Adam Godley
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Adam Godley | |
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Godley in 2008 | |
Born | Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England | 22 July 1964
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1974–present |
Spouse(s) | Alex Belcourt
(m. 1999; div. 2004) |
Partner(s) | Jon Hartmere |
Adam Godley (born 22 July 1964) is an English actor. He is a Tony Award nominee and has been nominated four times for the Olivier Award.
Early life and career[]
Godley was born to Jewish parents in Amersham, Buckinghamshire. His father was a solicitor, and his mother was a magistrate. He grew up near Watford, Hertfordshire, and went to Rickmansworth School.[1]
He began his acting career at the age of 9, in a BBC radio production of Hemingway's My Old Man. His first stage role came at age 11, as Prince Giovanni in The White Devil at The Old Vic.[citation needed] His childhood career also included work at the National Theatre, in Lillian Helman's Watch on the Rhine, and Close of Play, directed by Harold Pinter.[citation needed] Godley achieved national prominence after playing the lead in the 1984 BBC TV adaptation of J. Meade Falkner's Moonfleet.
Stage career[]
In 1986, Godley joined Alan Ayckbourn's theatre company in Scarborough, where he stayed for three seasons. Productions included June Moon and The Revengers' Comedies, both of which transferred to the West End, and Mr A's Amazing Maze Plays, which transferred to the National Theatre.
He spent one season as a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, before creating the role of Cliff in Sam Mendes's production of Cabaret at the Donmar Warehouse. Several major productions followed, including Mouth to Mouth at the Royal Court, The Front Page at the Donmar, and The Rivals in the West End. after which Godley went on to create a series of roles at the National, including Kenneth Williams in Cleo, Camping, Emmanuelle and Dick; Michal, in Martin McDonagh's The Pillowman, and the title role in Howard Davies' production of Paul. He played Jack Worthing in the West End production of The Importance of Being Earnest and Victor in both the West End and 2001 Broadway production of Noël Coward's Private Lives. He played Lord Evelyn Oakleigh in Roundabout Theatre's multi-award-winning Broadway revival of Anything Goes, and played Raymond Babitt in the West End production of Rain Man opposite Josh Hartnett. He led a new adaptation by Dennis Kelly of Georg Kaiser's 1912 German expressionist masterpiece, From Morning to Midnight, at the National Theatre. His most recent role was as one of the three Lehman brothers in the National Theatre's The Lehman Trilogy.
Personal life[]
Godley married actor Alex Belcourt in 1999; they divorced in 2004.[1] He lives in Los Angeles with his partner, the writer Jon Hartmere.
Theatre awards and nominations[]
- Laurence Olivier Awards nomination – Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Play (Mouth To Mouth)
- Laurence Olivier Awards nomination – Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Play (Cleo, Camping, Emanuelle and Dick)
- Laurence Olivier Awards nomination – Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Play (Rain Man)
- Evening Standard Theatre Awards nomination – Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Play (Rain Man)
- What's on Stage Awards nomination – Best Actor in a Play (Rain Man)
- Theatre World Award – Outstanding Broadway Debut (Private Lives)
- Outer Critics Circle Award – Best Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical (Anything Goes)
- Tony Award nomination – Best Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical (Anything Goes)
- Drama Desk Award nomination – Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical (Anything Goes)
- Laurence Olivier Awards nomination (shared with Simon Russell Beale and Ben Miles) – Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Play (The Lehman Trilogy)
Filmography[]
Film[]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2002 | And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen | Son of London Jeweller | |
Thunderpants | Placido P. Placeedo | ||
2003 | Love Actually | Mr. Trench | |
2004 | Around the World in 80 Days | Mr. Sutton | |
2005 | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | Mr. Teavee | |
Nanny McPhee | Vicar | ||
2007 | Elizabeth: The Golden Age | William Walsingham | |
Son of Rambow | Brethren Leader | ||
2008 | The X-Files: I Want to Believe | Father Ybarra | |
2012 | Battleship | Dr. Nogrady | |
The Forger | Pinkus | ||
2014 | The Theory of Everything | Senior Doctor - Cambridge Hospital | |
2016 | The BFG | The Manhugger/Lout No. 1 | |
2018 | Nightmare Cinema | Dr. Salvadore | |
2019 | Missing Link | Lord Bilge (voice) |
