
Adam Godley
Acting
Born 1964-07-22 · Amersham, England, UK
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 Great
2020 · TV

The Umbrella Academy
2019 · TV

Powers
2015 · TV

Suits
2011 · TV

Breaking Bad
2008 · TV

A Young Doctor's Notebook
2012 · TV

Fallet
2017 · TV

The Copenhagen Test
2025 · TV

The Blacklist
2013 · TV

Homeland
2011 · TV

Lodge 49
2018 · TV

Manhattan
2014 · TV

Merlin
2008 · TV

Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial
2006 · TV

The Good Wife
2009 · TV

The Great North
2021 · TV

Mad Men
2007 · TV

Case Histories
2011 · TV

Down Cemetery Road
2025 · TV

Succession
2018 · TV

Numb3rs
2005 · TV

Private Practice
2007 · TV

Agatha Christie's Marple
2004 · TV

Casualty
1986 · TV

Lie to Me
2009 · TV

Perception
2012 · TV

The Bill
1984 · TV

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
2008 · TV

Harry's Law
2011 · TV

Dollhouse
2009 · TV

Suburgatory
2011 · TV

The Detectives
1993 · TV

Tony Awards
1956 · TV

Class Act
1994 · TV