Adam Godley Biography: Age, Partner, Net Worth, Height, Career, Awards, Movies, TV Shows

Adam N. Godley is an English actor whose nuanced performances on stage and screen first drew wide attention when he made his Broadway debut in a revival of Noël Coward’s Private Lives in 2002.

Born in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, he went on to earn Tony Award nominations for his work in both musicals and straight plays—from Anything Goes to The Lehman Trilogy—and became familiar to television audiences as Elliott Schwartz in Breaking Bad and Phinneus Pogo in The Umbrella Academy.

Profile

• Full name: Adam N. Godley
• Date of birth: 22 July 1964
• Age: 61 years old
• Gender: Male
• Place of birth: Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England
• State of origin: Buckinghamshire
• Nationality: English
• Profession: Actor
• Height: 1.85 m
• Weight: 79 kg
• Parents: N/A
• Siblings: N/A
• Spouse: Alex Belcourt (m. 1999; div. 2004)
• Children: N/A
• Relationship status: In a relationship with Jon Hartmere
• Religion: Jewish
• Ethnicity: Jewish
• Net worth: $8 million

Early Life and Education

Adam Godley is now at the age of 61 and was born on 22 July 1964 to Jewish parents in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England.

He was raised near Watford, the son of a mother who served as a magistrate and a father who practised as a solicitor.

He attended Rickmansworth School in Croxley Green.

His upbringing in a Jewish household and local schooling laid the groundwork for his later immersion in British theatre and film.

Personal Life

In 1999 Adam Godley married Alex Belcourt; the marriage ended in divorce in 2004.

He does not have children and maintains a private personal life.

Since the mid-2010s he has been in a partnership with writer Jon Hartmere, with whom he resides in California.

Career

Godley began acting professionally as a child in the mid-1970s on British television.

His stage breakthrough came with Private Lives on Broadway in 2002, for which he won a Theatre World Award.

He received Tony Award nominations for Anything Goes (2011) and The Lehman Trilogy (2021), and he has accumulated four Laurence Olivier Award nominations for his work in London.

His film credits span from Love Actually (2003) and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) to The Theory of Everything (2014).

On television he gained recognition as Elliott Schwartz in Breaking Bad (2008–2013), Nigel Nesbitt in Suits (2013), Phinneus Pogo in The Umbrella Academy (2019–2024) and Archie in The Great (2020–2023).

Awards

• Theatre World Award for Outstanding Broadway Debut – Private Lives (2002)
• Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical – Anything Goes (2011)
• Tony Award nomination for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical – Anything Goes (2011)
• Tony Award nomination for Best Actor in a Play – The Lehman Trilogy (2021)
• Drama Desk Award nomination for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical – Anything Goes (2011)
• Laurence Olivier Award nominations (four) – including Private Lives, The Pillowman, Anything Goes, The Lehman Trilogy
• Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series – The Great (2021)

Net worth

Adam Godley’s net worth is estimated at $8 million, primarily accumulated through his extensive work in film, television and stage productions.

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Filmography

• War Game (2002)
• Love Actually (2003)
• Around the World in 80 Days (2004)
• Thunderpants (2004)
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
• Nanny McPhee (2005)
• Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007)
• Son of Rambow (2007)
• The X-Files: I Want to Believe (2008)
• Battleship (2012)
• The Theory of Everything (2014)
• The BFG (2016)
• Nightmare Cinema (2018)
• Missing Link (2019)
• The People We Hate at the Wedding (2022)