Matthew Goode

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{{Infobox person

| image = Matthew Goode 2014.jpg

| name = Matthew Goode

| caption = Goode at the 2014 Toronto Film Festival

| birth_name = Matthew William Goode

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|4|3|df=y}}

| birth_place = Exeter, Devon, England{{Cite web |title=Matthew Goode |url=http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/matthew-goode/165343/ |access-date=6 March 2016 |website=TV Guide}}

| alma_mater = University of Birmingham

| occupation = Actor

| yearsactive = 2002–present

| othername =

| website =

| spouse = Sophie Dymoke

| children = 3

}}

Matthew William Goode (born 3 April 1978) is an English actor.{{Cite news |last=Schneller |first=Johanna |date=March 2013 |title=Some naked truths about film nudity: Are you listening, Seth MacFarlane? |work=The Globe and Mail |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/film/some-naked-truths-about-film-nudity-are-you-listening-seth-macfarlane/article9206108/}} He 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.{{Cite news |date=24 January 2017 |title='The Crown' Producers Cast 'Downton Abbey' Star Matthew Goode As Lord Snowdon For Series 2 |work=HuffPost UK |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/the-crown-series-2-matthew-goode-lord-snowdon_uk_58873a7ce4b0b8867de8e4af}} 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.{{Cite web |date=23 March 2020 |title=Celebrity birthdays for the week of March 29 – April 4 |url=https://apnews.com/f37b1a883e9da7c81fc5e56f68caf538 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200408093912/https://apnews.com/f37b1a883e9da7c81fc5e56f68caf538 |archive-date=8 April 2020 |access-date=26 November 2021 |publisher=Associated Press}}{{Cite web |date=8 January 2021 |title=TV preview: It's been a long wait, but series two of Discovery of Witches is finally here |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/18974064.tv-preview-long-wait-series-two-discovery-witches-finally/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210129021047/https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/18974064.tv-preview-long-wait-series-two-discovery-witches-finally/ |archive-date=29 January 2021 |access-date=26 November 2021 |website=The Herald}} 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.{{Cite news |last=Ouzounian |first=Richard |date=8 September 2011 |title=The Big Interview: Matthew Goode is burning his way to the top |work=Toronto Star |url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/article/1051094--the-big-interview-matthew-goode-is-burning-his-way-to-the-top |access-date=18 March 2015}} Goode was educated at Exeter School, an independent school in Exeter, Devon,{{Cite web |date=22 April 2012 |title=Mystery man who's making all the right moves |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/mystery-man-whos-making-all-the-right-moves-7668851.html |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220512/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/mystery-man-whos-making-all-the-right-moves-7668851.html |archive-date=12 May 2022 |website=The Independent}} 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.{{Cite news |date=21 September 2008 |title=Brideshead revitalised |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2008/sep/21/1}} 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.

File:Stoker cast and crew at Sundance Festival.jpg 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.{{Cite web |title=BBC – Death Comes to Pemberley – Media Centre |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2013/death-comes-to-pemberley.html |publisher=BBC News}} In 2014, he appeared in the historical thriller The Imitation Game as Hugh Alexander, a British Second World War cryptanalyst and chess champion.{{Cite news |last=Fallon |first=Kevin |date=24 November 2014 |title=From 'The Good Wife' to 'The Imitation Game': Matthew Goode Wages His Charm Offensive |publisher=The Daily Beast |url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/11/24/from-the-good-wife-to-the-imitation-game-matthew-goode-wages-his-charm-offensive.html |access-date=24 November 2014}}

