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
7.575
Copying Beethoven
Copying Beethoven
6.422
The Lookout
The Lookout
6.672
Leap Year
Leap Year
6.899
Brideshead Revisited
Brideshead Revisited
6.3
Watchmen
Watchmen
7.341
A Single Man
A Single Man
7.279
Cemetery Junction
Cemetery Junction
6.532
My Family and Other Animals
My Family and Other Animals
6.479
The House
The House
7.025
Burning Man
Burning Man
6.031
Stoker
Stoker
6.643
Belle
Belle
7.135
Self/less
Self/less
6.4
Pressure
Pressure
5.623
Match Point
Match Point
7.36
South from Granada
South from Granada
5.9
The Imitation Game
The Imitation Game
7.994
Freud's Last Session
Freud's Last Session
6.711
Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister
Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister
6.4
Abigail
Abigail
6.7
Allied
Allied
6.8
The Sense of an Ending
The Sense of an Ending
6.4
The Hatton Garden Job
The Hatton Garden Job
5.5
The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society
The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society
7.42
Birthmarked
Birthmarked
5.8
Official Secrets
Official Secrets
7.2
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
6.742
Silent Night
Silent Night
5.939
Medieval
Medieval
6.924
The Duke
The Duke
6.984
Downton Abbey
Downton Abbey
7.147
The Colour Room
The Colour Room
6.346
Chasing Liberty
Chasing Liberty
6.2
Spiked
Spiked
10