Christopher Godwin
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 5, 1943 (age 83)
- Birthplace
- Loughborough, Leicestershire, England, UK
Biography
Christopher Godwin (born 5 August 1943) is a British actor who has been active since the late 1960s. He made his TV debut at the age of 25, when he took on the role of PC Grange in an episode of Softly, Softly. He has since made appearances in television dramas including Z-Cars, Nearly a Happy Ending, Return to Waterloo, South of the Border, Return to Treasure Island, Nice Work, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, My Family and Other Animals, FairyTale: A True Story, The Bill, Murder in Mind, Waking the Dead and The Peter Principle (There's Something About Geoffrey). His film career has included roles in Porridge (1979), Charlie Muffin (1979), Bullshot (1983), A Handful of Dust (1988), FairyTale: A True Story (1997), Jinnah (1998), Scoop (2006), A Viking Saga: The Darkest Day (2013), The Crucible (2014), Mary Poppins Returns (2018), Emma (2020), and The Dig (2021). In 2012, he guest starred in Season 1, Episode 4 of A Young Doctor's Notebook as Leopold Leopoldovitch. He also voiced Darth Vowrawn in the video game Star Wars: The Old Republic, Chancellor Roderick in the video game Dragon Age: Inquisition, and he played the voice of 3 people in the video game Subnautica (Paul Torgal, Lifepod 7 Crew, and Captain Hollister). In January 2016, he played Lord Berners in Episode 3 of the BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Drama What England Owes. He is also the voice of King Carnelian in Dragon Quest XI.
Known For
Filmography
Return to Narnia
Movie · as Self
National Theatre at Home: The Grapes of Wrath
Movie · as Grampa Joad / Contractor
Bodies
TV · as Reverend Kneale · 3 eps
A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story
Movie · as Narrator
Anatomy of a Scandal
TV · as Dr. Howard Blackburn · 1 ep
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
Movie · as Headmaster (1997)
The Dig
Movie · as Dr Parry
Emma.
Movie · as Mr. Perrie
Mary Poppins Returns
Movie · as Information Desk Clerk
The Miniaturist
Movie · as Pastor Pellicorne
The Miniaturist
TV · as Pastor Pellicorne · 2 eps
The Crucible
Movie · as Judge Hathorne
A Viking Saga: The Darkest Day
Movie · as Athelstan
National Theatre Live: This House
Movie · as Woolwich West / Batley & Morley / Western Isles
Endeavour
TV · as Theo Conklin · 1 ep
Henry IV, Part 2 - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
Movie · as Northumberland/Silence
Henry IV, Part 1 - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
Movie · as Northumberland/Silence
The Hollow Crown
TV · as Shepherd II · 1 ep
A Young Doctor's Notebook
TV · as Judge / Leopold Leopoldovich · 1 ep
Love's Labour's Lost - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
Movie · as Holofernes
Land Girls
TV · as Kirkham · 1 ep
After You've Gone
TV · as Reuben Allardyce · 1 ep
Scoop
Movie · as Desk Clerk
Blackball
Movie · as Bowls Official
Waking the Dead
TV · as Lord Cole · 1 ep
Murder in Mind
TV · as Mr. Lewis · 1 ep
The Avengers
Movie · as World Council of Ministers
Cold Enough for Snow
Movie · as Golfing Lecturer
The Plant
Movie · as Mr Hagbourne
Crown Prosecutor
TV · as Mr. Armitage · 1 ep
Taking the Floor
TV · as Mr. Tranter · 6 eps
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian & The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Movie · as Lord Rhoop
Nice Work
TV · as Prof. Philip Swallow · 2 eps
A Handful of Dust
Movie · as Dr. Messinger
The Chronicles of Narnia
TV · as Lord Rhoop · 1 ep
Crossbow
TV · 1 ep
Lovejoy
TV · as Konrad Dekker · 1 ep
C.A.T.S. Eyes
TV · as Sir Thomas Notley · 1 ep
Return to Waterloo
Movie · as Businessman
Astronauts
TV · as Commander Malcolm Mattocks · 13 eps
Nearly a Happy Ending
Movie · as Barman
Holding the Fort
TV · as Hector Quilley · 20 eps
Porridge
Movie · as Mr. Beal
Charlie Muffin
Movie · as Snare
Don't Be Silly
Movie · as Michael Redman
Thomas & Sarah
TV · as Sir Roger Arlington · 1 ep
Every Home Should Have One
Movie · as Magistrate's Clerk