mike Car	Voice
		Jerry	Uncredited
''Planet Sheen''	Soldier Joagth	Voice Episode: ''What's Up Chock?''
2011			Cameo
2013	''Monsters University''	Mike Wazowski	Voice

''Saturday Night Live''

Characters

Al Minkman, a shady businessman

Fernando, host of ''Fernando's Hideaway'', a celebrity interview show; based on actor Fernando Lamas

Buddy Young, Jr. (an insult comic who appears on Weekend Update)

Lew Goldman

Ricky, a bowler

Tony Minetti, a butcher

Willie, a man who, along with his friend, Frankie (played by Christopher Guest), discuss their masochistic tendencies

Impersonations

Fernando Lamas

Howard Cosell

Muhammad Ali

John F. Kennedy

Joe Franklin

Hervé Villechaize

Joe Garagiola

Adam Ant

Prince

Sammy Davis, Jr.

Bibliography

A children's book. A children's book. Crystal's memoirs with his father.

References

External links

Billy Crystal appears on Michael Eisner's talkshow on CNBC

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name	John Goodman
birth date	June 20, 1952
birth place	Affton, Missouri, U.S.
birth name	John Stephen Goodman
occupation	Actor
spouse	Annabeth Hartzog (1989–present)
years active	1975–present }}

John Stephen Goodman (born June 20, 1952) is an American film, television, and stage actor. He is best known for his role as Dan Conner on the television series ''Roseanne'' (1988–1997) for which he won a Best Actor Golden Globe award in 1993, and for appearances in the films of the Coen brothers, with prominent roles in ''Raising Arizona'' as an escaped convict, in ''Barton Fink'' as a congenial murderer, in ''The Big Lebowski'' as a volatile bowler and in ''O Brother Where Art Thou?'' as a cultured thief. Additionally, Goodman's voice work has appeared in numerous Disney films, including the voice for "Sulley" in ''Monsters, Inc.''. Having contributed to more than 50 films, Goodman has also won two American Comedy Awards and hosted ''Saturday Night Live'' twelve times.

Early life

Goodman was born in Affton, Missouri. His mother, Virginia (née Loosmore), was a store clerk and waitress who worked at Jack and Phil's Bar-B-Que, and his father, Leslie Goodman, was a postal worker who died of a heart attack in 1954. He has a sister, Elisabeth, and a brother, Leslie, with his extended family living in St. Louis, Missouri.

Goodman went to Affton High School, where he played football and dabbled in theater. He then won a football scholarship to Southwest Missouri State University, now called Missouri State University. He pledged the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity, but was not formally initiated until several years later. He has stated that he "wasted a year in the keg," before discovering Southwest Missouri's drama program. He studied there with actors Kathleen Turner and Tess Harper. After a college injury ended his football career, he decided to become a professional actor, leaving Missouri for New York in 1975.

With a small bankroll from his brother, he found an apartment on Ninth Avenue and 51st street near the Theatre District, Manhattan, and attempted (unsuccessfully) to earn money as a bartender and waiter. But, he was soon to find modest success on stage, in commercials and in voice over performance. He was the person who slapped himself in the commercial for Skin Bracer by Mennen, saying the famous line "Thanks...I needed that!". He performed off Broadway and in dinner theatres, before getting character roles in movies during the early 1980s.

In 1978, he joined Dennis Quaid, Bruce Willis and Kevin Kline in the Broadway production of ''Loose Ends''.

Career

Goodman is most famous for his role as Dan Conner on the American sitcom, ''Roseanne'', which aired on ABC from 1988 to 1997. In 1985, Goodman originated the role of Pap Finn in the Broadway musical ''Big River''. For his role, he received a Drama Desk nomination for Best Featured Actor in a Musical; he also is featured on the Original Broadway Cast Recording. He had a long history of appearances on late night comedy shows, and was the first guest on ''Late Night with Conan O'Brien'', which won him the show's "First Guest Medal" (Goodman joked that he would pawn the medal for a bottle of cheap scotch). He was a popular guest host on NBC's ''Saturday Night Live'', hosting the show fourteen times, while also making seven cameo appearances as Linda Tripp during the Monica Lewinsky scandal. Goodman once auditioned to be a castmember for Jean Doumanian's tumultuous 1980–1981 ''SNL'' season, but was rejected.

