Adam Godley
ActingAlso Known As
آدام گادلی
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).
Movies
(29 total)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
as Mr. Teavee
The Theory of Everything
as Senior Doctor - Cambridge Hospital
Love Actually
as Mr Trench
Battleship
as Dr. Nogrady
The BFG
as Manhugger / Lout #1
Nanny McPhee
as Vicar
Around the World in 80 Days
as Mr. Sutton
The X Files: I Want to Believe
as Father Ybarra
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
as William Walsingham
Missing Link
as Lord Bilge (voice)
Son of Rambow
as Brethren Leader
Nightmare Cinema
as Dr. Salvadore
The People We Hate at the Wedding
as Narrator (voice)
Hawking
as Frank Hawking
The Forger
as Pinkus
Thunderpants
as Placido P. Placeedo
The Prime Minister
as Chief of Security
The Special Relationship
as Jonathan Powell
Cabaret
as Clifford Bradshaw
An Ungentlemanly Act
as P.C. Anton Livermore
TV Shows
(33 total)
Breaking Bad
as Elliott Schwartz
The Umbrella Academy
as Pogo (voice)
Suits
as Nigel Nesbitt
The Blacklist
as Silas Gouldsberry
Homeland
as Jordan Harris
Succession
as Darwin Perry
Mad Men
as Wayne Kirkeby
The Great
as Archbishop
Merlin
as Jonas
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
as The Scientist
The Good Wife
as Leland Carlisle
Dollhouse
as Clyde Randolph
Numb3rs
as Dr. Joseph Baskin
Private Practice
as Henry
Perception
as Teddy Brennan
Suburgatory
as Mr. Jacobs
A Young Doctor's Notebook
as The Feldsher
Powers
as Emile Cross
Agatha Christie's Marple
as Lomax
Manhattan
as Dr. Adelman