
Adam Godley
Born July 22, 1964 · Amersham, 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).
Notable Appearances
Movies

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Battleship

The BFG

Love Actually

Nanny McPhee

The Theory of Everything

Around the World in 80 Days

The X-Files: I Want to Believe

Elizabeth: The Golden Age

Missing Link

Cabaret

Nightmare Cinema

The People We Hate at the Wedding

Thunderpants

Hawking

An Ungentlemanly Act

Son of Rambow

The Old Curiosity Shop

The Special Relationship

The Forger

The Last Sacrifice

The Young Visiters

War Game

Sword of Honour

Wilde Salomé

The Prime Minister

Margery and Gladys

National Theatre Live: The Lehman Trilogy

Cor, Blimey!

The Stronger
TV Shows

Homeland

Mad Men

Tony Awards

Casualty

Numb3rs

Private Practice

Succession

The Umbrella Academy

Agatha Christie's Marple

Merlin

Lie to Me

The Bill

Perception

The Great North

Dollhouse

The Great

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles

Suburgatory

Harry's Law

The Copenhagen Test

Manhattan

Powers

Lodge 49

The Detectives

Down Cemetery Road

Case Histories

A Young Doctor's Notebook

Class Act

Fallet