In March 2014, Goode joined the cast of the CBS legal drama The Good Wife as Finley "Finn" Polmar, a state prosecutor.{{Cite web |last=Bierly |first=Mandi |date=27 March 2014 |title='The Good Wife': Julianna Margulies explains how she negotiated Josh Charles' season 5 contract |url=http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/03/27/good-wife-josh-charles-julianna-margulies/ |publisher=Entertainment Weekly}}{{Cite web |last=Gelman |first=Vlada |date=28 March 2014 |title=TVLine Items: Good Wife Ups Goode, Neighbours Star Books Pilot, Clinton Visits Kimmel and More |url=http://tvline.com/2014/03/28/the-good-wife-season-5-matthew-goode-series-regular/ |publisher=TVLine}} Replacing Will Gardner during the fifth season, he made his debut in the 15th episode, "Dramatics, Your Honor".{{Cite web |last=Abrams |first=Natalie |date=3 December 2013 |title=Matthew Goode Heads to The Good Wife |url=http://www.tvguide.com/news/matthew-goode-good-wife-1074153.aspx |website=TV Guide}}{{Cite web |last=Ausiello |first=Michael |date=3 December 2013 |title=The Good Wife Exclusive: Matthew Goode to 'Befriend' Alicia in Big Recurring Role |url=http://tvline.com/2013/12/03/the-good-wife-season-5-matthew-goode-cast/ |publisher=TVLine |access-date=5 June 2014 |archive-date=7 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140207145735/http://tvline.com/2013/12/03/the-good-wife-season-5-matthew-goode-cast/ |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |last=Thomas |first=Kaitlin |date=29 March 2014 |title=News Briefs: The Good Wife Promotes Matthew Goode to Series Regular |url=http://www.tv.com/shows/the-good-wife/community/post/news-briefs-the-good-wife-promotes-matthew-goode-to-series-regular-139604577029/ |publisher=TVLine |access-date=5 June 2014 |archive-date=1 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170401152620/http://www.tv.com/shows/the-good-wife/community/post/news-briefs-the-good-wife-promotes-matthew-goode-to-series-regular-139604577029/ |url-status=dead }} In May 2015, Goode left The Good Wife after the sixth season's finale.{{Cite web |date=22 May 2015 |title=Matthew Goode is Leaving the Good Wife, Crushing Our Dreams in the Process |url=http://ca.eonline.com/news/659545/matthew-goode-is-leaving-the-good-wife-crushing-our-dreams-in-the-process}}

In 2014, Goode co-starred in the ITV drama Downton Abbey during the Season 5 Christmas special "A Moorland Holiday" as Henry Talbot.{{Cite web |last=Battersby |first=Matilda |date=25 December 2014 |title=Downton Abbey Christmas special 2014, review: Love is everywhere, actually |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/reviews/downton-abbey-christmas-special-2014-tv-review-love-is-everywhere-actually-9944878.html |website=The Independent}} 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.{{Cite web |title=Matthew Goode confirmed for Downton Abbey movie – but he says he will only be "popping in at the end" |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2018-09-03/downton-abbey-movie-matthew-goode-cast-confirmed/ |access-date=23 February 2019 |website=Radio Times}}

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.{{Cite web |date=25 January 2017 |title=Matthew Goode's Roadside Picnic Pilot Won't Move Forward at WGN America |url=http://tvline.com/2017/01/25/roadside-picnic-cancelled-wgn-america-pilot-matthew-goode/ |website=TVLine.com |access-date=25 December 2017 |archive-date=3 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201203145901/https://tvline.com/2017/01/25/roadside-picnic-cancelled-wgn-america-pilot-matthew-goode/ |url-status=dead }} 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.{{Cite web |last=Jamieson |first=Tom |date=11 January 2019 |title=Matthew Goode Knows How to Charm. Just Ask Lady Mary and Princess Margaret. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/11/arts/television/matthew-goode-interview.html |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125121655/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/11/arts/television/matthew-goode-interview.html |archive-date=25 January 2021 |access-date=26 November 2021 |website=The New York Times}} 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.{{Cite web |last=Shirey |first=Paul |date=29 December 2021 |title=The King's Man Ending Explained |url=https://screenrant.com/the-kings-man-ending-explained/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211229034527/https://screenrant.com/the-kings-man-ending-explained/ |archive-date=29 December 2021 |access-date=29 December 2021 |website=Screen Rant}}{{Cite web |last=McClintock |first=Pamela |date=26 December 2021 |title=Box Office: 'Spider-Man,' 'Sing 2' Top Christmas, 'Matrix' and 'King's Man' Get Sidelined |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/spider-man-box-office-matrix-sing-1235067467/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211226165407/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/spider-man-box-office-matrix-sing-1235067467/ |archive-date=26 December 2021 |access-date=29 December 2021 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}}