Television[]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1979 | Thomas & Sarah | Tomlinson | 1 episode |
1984 | Moonfleet | John Trenchard | 6 episodes |
1991; 1998 | The Bill | Duxford/Nigel Penway | 2 episodes |
1992 | An Ungentlemanly Act | P.C. Anton Livermore | Television film |
1995 | Class Act | Graham | 1 episode |
1998 | Casualty | Alan Decker | 1 episode |
2000 | Cor, Blimey! | Kenneth Williams | Television film |
2001 | Sword of Honour | Apthorpe | Television film |
2002 | The Inspector Lynley Mysteries | Tony Phillips | 1 episode |
2003 | Margery and Gladys | Graham Heywood | Television film |
2004 | Hawking | Frank Hawking | Television film |
2006 | Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial | Gustave Gilbert | Miniseries |
2007 | Coming Up | Paul | 1 episode |
2007 | The Old Curiosity Shop | Sampson Brass | Television film |
2008–2013 | Breaking Bad | Elliott Schwartz | 3 episodes |
2008 | Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles | The Scientist | 1 episode |
2008 | Mad Men | Wayne Kirkeby | 1 episode |
2009 | Numbers | Dr. Joseph Baskin | 1 episode |
2009 | Merlin | Jonas | 2 episodes |
2009 | Dollhouse | Clyde Randolph | 1 episode |
2010 | Private Practice | Henry | 1 episode |
2010 | Agatha Christie's Marple | Lomax | 1 episode |
2010 | The Special Relationship | Jonathan Powell | Television film |
2011 | Lie to Me | Sandy Baxter | 1 episode |
2011 | CHAOS | Jonathan Aldridge | 1 episode |
2011 | Case Histories | Martin Canning | 2 episodes |
2012 | A Young Doctor's Notebook | Demyan Lukich | Main cast, 8 episodes |
2012 | Harry's Law | Hospital Administrator | 1 episode |
2012 | The Good Wife | Leland Carlisle | 1 episode |
2012 | Suburgatory | Mr. Jacobs | 1 episode |
2013 | Spies of Warsaw | Julius Halbech | Miniseries |
2013 | Elementary | British Man (voice) | 1 episode, uncredited |
2013 | Suits | Nigel Alexander Nesbitt | Recurring role, 5 episodes |
2014 | Perception | Teddy Brennan | 1 episode |
2014 | Manhattan | Dr. Adelman | 3 episodes |
2014 | Homeland | Jordan Harris | 1 episode |
2015–2016 | Powers | Captain Emile Cross | Main cast, 20 episodes |
2015 | The Blacklist | Silas Gouldsberry | 1 episode |
2017 | Fallet | DCI Tom Brown | Main cast, 8 episodes |
2018-2019 | Lodge 49 | Jocelyn Pugh | Recurring role, 10 episodes |
2019–present | The Umbrella Academy | Pogo | Main cast Voice and motion capture role[2] |
2020 | The Great | Archbishop | Main Cast[3] |
Stage[]
Year | Title | Role | Theatre |
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1991 | The Revengers Comedies | Oliver Knightly | The Strand Theatre |
1992 | June Moon | Fred Stevens | Vaudeville Theatre |
1993 | Cabaret | Cliff Bradshaw | Donmar Warehouse |
1994 | The Rivals | Faulkland | Albery Theatre |
1996 | The White Devil.
Three Hours After Marriage. |
Camilo.
Underplot. Majot André. |
Royal Shakespeare Company |
1997 | The Front Page | Bensinger | Donmar Warehouse |
1998 | Cleo, Camping, Emmanuelle and Dick | Kenneth Williams | National Theatre |
1999 | The Importance Of Being Earnest | John Worthing | Haymarket Theatre |
2002 | Private Lives | Victor Prynne | Richard Rodgers Theater |
2003 | The Pillowman | Michal | National Theatre |
2005 | Paul | Paul | National Theatre |
2008 | Rain Man | Raymond Babbit | Apollo Theatre |
2011 | Anything Goes | Lord Evelyn Oakleigh | Stephen Sondheim Theater |
2013 | From Morning To Midnight | The Bank Clerk | National Theatre |
2018 | The Lehman Trilogy | Mayer Lehman | National Theatre |
2019 | Park Avenue Armory[4] | ||
Piccadilly Theatre |
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Nathan, John (29 August 2008). "Mr shy and mighty". The Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 15 December 2019 – via PressReader.
- ^ ‘The Umbrella Academy’: Cameron Britton, Colm Feore, Adam Godley & Ashley Madekwe Join Netflix Series
- ^ Petski, Denise (4 February 2020). "'The Great': Sebastian De Souza Joins Elle Fanning & Nicholas Hoult In Hulu Comedy Series". Deadline. Archived from the original on 21 May 2020. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
- ^ ‘The Lehman Trilogy’ is so good, it expands your sense of what three actors on a stage can conjure
External links[]
- 1964 births
- 20th-century English male actors
- 21st-century English male actors
- English male film actors
- English male child actors
- English male television actors
- English male voice actors
- English male stage actors
- English expatriates in the United States
- Jewish English male actors
- LGBT entertainers from England
- LGBT Jews
- Male actors from Hertfordshire
- Male actors from Buckinghamshire
- Living people
- Actors from Amersham
- Actors from Watford
- British expatriate male actors in the United States
- Theatre World Award winners