Iddo Goldberg

Iddo Goldberg
Born (1975-08-05) 5 August 1975
Haifa, Israel
Occupation Actor
Years active 1995–present
Spouse(s) Ashley Madekwe (m. 2012)

Iddo Goldberg (Hebrew: עדו גולדברג; born 5 August 1975) is a British-Israeli actor.

Early and personal life

Goldberg was born in Haifa, Israel, and moved to London with his family at the age of 10.[1] His father came from Riga, Latvia but emigrated to Northern Rhodesia during the 1930s, obtaining a degree in architecture from a British university. Goldberg's mother's family is based in Jerusalem.[2]

He married his girlfriend and fellow actor Ashley Madekwe in June 2012.

Career

Goldberg has had several notable roles, including Brandon in the two series of Attachments and Ben on Secret Diary of a Call Girl, where his then girlfriend Ashley Madekwe also had a regular role. He appeared as semi-regular 15Peter20 in Chris Morris and Charlie Brooker's short-lived comedy Nathan Barley. He also appeared in the 2008 war film Defiance starring Daniel Craig and Liev Schreiber.[3]

In 2013, Goldberg starred as Freddie Thorne in the BBC Two serial drama Peaky Blinders. He co-starred in the 2012 film And While We Were Here with Kate Bosworth.[2][4]

In addition to a Tumblr account that features his photographs, Goldberg makes short films that are posted there.[5] He directed the short Supper (2012) with Joey Slotnick and Lauren Katz and music videos by James Rousseau, Anyone (Acoustic/Live) (2012) and Hair of the Dog (2012). Goldberg also made a film about his maternal grandmother called Luba (2010).

In 2015 he appeared in the music video for the Disclosure song Magnets alongside Lorde. He plays the villain Red Tornado in the CBS series Supergirl.[6]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1998 Fast Food Junkie
1999 Jesus Seth Television film
2001 Uprising Zygmunt Frydrych Television film
2002 L'Auberge Espagnole Alistair
2004 Suzie Gold Anthony Silver
2004 Defender, TheThe Defender Scripts
2005 Little Trip to Heaven, AA Little Trip to Heaven Russle
2005 Dead Fish Thief
2006 Bye Bye Harry! Ian
2006 Withdrawal Freddie Short film
2006 Are You Ready for Love? Benjamin
2007 I Could Never Be Your Woman Director
2007 Run Fatboy Run News reporter
2007 Relief of Belsen, TheThe Relief of Belsen Emmanuel Fisher Television film
2008 Defiance Yitzhak Shulman
2009 Unmade Beds Mike
2009 Fused Danny Short film
2009 Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler, TheThe Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler Jakub Rozenfeld Television film
2009 Tournament, TheThe Tournament Tech Rob
2010 Tourist, TheThe Tourist Jones' assistant Whitfield
2011 Christopher and His Kind Wilfred Landauer Television film
2012 And While We Were Here Leonard
2013 Last Passenger Jan Klimowski
2016 The Zookeeper's Wife Filming

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1998 Bill, TheThe Bill Kevin Baxter Episode: "Bad Chemistry"
2000 Holby City Simon Martin Episode: "Letting Go"
2000 Bill, TheThe Bill Wayne Stevens Episode: "Beyond Conviction"
2000–2001 Attachments Brandon 13 episodes
2004 Little Britain Tennis partner Episode: "#2.5"
2005 Nathan Barley 15Peter20 3 episodes
2005 Last Rights Sol 3 episodes
2007 Skins William Episode: "Jal"
2007–2011 Secret Diary of a Call Girl Ben 31 episodes
2011 Waking the Dead Tom Harding 2 episodes
2012 Jan Hugh Episode: "Wine Bar"
2012 Mentalist, TheThe Mentalist Tony Redgrave Episode: "Red Is the New Black"
2013 NCIS Yaniv Bodnar Episode: "Berlin"
2013 Peaky Blinders Freddie Thorne 6 episodes
2013 Mob City Leslie Shermer 5 episodes
2014–present Salem Isaac Walton 25 episodes
2015 Tut Lagus 3 episodes
2015 Bar Rescue Himself Episode: "Brokedown Palace"
2015 Supergirl T.O. Morrow / Red Tornado

Music Videos

Year Title Artist Notes
2015 Magnets Disclosure feat. Lorde

References

  1. Morag, Aaron (19 February 2003). הקשר הישראלי [The Israeli Connection] (in Hebrew). Ynet. Retrieved 7 January 2010.
  2. 1 2 Schleier, Curt (11 September 2013). "Iddo Goldberg Gets His Big Break". The Jewish Daily Forward. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
  3. "Defiance (2008)". AllMoviePortal.com. Retrieved 17 April 2009..
  4. Toro, Gabe (11 September 2013). "Review: 'And While We Were Here' Delivers The Sensuality Of The Sun-Kissed Shores Of Naples". Indiewire. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
  5. Radish, Christina (13 September 2013). "Iddo Goldberg Talks AND WHILE WE WERE HERE, Intimate Scenes with Kate Bosworth, MOB CITY, and PEAKY BLINDERS". Collider.com. Retrieved 8 October 2013. I love photography and I always like making little short films as well, so (cinematographer) Doug Chamberlain was kind enough to let me pick up his camera once in awhile and shoot some stuff to get some more footage.
  6. Supergirl: Everything we know (so far)

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