Matthew Goode

Matthew William 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 DC Comics' limited series of the same name. 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.

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Matthew Goode
Goode at the 2014 Toronto Film Festival
Born	Matthew William Goode (1978-04-03) 3 April 1978[1] Exeter, Devon, England[1]
Education	Exeter School
Alma mater	University of Birmingham
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2002–present
Spouse(s)	Sophie Dymoke ( m. 2014)
Children	3
Relatives	Sally Meen (maternal half-sister)

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.[2] As of 2018, he stars in Sky One's fantasy-romance series, A Discovery of Witches, as Professor Matthew Clairmont.

Early life

Goode was born in Exeter, Devon. 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.[3] Goode was educated at Exeter School, an independent school in Exeter, Devon,[4] 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.[5] 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.

Goode with Stoker 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, 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.[6] In 2014, he appeared in the historical thriller The Imitation Game as Hugh Alexander, a British Second World War cryptanalyst and chess champion.[7]

In March 2014, Goode joined the cast of the CBS legal drama The Good Wife as Finley "Finn" Polmar, a state prosecutor.[8][9] Replacing Will Gardner during the fifth season, he made his debut in the 15th episode, "Dramatics, Your Honor", in which Josh Charles's character was killed off.[10][11][12] In May 2015, Goode left The Good Wife after the sixth season's finale.[13]

In 2014, Goode co-starred in the ITV drama Downton Abbey during the Season 5 Christmas special "A Moorland Holiday" as Henry Talbot.[14] 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.[15]

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.[16] 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. 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.

Early in 2019, it was announced that Goode would be joining an all-star cast for the prequel to Matthew Vaughn's Kingsman series, entitled The King's Man. His role is still unknown, but it is reported to take place sometime around the early 20th century and will cover the origin story of the Kingsman spy organization from their time as ordinary London tailors. The film is scheduled for a 18 September 2020 release date.

Personal life

Goode has been in a relationship with Sophie Dymoke since 2005. They married in 2014,[17][18][19] and have two daughters[3] and a son.

Filmography

Film

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	The Lookout	Gary Spargo
2008	Brideshead Revisited	Charles Ryder
2009	Watchmen	Adrian Veidt/Ozymandias
2009	A 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	Dr. Jensen/Albright
2016	Allied	Guy Sangster
2017	The Sense of an Ending	Joe Hunt
2017	The Hatton Garden Job	XXX
2017	The Big Bad Fox and Other Tales...	Wolf (voice)	English dub
2018	Birthmarked	Ben Morin
2018	The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society	Sidney Stark
2019	Official Secrets	Peter Beaumont
2019	Downton Abbey	Henry Talbot
2020	Four Kids and It	David Hartlepool
2020	The King's Man	Tristan	Post-production
2020	The Duke		Post-production
2021	Medieval	King Sigismund	Post-production
TBA	Silent Night		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	Main role (Seasons 5-6), 28 episodes
2014–2015	Downton Abbey	Henry Talbot	Guest role (Season 5), Main role (Season 6), 7 episodes
2016	The Wine Show	Himself	Co-host with Matthew Rhys
2016	Roots	Dr. William Waller	Lead role, 2 episodes
2017	The Crown	Antony Armstrong-Jones	3 episodes
2018	Ordeal by Innocence	Philip Durrant	Lead role, 3 episodes[20]
2018–present	A Discovery of Witches	Matthew Clairmont	Lead role, 8 episodes

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
2004	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Movie: Male Breakout Star	Chasing Liberty	Nominated
		Choice Movie Liar		Nominated
2012	Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards	Best Actor	Burning Man	Nominated
2013	Australian Film Critics Association	Best Actor		Nominated
2013	Australian Film Institute	Best Actor		Nominated
2014	Fangoria Chainsaw Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Stoker	Won
2014	Satellite Awards	Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film	Dancing on the Edge	Nominated
2014	San Diego Film Critics Society	Best Performance by an Ensemble	The Imitation Game	Nominated
2015	Palm Springs International Film Festival	Ensemble Cast Award		Won
2015	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture		Nominated
2017	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series	Downtown Abbey	Nominated
2018	Gold Derby Awards	Best Drama Guest Actor	The Crown	Nominated
2018	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series		Nominated

References

1. "Matthew Goode". TV Guide. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
2. "'The Crown' Producers Cast 'Downton Abbey' Star Matthew Goode As Lord Snowdon For Series 2". Huffington Post. 24 January 2017.
3. Ouzounian, Richard (8 September 2011). "The Big Interview: Matthew Goode is burning his way to the top". The Toronto Star. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
4. "Mystery man who's making all the right moves". Independent.co.uk. 22 April 2012.
5. "Brideshead revitalised". The Guardian. 21 September 2008.
6. "BBC – Death Comes to Pemberley – Media Centre".
7. Fallon, Kevin (24 November 2014). "From 'The Good Wife' to 'The Imitation Game': Matthew Goode Wages His Charm Offensive". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
8. Bierly, Mandi (27 March 2014). "'The Good Wife': Julianna Margulies explains how she negotiated Josh Charles' season 5 contract". Entertainment Weekly.
9. Gelman, Vlada (28 March 2014). "TVLine Items: Good Wife Ups Goode, Neighbours Star Books Pilot, Clinton Visits Kimmel and More". TVLine.
10. Abrams, Natalie (3 December 2013). "Matthew Goode Heads to The Good Wife". TV Guide.
11. Ausiello, Michael (3 December 2013). "The Good Wife Exclusive: Matthew Goode to 'Befriend' Alicia in Big Recurring Role". TVLine.
12. Thomas, Kaitlin (29 March 2014). "News Briefs: The Good Wife Promotes Matthew Goode to Series Regular". TVLine.
13. "Matthew Goode is Leaving the Good Wife, Crushing Our Dreams in the Process". 22 May 2015.
14. Battersby, Matilda (25 December 2014). "Downton Abbey Christmas special 2014, review: Love is everywhere, actually". The Independent.
15. "Matthew Goode confirmed for Downton Abbey movie – but he says he will only be "popping in at the end"". Radio Times. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
16. "Matthew Goode's Roadside Picnic Pilot Won't Move Forward at WGN America". TVLine.com. 25 January 2017.
17. "Goode Times".
18. "Photos of Matthew and Sophie together at Match Point Premiere in Dec' 2005".
19. "'Downton Abbey's' Allen Leech and Matthew Goode Have Fun on 'The Imitation Game'".
20. Billen, Andrew (31 March 2018). "Ordeal by Innocence: the Christie Mystery that almost got away". The Times (72497). Saturday Review. pp. 4–5. ISSN 0140-0460.

External links

• Matthew Goode on IMDb

Interviews

• News Week interview (21 April 2006)
• Sydney Morning Herald interview (1 March 2006)
• Sunday Herald interview (1 January 2006)
• USA Today interview (8 January 2004)
• LOVEFiLM Blog Matthew Goode at the London Film Festival screening of A Single Man (Oct 2009)