Henry Goodman

Henry Goodman (born 23 April 1950) is a RADA trained English actor. He
has appeared on television and radio, in film and in the theatre.[4]
Contents
1 Early life
2 Career
2.1 Television
2.2 Theatre
2.3 Film
2.4 Radio
3 Awards and reputation
4 Personal life
5 Filmography
5.1 Television
5.2 Film
6 References
7 External links
Early life[edit]
He attended the Central Foundation Boys' School[5] and joined the
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, London, in 1969.[3]
Career[edit]
Goodman has had an extensive acting career that includes a wide range
of roles in theatre, on television and radio. He has won numerous
awards for his theatre work.
Television[edit]
In 2013 he played the role of Sir
Humphrey Appleby

Humphrey Appleby in the remake of
Yes, Prime Minister

Yes, Prime Minister which was launched on the Gold television
channel.[6]
Theatre[edit]
In 2010 he played the role of Sir
Humphrey Appleby

Humphrey Appleby in the stage
version of Yes, Prime Minister[7] at the Chichester Festival[8]
Gielgud Theatre, in London's West End from 17 September 2010.[9]
In 2012 he played title role in
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui in
Chichester and then in the West End to critical acclaim.[10][11]
In 2015 he played the title role in Ben Jonson's Jacobean comedy
Volpone

Volpone at the Royal Shakespeare Company, directed by Trevor Nunn
co-starring
Matthew Kelly and Miles Richardson.[12] His previous RSC
appearance was in 2003 as Richard III.[13]
In 2017 he played
Lucian Freud

Lucian Freud in Looking at Lucian, written by Alan
Franks, at the
Ustinov Studio

Ustinov Studio at Theatre Royal, Bath.[14][15] Of this
part, he said "I share an intense hunger to want theatre to be as
meaningful as he wanted painting to be."[16]
Film[edit]
He portrayed a HYDRA doctor in the 2014 film Captain America: The
Winter Soldier, though he was uncredited in the 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.[17][18]
Radio[edit]
Goodman is also a respected radio actor. He portrayed
Leopold Bloom

Leopold Bloom in
BBC Radio 4's all-day adaptation of James Joyce's Ulysses for
'Bloomsday' in 2012.[19] He has also played author and chemist Primo
Levi[20] and a large number of other, often Jewish, characters on
Radio 4.[citation needed]
Awards and reputation[edit]
His awards include the Olivier Award for Best
Actor

Actor in a Musical
playing Charles Guiteau in Assassins at the
Donmar Warehouse

Donmar Warehouse directed
by
Sam Mendes

Sam Mendes in 1993,[21] and the Olivier Award for Best
Actor

Actor for
Shylock in
The Merchant of Venice

The Merchant of Venice at the National Theatre directed by
Trevor Nunn in 2000.[22] He has also been nominated for an Olivier
Award for Best
Actor

Actor in a Musical in 1998 for Chicago,[23] London
Critics Circle Theatre Award for Best
Actor

Actor (The Merchant of Venice),
and Theatre Awards UK for Best Performance in a Play in 2012 (The
Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui).[24]
In his autobiography,
Antony Sher says Goodman's Shylock is "quite
simply the best". He reprised his role for a television film which was
released in 2004.[citation needed]
Personal life[edit]
One of six children, Goodman is Jewish.[25] He is married to Sue
Parker, a choreographer and dance director.[26]
Filmography[edit]
Television[edit]
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The Golden Bowl
Bust
This is David Lander
London's Burning
Three Up, Two Down
Gentlemen and Players
Rules of Engagement
After the War
Act of Will
Capital City
Screen Two
El C.I.D.
Chain
The Bill
The Gravy Train Goes East (1991)[27]
Maigret
Zorro
Lovejoy
Rides
99-1
Performance, BBC — Measure for Measure, 1994[28]
Smith & Jones
Cold Lazarus (1996)[29]
American Voices
Murder Rooms: Mysteries of the Real Sherlock Holmes
Masterpiece Theatre — Broken Glass, TV film, 1996[30]
Dalziel and Pascoe
Spooks, (2002, "The Lesser of Two Evils")[31]
Trust
Foyle's War

Foyle's War (2003)[32]
Keen Eddie, (2004, Rabbi Mendelssohn, "Who Wants to Be in a Club That
Would Have Me as a Member?", Episode 11)[33]
M.I.T.: Murder Investigation Team
Murder in Suburbia

Murder in Suburbia , "The Wedding", Series 2 - Episode 3[34]
Mumbai Calling, (2007, Pilot)[35]
Falcon
Yes, Prime Minister, (2010) 6 episodes[36]
Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders , (2013)[37]
New Tricks, (2013, "Cry Me a River", Series 10, Episode 5)[38]
Playhouse Presents

