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Henry Goodman is a Actor British born on 23 april 1950 at Whitechapel (United-kingdom)

Henry Goodman

Henry Goodman
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Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 23 april 1950 (74 years) at Whitechapel (United-kingdom)
Awards Laurence Olivier Award

Henry Goodman (born 23 April 1950) is a RADA trained English theatre actor.

He attended the Central Foundation Boys' School.

In 2010 he played the role of Sir Humphrey Appleby in the stage version of Yes, Prime Minister at the Chichester Festival Gielgud Theatre, in London's West End from 17 September 2010.

He portrayed a HYDRA doctor in the 2014 film Captain America: The Winter Soldier, though his name was uncredited in the end credits. He played the character again, now named Dr. List, on the second season of the TV show Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., and in the 2015 film Avengers: Age of Ultron.

His Awards include Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical playing Charles Guiteau in Assassins at the Donmar Warehouse directed by Sam Mendes in 1993), Olivier Award for Best Actor for Shylock in The Merchant of Venice at the National Theatre directed by Trevor Nunn in 2000. He has also been nominated for an Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical (Chicago), London Critics Circle Theatre Award for Best Actor (The Merchant of Venice), Theatre Awards UK for Best Performance in a Play (The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui)

in 2015 he will play the title role in Ben Jonson's Jacobean comedy Volpone at the Royal Shakespeare Company, directed by Trevor Nunn co-starring Matthew Kelly and Miles Richardson. his last RSC appearance was in 2003 as Richard III.

In his auto-biography, Antony Sher says Goodman's Shylock is 'quite simply the best'. He reprised his role for a Television film which was released in 2004.

Best films

The Saint (1997)
(Actor)

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Stan Lee
Stan Lee
(2 films)
Bill Nighy
Bill Nighy
(3 films)
James Dreyfus
James Dreyfus
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Eddie Marsan
Eddie Marsan
(3 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Henry Goodman (25 films)

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Actor

Hunter Killer, 2h1
Origin USA
Genres War, Thriller, Action
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Underwater action films, Submarine films
Actors Gerard Butler, Gary Oldman, Common, Zane Holtz, Caroline Goodall, Michael Nyqvist
Roles Senator from Illinois
Rating66% 3.3037053.3037053.3037053.3037053.303705
Alors que Joe Glass, commandant du sous-marin américain USS Arkansas, est en mission de sauvetage dans la péninsule de Kola pour retrouver l'USS Tampa Bay porté disparu, le Président russe Nikolai Zakarine est fait prisonnier à la base navale de Poliarny suite à un coup d'État mené par l'Amiral Dmitri Durov, son propre Ministre de la Défense. Le Commandant Glass et son équipage vont devoir faire équipe avec une unité de Navy SEALs et se rendre en Russie afin de sauver le président russe et empêcher la Troisième Guerre mondiale....
Their Finest
Directed by Lone Scherfig
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Comedy, Romance
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Political films
Actors Gemma Arterton, Sam Claflin, Bill Nighy, Jack Huston, Paul Ritter, Jake Lacy
Roles Gabriel Baker
Rating67% 3.3987853.3987853.3987853.3987853.398785
Set during the World War II in early 1940s, about some filmmakers try to make a patriotic film to boost morale of British army during The Blitz.
Their Finest, 1h50
Directed by Lone Scherfig
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Comedy, Romance
Actors Gemma Arterton, Sam Claflin, Bill Nighy, Jack Huston, Rachael Stirling, Richard E. Grant
Roles Gabriel Baker
Rating67% 3.3987853.3987853.3987853.3987853.398785
En plein Blitz de la Deuxième Guerre mondiale, Catrin Cole (Gemma Arterton), un personnage inspiré de l’histoire vraie de Diana Morgan, est recrutée comme scénariste par le service de propagande britannique. Elle assiste le prolifique scénariste Tom Buckley (Sam Claflin) au sein d'une équipe de cinéma chargée de réaliser un long métrage à succès pour remonter le moral de la population, notamment des femmes, et afin de favoriser l’entrée en guerre des États-Unis. Alors que Londres subit d'incessants bombardements, elle doit, malgré les drames et les difficultés dans sa vie personnelle, s’affirmer dans ce monde d’hommes, pour faire aboutir ce projet imposé et y mettre du talent.
The Limehouse Golem, 1h45
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Horror
Themes Serial killer films
Actors Olivia Cooke, Douglas Booth, Bill Nighy, Eddie Marsan, Adam Brown, María Valverde
Roles Karl Marx
Rating62% 3.148643.148643.148643.148643.14864
A series of murders has shaken the community to the point where people believe that only a legendary creature from dark times – the mythical so-called Golem – must be responsible.
The Chosen
The Chosen (2016)

