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Matthew Goode

Actor | * 04/03/1978 (46) | Exeter, Devon, England (United Kingdom (UK))
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Matthew William Goode (born 3 April 1978) is a British actor. Goode made his screen debut in 2002 with ABC's television film Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister. His breakthrough role was in the romantic comedy Chasing Liberty (2004), for which he received a nomination at the Teen Choice Awards for Choice Breakout Movie Star – Male. He then appeared in a string of supporting roles in films, such as Woody Allen's Match Point (2005), the romantic comedy Imagine Me and You (2006), and the period drama Copying Beethoven (2006). He earned praise for his performances as Charles Ryder in the 2008 film adaptation of the novel Brideshead Revisited and as Ozymandias in the superhero film Watchmen (2009). He then starred in the romantic comedy ()
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Matthew Goode (born 3 April 1978) is an English actor. He made his screen debut in 2002 with ABC's TV film feature Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister. His breakthrough role was in the romantic comedy Chasing Liberty (2004), for which he received a nomination at Teen Choice Awards for Choice Breakout Movie Star – Male. He then appeared in a string of supporting roles in films like Woody Allen's Match Point (2005), the German-British romantic comedy Imagine Me and You (2006), and the period drama Copying Beethoven (2006). He won praise for his performance as Charles Ryder in Julian Jarrold's adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead Revisited (2008), and as Ozymandias in the American neo-noir superhero film Watchmen (2009), based on the comics by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons. He then starred in romantic comedy Leap Year (2010) and Australian drama Burning Man (2011), the latter earning him a nomination for Best Actor at the Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards.Other notable film roles include The Lookout (2007), A Single Man (2009), Cemetery Junction (2010), Stoker (2013), Belle (2013), The Imitation Game (2014) and Self/less (2015). As well as appearing in films, Goode has appeared in numerous television shows. His most notable television roles include Henry Talbot in the final season of historical drama Downton Abbey, and Finley "Finn" Polmar in the CBS legal drama The Good Wife. He also had a lead role in the critically acclaimed British mini-serial Dancing on the Edge, as music journalist Stanley Mitchell. In 2017, Goode portrayed Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon in the Netflix biographical drama series The Crown, for which he received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series. As of 2018, he stars in Sky One's fantasy-romance series, A Discovery of Witches, as Professor Matthew Clairmont.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Thriller

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Awards & Nominations for Matthew Goode

European Film Academy Lux Award
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Movies with Matthew Goode as Actor(36)

2024 Abigail
as Talon2023 Magik
as C.S. Lewis2023 Freud's Last Session
as král Zikmund2022 Medieval
as Colley Shorter2021 The Colour Room
as Morton2021 The King's Man
as Simon2021 Silent Night
as Jeremy Hutchinson2021 The Duke
as David2020 Four Kids and It
as Henry Talbot2019 Downton Abbey
as Peter Beaumont2019 Official Secrets
as Ben2018 Birthmarked
as Mr. Joe Hunt2017 The Sense of an Ending
as Guy Sangster2016 Allied
as Albright2015 Self/less
as Mitchell2015 Pressure
as Hugh Alexander2014 The Imitation Game
as Captain Sir John Lindsay2013 Belle
as Charlie Stoker2013 Stoker
as Tom2011 Burning Man
as Mike Ramsay2010 Cemetery Junction
as Declan2010 Leap Year
as Jim2009 A Single Man
as Adrian Veidt / Ozymandias2009 Watchmen
as Charles Ryder2008 Brideshead Revisited
as Gary Spargo2007 The Lookout
as Martin Bauer2006 Copying Beethoven
as Heck2005 Imagine Me & You
as Larry Durrell2005 My Family and Other Animals
as Tom Hewett2005 Match Point
as Ben Calder2004 Chasing Liberty
as Gerald Brenan2003 South from Granada

TV Shows/Series with Matthew Goode as Actor(13)

as Redrick Schuhart2024 Roadside Picnic
as Robert Evans2022 The Offer
as Matthew Clairmont2018 A Discovery of Witches
as Philip Durrant2018 Ordeal by Innocence
as Tony Armstrong-Jones2016 The Crown
as Dr. William Waller2016 Roots
as Stanley Mitchell2013 Dancing on the Edge
as Rex Clarke2012 The Poison Tree
as Henry Talbot2010 Downton Abbey
as Finn Polmar2009 The Good Wife
as Patrick Simmons2004 Agatha Christie's Marple
as himself1993 GMTV

Full Name: Matthew Goode
Citizenship: United Kingdom (UK)
Born: Monday, 04/03 1978 (April) in Exeter, Devon, England (United Kingdom (UK)) (current age: 46 years + 183 days)
Zodiac sign: Aries (Chinese zodiac sign: Horse)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: University of Birmingham, Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art, Exeter School
Spouses (current/former): Sophie Dymoke
Other names for Matthew Goode (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"매튜 구드"
"Matthew William Goode"
"მეტიიუ გუდი"
Matthew Goode frequently works together with these people:
Matthew Vaughn (5x, Crew)
Peter Morgan (5x, Crew)
Michael Tolkin (5x, Crew)
Ralph Fiennes (4x, Actor)
Stephen Merchant (4x, Actor)
Ricky Gervais (4x, Actor)
Nina Gold (4x, Crew)
Alan McKenna (4x, Actor)
Penelope Wilton (4x, Actress)
Martin Crewes (4x, Actor)
Nadia Stacey (4x, Crew)
Sallie Jaye (4x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:2594, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 09/18/2024