Adam Godley

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Adam Godley
Godley in 2008
Born	(1964-07-22) 22 July 1964 (age 57) Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England
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[]

Television[]

Stage[]

References[]

External links[]

• Adam Godley at IMDb
• http://www.playbill.com interview