
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).
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Films
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TV Shows
Known For
62 Credits
Breaking Bad
as Elliott Schwartz
2008

The Blacklist
as Silas Gouldsberry
2013

Homeland
as Jordan Harris
2011

Suits
as Nigel Nesbitt
2011

The Good Wife
as Leland Carlisle
2009

Mad Men
as Wayne Kirkeby
2007

Succession
as Darwin Perry
2018

Casualty
as Alan Decker
1986

Agatha Christie's Marple
as Lomax
2004

Merlin
as Jonas
2008

Numb3rs
as Dr. Joseph Baskin
2005

Private Practice
as Henry
2007