Adam Godley
Acting • Born 1964-07-22
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).
Filmography
62 credits
Around the World in 80 Days
Movie • 2004
Mr. Sutton
The X Files: I Want to Believe
Movie • 2008
Father Ybarra
The Old Curiosity Shop
Movie • 2007
Samson Brass
The Special Relationship
Movie • 2010
Jonathan Powell
The Stronger
Movie • 2007
Waiter
Cor, Blimey!
Movie • 2000
Kenneth Williams
The Young Visiters
Movie • 2003
Procurio
The Forger
Movie • 2011
Pinkus
Cabaret
Movie • 1993
Clifford Bradshaw
Thunderpants
Movie • 2002
Placido P. Placeedo
War Game
Movie • 2002
Battleship
Movie • 2012
Dr. Nogrady
The Theory of Everything
Movie • 2014
Senior Doctor - Cambridge Hospital
Hawking
Movie • 2004
Frank Hawking
Sword of Honour
Movie • 2001
Apthorpe
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Movie • 2007
William Walsingham
The People We Hate at the Wedding
Movie • 2022
Narrator (voice)
Love Actually
Movie • 2003
Mr Trench
The Prime Minister
Movie • 2016
Chief of Security
The BFG
Movie • 2016
Manhugger / Lout #1
An Ungentlemanly Act
Movie • 1992
P.C. Anton Livermore
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Movie • 2005
Mr. Teavee
Nanny McPhee
Movie • 2005
Vicar
Margery and Gladys
Movie • 2003
Graham Heywood
Nightmare Cinema
Movie • 2018
Dr. Salvadore
Missing Link
Movie • 2019
Lord Bilge (voice)
National Theatre Live: The Lehman Trilogy
Movie • 2019
Mayer Lehman
Son of Rambow
Movie • 2007
Brethren Leader
The Last Sacrifice
Movie • 2025
Mad Men
TV • 2007
Wayne Kirkeby
Numb3rs
TV • 2005
Dr. Joseph Baskin
The Bill
TV • 1984
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
TV • 2008
The Scientist
Dollhouse
TV • 2009
Clyde Randolph
Breaking Bad
TV • 2008
Elliott Schwartz
A Young Doctor's Notebook
TV • 2012
The Feldsher
Succession
TV • 2018
Darwin Perry
Agatha Christie's Marple
TV • 2004
Lomax
Perception
TV • 2012
Teddy Brennan
Manhattan
TV • 2014
Dr. Adelman
Class Act
TV • 1994
Graham
Merlin
TV • 2008
Jonas
The Detectives
TV • 1993
D.C. Dominic Boyle
Suburgatory
TV • 2011
Mr. Jacobs
The Good Wife
TV • 2009
Leland Carlisle
Suits
TV • 2011
Nigel Nesbitt
Fallet
TV • 2017
Tom Brown
Casualty
TV • 1986
Alan Decker
The Blacklist
TV • 2013
Silas Gouldsberry
Powers
TV • 2015
Emile Cross
Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial
TV • 2006
Gustave Gilbert
The Umbrella Academy
TV • 2019
Pogo (voice)
The Great North
TV • 2021
Dick Chateau (voice)
The Great North
TV • 2021
Archie (voice)
The Great
TV • 2020
Archbishop
Lodge 49
TV • 2018
Case Histories
TV • 2011
Martin Canning
Private Practice
TV • 2007
Henry
Harry's Law
TV • 2011
Down Cemetery Road
TV • 2025
Joe Silverman
The Copenhagen Test
TV • 2025
Frederick Schiff
Homeland
TV • 2011
Jordan Harris