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Matthew William GoodeΒ (born 3 April 1978) is an English actor.Β He made his screen debut in 2002 withΒ ABC's television filmΒ Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister. His breakthrough role was in the romantic comedyΒ Chasing LibertyΒ (2004), for which he received a nomination at theΒ Teen Choice AwardsΒ for Choice Breakout Movie Star β Male. He then appeared in a string of supporting roles in films, such asΒ Woody Allen'sΒ Match PointΒ (2005), the romantic comedyΒ Imagine Me and YouΒ (2006), and the period dramaΒ Copying BeethovenΒ (2006). He earned praise for his performances as Charles Ryder in theΒ 2008 film adaptationΒ of the novelΒ Brideshead RevisitedΒ and asΒ OzymandiasΒ in the superhero filmΒ WatchmenΒ (2009). He then starred in the romantic comedyΒ Leap YearΒ (2010) and the Australian dramaΒ Burning ManΒ (2011), the latter earning him nominations for Best Actor at both theΒ Film Critics Circle of Australia AwardsΒ and theΒ AACTA Awards.Β
His other film roles includeΒ The LookoutΒ (2007),Β A Single ManΒ (2009),Β Cemetery JunctionΒ (2010),Β StokerΒ (2013),Β BelleΒ (2013),Β The Imitation Game (2014) andΒ Self/lessΒ (2015). Goode has also appeared in television series, including Henry Talbot in theΒ historical dramaΒ Downton Abbey, Finley "Finn" Polmar in the legal dramaΒ The Good Wife, and a music journalist in the dramaΒ Dancing on the Edge. In 2017, Goode portrayedΒ Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of SnowdonΒ in the second season of the biographical drama seriesΒ The Crown, for which he received aΒ Primetime Emmy AwardΒ nomination forΒ Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series.Β From 2018β2022, Goode starred in the fantasy romance series,Β A Discovery of Witches. In 2022, he starred as famedΒ ParamountΒ studio headΒ Robert EvansΒ inΒ The Offer, a miniseries about the making of the classic 1972 gangster filmΒ The Godfather.
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