Adam Godley
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).
Known for
The Blacklist
Silas Gouldsberry
Breaking Bad
Elliott Schwartz
Suits
Nigel Nesbitt
Homeland
Jordan Harris
The Good Wife
Leland Carlisle
Mad Men
Wayne Kirkeby
Succession
Darwin Perry
Casualty
Alan Decker
Numb3rs
Dr. Joseph Baskin
Merlin
Jonas
Agatha Christie's Marple
Lomax
The Bill
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
The Scientist
The Umbrella Academy
Pogo (voice)
Private Practice
Henry
The Great
Archbishop
Perception
Teddy Brennan
The Great North
Archie (voice)
The Great North
Dick Chateau (voice)
Suburgatory
Mr. Jacobs
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Mr. Teavee
The Copenhagen Test
Frederick Schiff
Dollhouse
Clyde Randolph
Love Actually
Mr Trench
Harry's Law
Battleship
Dr. Nogrady
Manhattan
Dr. Adelman
Down Cemetery Road
Joe Silverman
The Theory of Everything
Senior Doctor - Cambridge Hospital
Nanny McPhee
Vicar
Powers
Emile Cross
Lodge 49
The Detectives
D.C. Dominic Boyle
The BFG
Manhugger / Lout #1
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
William Walsingham
A Young Doctor's Notebook
The Feldsher
Around the World in 80 Days
Mr. Sutton
Case Histories
Martin Canning
Thunderpants
Placido P. Placeedo
Fallet
Tom Brown
War Game
Missing Link
Lord Bilge (voice)
The X Files: I Want to Believe
Father Ybarra
Nightmare Cinema
Dr. Salvadore
Cabaret
Clifford Bradshaw
Hawking
Frank Hawking
The Special Relationship
Jonathan Powell
Class Act
Graham
The Forger
Pinkus
Son of Rambow
Brethren Leader
The People We Hate at the Wedding
Narrator (voice)
Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial
Gustave Gilbert
An Ungentlemanly Act
P.C. Anton Livermore
The Young Visiters
Procurio
The Last Sacrifice
National Theatre Live: The Lehman Trilogy
Mayer Lehman
The Old Curiosity Shop
Samson Brass
Sword of Honour
Apthorpe
Cor, Blimey!
Kenneth Williams
Margery and Gladys
Graham Heywood
The Prime Minister
Chief of Security
The Stronger
Waiter