Matthew Goode Biography

Fast Facts

• Started acting as a child growing up in Devon, England; his mother was a local theater director
• Began his acting career on stage in productions such as Shakespeare's The Tempest
• Noted as a rising young star by the Sunday Times in 2009
• Became known to American audiences after appearing in 2004's Chasing Liberty with Mandy Moore
• Played Charles Ryder in the 2008 adaptation of Brideshead Revisited