Known For
Acting
Born
Jul 22, 1964
Place of Birth
Amersham, England, UK
Credits
65 titles
Adam Godley
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
Filmography
The Copenhagen Test
Frederick Schiff
Down Cemetery Road
Joe Silverman
The Last Sacrifice
The People We Hate at the Wedding
Narrator (voice)
The Great North
Archie (voice)
The Great
Archbishop
National Theatre Live: The Lehman Trilogy
Mayer Lehman
Missing Link
Lord Bilge (voice)
The Umbrella Academy
Pogo (voice)
Lodge 49
Nightmare Cinema
Dr. Salvadore
Succession
Darwin Perry
Fallet
Tom Brown
The BFG
Manhugger / Lout #1
The Prime Minister
Chief of Security
Powers
Emile Cross
The Theory of Everything
Senior Doctor - Cambridge Hospital
Manhattan
Dr. Adelman
Wilde Salomé
Arthur
The Blacklist
Silas Gouldsberry
A Young Doctor's Notebook
The Feldsher
Perception
Teddy Brennan
Battleship
Dr. Nogrady
Homeland
Jordan Harris
Suburgatory
Mr. Jacobs
Suits
Nigel Nesbitt
Case Histories
Martin Canning
The Forger
Pinkus
Harry's Law
The Special Relationship
Jonathan Powell
The Good Wife
Leland Carlisle
Dollhouse
Clyde Randolph
Lie to Me
Sandy Baxter
Merlin
Jonas
The X-Files: I Want to Believe
Father Ybarra
Breaking Bad
Elliott Schwartz
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
The Scientist
The Old Curiosity Shop
Samson Brass
The Stronger
Waiter
Private Practice
Henry
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
William Walsingham
Mad Men
Wayne Kirkeby
Son of Rambow
Brethren Leader
Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial
Gustave Gilbert
Nanny McPhee
Vicar
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Mr. Teavee
Numb3rs
Dr. Joseph Baskin
Agatha Christie's Marple
Lomax
Hawking
Frank Hawking
Around the World in 80 Days
Mr. Sutton