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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.
Goodman was born in St. Louis, Missouri. His mother, Virginia Roos (née Loosmore), was a store clerk and waitress who worked at Jack and Phil's Bar-B-Que, and his father, Leslie F. Goodman, was a postal worker who died of a heart attack in 1954. He has a sister, Elisabeth Horvath, and a brother, Leslie.
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. Later he discovered 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.
Actors: David Pevsner (actor), Marc Jovani (composer), Suzanne Keilly (actress), Will Potter (actor), Paul Michael Merryman (producer), Trent Sweeney (actor), Lorne Raimi (writer), Lorne Raimi (director), Lorne Raimi (editor),
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Short,Actors: Randy Kent (director), Hans Hernke (miscellaneous crew), Tom Konkle (actor), Andy Forrest (director), Andy Forrest (actor), Andy Forrest (editor), Andy Forrest (producer), Andy Forrest (writer), J. Anthony McCarthy (actor), Steve Pinto (actor), Paul Michael Bolan (actor), Terri Gibbons (actress), Terri Gibbons (miscellaneous crew), Ian Scott Rudolph (actor), Joshua Benton (actor),
Plot: A desperate writer glomming onto a book by PJ O'Rourke on a producer's desk, pitches the idea as a movie. Green lit, the role of PJ O'Rourke takes an interesting turn of events as various actors become attached to the project.
Genres: Comedy, Short,Actors: Rosanna Arquette (actress), Richard Edson (actor), Seymour Cassel (actor), Kelly Lynch (actress), Richard Edson (actor), Ed Begley Jr. (actor), Susan Traylor (director), Susan Traylor (writer), Susan Traylor (producer), Susan Traylor (actress), Marianne Jean-Baptiste (actress), Mike White (actor), Stuart H. Pappé (editor), Christian Camargo (actor), Daniel Lennox (actor),
Plot: WELCOME TO CALIFORNIA is a bold examination of the loneliness inside of relationships. The film centers on the strained marriage of Undine Jones, an actress, and John Goodman, a well-regarded composer. The story opens as the two are driving cross-country from New York to California to start over - hoping that the move will renew their relationship. Within weeks, Goodman is back in New York and Undine has begun work on a movie where she is drawn into an instinctively unavoidable relationship with one of the film's crew, Jim Travis. It is through Undine and Jim's connection that the film explores lust, love, intimacy, the past and forgiveness. Traylor's use of the California desert resonates with the search of her characters; in the most barren of landscapes, it finds wildflowers that bloom.
Genres: Drama,Actors: Patrika Darbo (actress), Connie Sawyer (actress), Craig Safan (composer), Richard A. Colla (director), Steve Mirkovich (editor), Steven Anderson (actor), Caren Rose-Mellman (miscellaneous crew), Stephen Mendel (actor), Stephen Lee (actor), Kathleen Marshall (actress), Tiiu Leek (actress), Eugenie Ross-Leming (writer), Brad Buckner (writer), Harvey J. Alperin (actor), Edwina Moore (actress),
Genres: Biography, Drama,Actors: Oleg Tabakov (actor), Tatyana Vasileva (actress), Nikolay Gorlov (actor), Vladimir Kashpur (actor), Vladimir Soshalsky (actor), Vadim Vilsky (actor), Lev Lemke (actor), Nikolai Penkov (actor), Vsevolod Gavrilov (actor), Zana Zanoni (actress), Klimenti Mints (writer), Valentin Abramov (actor), Vasili Zubku (actor), Emiliya Milton (actress), Vladimir Terletsky (composer),
Genres: Action, Comedy, Drama,