Matthew Goode
Born: 1978-04-03 in Exeter, Devon, England, UK
Known For: Acting
Biography
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.
Filmography
2024
- Abigail as Father
2023
- Freud's Last Session as C. S. Lewis
2021
- The King's Man as Morton
- Silent Night as Simon
- The Duke as Jeremy Hutchinson
- The Colour Room as Colley Shorter
2020
- Four Kids and It as David
2019
- Official Secrets as Peter Beaumont
- Downton Abbey as Henry Talbot
2018
- A Discovery of Witches as Matthew Clairmont
- Birthmarked as Ben
- Ordeal by Innocence as Philip Durrant
- The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society as Sidney Stark
2017
- The Hatton Garden Job as XXX
- The Sense of an Ending as Mr. Joe Hunt
2014
- Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- The Imitation Game as Hugh Alexander
2013
- Belle as Captain Sir John Lindsay
- Stoker as Charlie Stoker
- Dancing on the Edge as Stanley Mitchell
- Death Comes to Pemberley as George Wickham
2012
- Birdsong as Captain Gray
- The Poison Tree as Rex Clarke
2011
- Burning Man as Tom
2010
- Downton Abbey as Henry Talbot
- Cemetery Junction as Mike Ramsay
- Leap Year as Declan
2009
- The Good Wife as Finn Polmar
- Watchmen as Adrian Veidt / Ozymandias
- A Single Man as Jim
2008
- Brideshead Revisited as Charles Ryder
2007
- The Lookout as Gary Spargo
2006
- The One Show as Self
- Imagine Me & You as Heck
- Copying Beethoven as Martin Bauer
2005
- Match Point as Tom Hewett
- My Family and Other Animals as Larry Durrell
- Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves: The Lost Scimitar of Arabia as Ali Baba
2004
- Agatha Christie's Marple as Patrick Simmons
- Chasing Liberty as Ben Calder
- He Knew He Was Right as Brooke Burgess
2003
- South from Granada as Gerald Brenan
2002
- The Inspector Lynley Mysteries as Peter Lynley
- Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister as Casper
1993
- GMTV as Self