Matthew William Goode . Goode also starred in in the final season of Downton Abbey and in the CBS legal drama The Good Wife as Finley "Finn" Polmar from 2014 to 2015. Goode was born in Exeter, Devon. His father is a geologist and his mother, Jennifer, is a nurse and amateur theatre director. Goode is the youngest of five children with a brother, two half brothers, and a half sister, television presenter Sally Meen, from his mother's previous marriage. He grew up in the village of Clyst St. Mary, near Exeter.
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 and one half sister, who is ex TV Weather girl Sally Meen).
Good friends with Ben Whishaw and Benedict Cumberbatch.
Hailed by The Sunday Times Magazine as one of Britains 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.
Has a daughter Matilda Eve Goode (born on March 1, 2009).
Went to Exeter School in Exeter, Devon.
Father of daughter, Teddie Eleanor Rose Goode, with Sophie Dymoke, born in September 2013.
His favorite band is Coldplay. Chris Martin is one of his brothers old friends.
His favorite movie is The Last Waltz .
Played a mouse in "Wind in The Willows" at the age of 6.
Had to memorize and speak his lines for more than 58 scenes in Spanish when filming Al sur de Granada .
Father of Ralph Goode - born August 2015.
If I lived in L. A.
My dad was a geologist and my mum was a nurse who directed amateur,theatrics.
My dream is to one day own a country house on the shore in England, have,gotten married, wipe some debt off and get a few more good films.
