- 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, Daniel Hunt, Minnie Driver and Julian Fellowes.
- Good friends with Ben Whishaw and Benedict Cumberbatch.
- His favorite band is Coldplay. Chris Martin is one of his brother's old friends. Matthew and Chris were both born in Exeter, Devon.
- Had to memorize and speak his lines for more than 58 scenes in Spanish when filming Al sur de Granada (2003).
- Has a daughter Matilda Eve Goode (born on March 1, 2009).
- His favorite movie is The Last Waltz (1978).
- Hailed by The Sunday Times Magazine as one of Britain's 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 (2009).
- Father of daughter, Teddie Eleanor Rose Goode, with Sophie Dymoke, born in September 2013.
- Studied drama at the University of Birmingham before continuing his training at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Arts in London.
- He and Jeremy Irons have played two roles in common, Adrian Veidt/Ozymandias in different adaptations of Watchmen, and Charles Ryder in different adaptations of Brideshead Revisited.
- Father of Ralph Goode - born August 2015.
- Youngest of five (one brother, 2 half brothers and one half sister, who is ex TV Weather girl Sally Meen).
- Went to Exeter School in Exeter, Devon.
- Played a mouse in "Wind in The Willows" at the age of 6.
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