Adam Godley
Born 1964
Known for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Umbrella Academy, Battleship.
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).
Movie Credits
National Theatre Live: The Lehman Trilogy (2019)
The Special Relationship (2010)
The Last Sacrifice (2024)
The Prime Minister (2016)
The Forger (2012)
The X-Files: I Want to Believe (2008)
Nightmare Cinema (2018)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
Hawking (2004)
Thunderpants (2002)
The People We Hate at the Wedding (2022)
Missing Link (2019)
Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007)
Son of Rambow (2007)
Battleship (2012)
An Ungentlemanly Act (1992)
The BFG (2016)
Nanny McPhee (2005)
Wilde Salomé (2013)
Around the World in 80 Days (2004)
The Theory of Everything (2014)
