Matthew Goode

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Matthew Goode
Goode at the 2014 Toronto Film Festival
Born	(1978-04-03) 3 April 1978 (age 46) Exeter, Devon, England [1]
Alma mater	University of Birmingham
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2002–present
Spouse	Sophie Dymoke
Children	3
Relatives	Sally Meen (half-sister)

Matthew William Goode (born 3 April 1978) is a British actor. ^[2] 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 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.

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 as 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. ^[3] 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 .

Early life

Goode was born on 3 April 1978 in Exeter, Devon. ^{[4] [5]} His father, Anthony, was a geologist and his mother, Jennifer, is a nurse and amateur theatre director. Goode is the youngest of five children with a brother, two half-brothers, and a half-sister, television presenter Sally Meen, from his mother's previous marriage. He grew up in the village of Clyst St. Mary, near Exeter. ^[6] Goode was educated at Exeter School, an independent school in Exeter, Devon, ^[7] followed by the University of Birmingham and London's Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art.

Career

Goode played Peter Lynley, the brother of Inspector Lynley in the BBC production Inspector Lynley Mysteries: A Suitable Vengeance and co-starred in the TV film Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister, based on the Gregory Maguire novel of the same name and William Shakespeare's play The Tempest . In 2004, Goode made his American film debut opposite Mandy Moore in the romantic comedy Chasing Liberty .

Goode co-starred in Woody Allen's thriller Match Point , opposite Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Scarlett Johansson, Ol Parker's romantic comedy Imagine Me & You , opposite Piper Perabo and Lena Headey, the TV film My Family and Other Animals , opposite Imelda Staunton, the biographical-musical drama Copying Beethoven , opposite Ed Harris and Diane Kruger and Scott Frank's crime drama The Lookout opposite Joseph Gordon-Levitt. He had a whimsical take on Brooke Burgess in the BBC miniseries He Knew He Was Right based upon Anthony Trollope's novel of the same name.

In 2008, Goode starred as Charles Ryder in the drama film Brideshead Revisited , based on Evelyn Waugh's novel of the same name. ^[8] In 2009, Goode co-starred in Zack Snyder's superhero film Watchmen as Ozymandias/Adrian Veidt, and co-starred opposite Colin Firth in the drama film A Single Man , based on Christopher Isherwood's novel of the same name. In 2010, he co-starred opposite Amy Adams in the romantic comedy Leap Year .

Goode with Stoker cast and crew at Sundance Film Festival

In 2013, Goode played the lead in the BBC Two drama Dancing on the Edge, as magazine columnist Stanley Mitchell. That same year, he co-starred opposite Mia Wasikowska and Nicole Kidman in the psychological thriller film Stoker .

Also in 2013, Goode co-starred as George Wickham opposite Matthew Rhys in the three-part BBC murder mystery miniseries Death Comes to Pemberley , based on P. D. James' novel of the same name, a sequel to Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. ^[9] In 2014, he appeared in the historical thriller The Imitation Game as Hugh Alexander, a British Second World War cryptanalyst and chess champion. ^[10]

In March 2014, Goode joined the cast of the CBS legal drama The Good Wife as Finley "Finn" Polmar, a state prosecutor. ^{[11] [12]} Replacing Will Gardner during the fifth season, he made his debut in the 15th episode, "Dramatics, Your Honor", in which Josh Charles's character was killed off. ^{[13] [14] [15]} In May 2015, Goode left The Good Wife after the sixth season's finale. ^[16]

In 2014, Goode co-starred in the ITV drama Downton Abbey during the Season 5 Christmas special "A Moorland Holiday" as Henry Talbot. ^[17] He returned to Downton Abbey in October 2015 beginning in the fourth episode of the sixth season. Goode also made a brief appearance in the Downton Abbey film which was released in 2019. ^[18]

After appearing in multiple films in the mid-2010s, he appeared in 2016's Allied . He began working on WGN's production of Roadside Picnic series based on the Strugatsky novel in autumn 2016, but the pilot was cancelled. ^[19] That year, he presented ITV's The Wine Show with Joe Fattorini and Matthew Rhys.

In 2017, Goode began production on a television adaptation of Deborah Harkness's bestselling All Souls trilogy for Sky One in the United Kingdom. The show, titled A Discovery of Witches , takes its title from the series' first book. He plays the lead role of Professor Matthew Clairmont, an Oxford molecular biologist and vampire. ^[20] The show was first broadcast in the UK on 14 September 2018, and has been renewed for two more series based on the strength of its first airing in the United Kingdom where it was consistently the network's most-watched show each week for its 8-episode run. Goode starred in the prequel to Matthew Vaughn's Kingsman series, entitled The King's Man , portraying Captain Morton / The Shepherd. Set in the 20th century, prefacing World War I, the film was released in December 2021. ^{[21] [22]}

Personal life

Goode is married to Sophie Dymoke. They have three children: two daughters and a son. The family live in Surrey, England. ^{[20] [23]}

