
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

Breaking Bad
2008 · TV

The Umbrella Academy
2019 · TV

Succession
2018 · TV

Suits
2011 · TV

Mad Men
2007 · TV

The Great
2020 · TV

Lie to Me
2009 · TV

Merlin
2008 · TV

Agatha Christie's Marple
2004 · TV

The Blacklist
2013 · TV

Homeland
2011 · TV

The Good Wife
2009 · TV

Private Practice
2007 · TV

Case Histories
2011 · TV

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
2008 · TV

Harry's Law
2011 · TV

Moonfleet
1984 · TV

Dollhouse
2009 · TV

Tony Awards
1956 · TV

Fallet
2017 · TV

A Young Doctor's Notebook
2012 · TV

Perception
2012 · TV

Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial
2006 · TV

The Detectives
1993 · TV

Manhattan
2014 · TV

Class Act
1994 · TV

Numb3rs
2005 · TV

The Great North
2021 · TV

The Bill
1984 · TV

Down Cemetery Road
2025 · TV

Lodge 49
2018 · TV

Suburgatory
2011 · TV

The Copenhagen Test
2025 · TV

Powers
2015 · TV

Casualty
1986 · TV