Adam Godley
Adam Godley (born July 22, 1964 in Amersham ) is a British actor . He has been nominated for the Tony Award and three times for the Laurence Olivier Award .
life and career
Godley started his acting career when he was nine years old in a BBC radio production of Hemingway's My Old Man . He got his first stage role at the age of eleven as Prince Giovanni in The White Devil at the Old Vic Theater . He also appeared in Lillian Hellman's Watch on the Rhine and Close of Play by Harold Pinter at the National Theater .
After starring in the BBC television adaptation of J. Meade Falkner's Moonfleet , Godley joined Alan Ayckbourn's theater company in Scarborough , where he was a member for three seasons. Highlights include June Moon , Cabaret and The Revengers' Comedies , both screened in the West End , and Mr A's Amazing Maze Plays , screened at the National Theater.
He spent a theatrical season as a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company before playing the role of Cliff in Sam Mendes Cabaret in the Donmar Warhouse . He also played in all major productions, including The Front Page , Cleo, Camping, Emmanuelle and Dick , The Pillow Man and Paul .
Adam Godley lives in Los Angeles with his significant other, author Jon Hartmere .
Filmography
Feature films
- 2001: Sword of Honor (TV movie)
- 2003: Actually ... love (Love Actually)
- 2004: In 80 days around the world (Around the World in 80 Days)
- 2004: Hawking - The Search for the Beginning of Time (Hawking)
- 2005: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
- 2005: A Magical Nanny (Nanny McPhee)
- 2007: The Son of Rambow (Son of Rambow)
- 2007: Elizabeth : The Golden Age
- 2008: The X-Files - I Want to Believe (The X-Files: I Want to Believe)
- 2011: Wild Salomé
- 2012: Battleship
- 2014: The Theory of Everything (The Theory of Everything)
- 2016: BFG - Big Friendly Giant (The BFG)
TV Shows
- 1978: A Horseman Riding By (3 episodes)
- 2000: Nuremberg - In the Name of Humanity (Nuremberg)
- 2009: Good Wife (The Good Wife)
- 2009: Dollhouse
- 2009: Merlin - The New Adventures (Merlin)
- 2010: Lie to Me
- 2012: A Young Doctor's Notebook
- 2013: Breaking Bad
- 2013: Suits (5 episodes)
- 2014: Manhattan
- 2014: Homeland
- 2014: Mad Men
- 2015: Powers
- 2019: The Umbrella Academy
Web links
- Adam Godley in the Internet Movie Database (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Godley, Adam |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British theater and film actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 22, 1964 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Amersham , UK |