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 the Tony-winning Broadway musical ''Big River'' from 1985 to 1987. He landed his big break into movies in 1986, when he had a significant comedic role in the David Byrne mockumentary ''True Stories''. In that 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 Head Football Coach for Adams College in the movie ''Revenge of the Nerds''.

Goodman had a guest role on ''Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip'', as Pahrump, Nevada Judge Robert Bebe, earning a 2007 Emmy for Outstanding Guest Actor – Drama Series for his performance.

He voiced Robot Santa in the character's first appearance on ''Futurama''. Beginning in 2007, Goodman has been the voiceover in Dunkin' Donuts commercials.

He appeared as a federal judge in the 1999 HBO production, ''The Jack Bull,'' bringing some semblance of order and justice to the story. He also appeared in the 2000 motion picture ''Coyote Ugly''. In 2000, Goodman provided the voice of Pacha in the Disney film ''The Emperor's New Groove'' and, a year later, the voice of Sulley in the Disney/Pixar film ''Monsters, Inc''.

In 2007, Goodman starred as the antagonist in the movie ''Evan Almighty'' (directed by Tom Shadyac), opposite Steve Carell and Morgan Freeman.

A recent project was the film version of the Sophie Kinsella novel, ''Confessions of a Shopaholic'', where he played Becky's father, Graham Bloomwood. The movie was released February 13, 2009. In the same year he starred in the epic drama ''Pope Joan'' as Pope Sergius II.

Goodman played the Ghost of Christmas Present in the 2008 Kodak Theatre production of ''A Christmas Carol'', starring Christopher Lloyd as Ebenezer Scrooge. He is set to play the role of Pozzo in a Studio 54 revival of the play ''Waiting for Godot'', opposite Bill Irwin and Nathan Lane. Goodman's voice can also be heard on an automated message system at Lambert St. Louis International airport.

In 2010, Variety announced Goodman will be narrating the new cooking show ''Best Food Ever''. The series will travel the country to uncover some of its most-popular dishes and restaurants. Also in 2010 Goodman lent his vocal talents to Disney's ''The Princess and the Frog'' where he played "Big Daddy" La Bouff.

In 2011, Goodman will be a guest star in the third season of NBC's ''Community''

New Orleans residency

Goodman has long resided in New Orleans, Louisiana. Since Hurricane Katrina, Goodman has appeared on several recovery commercials aired in Louisiana.

Goodman was cast in ''In the Electric Mist'' (2009) as Julie 'Baby Feet' Balboni, which is set in post-Hurricane Katrina Louisiana. Goodman was at one time slated to play the role of Ignatius Reilly, the main character of ''A Confederacy of Dunces'' by John Kennedy Toole. The story takes place almost entirely in New Orleans. However, the movie was never put into production. The movie ''The Princess and the Frog'' where he lent his voice as Eli "Big Daddy" La Bouff also takes place in New Orleans. Goodman is also featured in HBO series ''Treme'', which shares many producers in common with ''The Wire''. ''Treme'' focuses on a group of interconnected people trying to rebuild their lives in post-Hurricane Katrina New Orleans. Goodman plays Creighton Bernette, a Tulane English professor who suffers from depression.

In 2010, as a result of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, Goodman appeared in a commercial to raise awareness for the spill. Also starring in the commercial were Sandra Bullock, Peyton and Eli Manning, Jack Del Rio, Drew Brees, Emeril Lagasse, James Carville, and Blake Lively.

Personal life

Goodman met his wife, Anna Beth Hartzog, in New Orleans while he was filming 1988’s ''Everybody’s All-American''. They married in October 1989 and have a daughter named Molly Evangeline (born August 31, 1990).

