
Christopher Godwin
Born
August 5, 1943 (81 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Loughborough, Leicestershire, England, UK
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.

National Theatre Live: The Grapes of Wrath
Grampa Joad / Contractor
2024

Bodies
Reverend Kneale · (3 episodes)
2023

A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story
Narrator
2022

Anatomy of a Scandal
Dr. Howard Blackburn · (1 episode)
2022

Venom: Let There Be Carnage
Headmaster (1997)
2021

The Dig
Dr Parry
2021

Emma.
Mr. Perrie
2020

Mary Poppins Returns
Information Desk Clerk
2018

The Miniaturist
Pastor Pellicorne
2017

The Miniaturist
Pastor Pellicorne · (2 episodes)
2017

The Crucible
Judge Hathorne
2014

A Viking Saga: The Darkest Day
Athelstan
2013

National Theatre Live: This House
Woolwich West / Batley & Morley / Western Isles
2013

Endeavour
Theo Conklin · (1 episode)
2013

A Young Doctor's Notebook
Judge / Leopold Leopoldovich · (1 episode)
2012

A Young Doctor's Notebook
Leopold Leopoldovich · (1 episode)
2012

The Hollow Crown
Shepherd II · (1 episode)
2012

Henry IV, Part 2 - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
Northumberland/Silence
2012

Henry IV, Part 1 - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
Northumberland/Silence
2012

Love's Labour's Lost - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
Holofernes
2010

Land Girls
Kirkham · (1 episode)
2009

Scoop
Desk Clerk
2006

Blackball
Bowls Official
2003

Waking the Dead
Lord Cole · (1 episode)
2001

Murder in Mind
Mr. Lewis · (1 episode)
2001

The Avengers
World Council of Ministers
1998

Cold Enough for Snow
Golfing Lecturer
1997

Taking the Floor
Mr. Tranter · (6 episodes)
1991

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian & The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Lord Rhoop
1989

Nice Work
Prof. Philip Swallow · (2 episodes)
1989

The Chronicles of Narnia
Lord Rhoop · (1 episode)
1988

A Handful of Dust
Dr. Messinger
1988

Lovejoy
Konrad Dekker · (1 episode)
1986

Return to Waterloo
Businessman
1984

Astronauts
Cmdr Malcolm Mattocks · (13 episodes)
1981
Holding the Fort
(20 episodes)
1980

Nearly a Happy Ending
Barman
1980

Charlie Muffin
Snare
1979

Porridge
Beal
1979

Don't Be Silly
Michael Redman
1979

Every Home Should Have One
Magistrate's Clerk
1970