
Matthew Goode
Birthday: 1978-04-03
Place of Birth: Exeter, Devon, England, UK
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.

Chasing Liberty, 2004
Comedy
Romance

Match Point, 2005
Drama
Thriller
Detective
Romance

Imagine Me & You, 2005
Drama
Comedy
Romance

The Lookout, 2007
Detective
Drama
Thriller

Watchmen, 2009
Action
Mystery
Sci-Fi

A Single Man, 2009
Drama
Romance

Leap Year, 2010
Romance
Comedy

Cemetery Junction, 2010
Drama
Comedy

Stoker, 2013
Drama
Horror
Thriller

Belle, 2013
Drama

The Imitation Game, 2014
Historical
Drama
Thriller
War

Self/less, 2015
Sci-Fi
Mystery
Thriller
Action

Pressure, 2015
Drama
Thriller

Allied, 2016
Action
Drama
War
Romance
Thriller

The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society, 2018
Romance
Drama
Historical

Downton Abbey, 2019
Drama
Romance
Historical

Official Secrets, 2019
Thriller
Historical
Drama

The King's Man, 2021
Action
Comedy
Adventure
Thriller

The Duke, 2021
Comedy
Drama
Historical

Silent Night, 2021
Comedy
Sci-Fi
Horror

Medieval, 2022
Action
Drama
Historical

The House, 2022
Animation
Drama
Comedy
Horror
Fantasy