Genres Drama, Thriller, Historical
Actors Hannah Murray, Alfonso Herrera, Henry Goodman, Julian Sands, Brontis Jodorowsky, Elvira Mínguez
Roles Trotsky
Rating66% 3.3307253.3307253.3307253.3307253.330725
Un homme nommé Jacques Mornard arrive au Mexique en 1940, prétendant être un Belge qui fuit la guerre en Europe pour rejoindre sa petite amie, l'une des secrétaires du réfugié Léon Trotsky. Mais personne ne sait qu'en réalité ce jeune homme conventionnel et joyeux est en réalité un agent du GRU (Services secrets soviétiques) et a été envoyé pour assassiner Trotsky.
Finding Altamira
Directed by Hugh Hudson
Origin Espagne
Genres Drama, Historical
Actors Antonio Banderas, Rupert Everett, Golshifteh Farahani, Pierre Niney, Nicholas Farrell, Henry Goodman
Roles De los Ríos
Rating59% 2.994742.994742.994742.994742.99474
La vie et les événements de l'homme qui a réalisé l'une des découvertes les plus importantes du XIX siècle : les grottes d'Altamira.
Burnt
Burnt (2015)
, 1h40
Directed by John Wells
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Cooking films, Films about religion
Actors Bradley Cooper, Jamie Dornan, Emma Thompson, Sienna Miller, Matthew Rhys, Daniel Brühl
Roles Conti
Rating65% 3.298773.298773.298773.298773.29877
Adam Jones is an up-and-coming chef whose drug use and erratic behavior lead him to lose his restaurant. He attempts to rebuild his life and his career in London, in the hopes of returning to Paris to open a new restaurant that will gain three Michelin stars.
Avengers: Age of Ultron, 2h22
Directed by Joss Whedon
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa, Monde imaginaire, Transport films, Aviation films, Hulk (comics) films, Superhero films, Super-héros inspiré de comics, Children's films, Robot films
Actors Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Lee Renner, Chris Evans
Roles Dr. List
Rating72% 3.649683.649683.649683.649683.64968
In the Eastern European country of Sokovia, the Avengers – Tony Stark, Steve Rogers, Thor, Bruce Banner (Hulk), Natasha Romanoff, and Clint Barton – raid a Hydra outpost led by Baron Wolfgang von Strucker, who has been experimenting on humans using the scepter previously wielded by Loki. They encounter two of Strucker's experiments – twins Pietro, who has superhuman speed, and Wanda Maximoff, who can manipulate minds and project energy – and apprehend Strucker, while Stark retrieves Loki's scepter.
Woman in Gold, 1h47
Directed by Simon Curtis
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Peinture, Films about religion, Political films, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Helen Mirren, Tatiana Maslany, Ryan Reynolds, Daniel Brühl, Charles Dance, Katie Holmes
Roles Ferdinand Bloch-Bauer
Rating72% 3.649813.649813.649813.649813.64981
In a series of flashbacks throughout the film, Maria Altmann recalls the arrival of Nazi forces in Vienna, Austria, and the subsequent suppression of the Jewish community and the looting and pillaging conducted by the Nazis against Jewish families. Seeking to escape before the country is completely shut off, Maria Altmann and members of her family attempt to flee to the United States. While Altmann and her husband are successful in their escape, she is forced to abandon her parents in Vienna.
Captain America: The Winter Soldier, 2h16
Directed by Robert Bresson, Anthony Russo et Joe Russo
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about altered memories, Medical-themed films, Seafaring films, Sports films, Films about terrorism, Transport films, Aviation films, Superhero films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities, Political films, Super-héros inspiré de comics, Children's films, Robot films
Actors Chris Evans, Robert Redford, Emily VanCamp Bowman, Sebastian Stan, Anthony Mackie, Scarlett Johansson
Roles Dr. List (uncredited)
Rating76% 3.8496353.8496353.8496353.8496353.849635
Two years after the Battle of New York, Steve Rogers works in Washington D.C. for the espionage agency S.H.I.E.L.D. under Director Nick Fury, while adjusting to contemporary society. Rogers and Agent Natasha Romanoff are sent with S.H.I.E.L.D.'s counter-terrorism S.T.R.I.K.E. team, led by Agent Rumlow, to free hostages aboard a S.H.I.E.L.D. vessel from Georges Batroc and his mercenaries. Mid-mission, Rogers discovers Romanoff has another agenda: to extract data from the ship's computers for Fury. Rogers returns to the Triskelion, S.H.I.E.L.D.'s headquarters, to confront Fury and is briefed about Project Insight: three Helicarriers linked to spy satellites, designed to preemptively eliminate threats. Unable to decrypt the data recovered by Romanoff, Fury becomes suspicious about Insight and asks senior S.H.I.E.L.D. official Alexander Pierce to delay the project.