Playhouse Presents , Nixon's the One, (2014)[39]
Penny Dreadful, (2014, "Grand Guignol")[40]
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. – Dr. List
Snatch - Saul Gold
Film[edit]
Sources: Rotten Tomatoes[41] TCM[42] AllMovie[43]
Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story
Secret Weapon
Son of the Pink Panther
Degas and Pissarro Fall Out
Mary Reilly
Private Parts
The Saint
Notting Hill
Arabian Nights
Dirty Tricks
The Final Curtain
Hamilton Mattress
The Mayor of Casterbridge
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
Churchill: The Hollywood Years
Green Street
Shakespeare's Happy Endings
Colour Me Kubrick: A True...Ish Story
Out on a Limb [44]
The Damned United
Taking Woodstock
The Last Days of Lehman Brothers
The Road to Coronation Street
Codebreaker
The Half-Light
Wonder
The Challenger
Captain America: The Winter Soldier – Dr. List
Woman in Gold
Avengers: Age of Ultron – Dr. List
De Surprise
Altamira
Love is Thicker Than Water
El Elegido
Their Finest (2016)
The Limehouse Golem

The Limehouse Golem (2016)
References[edit]
^ "Henry Goodman".
^ "Henry damned happy to take role of man who fired legend Brian
Clough"
Jewish

Jewish Telegraph. Retrieved 5 May 2010.
^ a b Telegraph, Alex Harris webmaster@jewishtelegraph.com - Jewish.
"A
Jewish

Jewish Telegraph Newspaper". www.jewishtelegraph.com.
^ "
Henry Goodman

Henry Goodman interview". www.somethingjewish.co.uk.
^ "Alumni". Central Foundation Boys' School. 2013. Retrieved 8 October
2015.
^ "Home - Gold". uktv.co.uk.
^ "Stage plan for Yes Prime Minister". BBC News. 18 February
2010.
^ "CFT.Org.UK". Archived from the original on 12 March 2010.
^ "Chicester Minister Bound for Gielgud, 17 September". Whats On Stage
website. 2010-06-11. Retrieved 2010-06-12.
^ Cavendish, Dominic (12 July 2012). "The Resistible Rise of Arturo
Ui, Minerva Studio, Chichester, review". Telegraph.
^ "Interview with Henry Goodman". The Telegraph.
^ Billington, Michael. " 'Volpone' review –
Henry Goodman

Henry Goodman creates a
magnetic monster" The Guardian, 10 July 2015
^ Billington, Michael. "Review. 'Richard III' " The Guardian, 24 July
2003
^ Franks, Alan. "
Lucian Freud

Lucian Freud and me: making a drama out of a
painter".
^ Michael Billington (11 August 2017). "Looking at Lucian review –
mesmerising portrait of the artist as an old man". The Guardian.
^ "HENRY GOODMAN". Stage
Talk

Talk Magazine.
^ "Captain America: The Winter Soldier". IMDB. Retrieved 23 December
2014.
^ Collinson, Gary (26 April 2015). "Two new clips from Marvel's
Avengers: Age of Ultron". Flickering Myth. Archived from the original
on 26 April 2015. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
^ Gibbons, Fiachra. "James Joyce's 'Ulysses' on
BBC Radio 4

BBC Radio 4 –
review" The Guardian, 17 June 2012
^ "Warning: This Book May Change Your Life!" bbc.co.uk, retrieved 20
November 2017
^ "Olivier Award, 1993" olivierawards.com, retrieved 10 November 2017
^ "Olivier Awards 2000" olivierawards.com, retrieved 20 November 2017
^ "Olivier Awards, 1998" olivierawards.com, retrieved 20 November 2017
^ Shenton, Mark. "Winners of Theatre Awards U.K. 2012 Include Sarah
Ruhl's 'In the Next Room', Imelda Staunton and Henry Goodman"
Playbill, 28 October 2012
^ Tim Masters (25 September 2013). "
Henry Goodman

Henry Goodman on Brecht's Hitler
satire Arturo Ui". BBC News. Retrieved 25 September 2013.
^ Coveney, Michael. "The Big Interview: Henry Goodman" The Stage, 5
July 2015
^ The Gravy Train Goes East allmovie.com, retrieved 21 November 2017
^ " Measure For Measure (1994)" screenonline.org.uk, retrieved 21
November 2017
^
Cold Lazarus tcm.com, retrieved 21 November 2017
^ Broken Glass mpt-legacy.wgbhdigital.org, retrieved 21 November 2017
^ "The Lesser of Two Evils, Series 1 - Episode 6" radiotimes.com,
retrieved 22 November 2017
^
Foyle's War

