person

Adam Godley

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1964-07-22

Place of Birth

Amersham, England, UK

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).

Also Known For

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Around the World in 80 Days

Jun 16, 2004

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The X Files: I Want to Believe

Jul 24, 2008

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50

The Old Curiosity Shop

Dec 26, 2007

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64

The Special Relationship

May 29, 2010

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80

The Stronger

Oct 04, 2007

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69

Cor, Blimey!

Apr 24, 2000

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53

The Young Visiters

Dec 26, 2003

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57

The Forger

Mar 09, 2011

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77

Cabaret

Dec 09, 1993

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34

Thunderpants

May 24, 2002

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70

War Game

Feb 11, 2002

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58

Battleship

Apr 11, 2012

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78

The Theory of Everything

Nov 07, 2014

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70

Hawking

Dec 10, 2004

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61

Sword of Honour

Jan 02, 2001

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67

Elizabeth: The Golden Age

Sep 09, 2007

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63

The People We Hate at the Wedding

Nov 17, 2022

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71

Love Actually

Sep 07, 2003

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59

The Prime Minister

Mar 02, 2016

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62

The BFG

Jun 01, 2016

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55

An Ungentlemanly Act

Jun 13, 1992

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70

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Jul 13, 2005

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67

Nanny McPhee

Oct 21, 2005

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74

Margery and Gladys

Sep 21, 2003

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58

Nightmare Cinema

Jun 21, 2018

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69

Missing Link

Apr 04, 2019

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87

National Theatre Live: The Lehman Trilogy

Jul 25, 2019

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67

Son of Rambow

Jan 22, 2007

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The Last Sacrifice

Sep 29, 2024

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81

Mad Men

Jul 19, 2007

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70

Numb3rs

Jan 23, 2005

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67

The Bill

Oct 16, 1984

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75

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles

Jan 13, 2008

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72

Dollhouse

Feb 13, 2009

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89

Breaking Bad

Jan 20, 2008

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71

A Young Doctor's Notebook

Dec 06, 2012

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83

Succession

Jun 03, 2018

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77

Agatha Christie's Marple

Dec 12, 2004

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71

Perception

Jul 09, 2012

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70

Manhattan

Jul 27, 2014

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59

Tony Awards

Apr 01, 1956

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NA

Class Act

Apr 07, 1994

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78

Merlin

Sep 20, 2008

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67

The Detectives

Jan 27, 1993

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67

Suburgatory

Sep 28, 2011

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76

The Good Wife

Sep 22, 2009

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82

Suits

Jun 23, 2011

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72

Fallet

Apr 07, 2017

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61

Casualty

Sep 06, 1986

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66

Spies of Warsaw

Jan 09, 2013

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76

The Blacklist

Sep 23, 2013

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66

Powers

Mar 10, 2015

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60

Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial

Sep 25, 2006

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85

The Umbrella Academy

Feb 15, 2019

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70

The Great North

Jan 03, 2021

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70

The Great North

Jan 03, 2021

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81

The Great

May 15, 2020

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66

Lodge 49

Aug 06, 2018

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NA

Down Cemetery Road

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78

Case Histories

Jun 05, 2011

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75

Private Practice

Sep 26, 2007

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73

Harry's Law

Jan 17, 2011