Colin Firth's Goode gay kiss - Monsters and Critics.com
![]() Sydney Morning Herald | Colin Firth's Goode gay kiss Monsters and Critics.com The British actor had to lock lips with both Matthew Goode and Julianne Moore on the set of new film 'A Single Man', and insists he never felt uncomfortable ... Colin Firth hails Goode, Moore kisses Julianne Moore on the De-Gaying of 'A Single Man' 'A Single Man' is a beautiful but distant debut |
Ford's debut is a seamless switch - Irish Independent
![]() Mirror.co.uk | Ford's debut is a seamless switch Irish Independent Colin Firth is Englishman George Falconer, a buttoned-up lecturer destroyed by the death of his partner (Matthew Goode) and resigned to suicide. ... A Single Man may be a 'thing of heart-stopping beauty' but it's about as ... A Single Man (12A) |
Gibson's 'Edge of Darkness' is not your typical thriller - Bowling Green Daily News
Gibson's 'Edge of Darkness' is not your typical thriller Bowling Green Daily News Firth plays George, an English professor in the 1960s mourning the death of his lover, Jim (Matthew Goode), who was killed in a car crash several months ... |
'Single Man' reveals pain behind beautiful facade - Wisconsin State Journal
![]() Kansas City Star | 'Single Man' reveals pain behind beautiful facade Wisconsin State Journal Matthew Goode and Colin Firth play lovers who are torn apart by a tragic accident in ?A Single Man.? The Weinstein Company We know that Tom Ford knows how ... 'Single Man' has much to admire A Single Man (The Weinstein Company, R) 'A Single Man': Colin Firth shines as grief-stricken professor |
Matthew Goode and Nicholas Hoult - Pink Paper
![]() Pink Paper | Matthew Goode and Nicholas Hoult Pink Paper In keeping with that, Peter Lloyd met actors Matthew Goode and Nicholas Hoult - Firth's romantic interests in it - at London's Soho Hotel to get the dirt on ... |
Proud dad shows off a Goode little girl - Monsters and Critics.com
![]() Monsters and Critics.com | Proud dad shows off a Goode little girl Monsters and Critics.com Proud dad Matthew Goode has shown off pictures of his baby daughter as he appeared on US TV. Matthew Goode at a ... Matthew Goode is a proud papa! |
Nottingham football fan invents heated seat - BBC News
![]() BBC News | Nottingham football fan invents heated seat BBC News Lawyer Matthew Goode's invention contains a reusable heat pack in the base of the seat. The father-of-two and his wife Lesley have set up a company in Long ... |
MOVIE REVIEW ½ / 4 'Leap Year' Is Cute But Falls Short - The MIT Tech
MOVIE REVIEW ½ / 4 'Leap Year' Is Cute But Falls Short The MIT Tech Declan, played by Matthew Goode, is first introduced in a thousand ways disgusting. He hocks spit, he's sullen, short-tempered, and most of all, ... "Leap Year" is not at all a leap of faith From My Seat Reel Reviews |
Gervais' "Cemetery Junction" Trailer Hits the Internets - NBC Philadelphia (blog)
![]() WorstPreviews.com | Gervais' "Cemetery Junction" Trailer Hits the Internets NBC Philadelphia (blog) It stars Ralph Fiennes, Emily Watson, Matthew Goode and a slew of young unknowns in a story about three young men trapped in a small town in 1970s England. ... Cemetery Junction Trailer New Cemetery Junction poster Rate-a-Trailer: Cemetery Junction |
Critics: 'Leap Year' leaps from good to bad recommendations - Indiana Statesman
Critics: 'Leap Year' leaps from good to bad recommendations Indiana Statesman The scruffy, emotionless barkeep Declan (Matthew Goode) hooked me with his Irish accent. He entered the picture as Anna's taxi service from Dingle to Dublin ... Leap Year |
Matthew Goode Biography
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Matthew Goode
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| Matthew Goode | |
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| Born | Matthew William Goode 3 April 1978 Exeter, Devon, England, UK |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2001–present |
Matthew William Goode (born 3 April 1978) is an English actor.
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Career
Goode was 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 Shakespeare play The Tempest. In recent years he has appeared in the films Match Point, Imagine Me & You, My Family and Other Animals, opposite Imelda Staunton, 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 serial based upon Anthony Trollope's He Knew He was Right.
Recent roles have included Charles Ryder in the 2008 film Brideshead Revisited, the role previously taken by Jeremy Irons in the hugely popular 1980s serial. In 2009, he played the character of Adrian Veidt in Zack Snyder's Watchmen, and also appeared in the drama A Single Man (2009) (based on the Christopher Isherwood novel). In 2010, he co-starred in the romantic-comedy Leap Year (2010).
He is the face of Hackett, the English Gentleman's outfitters.
Personal life
Born in Exeter, Devon, Goode is the youngest child of five siblings (he has a brother, two half brothers, and a half sister named Sally Meen 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 at the University of Birmingham and London's Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art.
Goode became a father in 2009.1 He and his long-term partner, Sophie Dymoke, welcomed their daughter, Matilda Eve, on 1 March 2009.2
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Other notes |
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| 2002 | Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister | Caspar | TV |
| 2003 | Al sur de Granada (South of Granada) | Gerald Brenan | |
| 2004 | Chasing Liberty | Ben Calder | |
| 2005 | Match Point | Tom Hewett | |
| My Family and Other Animals | Lawrence Durrell | TV | |
| 2006 | Imagine Me & You | Hector | |
| Copying Beethoven | Martin Bauer | ||
| 2007 | The Lookout | Gary Spargo | |
| 2008 | Brideshead Revisited | Charles Ryder | |
| 2009 | Watchmen | Adrian Veidt/Ozymandias | |
| A Single Man | Jim | ||
| 2010 | Leap Year | Declan | |
| Cemetery Junction | Mike Ramsay |
References
External links
| Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Matthew Goode |
Interviews
- News Week interview (21 April 2006)
- Sydney Morning Herald interview (1 March 2006)
- Sunday Herald interview (1 January 2006)
- USA Today interview (8 January 2004)
- LOVEFiLM Blog Matthew Goode at the London Film Festival screening of A Single Man (Oct 2009)
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