Matthew Goode

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Matthew Goode (2010)

Matthew William Goode (born April 3, 1978 in Exeter , Devon , England ) is a British theater and film actor .

biography

childhood and education

Matthew Goode was born on April 3, 1978 in Exeter, England, and grew up as the youngest of five children with his brother and three half-siblings. Goode began studying acting at the University of Birmingham and was trained at the prestigious Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London , which has alumni include Angela Lansbury , Julia Ormond and Minnie Driver . Several appearances in theatrical productions followed, including the role of the air spirit Ariel in William Shakespeare's The Tempest and that of the moon in Federico García Lorca's tragedy Blood Wedding .

Film career

The 1.88-meter-tall actor made his TV debut in 2002 in Gavin Millar's Cinderella's Secret , which grants an unconventional look at the Grimm fairy tale from the perspective of one of the ugly stepsisters. A year later, directed by the Spaniard Fernando Colomo, the tragic comedy South from Granada followed , with which Goode made his screen debut. In the biopic about Gerald Brenan , a member of the Bloomsbury Group , he acted alongside Laurence Fox , with whom he has been a close friend since filming. Andy Cadiff's romantic comedy American Princess followed a major role in the TV movie The Inspector Lynley Mysteries: A Suitable Vengeance , a film adaptation of Elizabeth George's crime novel Mein ist die Revenge . Here Goode plays an attractive Englishman who takes care of the 18-year-old daughter of the US President (played by Mandy Moore ), who is fleeing from the secret service and traveling across Europe . The film, whose plot is slightly based on William Wyler's A Heart and a Crown (1953), marked the breakthrough in Matthew Goode's career and made him known to a broad American audience.

After appearances in Tom Vaughan's historic TV mini-series He Knew He Was Right and John Strickland's Miss Marple crime thriller Marple: A Murder Is Announced alongside Geraldine McEwan , the American Woody Allen became Matthew Goode in 2005 attentive. In his thriller Match Point , which was shot entirely in England, Allen still had to cast the role of Tom Hewett , a handsome son from a wealthy family who helped the main character (played by Jonathan Rhys Meyers ) to rise in society. Allen got Matthew Goode tapes, invited him to audition and eventually cast the young actor in the supporting role. Allen called on his actors to improvise on camera, but it was mainly Goode who followed Allen's suggestion throughout the filming. Match Point received critical acclaim when it premiered on May 12, 2005 at the Cannes Film Festival and in early 2006 received four Golden Globe nominations .

After working with Woody Allen, Matthew Goode starred in the romantic film A Threesome and the TV comedy My Family and Other Animals . In 2006 he slipped into the role of Martin Bauer in Agnieszka Holland's drama Klang der Stille . In the fictional biography of Ludwig van Beethoven about the last years of his life , the charismatic actor was seen at the side of Ed Harris and Diane Kruger . In 2008 he starred alongside Ben Whishaw and Hayley Atwell in the lead role of Charles Ryder in the film adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's famous novel Reunion with Brideshead , which followed the part of Ozymandias in Zack Snyder's comic book adaptation Watchmen in 2009 . That same year, Goode starred as Colin Firth's partner in flashbacks in Tom Ford's award-winning directorial debut, A Single Man .

In 2010, Goode played the male lead alongside Amy Adams in the romantic comedy Engagement . In 2012 he was nominated for an award from the Film Critics Circle of Australia for his performance in the British-Australian feature film Burning Man . In the Jonathan Teplitzky drama , Goode took on the title role of an English chef who runs a restaurant on Bondi Beach , but whose life is slipping away.

Matthew Goode is married to Sophie Dymoke. The couple has three children.

Filmography (selection)

Awards

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sam Ramsden: What Matthew Goode Has To Say About His Family Is Seriously Sweet. Retrieved March 22, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Goode, Matthew
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Goode, Matthew William (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British theater and film actor
DATE OF BIRTH April 3, 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH Exeter , Devon , England