In an April 16, 2009 interview with ''New York Times'' theater writer Charles McGrath, Goodman is open about his alcoholism. He says, "I don't know how much the old Jackie Daniels franchise ruined my memory, which is going anyway, because of my advancing decrepitude. I had a 30-year run, and at the end I didn't care about anything. I was just fed up with myself. I didn't even want to be an actor anymore." He says he stopped drinking in 2007. "I could never please myself. That's part of what fuels the alcoholic, I guess. You set yourself impossible goals, and then you kick yourself because you're not good enough. But I can't do that every night. I don't have the energy anymore."

Towards the end of 2009-2010, Goodman lost a reported 100 pounds. He claimed that exercise and a journal of food he consumed is what helped him keep the weight off.

Filmography

Films

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" |- style="text-align:center;" ! style="background: #B0C4DE;" | Year ! style="background: #B0C4DE;" | Film ! style="background: #B0C4DE;" | Role ! style="background: #B0C4DE;" | Notes |- | 1977 | ''Jailbait Babysitter'' | | |- | rowspan="2"|1983 | ''Eddie Macon's Run'' | Herbert | |- | ''The Survivors'' | Commando | |- | rowspan="3"|1984 | ''Revenge of the Nerds'' | Coach Harris | |- | ''C.H.U.D.'' | Cop in Diner | |- | ''Maria’s Lovers'' | Frank | |- | 1985 | ''Sweet Dreams'' | Otis | |- | 1986 | ''True Stories'' | Louis Fyne | |- | rowspan="3"|1987 | ''The Big Easy'' | Det. Andre DeSoto | |- | ''Raising Arizona'' | Gale Snoats | |- | ''Burglar'' | Det. Nyswander | |- | rowspan="3"|1988 | ''The Wrong Guys'' | Duke Earle | |- | ''Punchline'' | John Krytsick | |- | ''Everybody's All-American'' | Lawrence | |- | rowspan="2"|1989 | ''Sea of Love'' | Det. Sherman | |- | ''Always'' | Al Yackey | |- | rowspan="2"|1990 | ''Stella'' | Ed Munn | |- | ''Arachnophobia'' | Delbert McClintock | Nominated- Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor |- | rowspan="2"|1991 | ''King Ralph'' | Ralph Hampton Gainesworth Jones | |- | ''Barton Fink'' | Charlie Meadows | Nominated- Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture |- |rowspan="2"| 1992 | ''The Babe'' | George Herman 'Babe' Ruth | |- | ''Frosty Returns'' | Frosty the Snowman | Voice |- |rowspan="3"|1993 | ''Matinee'' | Lawrence Woolsey | |- | ''Born Yesterday'' | Harry Brock | |- | ''We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story'' | Rex | Voice |- | rowspan="2"|1994 | ''The Hudsucker Proxy'' | Newsreel Announcer | Credited as Karl Mundt |- | ''The Flintstones'' | Fred Flintstone | |- | rowspan="2"|1996 | ''Pie in the Sky'' | Alan Davenport | |- | ''Mother Night'' | Major Frank Wirtanen | |- | 1997 | ''The Borrowers'' | Ocious P. Potter | |- | rowspan="5"|1998 | ''Fallen'' | Jonesy | |- | ''Blues Brothers 2000'' | Mighty Mack McTeer | |- | ''The Big Lebowski'' | Walter Sobchak | Nominated - Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture |- | ''Dirty Work'' | Mayor Adrian Riggins | Uncredited |- | ''Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie'' | Santa Claus | Voice |- | rowspan="3"|1999 | ''The Runner'' | Deepthroat | |- | ''Bringing Out the Dead'' | Larry | |- | ''The Jack Bull'' | Judge Tolliver | |- | rowspan="5"|2000 | ''What Planet Are You From?'' | Roland Jones | |- | ''O Brother, Where Art Thou?'' | Daniel 'Big Dan' Teague | |- | ''The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle'' | Oklahoma Cop | |- | ''Coyote Ugly'' | Billene Sanford | |- | ''The Emperor's New Groove'' | Pacha | Voice |- | rowspan="4"|2001 | ''My First Mister'' | Benjamin | |- | ''One Night at McCool's'' | Det. Dehling | |- | ''Storytelling'' | Marty Livingston | Segment: "Non-Fiction" |- | ''Monsters, Inc.'' | rowspan="2"|James P. 'Sulley' Sullivan | VoiceWorld Soundtrack Award for Best Original Song Written for a Film |- | rowspan="2"|2002 | ''Mike's New Car'' | VoiceShort film |- | ''Dirty Deeds'' | Tony | |- | rowspan="2"|2003 | ''Masked and Anonymous'' | Uncle Sweetheart | |- | ''The Jungle Book 2'' | Baloo | VoiceNominated- Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Voice from an Animated Movie |- | rowspan="3"|2004 | ''Home of Phobia'' | Rodney | Released under the name ''Freshman Orientation'' |- | ''Clifford's Really Big Movie'' | George Wolfsbottom | Voice |- | ''Beyond the Sea'' | Steve 'Boom Boom' Blauner | |- | rowspan="2"|2005 | ''Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School'' | Steve Mills | |- | ''The Emperor's New Groove 2: Kronk's New Groove'' | Pacha | Voice Direct-to-DVD |- | rowspan="2"|2006 | ''Cars'' | Sullivan Truck | Car version of James P. 'Sulley' Sullivan, Voice |- | ''Tales of the Rat Fink'' | Ed "Big Daddy" Roth | Narrator/ Voice |- | rowspan="3"|2007 | ''Death Sentence'' | Bones Darley | |- | ''Evan Almighty'' | Congressman Long | |- | ''Bee Movie'' | Layton T. Montgomery | Voice |- | 2008 | ''Speed Racer'' | Pops Racer | |- | rowspan="8"|2009 | ''Gigantic'' | Al Lolly | |- | ''Confessions of a Shopaholic'' | Graham Bloomwood | |- | ''In the Electric Mist'' | Julie 'Baby Feet' Balboni | |- | ''Alabama Moon'' | Mr. Wellington | |- | ''Pope Joan'' | Pope Sergius | |- | ''Beyond All Boundaries'' | Voice Short film | |- | ''The Princess and the Frog'' | Eli 'Big Daddy' La Bouff | VoiceNominated- Black Reel Award for Best Ensemble |- | ''A Sewer Runs Through It'' | Narrator | |- | rowspan="2"|2010 | ''You Don't Know Jack'' | Neal Nicol | |- |''Drunkboat'' | Mr. Fletcher | |- | rowspan="5"|2011 | ''The Artist'' | Zimmer | |- | ''Red State'' | Joseph Kennan | |- | ''Spring Break '83'' | Dick Bender | ''post-production'' |- | ''Bunyan and Babe'' | Paul Bunyan | Voice''post-production'' |- | ''Thicker'' | Trooper | ''filming'' |- | 2012 | ''Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close'' | | ''filming'' |- | 2013 | ''Monsters University'' | James P. 'Sulley' Sullivan | VoiceDevelopment |}

