Acting
60
Man
Jul 22, 1964 (60)
Amersham, England, UK
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Adam Godley
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).
| Year | Movie / TV show / Other | Role |
|---|---|---|
| — | Down Cemetery Road | Joe Silverman |
| 2022 | The People We Hate at the Wedding | Narrator (voice) |
| 2021 | The Great North | Archie (voice) |
| 2021 | The Great North | Dick Chateau (voice) |
| 2020 | The Great | Archbishop |
| 2019 | The Umbrella Academy | Pogo (voice) |
| 2019 | Missing Link | Lord Bilge (voice) |
| 2019 | National Theatre Live: The Lehman Trilogy | Mayer Lehman |
| 2018 | Succession | Darwin Perry |
| 2018 | Nightmare Cinema | Dr. Salvadore |
| 2018 | Lodge 49 | |
| 2017 | Fallet | Tom Brown |
| 2016 | The BFG | Manhugger / Lout #1 |
| 2016 | The Prime Minister | Chief of security |
| 2015 | Powers | Emile Cross |
| 2014 | The Theory of Everything | Senior Doctor - Cambridge Hospital |
| 2014 | Manhattan | Dr. Adelman |
| 2013 | The Blacklist | Silas Gouldsberry |
| 2013 | No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad | Self |
| 2013 | Spies of Warsaw | Julius Halbach |
| 2012 | Battleship | Dr. Nogrady |
| 2012 | Perception | Teddy Brennan |
| 2012 | A Young Doctor's Notebook | The Feldsher |
| 2011 | Suits | Nigel Nesbitt |
| 2011 | Suburgatory | Mr. Jacobs |
| 2011 | The Forger | Pinkus |
| 2010 | The Special Relationship | Jonathan Powell |
| 2009 | The Good Wife | Leland Carlisle |
| 2009 | Dollhouse | Clyde Randolph |
| 2008 | Breaking Bad | Elliott Schwartz |
| 2008 | The X Files: I Want to Believe | Father Ybarra |
| 2008 | Merlin | Jonas |
| 2008 | Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles | The Scientist |
| 2007 | Elizabeth: The Golden Age | William Walsingham |
| 2007 | Mad Men | Wayne Kirkeby |
| 2007 | Son of Rambow | Brethren Leader |
| 2007 | The Old Curiosity Shop | Samson Brass |
| 2007 | The Stronger | Waiter |
| 2006 | Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial | Gustave Gilbert |
| 2005 | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | Mr. Teavee |
| 2005 | Nanny McPhee | Vicar |
| 2005 | Numb3rs | |
| 2004 | Around the World in 80 Days | Mr. Sutton |
| 2004 | Hawking | Frank Hawking |
| 2004 | Agatha Christie's Marple | Lomax |
| 2003 | Love Actually | Mr Trench |
| 2003 | The Young Visiters | Procurio |
| 2003 | Margery and Gladys | Graham Heywood |
| 2002 | Thunderpants | Placido P. Placeedo |
| 2002 | War Game | |
| 2002 | War Game | |
| 2001 | Sword of Honour | Apthorpe |
| 2000 | Cor, Blimey! | Kenneth Williams |
| 1994 | Class Act | Graham |
| 1993 | The Detectives | D.C. Dominic Boyle |
| 1993 | Cabaret | Clifford Bradshaw |
| 1992 | An Ungentlemanly Act | P.C. Anton Livermore |
| 1986 | Casualty | Alan Decker |
| 1984 | The Bill | |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Nominee |