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John Goodman
Birth at
20 June 1952
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John Goodman, a famous American film actor and producer, was born in 1952, June 22, in Missouri, in the small town of Lower Effton. John's family was poor. The father, a postal worker, died of a heart attack when the boy was two years old. Her mother struggled to raise three children (John had a younger sister Betty and an older brother Leslie). Since school age, John was fond of theater, took part in school theater productions. In 1968, he took the stage for the first time. After graduation, John
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John Goodman, a famous American film actor and producer, was born in 1952, June 22, in Missouri, in the small town of Lower Effton. John's family was poor. The father, a postal worker, died of a heart attack when the boy was two years old. Her mother struggled to raise three children (John had a younger sister Betty and an older brother Leslie).
Since school age, John was fond of theater, took part in school theater productions. In 1968, he took the stage for the first time. After graduation, John continues his studies at a local college, and then at the University of Missouri. Throughout his studies, John was assisted by his older brother Leslie Goodman. In 1975, John graduated and received an acting degree. The next stage of John’s life takes place in New York, where Goodman earns a living, participating in productions of the play in the children’s theater and working there as a cook.
In 1978, Goodman managed to become the actor of a small play on Broadway “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”. And after a short time, John takes part in many Broadway musicals. For the first time, American viewers saw him in the lead role in the film “Raising Arizona”, and then in the highest-grossing American show “Roseanne”. And the name of John Goodman, a funny and pretty fat man, became known to every citizen of the United States. Participation in the show brought John not only fame, he received well-deserved recognition of film critics and an Emmy award.
The star of the actor finally rose in the Hollywood sky. Goodman receives offers to star in the highest-grossing films. But John gained real popularity as an inimitable comedian, playing roles in films:
"Shopaholic" "Stream wish,"
Flintstones "King Raf,"
"Evan Almighty" "Thieves,"
"Center of the Universe" et al.
John Goodman is the perfect family man. Annabeth Hartzog became his wife in 1989. A year later, John had a charming daughter Molly. My family lives in Los Angeles. In the hometown of the actor in 1997 on the Walk of Fame “lit” his star – the star of the great king of human hearts, a wonderful husband and just a great guy.