Adam Godley
1.0Acting

Adam Godley

Jul 22, 1964 - 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 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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Cast

Media
Movie2004Around the World in 80 DaysMr. Sutton
Movie2008The X Files: I Want to BelieveFather Ybarra
Movie2007The Old Curiosity ShopSamson Brass
Movie2010The Special RelationshipJonathan Powell
Movie2007The StrongerWaiter
Movie2000Cor, Blimey!Kenneth Williams
Movie2003The Young VisitersProcurio
Movie2011The ForgerPinkus
Movie1993CabaretClifford Bradshaw
Movie2002ThunderpantsPlacido P. Placeedo
Movie2002War Game
Movie2012BattleshipDr. Nogrady
Movie2014The Theory of EverythingSenior Doctor - Cambridge Hospital
Movie2004HawkingFrank Hawking
Movie2001Sword of HonourApthorpe
Movie2007Elizabeth: The Golden AgeWilliam Walsingham
Movie2022The People We Hate at the WeddingNarrator (voice)
Movie2003Love ActuallyMr Trench
Movie2016The Prime MinisterChief of Security
Movie2016The BFGManhugger / Lout #1
Movie1992An Ungentlemanly ActP.C. Anton Livermore
Movie2005Charlie and the Chocolate FactoryMr. Teavee
Movie2005Nanny McPheeVicar
Movie2003Margery and GladysGraham Heywood
Movie2018Nightmare CinemaDr. Salvadore
Movie2019Missing LinkLord Bilge (voice)
Movie2019National Theatre Live: The Lehman TrilogyMayer Lehman
Movie2007Son of RambowBrethren Leader
Movie2024The Last Sacrifice
TV Show2007Mad MenWayne Kirkeby1
TV Show2005Numb3rsDr. Joseph Baskin1
TV Show1984The Bill1
TV Show2008Terminator: The Sarah Connor ChroniclesThe Scientist1
TV Show2009DollhouseClyde Randolph1
TV Show2008Breaking BadElliott Schwartz3
TV Show2012A Young Doctor's NotebookThe Feldsher8
TV Show2018SuccessionDarwin Perry1
TV Show2004Agatha Christie's MarpleLomax1
TV Show2012PerceptionTeddy Brennan1
TV Show2014ManhattanDr. Adelman3
TV Show1956Tony AwardsSelf - Nominee1
TV Show1994Class ActGraham1
TV Show2008MerlinJonas2
TV Show1993The DetectivesD.C. Dominic Boyle1
TV Show2011SuburgatoryMr. Jacobs1
TV Show2009The Good WifeLeland Carlisle1
TV Show2011SuitsNigel Nesbitt5
TV Show2017FalletTom Brown8
TV Show1986CasualtyAlan Decker1
TV Show2013Spies of WarsawJulius Halbach2
TV Show2013The BlacklistSilas Gouldsberry1
TV Show2015PowersEmile Cross20
TV Show2006Nuremberg: Nazis on TrialGustave Gilbert3
TV Show2019The Umbrella AcademyPogo (voice)16
TV Show2021The Great NorthDick Chateau (voice)2
TV Show2021The Great NorthArchie (voice)2
TV Show2020The GreatArchbishop30
TV Show2018Lodge 494
TV Show2025Down Cemetery RoadJoe Silverman8
TV Show2011Case HistoriesMartin Canning2
TV Show2007Private PracticeHenry1
TV Show2011Harry's Law1

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