Name
Adam Godley
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1964-07-22 (62 years old)
Place of Birth
Amersham, England, UK
Biography
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).
Known For
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Eight very different couples deal with their love lives in various loosely interrelated ta...
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When Queen Elizabeth's reign is threatened by ruthless familial betrayal and Spain's invad...
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Once a healthy, active young man, Hawking received an earth-shattering diagnosis at 21 yea...
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Widower Cedric Brown hires Nanny McPhee to care for his seven rambunctious children, who h...
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A bet pits a British inventor, a Chinese thief and a French artist on a worldwide adventur...
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Mulder and Scully are called back to duty by the FBI when a former priest claims to be rec...
- 2004 Around the World in 80 Days as Mr. Sutton
- 2008 The X-Files: I Want to Believe as Father Ybarra
- 2007 The Old Curiosity Shop as Samson Brass
- 2010 The Special Relationship as Jonathan Powell
- 2007 The Stronger as Waiter
- 2000 Cor, Blimey! as Kenneth Williams
- 2003 The Young Visiters as Procurio
- 2011 The Forger as Pinkus
- 1993 Cabaret as Clifford Bradshaw
- 2002 Thunderpants as Placido P. Placeedo
- 2002 War Game as Lacey Christmas Goddard / Dad (voice)
- 2012 Battleship as Dr. Nogrady
- 2014 The Theory of Everything as Senior Doctor - Cambridge Hospital
- 2004 Hawking as Frank Hawking
- 2001 Sword of Honour as Apthorpe
- 2007 Elizabeth: The Golden Age as William Walsingham
- 2022 The People We Hate at the Wedding as Narrator (voice)
- 2003 Love Actually as Mr Trench
- 2016 The Prime Minister as Chief of Security
- 2016 The BFG as Manhugger / Lout #1
- 1992 An Ungentlemanly Act as PC Anton Livermore
- 2005 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory as Mr. Teavee
- 2005 Nanny McPhee as Vicar
- 2003 Margery and Gladys as Graham Heywood
- 2018 Nightmare Cinema as Dr. Salvadore
- 2019 Missing Link as Lord Bilge (voice)
- 2019 National Theatre Live: The Lehman Trilogy as Mayer Lehman
- 2007 Son of Rambow as Brethren Leader
- 2025 The Last Sacrifice
- 2013 Wilde Salomé as Arthur
- 2002 And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen...
- 2005 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Different Faces, Different Flavors
- 2007 Mad Men ( 1 episode ) as Wayne Kirkeby
- 2005 Numb3rs ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Joseph Baskin
- 1984 The Bill ( 1 episode )
- 2008 Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles ( 1 episode ) as The Scientist
- 2009 Dollhouse ( 1 episode ) as Clyde Randolph
- 2008 Breaking Bad ( 3 episodes ) as Elliott Schwartz
- 2012 A Young Doctor's Notebook ( 8 episodes ) as The Feldsher
- 2018 Succession ( 1 episode ) as Darwin Perry
- 2004 Agatha Christie's Marple ( 1 episode ) as Lomax
- 2012 Perception ( 1 episode ) as Teddy Brennan
- 2014 Manhattan ( 3 episodes ) as Dr. Adelman
- 1994 Class Act ( 1 episode ) as Graham
- 2008 Merlin ( 2 episodes ) as Jonas
- 1993 The Detectives ( 1 episode ) as D.C. Dominic Boyle
- 2011 Suburgatory ( 1 episode ) as Mr. Jacobs
- 2009 The Good Wife ( 1 episode ) as Leland Carlisle
- 2011 Suits ( 5 episodes ) as Nigel Nesbitt
- 2017 Fallet ( 8 episodes ) as Tom Brown
- 1986 Casualty ( 1 episode ) as Alan Decker
- 2013 The Blacklist ( 1 episode ) as Silas Gouldsberry
- 2015 Powers ( 20 episodes ) as Emile Cross
- 2006 Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial ( 3 episodes ) as Gustave Gilbert
- 2019 The Umbrella Academy ( 16 episodes ) as Pogo (voice)
- 2021 The Great North ( 2 episodes ) as Dick Chateau (voice)
- 2021 The Great North ( 2 episodes ) as Archie (voice)
- 2020 The Great ( 30 episodes ) as Archbishop
- 2018 Lodge 49 ( 4 episodes ) as Jocelyn Pugh
- 2011 Case Histories ( 2 episodes ) as Martin Canning
- 2007 Private Practice ( 1 episode ) as Henry
- 2011 Harry's Law ( 1 episode )
- 2025 Down Cemetery Road ( 2 episodes ) as Joe Silverman
- 2025 The Copenhagen Test ( 7 episodes ) as Frederick Schiff
- 2011 Homeland ( 1 episode ) as Jordan Harris
- 1956 Tony Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self - Nominee
- 2009 Lie to Me ( 1 episode ) as Sandy Baxter
- 1984 Moonfleet ( 6 episodes ) as John Trenchard
- 1979 Thomas & Sarah ( 1 episode ) as Tomlinson
- 2003 Coming Up ( 1 episode ) as Paul
