---
name: "Matthew Goode"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/matthew-goode"
fi1m_id: "matthew-goode"
imdb_id: "nm0328828"
tmdb_id: 1247
wikidata_id: "Q317337"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "3 April 1978"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 10
average_fi1m_score: 69
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 10
updated: "2026-10-07T19:50:58.677208+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Matthew Goode

## Identity

Matthew Goode

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/matthew-goode
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** matthew-goode
- **IMDb ID:** nm0328828
- **TMDB ID:** 1247
- **Wikidata ID:** Q317337
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Goode, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q317337, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0328828/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1247

Actor. Born 3 April 1978 in Exeter, Devon, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 3 April 1978, Exeter, Devon, England, UK
- **Active:** 2009–present
- **Also known as:** 매튜 구드, Matthew William Goode, მეტიიუ გუდი, מת'יו ויליאם גוד, 馬修·古迪, Метью Гуд, 马修·古德, متیو گود
- **Frequently works with:** [Keira Knightley](https://film.one/person/keira-knightley.md), [Ralph Fiennes](https://film.one/person/ralph-fiennes.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 69, as actor, over 10 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 78 (2), 2010s 65 (5), 2020s 70 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 69 to 66 across 10 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 8 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 2 of 10 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 9, Thriller 4, Comedy 3, History 3, Romance 3, Horror 2
- **Screen time:** 15 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $626m across 6 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Goode, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q317337, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0328828/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1247

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Dept. Q*](https://film.one/tv/dept-q.md) (74), [*The House*](https://film.one/film/the-house.md) (65), [*Downton Abbey*](https://film.one/film/downton-abbey-2019.md) (64)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Imitation Game*](https://film.one/film/the-imitation-game.md) (73), [*A Single Man*](https://film.one/film/a-single-man.md) (72)
- **Paramount+:** [*The Good Wife*](https://film.one/tv/the-good-wife.md) (84)
- **AMC+:** [*Official Secrets*](https://film.one/film/official-secrets.md) (68)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Fi1m on Matthew Goode

> Matthew Goode is good at finding something sly beneath polished manners. In *Dept. Q*, we value his comic timing just as much: he makes a bad-tempered detective worth watching without pretending he would be pleasant company.

In *Dept. Q* (2025), Matthew Goode makes DCI Carl Morck’s bad temper funny without making him easy company. We laughed at the team’s exchanges because his complaints give the other performers something to react to, rather than reducing them to an audience. He can dominate without making his colleagues seem unnecessary. It is good ensemble acting from someone playing a man who makes teamwork difficult. It also shows how useful Goode can be when he is not required to make an agreeable first impression.

His breakthrough lead in the romantic comedy *Chasing Liberty* (2004) offered a more straightforward use for his charm. Supporting roles followed in *Match Point* (2005) and *Watchmen* (2009), while he played Jim in Tom Ford’s *A Single Man* (2009). Television brought Henry Talbot in *Downton Abbey* (2015), then Tony Armstrong-Jones in *The Crown* (2017). The persistent casting idea has been the articulate, well-bred man with something less settled beneath the manners. Goode’s subtle slyness gives that familiar figure a reason to hold our attention.

The risk with such casting is repetition: another intelligent man whose manners do much of the introductory work. Goode is more interesting when the charm is held back, as it is with Morck, and he has to keep us watching through the grumbling. Scott Frank and his fellow writers help by putting him in an Edinburgh cold-case unit with other difficult people. Their exchanges give his comic timing a purpose beyond making the leading man likeable, and leave the supporting cast room to matter.

The reservation is that *Dept. Q* sometimes seems too pleased with Morck’s capacity to be difficult. Its nine episodes also take longer over the case than they need to, particularly in the middle, and an engaging lead cannot supply a firmer cut. Goode gets the balance mostly right, but the writing occasionally mistakes another display of bad temper for something worth lingering over. Start here if the company in a crime drama matters as much as the solution; if abrasive detectives have already exhausted your patience, he may not restore it.

## Biography

Matthew Goode is an English actor. Born in Exeter, Devon, he trained at the University of Birmingham and the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London. He made his screen debut in the 2002 television film *Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister*.

