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| birth_place = Whitechapel, London, England, UK| occupation = Actor| years_active = 1972–presentSue Parker}}| children =2}}Henry Goodman (born 23 April 1950) is a RADA trained British actor.WEB,ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/298169, Henry Goodman, 5 May 2010,ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/298169," title="web.archive.org/web/20130805020737ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/298169,">web.archive.org/web/20130805020737ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/298169, 5 August 2013, dead, “Henry damned happy to take role of man who fired legend Brian Clough” Jewish Telegraph. Retrieved 5 May 2010. He has appeared on television and radio, in film and in the theatre.WEB,www.somethingjewish.co.uk/articles/2304_henry_goodman_interv.htm, Henry Goodman interview, www.somethingjewish.co.uk, 13 May 2007, 10 August 2017,www.somethingjewish.co.uk/articles/2304_henry_goodman_interv.htm," title="web.archive.org/web/20170810132040www.somethingjewish.co.uk/articles/2304_henry_goodman_interv.htm,">web.archive.org/web/20170810132040www.somethingjewish.co.uk/articles/2304_henry_goodman_interv.htm, dead,

Early life

He attended the Central Foundation Boys’ SchoolWEB, Alumni, Central Foundation Boys’ School, 2013,www.centralfoundationboys.co.uk/about/old-boys#top, 8 October 2015,www.centralfoundationboys.co.uk/about/old-boys#top," title="web.archive.org/web/20151003155656www.centralfoundationboys.co.uk/about/old-boys#top,">web.archive.org/web/20151003155656www.centralfoundationboys.co.uk/about/old-boys#top, 3 October 2015, dead, and joined the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, London, in 1969.WEB,www.jewishtelegraph.com/prof_2.html, A Jewish Telegraph Newspaper, Alex Harris webmaster@jewishtelegraph.com – Jewish, Telegraph, www.jewishtelegraph.com,

Career

Television

In 2003 Goodman guest starred in the ITV series Foyle’s War as corrupt American industrialist Howard Paige in “Fifty Ships”, the opening episode of Season 2 of the British TV crime drama set in WWII. In 2013 he played the role of Sir Humphrey Appleby in the remake of Yes, Prime Minister which was launched on the Gold television channel.WEB,uktv.co.uk/gold/homepage/sid/9387/, Home – Gold, uktv.co.uk, 17 July 2023,

