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Matthew Goode

Matthew Goode

Known for: Acting

Born 03/04/1978
Place of birth Exeter, Devon, England, UK

Matthew William Goode (born 3 April 1978) is an English actor. He 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 Leap Year (2010) and the Australian drama Burning Man (2011), the latter earning him nominations for Best Actor at both the Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards and the AACTA Awards.  His other 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). Goode has also appeared in television series, including Henry Talbot in the historical drama Downton Abbey, Finley "Finn" Polmar in the legal drama The Good Wife, and a music journalist in the drama Dancing on the Edge. In 2017, Goode portrayed Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon in the second season of the biographical drama series The Crown, for which he received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series. From 2018–2022, Goode starred in the fantasy romance series, A Discovery of Witches. In 2022, he starred as famed Paramount studio head Robert Evans in The Offer, a miniseries about the making of the classic 1972 gangster film The Godfather. Description above is from the Wikipedia article Matthew Goode, licensed under CC-BY-SA; full list of contributors is on Wikipedia.

Filmography

Late Night with Seth Meyers Series ★ 5,1

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Self

2014

The Crown Series ★ 8,2

The Crown

Tony Armstrong-Jones

2016

The Good Wife Series ★ 7,6

The Good Wife

Finn Polmar

2009

The One Show Series ★ 4,3

The One Show

Self

2006

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno Series ★ 5,3

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

1992

GMTV Series ★ 5,8

GMTV

Self

1993

Downton Abbey Series ★ 8,1

Downton Abbey

Henry Talbot

2010

The Imitation Game Film ★ 8,0

The Imitation Game

Hugh Alexander

2014

Agatha Christie's Marple Series ★ 7,9

Agatha Christie's Marple

Patrick Simmons

2004

A Discovery of Witches Series ★ 7,8

A Discovery of Witches

Matthew Clairmont

2018

The Inspector Lynley Mysteries Series ★ 7,4

The Inspector Lynley Mysteries

Peter Lynley

2002

Dept. Q Series ★ 7,9

Dept. Q

DCI Carl Morck

2025

Watchmen Film ★ 7,4

Watchmen

Adrian Veidt / Ozymandias

2009

The Offer Series ★ 8,0

The Offer

Robert Evans

2022

The King's Man Film ★ 6,7

The King's Man

Morton

2021

Abigail Film ★ 6,6

Abigail

Father

2024

Allied Film ★ 6,8

Allied

Guy Sangster

2016

Self/less Film ★ 6,4

Self/less

Albright

2015

Roots Series ★ 6,9

Roots

William Waller

2016

Match Point Film ★ 7,4

Match Point

Tom Hewett

2005

Downton Abbey Film ★ 7,2

Downton Abbey

Henry Talbot

2019

Dancing on the Edge Series ★ 6,7

Dancing on the Edge

Stanley Mitchell

2013

Leap Year Film ★ 6,9

Leap Year

Declan

2010

Stoker Film ★ 6,6

Stoker

Charlie Stoker

2013

Ordeal by Innocence Series ★ 6,9

Ordeal by Innocence

Philip Durrant

2018

Imagine Me & You Film ★ 7,6

Imagine Me & You

Heck

2006

The House Film ★ 7,0

The House

Raymond (voice)

2022

Official Secrets Film ★ 7,2

Official Secrets

Peter Beaumont

2019

Death Comes to Pemberley Series ★ 6,9

Death Comes to Pemberley

George Wickham

2013

Silent Night Film ★ 5,9

Silent Night

Simon

2021

A Single Man Film ★ 7,3

A Single Man

Jim

2009

The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society Film ★ 7,4

The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society

Sidney Stark

2018

Freud's Last Session Film ★ 6,6

Freud's Last Session

C. S. Lewis

2023

He Knew He Was Right Series ★ 7,6

He Knew He Was Right

Brooke Burgess

2004

Birdsong Series ★ 7,0

Birdsong

Captain Gray

2012

Belle Film ★ 7,1

Belle

Captain Sir John Lindsay

2013

The Sense of an Ending Film ★ 6,3

The Sense of an Ending

Mr. Joe Hunt

2017

Medieval Film ★ 6,8

Medieval

král Zikmund

2022

The Lookout Film ★ 6,6

The Lookout

Gary Spargo

2007

Brideshead Revisited Film ★ 6,3

Brideshead Revisited

Charles Ryder

2008

Four Kids and It Film ★ 6,2

Four Kids and It

David

2020

The Hatton Garden Job Film ★ 5,5

The Hatton Garden Job

XXX

2017

Chasing Liberty Film ★ 6,2

Chasing Liberty

Ben Calder

2004

The Poison Tree Series ★ 6,3

The Poison Tree

Rex Clarke

2012

Spiked Film ★ 8,0

Spiked

Walter / Sir Balderdash (voice)

2025

The Duke Film ★ 6,9

The Duke

Jeremy Hutchinson

2021

Cemetery Junction Film ★ 6,5

Cemetery Junction

Mike Ramsay

2010

My Family and Other Animals Film ★ 6,4

My Family and Other Animals

Larry Durrell

2005

Pressure Film ★ 5,6

Pressure

Mitchell

2015

Copying Beethoven Film ★ 6,5

Copying Beethoven

Martin Bauer

2006

Series

Roadside Picnic

Redrick Schuhart

The Colour Room Film ★ 6,1

The Colour Room

Colley Shorter

2021

South from Granada Film ★ 5,9

South from Granada

Gerald Brenan

2003

Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister Film ★ 6,5

Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister

Casper

2002

Fortitude Film

Fortitude

Thomas Argyll “TAR” Robertson

Birthmarked Film ★ 5,7

Birthmarked

Ben

2018

Film

The Custom of the Country

Burning Man Film ★ 6,0

Burning Man

Tom

2011

Film

Hal

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves: The Lost Scimitar of Arabia Film ★ 7,8

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves: The Lost Scimitar of Arabia

Ali Baba

2005