Primetime! John Goodman has been a favorite since hitting small screens across America on ‘Roseanne’ in 1988. The essence of “Big Guy With A Big Personality”, John was a casting agent’s dream. The jolly star went on from ‘Roseanne’ to star in cult classics like ‘The Big Lebowski’, ‘Raising Arizona’ and ‘O Brother, Where Art Thou?’ as well as hits like ‘The Flintstones and ‘Monsters Inc’, among others.

John returned to his role as Dan Conner on the 2018 spin-off ‘The Connors’. Stepping in front of the camera, he looked much slimmer than in the original days. John later revealed he dropped over 200lbs over several years.

He joked with People in 2010, “It takes a lot of creative energy to sit on your a** and figure out what you’re going to eat next. I wanted to live life better.”

John Goodman takes the stage during the 1986 movie ‘True Stories’, directed by Talking Heads frontman David Byrne.

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