The Challenger, 1h29
Genres Drama, Thriller, Documentary, Historical
Actors William Hurt, Joanne Whalley, Bruce Greenwood, Brian Dennehy, Eve Best, Henry Goodman
Roles Dr. Weiss
Rating71% 3.5987353.5987353.5987353.5987353.598735
En 1986, à la suite de l'accident de la navette spatiale Challenger, le président Reagan forme une commission d'enquête présidentielle chargée de déterminer les causes de l'accident. Parmi ses membres se trouve le professeur Richard Feynman, physicien de renom, qui comprend rapidement qu'il est le seul membre réellement indépendant. Avec l'aide d'autres membres de la commission, il parvient à mettre en lumière un certain nombre de défaillances et à révéler au grand jour ce qui a conduit à l'explosion de la navette.
Britain's Greatest Codebreaker
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Documentary, Historical
Themes Films about computing
Actors Ed Stoppard, Henry Goodman, Paul McGann
Roles Franz Greenbaum
Rating69% 3.4854653.4854653.4854653.4854653.485465
The film starts in October 1952 after Alan Turing (Ed Stoppard) has been convicted. He is talking to his psychiatrist, Dr. Franz Greenbaum (Henry Goodman). Dr. Greenbaum and Alan continue to discuss; Alan informs Dr. Greenbaum that he cannot talk about his war time activities. Dr. Greenbaum informs him that he can talk about anything he wants. Sir Dermot Turing, nephew of Alan, is shown and he goes on to explain how life was John Turing (Alan's brother) and Alan Turing during their childhood. David Leavitt appears next and talks about Turing's school time activities. David further explains that Turing was good at mathematics and athletics. His favourite sport was running.
Taking Woodstock, 1h55
Directed by Ang Lee
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Political films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Imelda Staunton, Demetri Martin, Henry Goodman, Liev Schreiber, Edward Hibbert, Jonathan Groff
Roles Jake Teichberg
Rating66% 3.346453.346453.346453.346453.34645
Set in 1969, the film follows the true story of Elliot Tiber (Demetri Martin), an aspiring Greenwich Village interior designer whose parents, Jake (Henry Goodman) and Sonia (Imelda Staunton), own the small dilapidated El Monaco Resort in White Lake, in the town of Bethel, New York. A hippie theater troupe, The Earthlight Players, rents the barn, but can hardly pay any rent. Due to financial trouble, the motel may have to be closed, but Elliot pleads with the local bank not to foreclose on the mortgage and Sonia delivers a tirade about her struggles as a Russian refugee. The family is given until the end of the summer to pay up.
The Damned United, 1h37
Directed by Tom Hooper
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Historical
Themes Sports films, Association football films
Actors Michael Sheen, Timothy Spall, Colm Meaney, Jim Broadbent, Maurice Roëves, Elizabeth Carling
Roles Manny Cossins
Rating74% 3.7477753.7477753.7477753.7477753.747775
After failing to qualify for the 1974 FIFA World Cup, England manager Alf Ramsey is replaced by Don Revie (Colm Meaney), the highly successful manager of Leeds United. Revie's replacement at Leeds is Brian Clough (Michael Sheen), the former manager of Derby County and a fierce critic of Leeds, because of their violent and physical style of play under Revie's management. Furthermore, Clough's longtime assistant, Peter Taylor (Timothy Spall), has not joined him.
Colour Me Kubrick, 1h27
Directed by Brian W. Cook
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Medical-themed films, L'usurpation d'identité, Films about psychiatry, Escroquerie
Actors John Malkovich, Marisa Berenson, Marc Warren, Jim Davidson, Richard E. Grant, Ken Russell
Roles Mordecai
Rating60% 3.0477953.0477953.0477953.0477953.047795
Colour Me Kubrick begins with a direct homage to A Clockwork Orange with the after-effects of one of Alan Conway's (Malkovich) minor cons: two thugs are sent to collect a bar bill that Conway has generated by impersonating Kubrick. Conway has provided the address of an elderly couple as Kubrick's home address. Conway is nowhere to be seen, and the thugs are arrested by the police for causing a ruckus outside the house.