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).
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Full Filmography
All Credits (67)
The Copenhagen Test
as Frederick Schiff
Down Cemetery Road
as Joe Silverman
The Last Sacrifice
as Unknown
The People We Hate at the Wedding
as Narrator (voice)
The Great North
as Archie (voice)
The Great North
as Dick Chateau (voice)
The Great
as Archbishop
National Theatre Live: The Lehman Trilogy
as Mayer Lehman
Missing Link
as Lord Bilge (voice)
The Umbrella Academy
as Pogo (voice)
Lodge 49
as Unknown
Nightmare Cinema
as Dr. Salvadore
Succession
as Darwin Perry
Fallet
as Tom Brown
The BFG
as Manhugger / Lout #1
The Prime Minister
as Chief of Security
Powers
as Emile Cross
The Theory of Everything
as Senior Doctor - Cambridge Hospital
Manhattan
as Dr. Adelman
Wilde Salomé
as Arthur
The Blacklist
as Silas Gouldsberry
A Young Doctor's Notebook
as The Feldsher
Perception
as Teddy Brennan
Homeland
as Jordan Harris
Suburgatory
as Mr. Jacobs
Suits
as Nigel Nesbitt
Case Histories
as Martin Canning
The Forger
as Pinkus
Harry's Law
as Unknown
The Special Relationship
as Jonathan Powell
The Good Wife
as Leland Carlisle
Dollhouse
as Clyde Randolph
Lie to Me
as Sandy Baxter
Merlin
as Jonas
The X-Files: I Want to Believe
as Father Ybarra
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
as The Scientist
The Old Curiosity Shop
as Samson Brass
The Stronger
as Waiter
Private Practice
as Henry
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
as William Walsingham
Mad Men
as Wayne Kirkeby
Son of Rambow
as Brethren Leader
Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial
as Gustave Gilbert
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Different Faces, Different Flavors
as Unknown
Nanny McPhee
as Vicar
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
as Mr. Teavee
Numb3rs
as Dr. Joseph Baskin
Agatha Christie's Marple
as Lomax
Hawking
as Frank Hawking
Around the World in 80 Days
as Mr. Sutton
The Young Visiters
as Procurio
Margery and Gladys
as Graham Heywood
Love Actually
as Mr Trench
And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen...
as Unknown
Thunderpants
as Placido P. Placeedo
War Game
as Lacey Christmas Goddard / Dad (voice)
Sword of Honour
as Apthorpe
Cor, Blimey!
as Kenneth Williams
Class Act
as Graham
Cabaret
as Clifford Bradshaw
The Detectives
as D.C. Dominic Boyle
An Ungentlemanly Act
as PC Anton Livermore
Casualty
as Alan Decker
The Bill
as Unknown
Moonfleet
as John Trenchard
Thomas & Sarah
as Tomlinson
Tony Awards
as Self - Nominee