Adam Godley
Known For
Acting
Born
1964-07-22 in Amersham, England, UK
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).
Most Known For
Breaking Bad
as Elliott Schwartz
The Blacklist
as Silas Gouldsberry
Homeland
as Jordan Harris
Suits
as Nigel Nesbitt
The Good Wife
as Leland Carlisle
Mad Men
as Wayne Kirkeby
Succession
as Darwin Perry
Agatha Christie's Marple
as Lomax
The Umbrella Academy
as Pogo (voice)
Merlin
as Jonas
Private Practice
as Henry
Numb3rs
as Dr. Joseph Baskin
Casualty
as Alan Decker
The Great North
as Archie (voice)
The Great North
as Dick Chateau (voice)
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
as The Scientist
The Great
as Archbishop
Dollhouse
as Clyde Randolph
The Copenhagen Test
as Frederick Schiff