Personal life

Goode is married to Sophie Dymoke. They have three children: two daughters and a son. The family lives in Surrey.{{Cite web |date=21 January 2021 |title=10 Things You Never Knew About 'A Discovery of Witches' Star Matthew Goode |url=https://www.bbcamerica.com/blogs/10-things-you-never-knew-about-a-discovery-of-witches-star-matthew-goode--1015757 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211126134148/https://www.bbcamerica.com/blogs/10-things-you-never-knew-about-a-discovery-of-witches-star-matthew-goode--1015757 |archive-date=26 November 2021 |access-date=26 November 2021 |publisher=BBC America}}

Filmography

=Film=

class="wikitable sortable" ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes !Ref.
2003	Al sur de Granada (South of Granada)	Gerald Brenan	\|
2004	Chasing Liberty	Ben Calder	\|
2005	Match Point	Tom Hewett	\|
rowspan="2" \| 2006	Imagine Me & You	Hector	\|
Copying Beethoven	Martin Bauer	\|
2007	{{sortname\|The\|Lookout\|The Lookout (2007 film)}}	Gary Spargo	\|
2008	Brideshead Revisited	Charles Ryder	\|
rowspan="2" \| 2009	Watchmen	Adrian Veidt / Ozymandias	\|
A Single Man	Jim	\|
rowspan="2" \| 2010	Leap Year	Declan O'Callaghan	\|
Cemetery Junction	Mike Ramsay	\|
2011	Burning Man	Tom	\|
rowspan="2" \| 2013	Stoker	Charlie Stoker	\|
Belle	Captain Sir John Lindsay	\|
2014	The Imitation Game	Hugh Alexander	\|
rowspan="2" \| 2015	Pressure	Mitchell	\|
Self/less	Dr. Jensen/Albright	\|
2016	Allied	Guy Sangster	\|
rowspan="3" \| 2017	The Sense of an Ending	Joe Hunt	\|
The Hatton Garden Job	XXX	\|
The Big Bad Fox and Other Tales...	Wolf (voice)	English dub \|
rowspan="2" \| 2018	Birthmarked	Ben Morin	\|
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society	Sidney Stark	\|
rowspan="2" \| 2019	Official Secrets	Peter Beaumont	\|
Downton Abbey	Henry Talbot	\|
rowspan="2" \| 2020	Four Kids and It	David Hartlepool	\|
The Duke	Jeremy Hutchinson	\|
rowspan="3" \| 2021	Silent Night	Simon	\|
The Colour Room	Colley Shorter	Released as a Sky Original film \|
The King's Man	Captain Morton / The Shepherd	\|
rowspan="2" \| 2022	The House	Raymond (voice)	\|
Medieval	King Sigismund	\|
2023	Freud's Last Session	C. S. Lewis	\|
2024 \| Abigail \| Father/Kristof Lazaar \| \|

=Television=

class="wikitable sortable" ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes !Ref.
2002	Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister	Caspar	Television film \|
rowspan="2" \| 2003	Bounty Hamster	Various	\|
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries	Peter Lynley	Episode: "A Suitable Vengeance" \|
2004	He Knew He Was Right	Brooke Burgess	2 episodes \|
rowspan="2" \| 2005	Agatha Christie's Marple	Patrick Simmons	Episode: "A Murder Is Announced" \|
My Family and Other Animals	Larry Durrell	Television film \|
rowspan="2" \| 2012	Birdsong	Captain Gray	Lead role, 2 episodes \|
The Poison Tree	Rex Clarke	Lead role, 2 episodes \|
rowspan="3" \| 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 \|
rowspan="2" \| 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{{Cite news \|last=Billen \|first=Andrew \|date=31 March 2018 \|title=Ordeal by Innocence: the Christie Mystery that almost got away \|pages=4–5 \|work=The Times \|issue=72497 \|location=Saturday Review \|issn=0140-0460}} \|
2018–2022	A Discovery of Witches	Matthew de Clairmont	Lead role, 25 episodes \|
2022	The Offer	Robert Evans	Miniseries \|
2025	Dept. Q	Carl Morck	Lead role, 9 episodes{{cite web\|website=Collider\|date=6 February 2024\|accessdate=6 February 2024\|url=https://collider.com/department-q-matthew-goode-chloe-pirrie-scott-frank-netflix/\|first=Ryan\|last=O'Rourke\|title= Matthew Goode Leads Netflix's Gritty New Crime Drama 'Department Q'}} \|

