Matthew Goode quite likes it. He’s the star of “Dept. Q,” based on the books by Danish author Jussi Adler-Olsen and set in the cold case division of an Edinburgh police station.

With Netflix series Dept Q., Matthew Goode stars as DCI Carl Morck, a curmudgeonly cop afflicted by PTSD and almost Sherlock-level powers of deduction. Based on the novels by Jussi Adler-Olsen ...

Matthew Goode had no idea that writer-director Scott Frank—cocreator of The Queen’s Gambit and creator of Godless—had written the lead of a new series, Dept. Q, with Goode in mind. Though ...

Alexej Manvelov, from left, Leah Byrne and Matthew Goode pose for portrait photographs to promote the television series "Dept. Q" on Tuesday, May 27, 2025, in London. Scott A Garfitt - Invision ...

Matthew Goode quite likes it. He’s the star of “Dept. Q,” based on the books by Danish author Jussi Adler-Olsen and set in the cold-case division of an Edinburgh police station.

British actor Matthew Goode’s been a leading man before. He just didn’t like it. After a negative experience early in his career and decided he didn’t want to be No.