Matthew Goode

Matthew Goode

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.

Acting

2025

Spiked

(voice)

2025

Dept. Q

DCI Carl Morck

2024

Abigail

Father

2023

2022

Medieval

král Zikmund

2022

The Offer

Robert Evans

2022

The House

Raymond (voice)

2021

2021

2021

The Colour Room

Colley Shorter

2021

The Duke

Jeremy Hutchinson

2020

2019

Downton Abbey

Henry Talbot

2019

Official Secrets

Peter Beaumont

2018

A Discovery of Witches

Matthew Clairmont

2018

2018

Ordeal by Innocence

Philip Durrant

2018

2017

2017

2016

Allied

Guy Sangster

2016

The Crown

Tony Armstrong-Jones

2016

Roots

William Waller

2015

Self/less

Albright

2015

Pressure

Mitchell

2014

The Imitation Game

Hugh Alexander

2014

2013

2013

Belle

Captain Sir John Lindsay

2013

Stoker

Charlie Stoker

2013

Dancing on the Edge

Stanley Mitchell

2012

The Poison Tree

Rex Clarke

2012

Birdsong

Captain Gray

2011

2010

Downton Abbey

Henry Talbot

2010

2010

Leap Year

Declan

2009

2009

The Good Wife

Finn Polmar

2009

Watchmen

Adrian Veidt / Ozymandias

2008

2007

The Lookout

Gary Spargo

2006

Copying Beethoven

Martin Bauer

2006

2006

2005

2005

Match Point

Tom Hewett

2005

2004

2004

He Knew He Was Right

Brooke Burgess

2004

Chasing Liberty

Ben Calder

2003

South from Granada

Gerald Brenan

2002

2002

1993

GMTV

Self

1992

Infos

Full Name
Matthew Goode
Gender
Male
Date of Birth
4/3/1978
Also Known As

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Matthew William Goode

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