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Ilan Goodman
Born1981 or 1982 (age 44–45)
South Africa
EducationUniversity of Oxford
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
University College London
Occupations
  • Actor
  • Audio producer
Years active2008–present
ParentHenry Goodman (father)
AwardsAAAS Kavli Science Journalism Award, Gold (audio), 2023
Websiteilangoodman.com

Ilan Goodman is an English actor and audio producer. He worked in British theatre, film and television—including the film The Imitation Game (2014) and the UK premieres of Adam Rapp's Red Light Winter, Lynn Nottage's Intimate Apparel and Joshua Harmon's Bad Jews—before moving into radio and podcast production.[1][2][3]

As a producer his work includes the BBC Radio 4 science series Curious Cases and Uncharted with Hannah Fry. With the geneticist Adam Rutherford he received a Gold Award at the 2023 AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Awards for the documentary series Bad Blood: The Story of Eugenics.[4][5] He is the son of the actor Henry Goodman.[1]

Early life and education

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Goodman was born in South Africa to a South African mother and an English father, the actor Henry Goodman.[1][6] He grew up in Stratford-upon-Avon and London.[6] His mother, Sue Parker, is a choreographer and his sister, Carla Goodman, is a theatre designer.[7] He studied experimental psychology and philosophy at the University of Oxford, trained as an actor at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, graduating in 2007, and later took a master's degree in the history and philosophy of science at University College London.[6][8]

Career

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Acting

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Goodman acted for around a decade in theatre, film and television.[9] On stage he made his National Theatre debut in Danton's Death (2010) and appeared in the Royal Court revival of Arnold Wesker's Chicken Soup with Barley (2011) and the UK premieres of Adam Rapp's Red Light Winter (2012) and Lynn Nottage's Intimate Apparel (2014), both at the Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal, Bath.[2][3][6][10]

From 2014 to 2016, he played Liam in the UK premiere of Joshua Harmon's Bad Jews, directed by Michael Longhurst, which opened at Bath and transferred to the West End.[11][12][13] In 2016, he appeared in Good Canary at the Rose Theatre, Kingston, directed by John Malkovich.[14] His screen appearances include the films Diana (2013), A Long Way Down (2014), The Imitation Game (2014), Stratton (2017) and The Foreigner (2017)—and the television series Call the Midwife and the Yes, Prime Minister revival.[14][15]

Audio production

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Goodman later moved into audio production.[9] From 2018 he created and hosted Nous, an independent interview podcast about the mind and consciousness, which ran for 13 episodes.[16] He produced Risky Talk with David Spiegelhalter at the University of Cambridge's Winton Centre for Risk and Evidence Communication—and science programmes for the BBC, including CrowdScience for the BBC World Service and, at the BBC's Audio Science Unit, several series of Curious Cases with Hannah Fry and Dara Ó Briain and the series Uncharted with Hannah Fry.[4][8]

With Adam Rutherford he produced Bad Blood: The Story of Eugenics (2022), a series on the history of the eugenics movement, for which the two received a Gold Award in the audio category of the 2023 AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Awards.[4][5][17] His other work includes Science Weekly for The Guardian, Azeem Azhar's Exponential View, the Tortoise Media series Dr Anti-Vax (2023) and the documentary series Exile.[4]

Selected works

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Film

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Film roles
Year Title Role Notes
2009 Echelon Conspiracy Dennis Directed by Greg Marcks
2013 Diana Diana's assistant Directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel
2014 A Long Way Down Airline steward Directed by Pascal Chaumeil
2014 The Imitation Game Keith Furman Directed by Morten Tyldum
2017 Stratton Miller Directed by Simon West
2017 The Foreigner Landesman Directed by Martin Campbell

Television

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Television roles
Year Title Role Notes
2009 Broadside Pepys Television film
2013 Yes, Prime Minister TV reporter 1 episode
2014 Call the Midwife Charlie Moss 1 episode
2015 Holby City Spike 1 episode
2019 1944: Should We Bomb Auschwitz? Benjamin Akzin Television film

Theatre

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Stage roles
Year Production Role Venue
2010 Six Degrees of Separation Doug Old Vic, London
2010 Danton's Death Lyonnais National Theatre, London
2011 Chicken Soup with Barley Prince Silver Royal Court Theatre, London
2012 Red Light Winter Matt Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal, Bath
2014 Intimate Apparel Mr Marks Theatre Royal, Bath; Park Theatre, London
2014–2016 Bad Jews Liam Theatre Royal, Bath; St James Theatre, Arts Theatre and Theatre Royal Haymarket, London
2016 Good Canary Jeff Rose Theatre, Kingston

References

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  1. 1 2 3 Nathan, John (22 March 2012). "Meet Henry Goodman's harshest critic - his son". The Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 31 July 2026.
  2. 1 2 Cavendish, Dominic (13 March 2012). "Red Light Winter, Ustinov Studio, Bath, review". The Telegraph. Retrieved 31 July 2026.
  3. 1 2 Gardner, Lyn (5 June 2014). "Intimate Apparel review - writing as delicate as a lace undergarment". The Guardian. Retrieved 31 July 2026.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Portfolio". ilangoodman.com. Retrieved 31 July 2026.
  5. 1 2 Lane, Earl (9 November 2023). "2023 AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Award Winners Named". American Association for the Advancement of Science. Retrieved 31 July 2026.
  6. 1 2 3 4 Dickson-Purdy, Jen (6 June 2011). "Introducing… Ilan Goodman". Official London Theatre. Society of London Theatre. Retrieved 31 July 2026.
  7. ↑ Nathan, John (30 April 2009). "Interview: Henry Goodman". The Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 31 July 2026.
  8. 1 2 Allen, Geoff (1 September 2021). "Ilan Goodman: The Project of Philosophy and the Project of Science". Extrapolator. Retrieved 31 July 2026.
  9. 1 2 "About". ilangoodman.com. Retrieved 31 July 2026.
  10. ↑ Benedict, David (25 July 2010). "Danton's Death". Variety. Retrieved 31 July 2026.
  11. ↑ Mountford, Fiona (23 January 2015). "Bad Jews, St James Theatre - theatre review". Evening Standard. Retrieved 31 July 2026.
  12. ↑ Hemming, Sarah (23 January 2015). "Bad Jews, St James Theatre, London - review". Financial Times. Retrieved 31 July 2026.
  13. ↑ Hewis, Ben (12 January 2016). "Bad Jews returns to West End". Whats On Stage. WhatsOnStage.com Inc. Retrieved 31 July 2026.
  14. 1 2 Longman, Will (4 August 2016). "Harry Lloyd leads the cast of John Malkovich's Good Canary". Whats On Stage. WhatsOnStage.com Inc. Retrieved 31 July 2026.
  15. ↑ "Bad Jews Transfers to London's Arts Theatre Tonight". Broadway World. Wisdom Digital Media. 18 March 2015. Retrieved 31 July 2026.
  16. ↑ Goodman, Ilan (2 January 2019). "NOUS the Podcast: Tackling Deep Questions about the Mind". Blog of the American Philosophical Association. Retrieved 31 July 2026.
  17. ↑ "2023 AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Awards Announced". Kavli Foundation. 9 November 2023. Retrieved 31 July 2026.
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