Matthew Goode

Matthew Goode

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
    Acting
    Place of birth
    Exeter, Devon, England, UK
    Birthday
    April 1978
Imagine Me & You
Imagine Me & You
7.6
Copying Beethoven
Copying Beethoven
6.4
The Lookout
The Lookout
6.659
Leap Year
Leap Year
6.899
Brideshead Revisited
Brideshead Revisited
6.273
Watchmen
Watchmen
7.346
A Single Man
A Single Man
7.3
Cemetery Junction
Cemetery Junction
6.52
My Family and Other Animals
My Family and Other Animals
6.3
The House
The House
7.018
Burning Man
Burning Man
5.939
Stoker
Stoker
6.638
Belle
Belle
7.104
Self/less
Self/less
6.412
Pressure
Pressure
5.61
Match Point
Match Point
7.355
South from Granada
South from Granada
5.717
The Imitation Game
The Imitation Game
7.99
Freud's Last Session
Freud's Last Session
6.64
Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister
Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister
6.333
Abigail
Abigail
6.721
Allied
Allied
6.801
The Sense of an Ending
The Sense of an Ending
6.354
The Hatton Garden Job
The Hatton Garden Job
5.505
The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society
The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society
7.414
Birthmarked
Birthmarked
5.727
Official Secrets
Official Secrets
7.215
Four Kids and It
Four Kids and It
6.2
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves: The Lost Scimitar of Arabia
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves: The Lost Scimitar of Arabia
7.8
The King's Man
The King's Man
6.728
Silent Night
Silent Night
5.917
Medieval
Medieval
6.888
The Duke
The Duke
6.964
Downton Abbey
Downton Abbey
7.139
The Colour Room
The Colour Room
6.179
Chasing Liberty
Chasing Liberty
6.226
Spiked
Spiked
10