Awards

class="wikitable"
Year ! Award ! Category ! Work ! Result !Ref.
rowspan="2"\| 2004 \| rowspan="2"\| Teen Choice Awards \| Choice Movie: Male Breakout Star \| rowspan="2"\| Chasing Liberty \| {{nom}} \|
Choice Movie Liar \| {{nom}} \|
2012 \| Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards \| Best Actor \| rowspan="3"\| Burning Man \| {{nom}} \|
rowspan="2"\| 2013 \| Australian Film Critics Association \| Best Actor \| {{nom}} \|
Australian Film Institute \| Best Actor \| {{nom}} \|
rowspan="3"\| 2014 \| Fangoria Chainsaw Awards \| Best Supporting Actor \| Stoker \| {{won}} \|
Satellite Awards \| Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film \| Dancing on the Edge \| {{nom}} \|
San Diego Film Critics Society \| Best Performance by an Ensemble \| rowspan="3"\| The Imitation Game \| {{nom}} \|
rowspan="2"\| 2015 \| Palm Springs International Film Festival \| Ensemble Cast Award \| {{won}} \|
Screen Actors Guild Awards \| Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture \| {{nom}} \|
2017 \| Screen Actors Guild Awards \| Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series \| Downton Abbey \| {{nom}} \|
2018 \| Primetime Emmy Awards \| Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series \| The Crown \| {{nom}} \|
2023 \| Critics' Choice Awards \| Best Supporting Actor in a Movie/Miniseries \| The Offer \| {{nom}} \|

class="wikitable"

Year

! Award

! Category

! Work

! Result

!Ref.

rowspan="2"| 2004

| rowspan="2"| Teen Choice Awards

| Choice Movie: Male Breakout Star

| rowspan="2"| Chasing Liberty

| {{nom}}

Choice Movie Liar

| {{nom}}

2012

| Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards

| Best Actor

| rowspan="3"| Burning Man

| {{nom}}

rowspan="2"| 2013

| Australian Film Critics Association

| Best Actor

| {{nom}}

Australian Film Institute

| Best Actor

| {{nom}}

rowspan="3"| 2014

| Fangoria Chainsaw Awards

| Best Supporting Actor

| Stoker

| {{won}}

Satellite Awards

| Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film

| Dancing on the Edge

| {{nom}}

San Diego Film Critics Society

| Best Performance by an Ensemble

| rowspan="3"| The Imitation Game

| {{nom}}

rowspan="2"| 2015

| Palm Springs International Film Festival

| Ensemble Cast Award

| {{won}}

Screen Actors Guild Awards

| Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

| {{nom}}

2017

| Screen Actors Guild Awards

| Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series

| Downton Abbey

| {{nom}}

2018

| Primetime Emmy Awards

| Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series

| The Crown

| {{nom}}

2023

| Critics' Choice Awards

| Best Supporting Actor in a Movie/Miniseries

| The Offer

| {{nom}}

References

=Interviews=

[https://web.archive.org/web/20060423014403/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12411239/site/newsweek/ News Week interview] (21 April 2006)
[http://www.smh.com.au/news/film/its-all-goode-for-matthew/2006/03/01/1141095787738.html Sydney Morning Herald interview] (1 March 2006)
[https://web.archive.org/web/20060315042251/http://www.sundayherald.com/53404 Sunday Herald interview] (1 January 2006)
[https://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2004-01-08-matthew-goode_x.htm USA Today interview] (8 January 2004)
[https://web.archive.org/web/20091023201308/http://festival.blog.lovefilm.com/london-film-festival/here-come-the-boys-tom-ford-colin-firth-rock-the-red-carpet/ LOVEFiLM Blog] Matthew Goode at the London Film Festival screening of A Single Man (Oct 2009)

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