April 2022
Matthew William Goode (born 3 April 1978) is an English actor. His notable films have included Chasing Liberty, Match Point, Watchmen, Brideshead Revisited, Leap Year, Imagine Me and You, and A Single Man.
Born in Exeter, Devon, Goode is the youngest child of five siblings (he has a brother, two half brothers and a half sister, television presenter Sally Meen, from his mother's other marriage). He grew up in the village of Clyst St. Mary, near Exeter with a geologist father and a nurse mother, Jennifer, who was also an amateur theatre director.
Goode was educated at Exeter School, an independent school in Exeter, Devon, followed by the University of Birmingham and London's Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art.
Filmography Matthew Goode
December 2021
Kingsman 3
Action, Comedy, Adventure Directed by: Matthew VaughnWith: Gemma Arterton, Matthew Goode,...As a collection of history's worst tyrants and criminal masterminds gather to plot a war to wipe out millions, one man must race against time to stop them.
February 2020
Official Secrets
Biographical, DramaDirected by: Gavin HoodWith: Conleth Hill, Matthew Goode, Keira KnightleyThe true story of a British whistleblower who leaked information to the press about an illegal NSA spy operation designed to push the UN Security Council into sanctioning the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
July 2015
Self/less
Science Fiction, ThrillerDirected by: Tarsem SinghWith: Ryan Reynolds, Ben Kingsley, Matthew Goode,...An extremely wealthy man, dying from cancer, undergoes a radical medical procedure that transfers his consciousness into the body of a healthy young man. But all is not as it seems when he starts to uncover the mystery of the body's origin and the organization that will kill to protect its cause.
June 2015
Belle
DramaDirected by: Amma AsanteWith: Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Matthew Goode, Emily WatsonBELLE is inspired by the true story of Dido Elizabeth Belle (Gugu Mabatha-Raw), the illegitimate mixed race daughter of a Royal Navy Admiral. Raised by her aristocratic great-uncle Lord Mansfield (Tom Wilkinson) and his wife (Emily Watson), Belle's lineage affords her certain privileges, yet the... Read more...
January 2015
The Imitation Game
Biographical, DramaDirected by: Morten TyldumWith: Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley,...English mathematician and logician, Alan Turing, helps crack the Enigma code during World War II.
May 2013
Stoker
Horror, Thriller, DramaDirected by: Chan-Wook ParkWith: Nicole Kidman, Mia Wasikowska, Matthew Goode,...After India's father dies, her Uncle Charlie, who she never knew existed, comes to live with her and her unstable mother. She comes to suspect this mysterious, charming man has ulterior motives and becomes increasingly infatuated with him.
July 2010
Leap Year
Comedy, RomanticDirected by: Anand TuckerWith: Amy Adams, Matthew Goode, Adam Scott, John LithgowA woman who has an elaborate scheme to propose to her boyfriend on Leap Day, an Irish tradition which occurs every time the date February 29 rolls around, faces a major setback when bad weather threatens to derail her planned trip to Dublin. With the help of an innkeeper, however, her cross-country... Read more...
February 2010
A Single Man
DramaDirected by: Tom FordWith: Colin Firth, Julianne Moore, Matthew Goode,...Set in Los Angeles in 1962, at the height of the Cuban missile crisis, "A Single Man", is the story of George Falconer, a 52 year old British college professor [Colin Firth] who is struggling to find meaning to his life after the death of his long time partner, Jim [Matthew Goode]. George dwells on... Read more...
November 2008
Brideshead Revisited
DramaDirected by: Julian JarroldWith: Emma Thompson, Michael Gambon, Matthew Goode,...The memoirs of Captain Charles Ryder who is stationed at Brideshead Castle during WWII and remembers his involvement with the owners of the Brideshead estate: the aristocratic yet Catholic Flyte family and in particular brother and sister Sebastian and Julia.
October 2007
The Lookout
Thriller, DramaDirected by: Scott FrankWith: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jeff Daniels, Matthew Goode,...This crime drama is centered on Chris, a once promising high school athlete whose life is turned upside down following a tragic accident and brain injury. Facing a mental disability, he tries to maintain a normal life. He takes a job as a janitor at a bank where he ultimately finds himself caught... Read more...
August 2007
Copying Beethoven
DramaDirected by: Agnieszka HollandWith: Ed Harris, Diane Kruger, Joe Anderson,...Young Anna Holz (Kruger), a student at the Vienna Music Conservatory is summoned to the offices of Herr Schlemmer, Beethoven's publisher. His Ninth Symphony is about to be premiered and Schlemmer, who is dying of cancer, needs a copyist to complete the score. Anna eagerly accepts, despite his... Read more...
November 2005
Match Point
Drama, Romantic, ThrillerDirected by: Woody AllenWith: Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Scarlett Johansson,...Chris, a former tennis pro, takes a job as an instructor and befriends his wealthy young student, Tom. After being introduced to his family, Chris is soon engaged to Tom's sister, Chloe. Despite the professional and financial advantages that this relationship affords him, Chris becomes obsessed... Read more...