Television

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" |- style="text-align:center;" ! style="background: #B0C4DE;" | Year ! style="background: #B0C4DE;" | Title ! style="background: #B0C4DE;" | Role ! style="background: #B0C4DE;" | Notes |- | rowspan="3"|1983 | ''The Face of Rage'' | Fred | TV film |- | ''Chiefs'' | Newt 'Tub' Murray | Miniseries |- | ''Heart of Steel'' | Raymond Bohupinsky |rowspan=2|TV film |- | rowspan="3"|1987 | ''Murder Ordained'' | Hugh Rayburn |- | ''The Equalizer'' | Harold Winter | Episode: "Re-Entry" |- | ''Moonlighting'' | Donald Chase | Episode: "Come Back Little Shiksa" |- | 1988–1997 | ''Roseanne'' | Dan Conner | 221 episodesGolden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a TV Series- Comedy/Musical (1993)American Comedy Award for Funniest Male Performer in a TV Series (Leading Role) (1989,1990)Nominated- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series (1989–1995)Nominated- Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Television Series Musical or Comedy (1989–1991)Nominated- Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series (1994) |- | 1996 | ''Muppets Tonight'' | Himself | Season 1, Episode 4 |- | 1999 | ''Now and Again'' | Michael Wiseman | Episode: "Origins" |- | 1999 | ''The Simpsons'' | Meathook (voice) | Episode: "Take My Wife, Sleaze" |- | 1999 | ''Futurama'' | Robot Santa (voice) | Episode: "Xmas Story" |- | 2000 | ''Normal, Ohio'' | William "Butch" Gamble | 13 Episodes |- | 2003–2004 | ''The West Wing | Glen Allen Walken | Four Episodes |- | 2006 | ''Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip'' | Judge Bobby Bebe | Episodes: "Nevada Day parts I and II" |- | 2007 | ''King of the Hill'' | Tommy | Episode: "SerPUNt" |- | 2010-2011 | ''Treme'' | Creighton Bernette | 11 Episodes |- |2011 | ''Damages'' | Howard T. Erickson | Season 4 |- |2011 | ''Community'' | Vice Dean Robert Laybourne | Season 3 |}

