Adam Godley

Adam Godley

ActingAmersham, England, UK

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).

Starring Adam

Breaking Bad

Breaking Bad

8.9TV
2008
The Blacklist

The Blacklist

7.6TV
2013
Homeland

Homeland

7.6TV
2011
Suits

Suits

8.2TV
2011
The Good Wife

The Good Wife

7.6TV
2009
Mad Men

Mad Men

8.1TV
2007
Agatha Christie's Marple

Agatha Christie's Marple

7.8TV
2004
Succession

Succession

8.3TV
2018
Numb3rs

Numb3rs

7.0TV
2005
Merlin

Merlin

7.8TV
2008
Private Practice

Private Practice

7.5TV
2007
The Copenhagen Test

The Copenhagen Test

6.4TV
2025
Casualty

Casualty

6.2TV
1986
The Umbrella Academy

The Umbrella Academy

8.5TV
2019
The Great

The Great

8.1TV
2020
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

7.0Film
2005
The Great North

The Great North

6.9TV
2021
The Great North

The Great North

6.9TV
2021
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles

7.5TV
2008
Perception

Perception

7.2TV
2012
Hawking

Hawking

7.1Film
2004
Battleship

Battleship

5.9Film
2012
Down Cemetery Road

Down Cemetery Road

6.8TV
2025
Dollhouse

Dollhouse

7.2TV
2009
Manhattan

Manhattan

7.0TV
2014
Suburgatory

Suburgatory

6.7TV
2011
Elizabeth: The Golden Age

Elizabeth: The Golden Age

6.7Film
2007
Love Actually

Love Actually

7.1Film
2003
Powers

Powers

6.6TV
2015
Cor, Blimey!

Cor, Blimey!

6.9Film
2000
The BFG

The BFG

6.3Film
2016
Thunderpants

Thunderpants

3.4Film
2002
Nanny McPhee

Nanny McPhee

6.7Film
2005
The Young Visiters

The Young Visiters

5.4Film
2003
The Theory of Everything

The Theory of Everything

7.8Film
2014
Cabaret

Cabaret

8.0Film
1993
A Young Doctor's Notebook

A Young Doctor's Notebook

7.1TV
2012
Case Histories

Case Histories

7.8TV
2011
Around the World in 80 Days

Around the World in 80 Days

6.0Film
2004
The Detectives

The Detectives

6.7TV
1993
The Old Curiosity Shop

The Old Curiosity Shop

5.0Film
2007
The X Files: I Want to Believe

The X Files: I Want to Believe

5.9Film
2008
Missing Link

Missing Link

6.9Film
2019
Nightmare Cinema

Nightmare Cinema

5.8Film
2018
An Ungentlemanly Act

An Ungentlemanly Act

5.5Film
1992
The People We Hate at the Wedding

The People We Hate at the Wedding

6.3Film
2022
The Forger

The Forger

5.7Film
2011
Son of Rambow

Son of Rambow

6.7Film
2007
The Special Relationship

The Special Relationship

6.4Film
2010
Fallet

Fallet

7.2TV
2017
Sword of Honour

Sword of Honour

5.6Film
2001
The Prime Minister

The Prime Minister

5.9Film
2016