Foyle's War allmovie.com, retrieved 21 November 2017
^ "Who Wants to Be in a Club That Would Have Me as a Member? (as Jenry
Goodman)" tv.com, retrieved 22 November 2017
^ " 'The Wedding', Series 2 - Episode 3" radiotimes.com, retrieved 21
November 2017
^ " 'Mumbai Calling' Pilot" comedy.co.uk, retrieved 21 November 2017
^ Brown, Peter. " 'Yes, Prime Minister' Review from 2010" London
Theatre, 27 September 2010
^
Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders itv.com, 14 December 2012
^ "Cry Me a River" bbc.co.uk, retrieved 22 November 2017
^ Lloyd, Robert. "Harry Shearer goes straight to the source for
'Nixon's the One'" Los Angeles Times, 6 November 2014
^ Eyerly, Alan. " "'Penny Dreadful' recap: Rescuers search for Mina at
Grand Guignol" Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2014
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Henry Goodman

Henry Goodman Films" rottentomatoes.com, retrieved 20 November 2017
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Henry Goodman

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^ "Out on a Limb (2005)".
External links[edit]
Interview with
Henry Goodman

Henry Goodman on SomethingJewish
Henry Goodman

Henry Goodman on IMDb
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e
Laurence Olivier Award for Best
Actor

Actor in a Musical
Anton Rodgers (1979)
Denis Quilley

Denis Quilley (1980)
Michael Crawford

Michael Crawford (1981)
Roy Hudd

Roy Hudd (1982)
Denis Lawson

Denis Lawson (1983)
Paul Clarkson (1984)
Robert Lindsay (1985)
Michael Crawford

Michael Crawford (1986)
John Bardon

John Bardon and
Emil Wolk

Emil Wolk (1987)
Con O'Neill (1988)
Jonathan Pryce

Jonathan Pryce (1989/1990)
Philip Quast (1991)
Alan Bennett

Alan Bennett (1992)
Henry Goodman

Henry Goodman (1993)
Alun Armstrong

Alun Armstrong (1994)
John Gordon Sinclair (1995)
Adrian Lester (1996)
Robert Lindsay (1997)
Philip Quast (1998)
Jody Abrahams, Loukmaan Adams, Mandisa Bardill, Junaid Booysen, Salie
Daniels, and Alistair Izobell (1999)
Simon Russell Beale

Simon Russell Beale (2000)
Daniel Evans (2001)
Philip Quast (2002)
Alex Jennings (2003)
David Bedella (2004)
Nathan Lane

Nathan Lane (2005)
James Lomas, George Maguire, and
Liam Mower

Liam Mower (2006)
Daniel Evans (2007)
Michael Ball (2008)
Douglas Hodge (2009)
Aneurin Barnard (2010)
David Thaxton (2011)
Bertie Carvel (2012)
Michael Ball (2013)
Gavin Creel

Gavin Creel (2014)
John Dagleish (2015)
Matt Henry (2016)
Andy Karl

Andy Karl (2017)
v
t
e
Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor
Antony Sher (1985)
Albert Finney

Albert Finney (1986)
Michael Gambon

Michael Gambon (1987)
Oliver Ford Davies

Oliver Ford Davies (1989/1990)
Ian McKellen

Ian McKellen (1991)
Nigel Hawthorne (1992)
Robert Stephens

Robert Stephens (1993)
Mark Rylance

Mark Rylance (1994)
David Bamber (1995)
Alex Jennings (1996)
Antony Sher (1997)
Ian Holm

Ian Holm (1998)
Kevin Spacey

Kevin Spacey (1999)
Henry Goodman

Henry Goodman (2000)
Conleth Hill

Conleth Hill (2001)
Roger Allam

Roger Allam (2002)
Simon Russell Beale

Simon Russell Beale (2003)
Matthew Kelly (2004)
Richard Griffiths

Richard Griffiths (2005)
Brian Dennehy

Brian Dennehy (2006)
Rufus Sewell

Rufus Sewell (2007)
Chiwetel Ejiofor

Chiwetel Ejiofor (2008)
Derek Jacobi

Derek Jacobi (2009)
Mark Rylance

Mark Rylance (2010)
Roger Allam

Roger Allam (2011)
Benedict Cumberbatch

Benedict Cumberbatch and
Jonny Lee Miller
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Jonny Lee Miller (2012)
Luke Treadaway (2013)
Rory Kinnear
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Rory Kinnear (2014)
Mark Strong

Mark Strong (2015)
Kenneth Cranham (2016)
Jamie Parker (2017)
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