
Adam Godley
Acting
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).
Born: July 22, 1964 · Amersham, England, UK
Filmography (56)

The Copenhagen Test
2025

Down Cemetery Road
2025

The People We Hate at the Wedding
2022

The Great North
2021

The Great
2020

Missing Link
2019

The Umbrella Academy
2019

Lodge 49
2018

Nightmare Cinema
2018

Succession
2018

Fallet
2017

The BFG
2016

The Prime Minister
2016

Powers
2015

The Theory of Everything
2014

Manhattan
2014

Wilde Salomé
2013

The Blacklist
2013

A Young Doctor's Notebook
2012

Perception
2012

Battleship
2012

Homeland
2011

Suburgatory
2011

Suits
2011

Case Histories
2011

The Forger
2011

Harry's Law
2011

The Special Relationship
2010

The Good Wife
2009

Dollhouse
2009

Merlin
2008

The X Files: I Want to Believe
2008

Breaking Bad
2008

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
2008

The Old Curiosity Shop
2007

Private Practice
2007

Elizabeth: The Golden Age
2007

Mad Men
2007

Son of Rambow
2007

Nanny McPhee
2005

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
2005

Numb3rs
2005

Agatha Christie's Marple
2004

Hawking
2004

Around the World in 80 Days
2004

The Young Visiters
2003

Love Actually
2003

Thunderpants
2002

War Game
2002

Sword of Honour
2001

Cor, Blimey!
2000

Cabaret
1993

The Detectives
1993

An Ungentlemanly Act
1992

Casualty
1986

The Bill
1984
