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Adam Godley

ActorBorn July 22, 1964 (60 years)
Adam Godley (born 22 July 1964) is a British actor. He has been nominated for two Tony Awards and four Laurence Olivier Awards for his performances on the New York and London stages which include, Private Lives in 2001, The Pillowman in 2002, Anything Goes in 2011, and The Lehman Trilogy in 2019. He made his Broadway debut in 2002 in a revival of Noël Coward's Private Lives for which he earned a Theatre World Award for Outstanding Broadway debut. In 2011 he returned to Broadway in the musical Anything Goes for which he earned a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical nomination. In 2021, The Lehman Trilogy made its Broadway transfer to great critical acclaim, and securing Godley another Tony nomination for Best Actor in a Play.

His film roles include Love Actually (2003), Nanny McPhee (2005), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), Elizabeth The Golden Age (2007) and The Theory Of Everything (2014). He has also had recurring roles as Elliot Schwartz in AMC's Breaking Bad, Nigel Nesbit in USA's Suits (2013), Phinneus Pogo in Netflix's The Umbrella Academy (2019 to present), and Archie the Archbishop in Hulu's The Great (2020–present).

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Mad Men
  • Missing Link
  • Manhattan
  • Case Histories
  • The Forger
  • And Now Ladies & Gentlemen

Known For

  • Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
  • The Great
  • The X Files: I Want to Believe
  • The BFG
  • A Young Doctor's Notebook
  • Around the World in 80 Days
  • Fallet
  • The Special Relationship
  • Powers (2015)
  • The People We Hate at the Wedding
  • The Prime Minister
  • The Forger
  • Hawking
  • Thunderpants

Filmography

2022
The People We Hate at the Wedding · as Narrator (voice)
2021
The Great North (TV Series) · as Dick Chateau (voice)
2020
The Great (TV Series) · as Archbishop
2019
The Lehman Trilogy · as Mayer Lehman
2019
Missing Link · as Lord Bilge (voice)
2019
The Umbrella Academy (TV Series) · as Pogo (voice)
2018
Lodge 49 (TV Series)
2018
Nightmare Cinema · as Dr. Salvadore
2018
Succession (TV Series) · as Darwin Perry
2017
Fallet (TV Series) · as Tom Brown
2016
The Prime Minister · as Chief Of Security
2016
The BFG · as Manhugger / Lout #1
2015
Powers (2015) (TV Series) · as Emile Cross
2014
The Theory of Everything · as Senior Doctor - Cambridge Hospital
2014
Manhattan (TV Series) · as Dr. Adelman
2013
The Blacklist (TV Series) · as Silas Gouldsberry
2013
Spies of Warsaw (TV Series) · as Julius Halbach
2012
A Young Doctor's Notebook (TV Series) · as The Feldsher
2012
Elementary (TV Series) · as British Man
2012
Perception (TV Series) · as Teddy Brennan
2012
The Forger · as Pinkus
2012
Battleship · as Dr. Nogrady
2011
Wilde Salomé · as Arthur
2011
Homeland (TV Series) · as Jordan Harris
2011
Suburgatory (TV Series) · as Mr. Jacobs
2011
Suits (TV Series) · as Nigel Nesbitt
2011
Case Histories (TV Series) · as Martin Canning
2011
CHAOS (TV Series) · as Jonathan Aldridge
2011
Harry's Law (TV Series) · as Cast
2011
Bob's Burgers (TV Series) · as Ghost
2011
Fun with Friends: Volume One · as Preston's Father
2010
The Special Relationship · as Jonathan Powell
2009
The Good Wife (TV Series) · as Leland Carlisle
2009
Dollhouse (TV Series) · as Clyde Randolph
2009
Lie to Me (TV Series) · as Sandy Baxter
2008
Merlin (TV Series) · as Jonas
2008
The X Files: I Want to Believe · as Father Ybarra
2008
Breaking Bad (TV Series) · as Elliott Schwartz
2008
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (TV Series) · as The Scientist
2007
The Old Curiosity Shop · as Samson Brass
2007
Elizabeth: The Golden Age · as William Walsingham
2007
Private Practice (TV Series) · as Henry
2007
Mad Men (TV Series) · as Wayne Kirkeby
2007
Son of Rambow · as Brethren Leader
2006
Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial (TV Series) · as Gustave Gilbert
2005
Nanny McPhee · as Vicar
2005
2005
Numb3rs (TV Series)
2004
Agatha Christie's Marple (TV Series) · as Lomax
2004
2004
Hawking · as Frank Hawking
2004
Nile (TV Series) · as Voiceover Artist
2003
The Young Visiters · as Procurio
2003
Love Actually · as Mr Trench
2003
Margery and Gladys · as Graham Heywood
2003
Coming Up (TV Series) · as Paul
2002
And Now Ladies & Gentlemen · as Son Of London Jeweller
2002
Thunderpants · as Placido P. Placeedo
2002
2001
Armadillo (TV Series) · as Neil
2001
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries (TV Series) · as Tony Philips
2001
Sword of Honour · as Apthorpe
2000
Preston Pig (TV Series) · as Preston's Dad
2000
Cor, Blimey! · as Kenneth Williams
1994
Class Act (TV Series) · as Graham
1993
Cabaret · as Clifford Bradshaw
1993
The Detectives (TV Series) · as D.c. Dominic Boyle
1992
An Ungentlemanly Act · as P.c. Anton Livermore
1986
Casualty (TV Series) · as Alan Decker
1984
The Bill (TV Series)
1979
Thomas and Sarah (TV Series) · as Tomlinson
1972
Emmerdale (TV Series) · as Simon Dowling

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