Goode's breakthrough came with the lead in the romantic comedy *Chasing Liberty* (2004). He has since appeared in films including *Match Point* (2005), *Watchmen* (2009), *Stoker* (2013), *The Imitation Game* (2014) and *Abigail* (2024), in which he played Father. On television he has portrayed Henry Talbot in *Downton Abbey*, Antony Armstrong-Jones in *The Crown* and DCI Carl Morck in *Dept. Q* (2025). He received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for his work in *The Crown*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (10)

- *Dept. Q* (2025), Fi1m 74, as DCI Carl Morck — [page](https://film.one/tv/dept-q.md)
- *Abigail* (2024), Fi1m 70, as Father — [page](https://film.one/film/abigail.md)
- *The House* (2022), Fi1m 65, as Raymond (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-house.md)
- *Downton Abbey* (2019), Fi1m 64, as Henry Talbot — [page](https://film.one/film/downton-abbey-2019.md)
- *Official Secrets* (2019), Fi1m 68, as Peter Beaumont — [page](https://film.one/film/official-secrets.md)
- *Allied* (2016), Fi1m 57, as Guy Sangster — [page](https://film.one/film/allied.md)
- *The Imitation Game* (2014), Fi1m 73, as Hugh Alexander — [page](https://film.one/film/the-imitation-game.md)
- *Cemetery Junction* (2010), Fi1m 61, as Mike Ramsay — [page](https://film.one/film/cemetery-junction.md)
- *A Single Man* (2009), Fi1m 72, as Jim — [page](https://film.one/film/a-single-man.md)
- *The Good Wife* (2009), Fi1m 84, as Finn Polmar — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-good-wife.md)