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	Al sur de Granada (South of Granada)	Gerald Brenan
2004	Chasing Liberty	Ben Calder
2005	Match Point	Tom Hewett
2006	Imagine Me & You	Hector
	Copying Beethoven	Martin Bauer
2007	The Lookout	Gary Spargo
2008	Brideshead Revisited	Charles Ryder
2009	Watchmen	Adrian Veidt / Ozymandias
	A Single Man	Jim
2010	Leap Year	Declan O'Callaghan
	Cemetery Junction	Mike Ramsay
2011	Burning Man	Tom
2013	Stoker	Charlie Stoker
	Belle	Captain Sir John Lindsay
2014	The Imitation Game	Hugh Alexander
2015	Pressure	Mitchell
	Self/less	Dr. Jensen/Albright
2016	Allied	Guy Sangster
2017	The Sense of an Ending	Joe Hunt
	The Hatton Garden Job	XXX
	The Big Bad Fox and Other Tales...	Wolf (voice)	English dub
2018	Birthmarked	Ben Morin
	The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society	Sidney Stark
2019	Official Secrets	Peter Beaumont
	Downton Abbey	Henry Talbot
2020	Four Kids and It	David Hartlepool
	The Duke	Jeremy Hutchinson
2021	Silent Night	Simon
	The Colour Room	Colley Shorter	Released as a Sky Original film
	The King's Man	Captain Morton / The Shepherd
2022	The House	Raymond (voice)
	Medieval	King Sigismund
2023	Freud's Last Session	C. S. Lewis
2024	Abigail	Father

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister	Caspar	Television film
2003	Bounty Hamster	Various
	The Inspector Lynley Mysteries	Peter Lynley	Episode: "A Suitable Vengeance"
2004	He Knew He Was Right	Brooke Burgess	2 episodes
2005	Agatha Christie's Marple	Patrick Simmons	Episode: "A Murder Is Announced"
	My Family and Other Animals	Larry Durrell	Television film
2012	Birdsong	Captain Gray	Lead role, 2 episodes
	The Poison Tree	Rex Clarke	Lead role, 2 episodes
2013	Dancing on the Edge	Stanley Mitchell	Lead role, 6 episodes
	Death Comes to Pemberley	George Wickham	Lead role, 3 episodes
	The Vatican	Bernd Koch	Television film
2014–2015	The Good Wife	Finley "Finn" Polmar	Main role (Seasons 5–6), 28 episodes
2014–2015	Downton Abbey	Henry Talbot	Guest role (Season 5), Main role (Season 6), 7 episodes
2016	The Wine Show	Himself	Co-host with Matthew Rhys
	Roots	Dr. William Waller	Lead role, 2 episodes
2017	The Crown	Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon	Main role (Season 2) 3 episodes
2018	Ordeal by Innocence	Philip Durrant	Lead role, 3 episodes [24]
2018–2022	A Discovery of Witches	Matthew de Clairmont	Lead role, 25 episodes
2022	The Offer	Robert Evans	Miniseries
TBA	Department Q	Carl Morck	Filming [25]

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
2004	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Movie: Male Breakout Star	Chasing Liberty	Nominated
		Choice Movie Liar		Nominated
2012	Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards	Best Actor	Burning Man	Nominated
2013	Australian Film Critics Association	Best Actor		Nominated
	Australian Film Institute	Best Actor		Nominated
2014	Fangoria Chainsaw Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Stoker	Won
	Satellite Awards	Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film	Dancing on the Edge	Nominated
	San Diego Film Critics Society	Best Performance by an Ensemble	The Imitation Game	Nominated
2015	Palm Springs International Film Festival	Ensemble Cast Award		Won
	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture		Nominated
2017	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series	Downton Abbey	Nominated
2018	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series	The Crown	Nominated
2023	Critics' Choice Awards	Best Supporting Actor in a Movie/Miniseries	The Offer	Nominated

References

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2. Schneller, Johanna (March 2013). "Some naked truths about film nudity: Are you listening, Seth MacFarlane?". The Globe and Mail.
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4. "Celebrity birthdays for the week of March 29 – April 4". Associated Press. 23 March 2020. Archived from the original on 8 April 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
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17. Battersby, Matilda (25 December 2014). "Downton Abbey Christmas special 2014, review: Love is everywhere, actually". The Independent .
18. "Matthew Goode confirmed for Downton Abbey movie – but he says he will only be "popping in at the end"". Radio Times . Retrieved 23 February 2019.
19. "Matthew Goode's Roadside Picnic Pilot Won't Move Forward at WGN America". TVLine.com. 25 January 2017. Archived from the original on 3 December 2020. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
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21. Shirey, Paul (29 December 2021). "The King's Man Ending Explained". Screen Rant . Archived from the original on 29 December 2021. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
22. McClintock, Pamela (26 December 2021). "Box Office: 'Spider-Man,' 'Sing 2' Top Christmas, 'Matrix' and 'King's Man' Get Sidelined". The Hollywood Reporter . Archived from the original on 26 December 2021. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
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24. Billen, Andrew (31 March 2018). "Ordeal by Innocence: the Christie Mystery that almost got away". The Times. No. 72497. Saturday Review. pp. 4–5. ISSN   0140-0460.
25. O'Rourke, Ryan (6 February 2024). "Matthew Goode Leads Netflix's Gritty New Crime Drama 'Department Q'". Collider. Retrieved 6 February 2024.

Interviews

• News Week interview (21 April 2006)
• Sydney Morning Herald interview (1 March 2006)
• Sunday Herald interview (1 January 2006)
• USA Today interview (8 January 2004)
• LOVEFiLM Blog Matthew Goode at the London Film Festival screening of A Single Man (Oct 2009)

External links

• Matthew Goode at IMDb