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Matthew William Goode, born on April 3, 1978, is a notable actor hailing from England. He started his screen career in the 2002 ABC television film Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister. His breakthrough role arrived in the romantic comedy Chasing Liberty in 2004, which landed him a Teen Choice Awards nomination for Choice Breakout Movie Star - Male. Over the years, Goode has graced a variety of films with supporting roles, some notable ones being Match Point (2005), Imagine Me and You (2006), and Copying Beethoven (2006). His performances in the film adaptation of Brideshead Revisited in 2008 and the 2009 superhero film Watchmen garnered him immense praise. Come 2010, Goode starred in Leap Year, a romantic comedy, and Burning Man, an Australian drama, the latter earning him a Best Actor nomination from the Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards.
In addition to his film roles, Goode has also appeared in several television series. His roles include playing Henry Talbot in the historical drama Downton Abbey, Finley 'Finn' Polmar in the legal drama The Good Wife, Antony Armstrong-Jones in The Crown, for which he received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series, and he also starred in the fantasy romance series, A Discovery of Witches from 2018 to 2022. In his personal life, Matthew is married to Sophie Dymoke, and the couple shares three children.
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Given Name: Matthew William Goode
Born: Exeter, Devon, England
Citizenship: British
Birthday: April 3, 1978
Occupations: Actor
Years Active: 2002-present
Children: 3
Spouses: Sophie Dymoke
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The Imitation Game
Leap Year
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
The Duke
A Single Man
Match Point
Brideshead Revisited
Belle
Official Secrets
Imagine Me & You
Stoker
Self/less
Downton Abbey
Copying Beethoven
The Lookout
The King's Man
Burning Man
Birthmarked
Silent Night
Medieval
Four Kids and It
Freud's Last Session
Abigail
Birdsong
Cemetery Junction
Downton Abbey: A Moorland Holiday
Pressure
Downton Abbey: The Finale
The Hatton Garden Job
Ordeal by Innocence
Dancing on the Edge
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