Cast & creator
Adam Godley
Best known for Breaking Bad, The Blacklist, Suits
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).
Also known as: آدام گادلی
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film credits
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television credits
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1956–2025 · acting roles
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (69)
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Breaking Bad
Elliott Schwartz
2008
The Blacklist
Silas Gouldsberry
2013
Suits
Nigel Nesbitt
2011
The Good Wife
Leland Carlisle
2009
Mad Men
Wayne Kirkeby
2007
Homeland
Jordan Harris
2011
Numb3rs
Dr. Joseph Baskin
2005
Casualty
Alan Decker
1986
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee
1956
Private Practice
Henry
2007
The Bill
1984
Lie to Me
Sandy Baxter
2009
Succession
Darwin Perry
2018
Merlin
Jonas
2008
Perception
Teddy Brennan
2012
The Great North
Archie (voice)
2021The Great North
Dick Chateau (voice)
2021
The Umbrella Academy
Pogo (voice)
2019
Agatha Christie's Marple
Lomax
2004
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
The Scientist
2008
Powers
Emile Cross
2015
Harry's Law
2011
Dollhouse
Clyde Randolph
2009
The Great
Archbishop
2020
Suburgatory
Mr. Jacobs
2011
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Mr. Teavee
2005
Love Actually
Mr Trench
2003
Battleship
Dr. Nogrady
2012
Manhattan
Dr. Adelman
2014
Lodge 49
2018
The BFG
Manhugger / Lout #1
2016
Nanny McPhee
Vicar
2005
The Theory of Everything
Senior Doctor - Cambridge Hospital
2014
Missing Link
Lord Bilge (voice)
2019
The Detectives
D.C. Dominic Boyle
1993
Down Cemetery Road
Joe Silverman
2025
The Copenhagen Test
Frederick Schiff
2025
Case Histories
Martin Canning
2011
A Young Doctor's Notebook
The Feldsher
2012
Around the World in 80 Days
Mr. Sutton
2004
The X-Files: I Want to Believe
Father Ybarra
2008
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
William Walsingham
2007
Thomas & Sarah
Tomlinson
1979
The People We Hate at the Wedding
Narrator (voice)
2022
Nightmare Cinema
Dr. Salvadore
2018
Class Act
Graham
1994
Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial
Gustave Gilbert
2006
Cabaret
Clifford Bradshaw
1993
Fallet
Tom Brown
2017
Moonfleet
John Trenchard
1984
Son of Rambow
Brethren Leader
2007
The Forger
Pinkus
2011
Thunderpants
Placido P. Placeedo
2002
War Game
Lacey Christmas Goddard / Dad (voice)
2002
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Different Faces, Different Flavors
2005
And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen...
2002
Sword of Honour
Apthorpe
2001
The Special Relationship
Jonathan Powell
2010
The Old Curiosity Shop
Samson Brass
2007
Wilde Salomé
Arthur
2013
Hawking
Frank Hawking
2004
National Theatre Live: The Lehman Trilogy
Mayer Lehman
2019
The Prime Minister
Chief of Security
2016
An Ungentlemanly Act
PC Anton Livermore
1992
The Young Visiters
Procurio
2003
Margery and Gladys
Graham Heywood
2003
The Last Sacrifice
2025
Cor, Blimey!
Kenneth Williams
2000
The Stronger
Waiter
2007