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).

Adam Godley (* 22. Juli 1964) ist ein britischer Schauspieler. Er wurde für seine Darbietungen auf den Bühnen New Yorks und Londons, darunter „Private Lives“ (2001), „The Pillowman“ (2002), „Anything Goes“ (2011) und „The Lehman Trilogy“ (2019), für zwei Tony Awards und vier Laurence Olivier Awards nominiert. Sein Broadway-Debüt gab er 2002 in einer Wiederaufnahme von Noël Cowards „Private Lives“, für die er mit dem Theatre World Award für das beste Broadway-Debüt ausgezeichnet wurde. 2011 kehrte er mit dem Musical „Anything Goes“ an den Broadway zurück und erhielt eine Tony-Award-Nominierung als bester Nebendarsteller in einem Musical. 2021 feierte „The Lehman Trilogy“ mit großem Kritikerlob seine Broadway-Premiere und brachte Godley eine weitere Tony-Nominierung als bester Hauptdarsteller in einem Theaterstück ein. ... Zu seinen Filmrollen zählen Auftritte in „Tatsächlich… Liebe“ (2003), „Eine zauberhafte Nanny“ (2005), „Charlie und die Schokoladenfabrik“ (2005), „Elizabeth – Das goldene Zeitalter“ (2007) und „Die Entdeckung der Unendlichkeit“ (2014). Außerdem hatte er wiederkehrende Rollen als Elliot Schwartz in der AMC-Serie „Breaking Bad“, als Nigel Nesbit in der USA-Network-Serie „Suits“ (2013), als Phinneus Pogo in der Netflix-Serie „The Umbrella Academy“ (seit 2019) und als Erzbischof Archie in der Hulu-Serie „The Great“ (seit 2020).

Adam Godley é um ator britânico. Godley começou sua carreira de ator aos nove anos na BBC Radio em My Old Man. Aos 11 anos, conseguiu espaço no Old Vic interpretando a tragédia The White Devil e no Royal National Theatre com a peça Watch on the Rhine, escrita por Lillian Hellman e dirigida por Harold Pinter. Após a adolescência, fez várias peças teatrais de grande repercussão, tal como June Moon e The Revengers' Comedies. Durante alguns anos, foi membro da Royal Shakespeare Company, a qual o impulsionou a estrelar em The Importance of Being Earnest, From Morning to Midnight e Cleo, Camping, Emmanuelle and Dick. Além do intenso trabalho no teatro, fez participações em séries renomadas, como Breaking Bad, Mad Men e Lie to Me, e em filmes indicados a grandes prêmios, tal como The Theory of Everything e Battleship. Graças à extensa carreira, foi indicado ao Tony Award de melhor ator em musical.