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).

Filmography

• Down Cemetery Road — Joe Silverman
• The Copenhagen Test — Frederick Schiff
• 2025The Last Sacrifice
• 2022The People We Hate at the Wedding — Narrator (voice)
• The Great North — Archie (voice), Dick Chateau (voice)
• The Great — Archbishop
• 2019Missing Link — Lord Bilge (voice)
• 2019National Theatre Live: The Lehman Trilogy — Mayer Lehman
• The Umbrella Academy — Pogo (voice)
• Lodge 49
• 2018Nightmare Cinema — Dr. Salvadore
• Succession — Darwin Perry
• Fallet — Tom Brown
• 2016The BFG — Manhugger / Lout #1
• 2016The Prime Minister — Chief of Security
• Powers — Emile Cross
• Manhattan — Dr. Adelman
• 2014The Theory of Everything — Senior Doctor - Cambridge Hospital
• The Blacklist — Silas Gouldsberry
• 2013Wilde Salomé — Arthur
• A Young Doctor's Notebook — The Feldsher
• 2012Battleship — Dr. Nogrady
• Perception — Teddy Brennan
• Case Histories — Martin Canning
• Harry's Law
• Homeland — Jordan Harris
• Suburgatory — Mr. Jacobs
• Suits — Nigel Nesbitt
• 2011The Forger — Pinkus
• 2010The Special Relationship — Jonathan Powell
• Dollhouse — Clyde Randolph
• Lie to Me — Sandy Baxter
• The Good Wife — Leland Carlisle
• Breaking Bad — Elliott Schwartz
• Merlin — Jonas
• Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles — The Scientist
• 2008The X-Files: I Want to Believe — Father Ybarra
• 2007Elizabeth: The Golden Age — William Walsingham
• Mad Men — Wayne Kirkeby
• Private Practice — Henry
• 2007Son of Rambow — Brethren Leader
• 2007The Old Curiosity Shop — Samson Brass
• 2007The Stronger — Waiter
• Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial — Gustave Gilbert
• 2005Charlie and the Chocolate Factory — Mr. Teavee
• 2005Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Different Faces, Different Flavors
• 2005Nanny McPhee — Vicar
• Numb3rs — Dr. Joseph Baskin
• Agatha Christie's Marple — Lomax
• 2004Around the World in 80 Days — Mr. Sutton
• 2004Hawking — Frank Hawking
• 2003Love Actually — Mr Trench
• 2003Margery and Gladys — Graham Heywood
• 2003The Young Visiters — Procurio
• 2002And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen...
• 2002Thunderpants — Placido P. Placeedo
• 2002War Game — Lacey Christmas Goddard / Dad (voice)
• 2001Sword of Honour — Apthorpe
• 2000Cor, Blimey! — Kenneth Williams
• Class Act — Graham
• 1993Cabaret — Clifford Bradshaw
• The Detectives — D.C. Dominic Boyle
• 1992An Ungentlemanly Act — PC Anton Livermore
• Casualty — Alan Decker
• Moonfleet — John Trenchard
• The Bill
• Thomas & Sarah — Tomlinson

Appearances as themselves (1)

• Tony Awards — Self - Nominee