Place of Birth: Amersham, England, UK
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).
Movie | Cast | Year |
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Around the World in 80 Days | Mr. Sutton | 2004 |
The X Files: I Want to Believe | Father Ybarra | 2008 |
The Old Curiosity Shop | Samson Brass | 2007 |
The Special Relationship | Jonathan Powell | 2010 |
The Stronger | Waiter | 2007 |
Cor, Blimey! | Kenneth Williams | 2000 |
The Young Visiters | Procurio | 2003 |
The Forger | Pinkus | 2011 |
Cabaret | Clifford Bradshaw | 1993 |
Thunderpants | Placido P. Placeedo | 2002 |
War Game | 2002 | |
Battleship | Dr. Nogrady | 2012 |
No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad | Self | 2013 |
The Theory of Everything | Senior Doctor - Cambridge Hospital | 2014 |
Hawking | Frank Hawking | 2004 |
Sword of Honour | Apthorpe | 2001 |
Elizabeth: The Golden Age | William Walsingham | 2007 |
The People We Hate at the Wedding | Narrator (voice) | 2022 |
Love Actually | Mr Trench | 2003 |
The Prime Minister | Chief of security | 2016 |
The BFG | Manhugger / Lout #1 | 2016 |
An Ungentlemanly Act | P.C. Anton Livermore | 1992 |
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | Mr. Teavee | 2005 |
Nanny McPhee | Vicar | 2005 |
Margery and Gladys | Graham Heywood | 2003 |
Nightmare Cinema | Dr. Salvadore | 2018 |
Missing Link | Lord Bilge (voice) | 2019 |
National Theatre Live: The Lehman Trilogy | Mayer Lehman | 2019 |
Son of Rambow | Brethren Leader | 2007 |
The Last Sacrifice | 2024 | Series | Cast | Year |
Mad Men | Wayne Kirkeby | 2007 |
Numb3rs | 2005 | |
The Bill | 1984 | |
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles | The Scientist | 2008 |
Dollhouse | Clyde Randolph | 2009 |
War Game | 2002 | |
Breaking Bad | Elliott Schwartz | 2008 |
A Young Doctor's Notebook | The Feldsher | 2012 |
Succession | Darwin Perry | 2018 |
Agatha Christie's Marple | Lomax | 2004 |
Perception | Teddy Brennan | 2012 |
Manhattan | Dr. Adelman | 2014 |
Tony Awards | Self - Nominee | 1956 |
Class Act | Graham | 1994 |
Merlin | Jonas | 2008 |
The Detectives | D.C. Dominic Boyle | 1993 |
Suburgatory | Mr. Jacobs | 2011 |
The Good Wife | Leland Carlisle | 2009 |
Suits | Nigel Nesbitt | 2011 |
Fallet | Tom Brown | 2017 |
Casualty | Alan Decker | 1986 |
Spies of Warsaw | Julius Halbach | 2013 |
The Blacklist | Silas Gouldsberry | 2013 |
Powers | Emile Cross | 2015 |
Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial | Gustave Gilbert | 2006 |
The Umbrella Academy | Pogo (voice) | 2019 |
The Great North | Dick Chateau (voice) | 2021 |
The Great North | Archie (voice) | 2021 |
The Great | Archbishop | 2020 |
Lodge 49 | 2018 | |
Down Cemetery Road | Joe Silverman | 1970 |
Case Histories | Martin Canning | 2011 |