The film brought Goodman a SAG Ensemble nomination.įew movies capture the city of New Orleans quite like “The Big Easy,” Jim McBride’s sensual thriller about a vice cop ( Dennis Quaid) who begins an elicit affair with a special prosecutor ( Ellen Barkin) while investigating a string of murders. Goodman plays Frank King, who produced Trumbo’s Oscar-winning bull-fighting drama “The Brave One” (1956). Hollywood’s darkest period is brought to life with this vibrant, entertaining biopic about blacklisted screenwriter Dalton Trumbo ( Bryan Cranston in an Oscar-nominated performance). Goodman plays Al Yackey, a fellow pilot who Dreyfuss dies trying to save. As an adult, he remade it with Richard Dreyfuss as a forrest fire fighter, Brad Johnson as a young airman, and Holly Hunter as the dead man’s girl. Growing up, Steven Spielberg loved “A Guy Named Joe,” the 1944 romantic drama about a deceased WWII bomber ( Spencer Tracy) forced to become the guardian angel to a younger pilot ( Van Johnson) who’s falling in love with his former girlfriend ( Irene Dunne). The same goes for Elizabeth Perkins as wife Wilma and Rick Moranis and Rosie O’Donnell as best friends Barney and Betty Rubble. The actor is uncanny in his ability to not just look and sound like the 2D creation, but capture his spirit as well. It’s one of the great alchemies of casting that John Goodman played Fred Flintstone in this big screen adaptation of the beloved cartoon. He plays Commissioner Ed Davis, who worked with the police and the FBI in a city-wide manhunt to find the terrorists responsible. Goodman is just one of several A-list actors headlining this true crime drama from Peter Berg, which recounts the aftermath of the 2013 Boston Marathon Bombing.
SEE ‘Roseanne’ premiere: 6 exclusive red carpet interviews with Roseanne Barr, Sara Gilbert, and more Aside from “Barton Fink,” what else was he egregiously snubbed by the motion picture academy for? Take a look through our gallery of Goodman’s greatest films. That’s 11 nominations overall, so he’s obviously popular with the TV academy.
Long” in 1995) and twice as Best Movie/Mini Supporting Actor (“A Streetcar Named Desire” in 1996 and “You Don’t Know Jack” in 2010). Goodman also contended at the Globes four times as Best TV Comedy Actor for “Roseanne” (1989-1991, 1993), winning in 1993.Īt the Emmys, in addition to his “Roseanne” and “Studio 60” bids, Goodman also contended for his TV-movie work: once as Best Movie/Mini Actor (“Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. He did compete at the Golden Globes as Best Supporting Actor for “Barton Fink” (1991), but the academy went for his co-star Michael Lerner instead.
Surprisingly (and criminally), not one of these roles brought Goodman an Oscar nomination.
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