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Adam Godley (born 22 July 1964) is an English actor. He has been nominated for four Laurence Olivier Awards for his performances on the London stage which include, Cleo, Camping, Emmanuelle and Dick in 1999, Mouth to Mouth in 2002, Rain Man in 2008, 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.

Adam Godley
Godley in 2008
Born	(1964-07-22) 22 July 1964 (age 58) Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1974–present
Spouse	Alex Belcourt ​ ​ (m. 1999; div. 2004)​
Partner	Jon Hartmere

His film roles include Love Actually (2003), and the children's films Around the World in 80 Days (2004), Nanny McPhee (2005), and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005). He also has recurring roles as Elliott Schwartz in AMC's Breaking Bad, Demyan Lukich in the BBC's A Young Doctor's Notebook (2012-13), Phinneus Pogo in Netflix's The Umbrella Academy (2019 to present), and the Archbishop in Hulu's The Great (2020–present).

Early life and education

Godley was born to Jewish parents on 22 July 1964 in Amersham, Buckinghamshire. His father was a solicitor, and his mother was a magistrate. He grew up near Watford, Hertfordshire, and went to Rickmansworth School.[1]

Career

He began his acting career at the age of 9, in a BBC radio production of Hemingway's My Old Man. His first stage role came at age 11, as Prince Giovanni in The White Devil at The Old Vic.[2] His childhood career also included work at the National Theatre, in Lillian Helman's Watch on the Rhine, and Close of Play, directed by Harold Pinter.[3] Godley achieved national prominence after playing the lead in the 1984 BBC TV adaptation of J. Meade Falkner's Moonfleet.[4]

In 1986, Godley joined Alan Ayckbourn's theatre company in Scarborough, where he stayed for three seasons. Productions included June Moon and The Revengers' Comedies, both of which transferred to the West End, and Mr A's Amazing Maze Plays, which transferred to the National Theatre.[5]

He spent one season as a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, before creating the role of Cliff in Sam Mendes's production of Cabaret at the Donmar Warehouse in 1993. Several major productions followed, including Mouth to Mouth at the Royal Court, The Front Page at the Donmar, and The Rivals in the West End. after which Godley went on to create a series of roles at the National, including Kenneth Williams in Cleo, Camping, Emmanuelle and Dick; and the title role in Howard Davies' production of Paul. In 1999 he played Jack Worthing in the West End production of The Importance of Being Earnest.

In 2002 he made his film debut in Claude Lelouch's epic And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen starring Jeremy Irons and Patricia Kaas which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. He continued acting in films such as the Christmas classic Love Actually (2003), and the children's films Around the World in 80 Days (2004), Nanny McPhee (2005), and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005). During this time he also had recurring roles as Elliott Schwartz in AMC's Breaking Bad and as Wayne Kirkeby in Mad Men.

In 2002 he starred as Victor Prynne alongside Alan Rickman and Lindsay Duncan in a revival of Noël Coward's Private Lives at the Richard Rogers Theatre in New York City, where Godley made his Broadway debut. For his performance he earned a Theatre World Award. The following year Godley starred as Michal in Martin McDonagh's The Pillowman opposite Jim Broadbent and David Tennant at the Royal National Theatre.

In 2010 he played Jonathan Powell in the HBO television film The Special Relationship about Tony Blair's relationship with Bill Clinton. He also appeared in BBC's A Young Doctor's Notebook (2011), CBS's The Good Wife (2012), USA Networks's Suits (2012), Showtime's Homeland (2015), and NBC's The Blacklist (2017). In 2008 played Raymond Babitt in the West End production of Rain Man opposite Josh Hartnett. In 2011 he played Lord Evelyn Oakleigh in Roundabout Theatre's multi-award-winning Broadway revival of Anything Goes. The production starred Sutton Foster, John McMartin, Jessica Walter and Joel Grey. For his performance he earned a Tony Award nomination, a Drama Desk Award nomination, and an Outer Critics Circle Award. In 2013 he led a new adaptation by Dennis Kelly of Georg Kaiser's 1912 German expressionist masterpiece, From Morning to Midnight, at the National Theatre.

His most recent role was as one of the three Lehman brothers in the National Theatre's The Lehman Trilogy.[6]

Personal life

Godley married actress Alex Belcourt in 1999; they divorced in 2004.[1] He lives in Los Angeles with his partner, writer Jon Hartmere.[7]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen	Son of London Jeweller
	Thunderpants	Placido P. Placeedo
2003	Love Actually	Mr. Trench
2004	Around the World in 80 Days	Mr. Sutton
2005	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory	Mr. Teavee
	Nanny McPhee	Vicar
2007	Elizabeth: The Golden Age	William Walsingham
	Son of Rambow	Brethren Leader
2008	The X-Files: I Want to Believe	Father Ybarra
2011	The Forger	Pinkus
2012	Battleship	Dr. Nogrady
2014	The Theory of Everything	Senior Doctor - Cambridge Hospital
2016	The BFG	The Manhugger / Lout No. 1
2018	Nightmare Cinema	Dr. Salvadore
2019	Missing Link	Lord Bilge	Voice

