Adam Godley Biography

Fast Facts

• Was nominated for an Olivier Award for Best Actor for "Rain Man," "Cleo, Camping, Emmanuelle, and Dick," and "Mouth to Mouth․"
• Was nominated for a Tony Award for his role as Lord Evelyn Oakleigh in "Anything Goes․"
• Began acting at the age of 9 in a BBC Radio production of Ernest Hemingway's "My Old Man․"
• Quote: "The bigger the challenge, the more I like it because then you have the chance to give people an extraordinary experience and theater should always be an extraordinary experience․"
• Quote: "Every bit of effort we make is about the audience, is about providing them with something that's going to move them and make them think and make them laugh and make them cry, and all of our efforts have to go into that․"
• Has appeared in stage productions of "Anything Goes," "Private Lives," "Rain Man," and many others
• Best known for his role as Mr․ Teavee in 2005's "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" and as The Feldsher in "A Young Doctor's Notebook․"
• Has appeared in more than 100 radio drama productions for NPR and the BBC