Adam Godley has appeared in numerous movies including Love Actually, Elizabeth: The Golden Age and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005).

On stage he has most recently appeared in the role of Raymond Babbitt in the West End production of Rain Man. Also Mouth to Mouth at The Royal Court Theatre, and as Kenneth Williams in Terry Johnson's Cleo, Camping, Emmanuelle and Dick at the National Theatre. Other London stage work includes Martin McDonagh's The Pillowman, Paul, Cabaret, Mr Kolpert, The Rivals, June Moon, The Importance of Being Earnest and, on Broadway, Private Lives and the Broadway revival of Anything Goes as Lord Evelyn Oakleigh.