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Matthew Goode at an event for The Imitation Game (2014)

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Matthew Goode

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  • Trained at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Arts in London, whose alumni include Terence Stamp, Julia Ormond, Rupert Friend, Angela Lansbury, Hugh Bonneville, Sue Johnston, Daniel Hunt, Minnie Driver and Julian Fellowes.
  • Has a daughter Matilda Eve Goode (born on March 1, 2009).
  • Had to memorize and speak his lines for more than 58 scenes in Spanish when filming Al sur de Granada (2003).
  • His favorite movie is The Last Waltz (1978).
  • Hailed by The Sunday Times Magazine as one of Britain's finest Rising Stars along with Romola Garai, Hugh Dancy, Eddie Redmayne, Gemma Arterton, Hayley Atwell, Andrea Riseborough, Richard Coyle, Tom Sturridge, Rachel Hurd Wood, Eliza Bennet Daniel Mays and Kaya Scodelario (2009).
  • Father of daughter, Teddie Eleanor Rose Goode, with Sophie Dymoke, born in September 2013.
  • Studied drama at the University of Birmingham before continuing his training at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Arts in London.
  • Father of Ralph Goode - born August 2015.
  • He and Jeremy Irons have played two roles in common, Adrian Veidt/Ozymandias in different adaptations of Watchmen, and Charles Ryder in different adaptations of Brideshead Revisited.
  • Youngest of five (one brother, 2 half brothers and one half sister, who is ex TV Weather girl Sally Meen).
  • Went to Exeter School in Exeter, Devon.
  • Played a mouse in "Wind in The Willows" at the age of 6.

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