Known For
Acting
Born
Aug 05, 1943
Place of Birth
Loughborough, Leicestershire, England, UK
Credits
45 titles
Christopher Godwin
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
Self
National Theatre Live: The Grapes of Wrath
Grampa Joad / Contractor
Bodies
Reverend Kneale
A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story
Narrator
Anatomy of a Scandal
Dr. Howard Blackburn
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
Headmaster (1997)
The Dig
Dr Parry
Emma.
Mr. Perrie
Mary Poppins Returns
Information Desk Clerk
The Miniaturist
Pastor Pellicorne
The Miniaturist
Pastor Pellicorne
The Crucible
Judge Hathorne
A Viking Saga: The Darkest Day
Athelstan
National Theatre Live: This House
Woolwich West / Batley & Morley / Western Isles
Endeavour
Theo Conklin
A Young Doctor's Notebook
Judge / Leopold Leopoldovich
The Hollow Crown
Shepherd II
Henry IV, Part 2 - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
Northumberland/Silence
Henry IV, Part 1 - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
Northumberland/Silence
Love's Labour's Lost - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
Holofernes
Land Girls
Kirkham
After You've Gone
Reuben Allardyce
Scoop
Desk Clerk
Blackball
Bowls Official
Waking the Dead
Lord Cole
Murder in Mind
Mr. Lewis
The Avengers
World Council of Ministers
Cold Enough for Snow
Golfing Lecturer
Crown Prosecutor
Mr. Armitage
Taking the Floor
Mr. Tranter
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian & The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Lord Rhoop
Nice Work
Prof. Philip Swallow
The Chronicles of Narnia
Lord Rhoop
A Handful of Dust
Dr. Messinger
Crossbow
Lovejoy
Konrad Dekker
C.A.T.S. Eyes
Sir Thomas Notley
Return to Waterloo
Businessman
Astronauts
Commander Malcolm Mattocks
Holding the Fort
Hector Quilley
Nearly a Happy Ending
Barman
Charlie Muffin
Snare
Porridge
Mr. Beal
Don't Be Silly
Michael Redman
Every Home Should Have One
Magistrate's Clerk