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Adam Godley

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Biography

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).

Notable films

Where to start

Highlights from credits and KinoChain journeys.

Battleship

Appears in a KinoChain journey

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

As Mr. Teavee

The BFG

As Manhugger / Lout #1

Nanny McPhee

As Vicar

The Theory of Everything

As Senior Doctor - Cambridge Hospital

Around the World in 80 Days

As Mr. Sutton

Missing Link

As Lord Bilge (voice)

The X-Files: I Want to Believe

As Father Ybarra

Chains

KinoChain journeys

Public chains that pass through their films — or name them as a bridge.

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It was Miss Scarlet, in the cinema...

Celebrating Lesley Ann Warren's 80th birthday with a journey through board game adaptations, from the witty whodunit of Clue to the explosive naval warfare of B...

8 films

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