Adam Godley

Adam Godley

Born: July 22, 1964
Age: 59
Birthplace: Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
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Biography

Adam Godley (born 22 July 1964) is an English film, television and theatre actor. He is a Tony Award nominee and has been nominated three times for the Olivier Award.

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Early life and career

Born in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, Godley began his acting career at the age of 9, in a BBC radio production of Hemingway's My Old Man. His first stage role came at age 11, as Prince Giovanni in The White Devil at The Old Vic. His childhood career also included work at the National Theatre, in Lillian Helman's Watch on the Rhine, and Close of Play, directed by Harold Pinter. Godley achieved national prominence after playing the lead in the 1984 BBC TV adaptation of J. Meade Falkner's Moonfleet.

Stage career

In 1984 Godley joined Alan Ayckbourn's theatre company in Scarborough, where he stayed for three seasons. Productions included June Moon and The Revengers' Comedies, both of which transferred to the West End, and Mr A's Amazing Maze Plays, which transferred to the National Theatre.

He spent one season as a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, before creating the role of Cliff in Sam Mendes's production of Cabaret at the Donmar Warehouse. Several major productions followed, including Mouth to Mouth at the Royal Court, The Front Page at the Donmar, and The Rivals in the West End. after which Godley went on to create a series of roles at the National, including Kenneth Williams in Cleo, Camping, Emmanuelle and Dick; Michal, in Martin McDonagh's The Pillowman, and the title role in Howard Davies' production of Paul. He also played Jack Worthing in the West End production of The Importance of Being Earnest and Victor in both the West End and 2001 Broadway production of Noël Coward's Private Lives. He played Lord Evelyn Oakleigh in Roundabout Theatre's multi award winning Broadway revival of Anything Goes, and was Raymond Babitt in the West End production of Rain Man opposite Josh Hartnett. He was most recently seen in the lead role in a new adaptation by Dennis Kelly of Georg Kaiser's 1912 German expressionist masterpiece, From Morning to Midnight, at the National Theatre.

Personal life

Adam Godley lives in Los Angeles with his partner, the writer Jon Hartmere.

Theatre awards and nominations

  • Olivier Award nomination - Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Play (Mouth To Mouth)
  • Olivier Award nomination - Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Play (Cleo, Camping, Emanuelle and Dick)
  • Olivier Award nomination - Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Play (Rain Man)
  • Theatre World Award - Outstanding Broadway Debut (Private Lives)
  • Outer Critics Circle Award - Best Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical (Anything Goes)
  • Tony Award nomination - Best Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical (Anything Goes)
  • Drama Desk Award nomination - Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical (Anything Goes)

Filmography

Film appearances

  • The BFG
  • The Theory of Everything
  • Battleship
  • Wilde Salome
  • The X-Files: I Want To Believe
  • Elizabeth: The Golden Age
  • Son of Rambow
  • Nanny McPhee
  • Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
  • Around the World in 80 Days
  • Love Actually
  • Hawking
  • Thunderpants

TV appearances

  • Mad Men
  • Breaking Bad
  • Homeland
  • Manhattan
  • Suits
  • Lie To Me
  • Merlin
  • Dollhouse
  • The Good Wife
  • Nuremberg (mini-series)
  • A Young Doctor's Notebook.
  • A Horseman Riding By
  • Powers

Television films

  • Cor, Blimey!
  • The Old Curiosity Shop
  • The Young Visiters
  • Hawking
  • The Special Relationship

[ Source: Wikipedia ]


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