## Complete filmography (56)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Spiked* (2025), as Walter / Sir Balderdash (voice)
- *Dept. Q* (2025), series, as DCI Carl Morck — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/dept-q.md)
- *Abigail* (2024), as Father — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/abigail.md)
- *Freud's Last Session* (2023), as C. S. Lewis
- *Medieval* (2022), as král Zikmund
- *The Offer* (2022), series, as Robert Evans
- *The House* (2022), as Raymond (voice) — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/the-house.md)
- *The King's Man* (2021), as Morton
- *Silent Night* (2021), as Simon
- *The Colour Room* (2021), as Colley Shorter
- *The Duke* (2021), as Jeremy Hutchinson
- *Four Kids and It* (2020), as David
- *Downton Abbey* (2019), as Henry Talbot — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/downton-abbey-2019.md)
- *Official Secrets* (2019), as Peter Beaumont — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/official-secrets.md)
- *A Discovery of Witches* (2018), series, as Matthew Clairmont
- *The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society* (2018), as Sidney Stark
- *Ordeal by Innocence* (2018), series, as Philip Durrant
- *Birthmarked* (2018), as Ben
- *The Hatton Garden Job* (2017), as XXX
- *The Sense of an Ending* (2017), as Mr. Joe Hunt
- *Allied* (2016), as Guy Sangster — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/film/allied.md)
- *The Crown* (2016), series, as Tony Armstrong-Jones — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-crown.md)
- *Roots* (2016), series, as William Waller
- *Self/less* (2015), as Albright
- *Pressure* (2015), as Mitchell
- *The Imitation Game* (2014), as Hugh Alexander — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/the-imitation-game.md)
- *Death Comes to Pemberley* (2013), series, as George Wickham
- *Belle* (2013), as Captain Sir John Lindsay
- *Stoker* (2013), as Charlie Stoker
- *Dancing on the Edge* (2013), series, as Stanley Mitchell
- *The Poison Tree* (2012), series, as Rex Clarke
- *Birdsong* (2012), series, as Captain Gray
- *Burning Man* (2011), as Tom
- *Downton Abbey* (2010), series, as Henry Talbot — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/tv/downton-abbey.md)
- *Cemetery Junction* (2010), as Mike Ramsay — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/cemetery-junction.md)
- *Leap Year* (2010), as Declan
- *A Single Man* (2009), as Jim — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/a-single-man.md)
- *The Good Wife* (2009), series, as Finn Polmar — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-good-wife.md)
- *Watchmen* (2009), as Adrian Veidt / Ozymandias
- *Brideshead Revisited* (2008), as Charles Ryder
- *The Lookout* (2007), as Gary Spargo
- *Copying Beethoven* (2006), as Martin Bauer
- *Imagine Me & You* (2006), as Heck
- *My Family and Other Animals* (2005), as Larry Durrell
- *Match Point* (2005), as Tom Hewett
- *Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves: The Lost Scimitar of Arabia* (2005), as Ali Baba
- *Agatha Christie's Marple* (2004), series, as Patrick Simmons
- *He Knew He Was Right* (2004), series, as Brooke Burgess
- *Chasing Liberty* (2004), as Ben Calder
- *South from Granada* (2003), as Gerald Brenan
- *The Inspector Lynley Mysteries* (2002), series, as Peter Lynley
- *Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister* (2002), as Casper
- *Hal*, Actor
- *Roadside Picnic*, series, as Redrick Schuhart
- *Fortitude*, as Thomas Argyll “TAR” Robertson
- *The Custom of the Country*, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Matthew Goode](https://film.one/media/person/11663/gallery-303dae5cf077.jpg) Matthew Goode — gdcgraphics, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ef/Matthew_Goode_2014.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![66th Venice Film Festival, 10th day (11/09/2009) on the red carpet with Matthew Goode, Tom Ford, Julianne Moore, Colin Firth, Nicholas Hoult and Jon Kortajarena](https://film.one/media/person/11663/gallery-1f69931df821.jpg) 66th Venice Film Festival, 10th day (11/09/2009) on the red carpet with Matthew Goode, Tom Ford, Julianne Moore, Colin Firth, Nicholas Hoult and Jon Kortajarena — nicogenin, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/ASingleManCastVenice66.jpg/1280px-ASingleManCastVenice66.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Film crews outside the City Chambers in Edinburgh. Matthew Goode is wearing the brown coat. (2024)](https://film.one/media/person/11663/gallery-60d49fdbe405.jpg) Film crews outside the City Chambers in Edinburgh. Matthew Goode is wearing the brown coat. (2024) — Pretzelles, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Department_Q_filming%2C_21_April_2024_-_04.jpg/1280px-Department_Q_filming%2C_21_April_2024_-_04.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Film crews outside the City Chambers in Edinburgh. Matthew Goode is wearing the brown coat. (2024)](https://film.one/media/person/11663/gallery-ee7ef15018f3.jpg) Film crews outside the City Chambers in Edinburgh. Matthew Goode is wearing the brown coat. (2024) — Pretzelles, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Department_Q_filming%2C_21_April_2024_-_05.jpg/1280px-Department_Q_filming%2C_21_April_2024_-_05.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Matthew Goode](https://film.one/media/person/11663/gallery-eefe78123a0a.jpg) Matthew Goode — Image via TMDB
- ![Matthew Goode](https://film.one/media/person/11663/gallery-3ff9f424549c.jpg) Matthew Goode — Image via TMDB
- ![Matthew Goode](https://film.one/media/person/11663/gallery-3d7cb848a9b0.jpg) Matthew Goode — Image via TMDB
- ![Film crews outside the City Chambers in Edinburgh. Matthew Goode is wearing the brown coat. (2024)](https://film.one/media/person/11663/gallery-e65d33340c05.jpg) Film crews outside the City Chambers in Edinburgh. Matthew Goode is wearing the brown coat. (2024) — Pretzelles, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Department_Q_filming%2C_21_April_2024_-_06.jpg/1280px-Department_Q_filming%2C_21_April_2024_-_06.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Film crews outside the City Chambers in Edinburgh. Matthew Goode is wearing the brown coat. (2024)](https://film.one/media/person/11663/gallery-7acdc6b585a4.jpg) Film crews outside the City Chambers in Edinburgh. Matthew Goode is wearing the brown coat. (2024) — Pretzelles, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Department_Q_filming%2C_21_April_2024_-_07.jpg/1280px-Department_Q_filming%2C_21_April_2024_-_07.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Matthew Goode](https://film.one/media/person/11663/gallery-657efbd51a2a.jpg) Matthew Goode — Image via TMDB
- ![Matthew Goode](https://film.one/media/person/11663/gallery-0d3676a34596.jpg) Matthew Goode — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Other awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film 2015: European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film (nominated), for *The Imitation Game*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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