Conrad Goode

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| image = ConradGoodeShot1.jpeg

| caption = Goode in 2012

| name = Conrad Goode

| birthname = Conrad Lawrence Goode

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1962|01|09}}

| birth_place = Columbia, Missouri, U.S.

| death_date =

| death_place =

| occupation = actor, screenwriter, film producer, musician, artist, poet

| years_active= 1987–present

| website = [https://web.archive.org/web/20131225211555/http://conradgoode.com/ http://www.conradgoode.com]

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{{Infobox NFL biography

| embed = yes

| number = 62, 79

| position = Offensive lineman

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 6

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| high_school = Parkway Central {{nowrap|(Chesterfield, Missouri)}}

| college = Missouri

| draftyear = 1984

| draftround = 4

| draftpick = 87

| pastteams = * New York Giants (1984–1985)

Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1987)

| highlights =

First-team All-American (1983)
First-team All-Big Eight (1983)
2× Second-team All-Big Eight (1981, 1982)

| statlabel1 = Games played

| statvalue1 = 45

| statlabel2 = Games started

| statvalue2 = 4

}}

Conrad Lawrence Goode (born January 9, 1962) is an American actor, screenwriter, film producer, musician, artist and former professional football player. He played as an offensive lineman in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Missouri Tigers, earning first-team All-American honors in 1983.

Early life and education

Goode was born in Columbia, Missouri, and attended Parkway Central High School. He is the stepson of Irv Goode and the son of former Mizzou All-American Conrad Hitchler. He played college football at the University of Missouri and was named a first-team All-American in 1983 by the United Press.{{cite news|last1=Raffo|first1=Dave|title=Offensive Titans Nebraska, BYU Dominate UPI All-America|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4574714/offensive_titans_nebraska_byu_dominate/|accessdate=June 15, 2016|work=Tyrone Daily Herald|agency=United Press International|date=December 8, 1983|page=5|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}}

Career

Goode was selected in the fourth round of the 1984 NFL draft by the New York Giants.{{Cite web |title=1984 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1984/draft.htm |access-date=2023-10-12 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}} He played two seasons with the Giants and one with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, appearing in 35 games and starting in four of them.{{cite web|title=Conrad Goode NFL Football Statistics|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/G/GoodCo20.htm|website=Pro-Football-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|accessdate=June 15, 2016}} His acting debut was with Joe Piscopo in a Miller Lite commercial in 1986. In 1987, he moved into television with an appearance on Saturday Night Live and The Adventures of Superboy.{{citation needed|date=June 2016}}

In 1990, he moved to Los Angeles. Over the next thirty-two years he appeared in commercials, motion pictures and television. He is a published poet and is also a composer.{{citation needed|date=June 2016}} He produced his first feature film, Watercolor Postcards. Goode has appeared in more than thirty films, including Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2, Don't Say A Word, Con Air, Anger Management, Me, Myself and Irene and The Longest Yard. He has appeared in 40 national commercials and a dozen television shows. He most recently wrote, produced and starred along with Laura Bell Bundy and Bailee Madison in the film Watercolor Postcards in 2014.{{citation needed|date=June 2016}}