Matthew Goode
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Matthew Goode (born April 3, 1978) is an English actor.
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[edit] Career
Goode may be best known for his role as Mandy Moore's romantic interest in the 2004 film Chasing Liberty. Beforehand, Goode had played the brother of Inspector Lynley in the BBC production Inspector Lynley Mysteries: A Suitable Vengeance and had parts in the TV-movie Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister and the Shakespearean stage play The Tempest. In recent years he has appeared in the films Match Point, Imagine Me & You, Copying Beethoven, opposite Ed Harris and Diane Kruger, and The Lookout. Standing the test of time is his whimsical take on Brooke Burgess in the BBC miniseries based upon Anthony Trollope's "He Knew He was Right."
He is playing the character of Adrian Veidt in the upcoming Watchmen movie directed by Zack Snyder, and possibly his highest profile role to date as the lead Charles Ryder in the 2008 film Brideshead Revisited, the role previously taken by Jeremy Irons in the hugely popular 1980s mini-series. He will star alongside Emma Thompson and Michael Gambon.
[edit] Selected Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Other notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Watchmen | Ozymandias | post-production |
| 2008 | Brideshead Revisited | Charles Ryder | awaiting release |
| 2007 | The Lookout | Gary Spargo | |
| 2006 | Copying Beethoven | Martin Bauer | |
| Imagine Me & You | Heck | ||
| 2005 | Match Point | Tom Hewett | |
| 2004 | Chasing Liberty | Ben Calder | |
| 2003 | Al sur de Granada (South from Granada) | Gerald Brenan |
[edit] Personal Life
Goode was born in Exeter, England, the youngest of five siblings (he has a brother, two half brothers and a half sister from his mother's other marriage); he grew up in the village of Clyst St. Mary in Devon with a geologist father and a nurse mother who was also an amateur theatre director. Goode studied drama at the University of Birmingham and classical theatre[citation needed] at London's Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art.
[edit] Interviews
- News Week Interview (April 21, 2006)
- Sydney Morning Herald interview (March 1, 2006)
- Sunday Herald interview (January 1, 2006)
- USA Today interview (January 8, 2004)
