Background
Goldberg was born in Haifa, Israel, and moved to London with his family at the age of 10. His father came from Riga, Latvia but emigrated to Northern Rhodesia during the 1930s, obtaining a degree in architecture from a British university.
Career
Goldberg"s mother"s family is based in Jerusalem. 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.
In 2013, Goldberg starred as Freddie Thorne in the British Broadcasting Corporation Two serial drama Peaky Blinders. He co-starred in the 2012 film And While We Were Here with Kate Bosworth.
In addition to a Tumblr account that features his photographs, Goldberg makes short films that are posted there. 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).
In 2015 he appeared in the music video for the Disclosure song Magnets alongside Lorde.
He plays the villain Red Tornado in the Columbia Broadcasting System series Supergirl.