Video games

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" |- style="text-align:center;" ! style="background: #B0C4DE;" | Year ! style="background: #B0C4DE;" | Title ! style="background: #B0C4DE;" | Role |- | 1996 | ''Pyst'' | King Mattruss |- | 2002 | ''Monsters Inc. Scream Arena'' | James P. "Sulley" Sullivan |- | 2011 | ''Rage'' | Dan Hagar |}

Awards and nominations

Saturn Award

1991: Nominated, "Best Supporting Actor" – ''Arachnophobia''

American Comedy Awards

1989: Won, "Funniest Male Performer in a TV Series (Leading Role) Network, Cable or Syndication" – ''Roseanne''

1990: Won, "Funniest Male Performer in a TV Series (Leading Role) Network, Cable or Syndication" – ''Roseanne''

Emmy Awards

1989: Nominated, "Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series" – ''Roseanne''

1990: Nominated, "Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series" – ''Roseanne''

1991: Nominated, "Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series" – ''Roseanne''

1992: Nominated, "Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series" – ''Roseanne''

1993: Nominated, "Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series" – ''Roseanne''

1994: Nominated, "Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series" – ''Roseanne''

1995: Nominated, "Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series" – ''Roseanne''

1995: Nominated, "Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Special" – ''Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long''

1996: Nominated, "Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Special" – ''A Streetcar Named Desire''

2007: Won, "Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series" – ''Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip''

2010: Nominated, "Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseies or TV Movie" – ''You Don't Know Jack''

Golden Globe Award

1989: Nominated, "Best Performance by an Actor in a TV-Series – Comedy/Musical" – ''Roseanne''

1990: Nominated, "Best Performance by an Actor in a TV-Series – Comedy/Musical" – ''Roseanne''

1991: Nominated, "Best Performance by an Actor in a TV-Series – Comedy/Musical" – ''Roseanne''

1992: Nominated, "Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture" – ''Barton Fink''

1993: Won, "Best Performance by an Actor in a TV-Series – Comedy/Musical" – ''Roseanne''

Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards

2004: Nominated, "Favorite Voice from an Animated Movie" – ''The Jungle Book 2''

People's Choice Awards

1989: Won, "Favorite Male Performer in a New TV Program" – ''Roseanne''

2001: Won, "Favorite Male Performer in a New Television Series" – ''Normal, Ohio''

Satellite Award

1999: Nominated, "Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical" – ''The Big Lebowski''

Screen Actors Guild Awards

1995: Nominated, "Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series" – ''Roseanne''

2011: Nominated, "Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries" – "You Don't Know Jack"

TV Land Award

2007: Nominated, "Favorite Elvis Impersonation" – ''Roseanne''

2008: Won, "Innovator Award" – ''Roseanne''

Viewers For Quality Television

1992: Won, "Best Actor in a Quality Comedy Series" – ''Roseanne''

World Soundtrack Awards

2002: Won, "Best Original Song Written for a Film" – ''Monsters, Inc.''

References

External links

St. Louis Walk of Fame

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