Walter Sobchak

Walter Sobchak was a secondary protagonist from the 1998 film The Big Lebowski.

Sobchak was portrayed by John Goodman who also played James P. Sullivan in Monsters, Inc., Ralph Jones in King Ralph, Pacha in The Emperor's New Groove, and Hound in Transformers: The Last Knight.

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Walter Sobchak was a secondary protagonist from the 1998 film The Big Lebowski.

Sobchak was portrayed by John Goodman who also played James P. Sullivan in Monsters, Inc., Ralph Jones in King Ralph, Pacha in The Emperor's New Groove, and Hound in Transformers: The Last Knight.

A veteran of the Vietnam War, Walter suffered from PTSD. Growing up Polish Catholic he converted to Judaism upon marrying Cynthia. The marriage did not last and the pair later divorced. Sobchak continued to be an observant Jew following the divorce, engaging in practices such as Shomer Shabbos - and not engaging in work, cooking, driving, or bowling on Saturdays. He owned a small security business.

In the year 1990, Walter was friends with Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski and Donny Kerabatsos - whom he would often tell to shut up. Sobchak was a member of The Dude's bowling team. Walter was very passionate about bowling, to the point that he would flash a piece out on the lanes if things were not going his way.

Walter tended to be very loud and obnoxious, yelling and swearing in places where such activity was frowned upon. He was hot tempered and quick to resort to violence.

When The Dude got mixed up with the other Jeffrey Lebowski and the disappearance of that Jeffrey's wife Bunny Lebowski, Walter tried to help his friend but generally screwed up in his attempts to help The Dude, making the situation worse.

Walter, Donny, and The Dude were confronted by German nihilists in the parking lot of the local bowling alley. Walter managed to defeat the German nihilists but Donny suffered a fatal heart attack in the process. Walter and The Dude gathered to remember Donny but he still screwed up the scattering of Donny's ashes. After apologizing to the Dude he said, "F-ck it, let's go bowling."

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