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Adam Godley
Amersham, England, UK
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 stag…
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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).
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2025
The Copenhagen Test
TV show Frederick Schiff
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2025
Down Cemetery Road
TV show Joe Silverman
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2025
The Last Sacrifice
Movie
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2022
The People We Hate at the Wedding
Movie Narrator (voice)
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2021
The Great North
TV show Dick Chateau (voice)
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2020
The Great
TV show Archbishop
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2019
National Theatre Live: The Lehman Trilogy
Movie Mayer Lehman
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2019
Missing Link
Movie Lord Bilge (voice)
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2019
The Umbrella Academy
TV show Pogo (voice)
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2018
Lodge 49
TV show
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2018
Nightmare Cinema
Movie Dr. Salvadore
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2018
Succession
TV show Darwin Perry
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2017
Fallet
TV show Tom Brown
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2016
The BFG
Movie Manhugger / Lout #1
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2016
The Prime Minister
Movie Chief of Security
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2015
Powers
TV show Emile Cross
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2014
The Theory of Everything
Movie Senior Doctor - Cambridge Hospital
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2014
Manhattan
TV show Dr. Adelman
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2013
Wilde Salomé
Movie Arthur
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2013
The Blacklist
TV show Silas Gouldsberry
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2012
A Young Doctor's Notebook
TV show The Feldsher
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2012
Perception
TV show Teddy Brennan
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2012
Battleship
Movie Dr. Nogrady
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2011
Homeland
TV show Jordan Harris
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2011
Suburgatory
TV show Mr. Jacobs
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2011
Suits
TV show Nigel Nesbitt
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2011
Case Histories
TV show Martin Canning
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2011
The Forger
Movie Pinkus
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2011
Harry's Law
TV show
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2010
The Special Relationship
Movie Jonathan Powell
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2009
The Good Wife
TV show Leland Carlisle
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2009
Dollhouse
TV show Clyde Randolph
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2009
Lie to Me
TV show Sandy Baxter
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2008
Merlin
TV show Jonas
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2008
The X-Files: I Want to Believe
Movie Father Ybarra
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2008
Breaking Bad
TV show Elliott Schwartz
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2008
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
TV show The Scientist
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2007
The Old Curiosity Shop
Movie Samson Brass
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2007
The Stronger
Movie Waiter
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2007
Private Practice
TV show Henry