Theatre

In 1991, he originated the role of Roy Cohn in the world premiere of Angels in America.‘Eight Loving Arms and All Those Suckers.’ How Angels in America put Roy Cohn into the definitive story of AIDSHe portrayed Charles Guiteau in the London premiere of Assassins at the Donmar Warehouse in 1992.WEB, Michael H. Hutchins, Assassins,www.sondheimguide.com/assassins.html#London, The Stephen Sondheim Reference Guide, 2008, August 9, 2008, He starred as Nathan Detroit in Guys and Dolls at the Royal National Theatre in 1996.“Guys and Dolls”. UK Theatre Web{{“’}}Guys and Dolls’, 1996”. Broadway World. Retrieved May 28, 2010 The next year, he portrayed Billy Flynn in the West End revival of Chicago.Henry Goodman Is Confirmed for Roundabout TartuffeGoodman appeared on Broadway in three shows. He briefly replaced Nathan Lane as Max Bialystock in The Producers in 2002, but was fired after one month due to creative differences with Mel Brooks.WEB,www.playbill.com/article/actor-henry-goodman-discusses-his-producers-firing-com-107095, Actor Henry Goodman Discusses His Producers Firing, 16 July 2002, The following year he returned to Broadway in Tartuffe.WEB,www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/henry-goodman-82748, Henry Goodman – Broadway Cast & Staff | IBDB, In 2007, he starred as Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof at the Savoy Theatre in London’s West End.Fiddler on the Roof London Revival 2007 In 2010 he played the role of Sir Humphrey Appleby in the stage version of Yes, Prime MinisterNEWS,news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/arts_and_culture/8522359.stm, BBC News, Stage plan for Yes Prime Minister, 18 February 2010, at the Chichester Festival TheatreWEB,www.cft.org.uk/cft-productions_details.asp?pid=369, CFT.Org.UK, dead,www.cft.org.uk/cft-productions_details.asp?pid=369," title="web.archive.org/web/20100312011417www.cft.org.uk/cft-productions_details.asp?pid=369,">web.archive.org/web/20100312011417www.cft.org.uk/cft-productions_details.asp?pid=369, 12 March 2010, dmy-all, and later at the Gielgud Theatre, in London’s West End from 17 September 2010.WEB, Chicester Minister Bound for Gielgud, 17 September,www.whatsonstage.com/news/theatre/london/E8831276247171/Chichester+Minister+Bound+for+Gielgud%2C+17+Sep.html, Whats On Stage website, 2010-06-11, 2010-06-12,www.whatsonstage.com/news/theatre/london/E8831276247171/Chichester%2BMinister%2BBound%2Bfor%2BGielgud%2C%2B17%2BSep.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20121013174416www.whatsonstage.com/news/theatre/london/E8831276247171/Chichester%2BMinister%2BBound%2Bfor%2BGielgud%2C%2B17%2BSep.html,">web.archive.org/web/20121013174416www.whatsonstage.com/news/theatre/london/E8831276247171/Chichester%2BMinister%2BBound%2Bfor%2BGielgud%2C%2B17%2BSep.html, 13 October 2012, dead, In 2012 he played the title role in The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui in Chichester and then in the West End to critical acclaim.WEB, Cavendish, Dominic, The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, Minerva Studio, Chichester, review,www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/regional-shows/9395118/The-Resistible-Rise-of-Arturo-Ui-Minerva-Studio-Chichester-review.html, 12 July 2012, Telegraph, WEB, Interview with Henry Goodman,www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/theatre-features/9381372/Henry-Goodman-interview-destined-to-be-the-bad-guy.html, The Telegraph, 6 July 2012, In 2015 he played the title role in Ben Jonson’s Jacobean comedy Volpone at the Royal Shakespeare Company, directed by Trevor Nunn and co-starring Matthew Kelly and Miles Richardson.Billington, Michael. ” ‘Volpone’ review – Henry Goodman creates a magnetic monster” The Guardian, 10 July 2015 His previous RSC appearance was in 2003 as Richard III.Billington, Michael. “Review. ‘Richard III’ ” The Guardian, 24 July 2003In 2017 he played Lucian Freud in Looking at Lucian, written by Alan Franks, at the Ustinov Studio at Theatre Royal, Bath.NEWS,www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/times2/lucian-freud-and-me-making-a-drama-out-of-a-painter-dq8shdn6g, Lucian Freud and me: making a drama out of a painter, Alan, Franks, NEWS, Looking at Lucian review – mesmerising portrait of the artist as an old man,www.theguardian.com/stage/2017/aug/11/looking-at-lucian-review-henry-goodman-ustinov-studio, The Guardian, Michael Billington, 11 August 2017, Of this part, he said “I share an intense hunger to want theatre to be as meaningful as he wanted painting to be.“WEB,stagetalkmagazine.com/?p=16220, HENRY GOODMAN, StageTalk Magazine, 3 June 2017, In 2022, he played Hercule Poirot in Ken Ludwig’s adaptation of Murder on the Orient Express at the Chichester Festival Theatre and the Theatre Royal, Bath.WEB, 2022-03-04, Henry Goodman stars in Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express {{!, WestendTheatre.com |url=https://www.westendtheatre.com/110588/news/henry-goodman-stars-in-agatha-christies-murder-on-the-orient-express/ |access-date=2022-11-27 |website=www.westendtheatre.com |language=en-GB}} He was nominated for a UK Theatre Award for his performance.WEB, Supercool, 2022-11-27, UK Theatre Awards Nominations,www.cft.org.uk/news/uk-theatre-awards-nominations, 2022-11-27, Chichester Festival Theatre, en,

Film

In 1999 Goodman played a memorable cameo role as the Ritz concierge in Notting Hill. He portrayed a Hydra doctor in the 2014 film (Captain America: The Winter Soldier), though he was not listed 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).“Captain America: The Winter Soldier”. IMDB. Retrieved 23 December 2014.WEB, Collinson, Gary, 26 April 2015,www.flickeringmyth.com/2015/04/two-new-clips-from-marvels-avengers-age-of-ultron.html, Two new clips from Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron, Flickering Myth, 27 April 2015,www.flickeringmyth.com/2015/04/two-new-clips-from-marvels-avengers-age-of-ultron.html," title="archive.today/20150426124857www.flickeringmyth.com/2015/04/two-new-clips-from-marvels-avengers-age-of-ultron.html,">archive.today/20150426124857www.flickeringmyth.com/2015/04/two-new-clips-from-marvels-avengers-age-of-ultron.html, 26 April 2015, live, dmy-all,

Radio

Goodman is also a respected radio actor. He portrayed Pierre Beaumarchais in the BBC Radio 4 series Beaumarchais in 1996, “Melvin” in The Attractive Young Rabbi (BBC Radio 4, 1999-2002) and Leopold Bloom in BBC Radio 4’s all-day adaptation of James Joyce’s Ulysses for ‘Bloomsday’ in 2012.Gibbons, Fiachra. “James Joyce’s ‘Ulysses’ on BBC Radio 4 – review” The Guardian, 17 June 2012 He has also played author and chemist Primo Levi“Warning: This Book May Change Your Life!” bbc.co.uk, retrieved 20 November 2017 and a large number of other, often Jewish, characters on Radio 4.{{citation needed|date=September 2017}}Goodman is the narrator in the premiere recording by the Hallé Orchestra of the complete stage music Vaughan Williams wrote for the 1909 Cambridge University production of The Wasps by Aristophanes.Review of The Wasps (1909) by Vaughan Williams on Music Web site; Hallé CD HLD7510 (2006) accessed 25 March 2024.

