Early life

Goode was born in Exeter, Devon. His father is 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. Goode was educated at Exeter School, an independent school in Exeter, Devon, 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 in the drama film Brideshead Revisited as Charles Ryder, based on Evelyn Waugh's novel of the same name. In 2009, Goode co-starred opposite Malin Akerman 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.

In 2013, Goode played the lead in the short lived, critically acclaimed 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, and a spin-off of the 1995 drama miniseries Pride and Prejudice to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the publication of Jane Austen's novel of the same name.

In March 2014, Goode joined the cast of the CBS legal drama The Good Wife during the fifth season replacing Josh Charles, who played Will Gardner as Finley "Finn" Polmar, a State prosecutor. He made his debut in the fifteenth episode titled "Dramatics, Your Honor" in which Will was killed off. That same year, he co-starred in the historical thriller The Imitation Game as Hugh Alexander, a British Second World War cryptanalyst and chess champion.

In 2014, Goode co-starred in the ITV drama Downton Abbey's Season 5 Christmas special titled "A Moorland Holiday" as Henry Talbot. He returned to Downton Abbey in October 2015 beginning in the fourth episode of the sixth season.

In May 2015, Goode left The Good Wife after the sixth season finale titled "Wanna Partner?".

Personal life

Goode has been in a relationship with his now-wife Sophie Dymoke since 2007. They have two daughters, Matilda Eve (b. March 2009) and Teddie Eleanor Rose Goode (b. September 2013) and a son Ralph Goode (b. August 2015).

Filmography

Films

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
2006	Copying Beethoven	Martin Bauer
2007	Lookout, TheThe Lookout	Gary Spargo
2008	Brideshead Revisited	Charles Ryder
2009	Watchmen	Adrian Veidt/Ozymandias
2009	Single Man, AA Single Man	Jim
2010	Leap Year	Declan O'Callaghan
2010	Cemetery Junction	Mike Ramsay
2011	Burning Man	Tom
2013	Stoker	Uncle Charlie
2013	Belle	Captain Sir John Lindsay
2014	The Imitation Game	Hugh Alexander
2015	Pressure	Mitchell
2015	Self/less	Albright
2016	Allied		Filming
2016	Magik	Talon	Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister	Caspar	Television film
2003	Bounty Hamster	Various
2003	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 "
2005	My Family and Other Animals	Larry Durrell	Television film
2012	Birdsong	Captain Gray	Lead role, 2 episodes
2012	The Poison Tree	Rex Clarke	Lead role, 2 episodes
2013	Dancing on the Edge	Stanley Mitchell	Lead role, 6 episodes
2013	Death Comes to Pemberley	George Wickham	Lead role, 3 episodes
2014-2015	The Good Wife	Finley "Finn" Polmar	Series regular, 28 episodes
2014-2015	Downton Abbey	Henry Talbot	4 episodes, guest: series 5, series regular: series 6
2016	The Wine Show	Himself	Lead role with Matthew Rhys
2016	Roots	Dr. William Waller	Lead role, 4 episodes

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
2004	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Breakout Movie Star - Male	Chasing Liberty	Nominated
		Choice Movie Liar		Nominated
2012	Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards	Best Actor - Leading Role	Burning Man	Nominated
2013	Australian Film Institute	Best Lead Actor		Nominated
2014	Satellite Awards	Best Actor in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television	Dancing on the Edge	Nominated
2015	Screen Actors Guild Award	Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture	The Imitation Game	Nominated

[ Source: Wikipedia ]