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1978	A Horseman Riding By	Simon Craddock	3 episodes
1979	Thomas & Sarah	Tomlinson	1 episode
1984	Moonfleet	John Trenchard	6 episodes
1991; 1998	The Bill	Duxford/Nigel Penway	2 episodes
1992	An Ungentlemanly Act	P.C. Anton Livermore	Television film
1995	Class Act	Graham	1 episode
1998	Casualty	Alan Decker	1 episode
2000	Cor, Blimey!	Kenneth Williams	Television film
2001	Sword of Honour	Apthorpe	Television film
2002	The Inspector Lynley Mysteries	Tony Phillips	1 episode
2003	Margery and Gladys	Graham Heywood	Television film
2004	Hawking	Frank Hawking	Television film
2006	Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial	Gustave Gilbert	Miniseries
2007	Coming Up	Paul	1 episode
2007	The Old Curiosity Shop	Sampson Brass	Television film
2008–2013	Breaking Bad	Elliott Schwartz	3 episodes
2008	Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles	The Scientist	1 episode
2008	Mad Men	Wayne Kirkeby	1 episode
2009	Numbers	Dr. Joseph Baskin	1 episode
2009	Merlin	Jonas	2 episodes
2009	Dollhouse	Clyde Randolph	1 episode
2010	Private Practice	Henry	1 episode
2010	Agatha Christie's Marple	Lomax	1 episode
2010	The Special Relationship	Jonathan Powell	Television film
2011	Lie to Me	Sandy Baxter	1 episode
2011	CHAOS	Jonathan Aldridge	1 episode
2011	Case Histories	Martin Canning	2 episodes
2012	A Young Doctor's Notebook	Demyan Lukich	Main cast, 8 episodes
2012	Harry's Law	Hospital Administrator	1 episode
2012	The Good Wife	Leland Carlisle	1 episode
2012	Suburgatory	Mr. Jacobs	1 episode
2013	Spies of Warsaw	Julius Halbech	Miniseries
2013	Elementary	British Man (voice)	1 episode, uncredited
2013	Suits	Nigel Alexander Nesbitt	Recurring role, 5 episodes
2014	Perception	Teddy Brennan	1 episode
2014	Manhattan	Dr. Adelman	3 episodes
2014	Homeland	Jordan Harris	1 episode
2015–2016	Powers	Captain Emile Cross	Main cast, 20 episodes
2015	The Blacklist	Silas Gouldsberry	1 episode
2017	Fallet	DCI Tom Brown	Main cast, 8 episodes
2018–2019	Lodge 49	Jocelyn Pugh	Recurring role, 10 episodes
2019–present	The Umbrella Academy	Phinneus Pogo	Main cast Voice and motion capture role[8]
2020–present	The Great	Archbishop	Main cast[9]
2021	The Great North	Dick Chateau	Voice role, 1 episode
2022	Bob's Burgers	Ghost	S13E01, Voice role, 1 episode

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Theatre
1991	The Revengers' Comedies	Oliver Knightly	The Strand Theatre
1992	June Moon	Fred Stevens	Vaudeville Theatre
1993	Cabaret	Cliff Bradshaw	Donmar Warehouse
1994	The Rivals	Faulkland	Albery Theatre
1996	The White Devil Three Hours After Marriage The General From America	Camilo Underplot Majot André	Royal Shakespeare Company
1997	The Front Page	Bensinger	Donmar Warehouse
1998	Cleo, Camping, Emmanuelle and Dick	Kenneth Williams	National Theatre
1999	The Importance of Being Earnest	John Worthing	Haymarket Theatre
2002	Private Lives	Victor Prynne	Richard Rodgers Theater, Broadway
2003	The Pillowman	Michal	National Theatre
2005	Paul	Paul	National Theatre
2008	Rain Man	Raymond Babbit	Apollo Theatre
2011	Anything Goes	Lord Evelyn Oakleigh	Stephen Sondheim Theater, Broadway
2013	From Morning to Midnight	The Bank Clerk	National Theatre
2018	The Lehman Trilogy	Mayer Lehman	National Theatre
2019			Park Avenue Armory[10]
			Piccadilly Theatre
2021			Nederlander Theatre, Broadway

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
2011	Drama Desk Award	Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical	Anything Goes	Nominated
1998	Evening Standard Theatre Awards	Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Play	Rain Man	Nominated
1999	Laurence Olivier Awards	Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Play	Cleo, Camping, Emanuelle and Dick	Nominated
2002			Mouth To Mouth	Nominated
2009		Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Play	Rain Man	Nominated
2019		Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Play shared with Simon Russell Beale and Ben Miles	The Lehman Trilogy	Nominated
2011	Outer Critics Circle Award	Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical	Anything Goes	Won
2022		Outstanding Actor in a Play	The Lehman Trilogy	Nominated
2021	Screen Actors Guild Award	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series	The Great	Nominated
2022				Nominated
2002	Theatre World Award	Outstanding Broadway Debut	Private Lives	Won
2011	Tony Award	Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical	Anything Goes	Nominated
2022		Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play	The Lehman Trilogy	Nominated

References

External links

• Adam Godley at IMDb
• http://www.playbill.com interview

На других языках

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[de] Adam Godley

Adam Godley (* 22. Juli 1964 in Amersham) ist ein britischer Schauspieler. Er wurde unter anderem für den Tony Award und dreimal für den Laurence Olivier Award nominiert.

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- [en] Adam Godley

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[es] Adam Godley

Adam Godley (Amersham, Buckinghamshire; 22 de julio de 1964) es un actor británico de cine, teatro y televisión. Fue nominado tres veces para el premio Laurence Olivier[1][2][3] y candidato para el premios Tony[4] .

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[ru] Годли, Адам

Адам Годли (англ. Adam Godley; род. 22 июля 1964, Амершем) — английский актёр кино, телевидения и театра.

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