Goldstein began acting in
short films and had his first
feature film role in the self-written thriller
Wish You Were Here (2005), which was remade as
Slave (2009). From 2012 to 2016, he appeared in several comedy series, such as
BBC One's
Uncle,
E4's
Drifters and
Channel 4's
Derek. He also played American TV legend
David Hasselhoff's personal trainer, Danny, in
Dave's
mockumentary series
Hoff the Record (2015–2016). '' in 2015|300x300px In 2013, Goldstein wrote and played the leading role of a
Peckham postman-turned-
superhero in the
low-budget romantic comedy
SuperBob (2015). At the end of filming, comedian
Catherine Tate, who starred in the film as his character's boss at the
Ministry of Defence, invited him to co-write and guest star in the BBC One sitcom ''
Catherine Tate's Nan (2014–2015), a spin-off of The Catherine Tate Show about her popular sweary old-lady character Joanie Taylor. The two continued to collaborate, with Goldstein joining Tate on her first ever live tour in 2016 and co-writing the feature film The Nan Movie'' (2022) and a 2021
Comic Relief sketch starring
Daniel Craig as
James Bond. In 2016, he won the
BIFA for
Best Supporting Actor for his role as Brendan in the comedy film
Adult Life Skills, starring
Jodie Whittaker as the lead character. In 2018, Goldstein and Whittaker appeared together in the
Doctor Who episode "
The Tsuranga Conundrum". Later that year, in July 2018, he began his career as a
podcaster with
Films to Be Buried With, a comedy podcast featuring guests talking about films that have been important in their lives. Goldstein has also written and performed four solo stand-up shows. TV producer
Bill Lawrence hired Goldstein as a writer for the 2020
Apple TV+ show
Ted Lasso, starring
Jason Sudeikis. His writing on the show led to his being cast as the character of aging footballer Roy Kent.
Rolling Stone's Emily Zemler stated that Goldstein "felt such a kinship with this stoic tough guy, in fact, that he emailed a self-taped audition of five scenes to the production team. In the email, he told the team, "If this is awkward, or this is shit, pretend you never got this email, and I promise I will never ask you about it." The tapes, which included the 'If I don't hear silence I'm gonna start punching dicks' scene from the pilot, ended up scoring him the role. The rest is history." He won the
Primetime Emmy Award for
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series two consecutive years (2021 and 2022), for his work on the show. The series premiered in October 2020 and starred
Sarah Snook,
Malin Akerman,
Betsy Brandt, and
Charlie Heaton. In 2022, he signed a multi-year
overall deal with
Warner Bros. Television. Later that year, Goldstein appeared as
Hercules in the
mid-credits scene of
Thor: Love and Thunder. == Acting and writing credits ==