Awards and reputation

His awards include the 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, 1993” olivierawards.com, retrieved 10 November 2017 and the Olivier Award for Best Actor for Shylock in The Merchant of Venice at the National Theatre directed by Trevor Nunn in 2000.“Olivier Awards 2000” olivierawards.com, retrieved 20 November 2017 He has also been nominated for an Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical in 1998 for Chicago,“Olivier Awards, 1998” olivierawards.com, retrieved 20 November 2017 London Critics Circle Theatre Award for Best Actor (The Merchant of Venice), and Theatre Awards UK for Best Performance in a Play in 2012 (The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui).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 2012In 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|date=November 2017}}

Personal life

Goodman is Jewish. He has five siblings.WEB,www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-24174279, Henry Goodman on Brecht’s Hitler satire Arturo Ui, 25 September 2013, 25 September 2013, Tim Masters, BBC News, He is married to Sue Parker, a choreographer and dance director.NEWS,www.thestage.co.uk/features/interviews/2015/big-interview-henry-goodman/, The Big Interview: Henry Goodman, Coveney, Michael, The Stage, 5 July 2015, 16 March 2019,

Filmography

Television

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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)The Gravy Train Goes East allmovie.com, retrieved 21 November 2017
• Maigret
• Zorro
• Lovejoy
• Rides
• 99-1
• Performance, BBC — Measure for Measure, 1994” Measure For Measure (1994)” screenonline.org.uk, retrieved 21 November 2017
• Smith & Jones
• Cold Lazarus (1996)Cold Lazarus tcm.com, retrieved 21 November 2017
• American Voices
• (Murder Rooms|Murder Rooms: Mysteries of the Real Sherlock Holmes)
• Masterpiece Theatre — Broken Glass, TV film, 1996Glass {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201031733mpt-legacy.wgbhdigital.org/wgbh/masterpiece/archive/190/190.html |date=1 December 2017 }} mpt-legacy.wgbhdigital.org, retrieved 21 November 2017
• Dalziel and Pascoe
• Arabian Nights (2000) – Sultan Billah
• Spooks, (2002, “The Lesser of Two Evils“)“The Lesser of Two Evils, Series 1 – Episode 6” radiotimes.com, retrieved 22 November 2017
• Trust
• Foyle’s War (2003)Foyle’s War allmovie.com, retrieved 21 November 2017
• Keen Eddie, (2004, Rabbi Mendelssohn, “Who Wants to Be in a Club That Would Have Me as a Member?”, Episode 11)“Who Wants to Be in a Club That Would Have Me as a Member? (as Jenry Goodman)” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201043537www.tv.com/shows/keen-eddie/who-wants-to-be-in-a-club-that-would-have-me-as-a-member-222676/ |date=1 December 2017 }} tv.com, retrieved 22 November 2017
• (Murder Investigation Team (TV series)|M.I.T.: Murder Investigation Team)
• Murder in Suburbia , “The Wedding”, Series 2 – Episode 3” ‘The Wedding’, Series 2 – Episode 3” radiotimes.com, retrieved 21 November 2017
• Mumbai Calling, (2007, Pilot)” ‘Mumbai Calling’ Pilot” comedy.co.uk, retrieved 21 November 2017
• Falcon
• Yes, Prime Minister, (2010) 6 episodesBrown, Peter. ” ‘Yes, Prime Minister’ Review from 2010” London Theatre, 27 September 2010
• Midsomer Murders , (2013)Midsomer Murders itv.com, 14 December 2012
• New Tricks, (2013, “Cry Me a River”, Series 10, Episode 5)“Cry Me a River” bbc.co.uk, retrieved 22 November 2017
• Playhouse Presents , Nixon’s the One, (2014)Lloyd, Robert. “Harry Shearer goes straight to the source for ‘Nixon’s the One’” Los Angeles Times, 6 November 2014
• Penny Dreadful, (2014, “Grand Guignol“)Eyerly, Alan. ” “’Penny Dreadful’ recap: Rescuers search for Mina at Grand Guignol” Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2014
• Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. – Dr. List
• Snatch – Saul Gold
• The Reckoning - Sir Ludwig GuttmanWEB,www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0g4tv4k/, The Reckoning - Episode 2 of 4,

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Film

Sources: Rotten Tomatoes“Henry Goodman Films” rottentomatoes.com, retrieved 20 November 2017 TCM“Henry Goodman Filmography” tcm.com, retrieved 20 November 2017 AllMovie“Filmography” allmovie.com, retrieved 20 November 2017{{div col|colwidth=22em}}

• (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|Colour Me Kubrick: A True...Ish Story)
• Out on a Limb WEB,www.imdb.com/title/tt0399462/, Out on a Limb (2005), IMDb,
• The Damned United
• Taking Woodstock
• The Last Days of Lehman Brothers
• The Road to Coronation Street
• Codebreaker
• The Half-Light
• Wonder
• The Challenger Disaster
• (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 (2016)
• Two Words (2018)
• Sundown (2021)

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References

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External links

• Interview with Henry Goodman on SomethingJewish {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810132040www.somethingjewish.co.uk/articles/2304_henry_goodman_interv.htm |date=10 August 2017 }}
• {{IMDb name|0329094}}

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