Geoffrey graduated magna cum laude from Amherst College with a degree in theater. During his junior year, he attended the National Theater Institute (Eugene O'Neill Theater Center in Conn), and continued his training at what is now the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, in London, England.

As an actor, he has been seen on Screens large and small. Film credits include the Coen Brothers' Hail, Ceasar!, MIB3, Bird People, Beach Pillows, Syrup, Bart and Arnie's Guide to Friendship, Thanks for Sharing, The Longest Week, SAVVA, Man on a Ledge, Fair Game, Michael Mann's Public Enemies, When in Rome, The Notorious Betty Page, One Last Thing, Suburban Girl, and Heavy Petting. On TV he has been seen on Blacklist, Believe, The Americans, The Following, House of Cards, Deception, Zero Hour, Person of Interest, Pan Am, Damages, Smash, The Big C, Sopranos, Bored to Death, all of the Law & Order's, Mercy, Brotherhood, Life on Mars, Ed, Third Watch, The Bedford Diaries, The $treet, Queens' Supreme, All My Children, Guiding Light, and Spike TV's The Kill Point.