Matthew Goode
Matthew Goode
Biography
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.
Known For
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
58
Gender
Male
Birthday
1978-04-03 (47 years old)
Place of Birth
Exeter, Devon, England, UK
Acting

2025

Dept. Q as DCI Carl Morck

2025

Spiked as (voice)

2024

Abigail as Father

2023

Freud's Last Session as C. S. Lewis

2022

The Offer as Robert Evans

2022

Medieval as král Zikmund

2022

The House as Raymond (voice)

2021

The King's Man as Morton

2021

Silent Night as Simon

2021

The Duke as Jeremy Hutchinson

2021

The Colour Room as Colley Shorter

2020

Four Kids and It as David

2019

Downton Abbey as Henry Talbot

2019

Official Secrets as Peter Beaumont

2018

A Discovery of Witches as Matthew Clairmont

2018

Ordeal by Innocence as Philip Durrant

2018

Birthmarked as Ben

2017

The Sense of an Ending as Mr. Joe Hunt

2016

The Crown as Tony Armstrong-Jones

2016

Roots as Dr. William Waller

2016

Allied as Guy Sangster

2015

Self/less as Albright

2015

Pressure as Mitchell

2014

The Imitation Game as Hugh Alexander

2013

Death Comes to Pemberley as George Wickham

2013

Dancing on the Edge as Stanley Mitchell

2013

Stoker as Charlie Stoker

2013

Belle as Captain Sir John Lindsay

2012

Birdsong as Captain Gray

2012

The Poison Tree as Rex Clarke

2011

Burning Man as Tom

2010

Downton Abbey as Henry Talbot

2010

Leap Year as Declan

2010

Cemetery Junction as Mike Ramsay

2009

The Good Wife as Finn Polmar

2009

Watchmen as Adrian Veidt / Ozymandias

2009

A Single Man as Jim

2008

Brideshead Revisited as Charles Ryder

2007

The Lookout as Gary Spargo

2006

The One Show as Self

2006

Imagine Me & You as Heck

2006

Copying Beethoven as Martin Bauer

2005

Match Point as Tom Hewett

2005

My Family and Other Animals as Larry Durrell

2004

Agatha Christie's Marple as Patrick Simmons

2004

He Knew He Was Right as Brooke Burgess

2004

Chasing Liberty as Ben Calder

2003

South from Granada as Gerald Brenan

2002

The Inspector Lynley Mysteries as Peter Lynley

1993

GMTV as Self

1992

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as Not available

NaN

Roadside Picnic as Redrick Schuhart

NaN

Magik as Talon