Studied drama at the University of Birmingham before continuing his training at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Arts in London.
Is great friends with Laurence Fox
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, Minnie Driver and Julian Fellowes.
Youngest of five (one brother, 2 half brothers, one half sister)
Matthew Goode Detailed Biography -
Matthew Goode (born April 3, 1978) is a British actor.
Goode was born in Exeter, England, the youngest of five siblings (he has a brother, two half brothers and a half sister from his mother's other marriage); he grew up in Devon with a geologist father and a nurse mother who was also an amateur theater director. Goode studied drama at the University of Birmingham and classical theater at London's Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art.
Goode may be best known for his role as Mandy Moore's romantic interest in the 2004 film Chasing Liberty. Beforehand, Goode had played the brother of Inspector Lynley in the BBC production Inspector Lynley Mysteries: A Suitable Vengence and had parts in the TV-movie Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister and the Shakespearean stage play The Tempest.
Goode has since appeared in the films Match Point and Imagine Me & You. His next film role will be in Copying Beethoven, opposite Ed Harris and Diane Kruger.
