
Christopher Godwin
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
Credits
- 2024 · National Theatre Live: The Grapes of Wrath as Grampa Joad / Contractor
- 2023 · Bodies as Reverend Kneale
- 2022 · A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story as Narrator
- 2022 · Anatomy of a Scandal as Dr. Howard Blackburn
- 2021 · Venom: Let There Be Carnage as Headmaster (1997)
- 2021 · The Dig as Dr Parry
- 2020 · Emma. as Mr. Perrie
- 2018 · Mary Poppins Returns as Information Desk Clerk
- 2017 · The Miniaturist as Pastor Pellicorne
- 2017 · The Miniaturist as Pastor Pellicorne
- 2014 · The Crucible as Judge Hathorne
- 2013 · A Viking Saga: The Darkest Day as Athelstan
- 2013 · National Theatre Live: This House as Woolwich West / Batley & Morley / Western Isles
- 2013 · Endeavour as Theo Conklin
- 2012 · A Young Doctor's Notebook as Judge / Leopold Leopoldovich
- 2012 · A Young Doctor's Notebook as Leopold Leopoldovich
- 2012 · The Hollow Crown as Shepherd II
- 2012 · Henry IV, Part 2 - Live at Shakespeare's Globe as Northumberland/Silence
- 2012 · Henry IV, Part 1 - Live at Shakespeare's Globe as Northumberland/Silence
- 2010 · Love's Labour's Lost - Live at Shakespeare's Globe as Holofernes
- 2009 · Land Girls as Kirkham
- 2006 · Scoop as Desk Clerk
- 2003 · Blackball as Bowls Official
- 2001 · Waking the Dead as Lord Cole
- 2001 · Murder in Mind as Mr. Lewis
- 1998 · The Avengers as World Council of Ministers
- 1997 · Cold Enough for Snow as Golfing Lecturer
- 1991 · Taking the Floor as Mr. Tranter
- 1989 · The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian & The Voyage of the Dawn Treader as Lord Rhoop
- 1989 · Nice Work as Prof. Philip Swallow
- 1988 · The Chronicles of Narnia as Lord Rhoop
- 1988 · A Handful of Dust as Dr. Messinger
- 1986 · Lovejoy as Konrad Dekker
- 1984 · Return to Waterloo as Businessman
- 1981 · Astronauts as Cmdr Malcolm Mattocks
- 1980 · Holding the Fort as
- 1980 · Nearly a Happy Ending as Barman
- 1979 · Charlie Muffin as Snare
- 1979 · Porridge as Beal
- 1979 · Don't Be Silly as Michael Redman
- 1970 · Every Home Should Have One as Magistrate's Clerk