Christopher Godwin
Acting • Born 1943-08-05
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.
Filmography
46 credits
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
Movie • 2021
Headmaster (1997)
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian & The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Movie • 1989
Lord Rhoop
Porridge
Movie • 1979
Mr. Beal
Love's Labour's Lost - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
Movie • 2010
Holofernes
A Viking Saga: The Darkest Day
Movie • 2013
Athelstan
A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story
Movie • 2022
Narrator
Henry IV, Part 2 - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
Movie • 2012
Northumberland/Silence
Scoop
Movie • 2006
Desk Clerk
Henry IV, Part 1 - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
Movie • 2012
Northumberland/Silence
Every Home Should Have One
Movie • 1970
Magistrate's Clerk
The Miniaturist
Movie • 2017
Pastor Pellicorne
The Crucible
Movie • 2014
Judge Hathorne
Nearly a Happy Ending
Movie • 1980
Barman
Blackball
Movie • 2003
Bowls Official
Cold Enough for Snow
Movie • 1997
Golfing Lecturer
Charlie Muffin
Movie • 1979
Snare
Mary Poppins Returns
Movie • 2018
Information Desk Clerk
Return to Waterloo
Movie • 1984
Businessman
Emma.
Movie • 2020
Mr. Perrie
National Theatre Live: This House
Movie • 2013
Woolwich West / Batley & Morley / Western Isles
Don't Be Silly
Movie • 1979
Michael Redman
A Handful of Dust
Movie • 1988
Dr. Messinger
The Dig
Movie • 2021
Dr Parry
The Avengers
Movie • 1998
World Council of Ministers
National Theatre Live: The Grapes of Wrath
Movie • 2024
Grampa Joad / Contractor
Return to Narnia
Movie • 2025
Self
Astronauts
TV • 1981
Cmdr Malcolm Mattocks
Holding the Fort
TV • 1980
Waking the Dead
TV • 2001
Lord Cole
Lovejoy
TV • 1986
Konrad Dekker
The Miniaturist
TV • 2017
Pastor Pellicorne
Bodies
TV • 2023
Reverend Kneale
Anatomy of a Scandal
TV • 2022
Dr. Howard Blackburn
The Hollow Crown
TV • 2012
Shepherd II
A Young Doctor's Notebook
TV • 2012
Judge / Leopold Leopoldovich
A Young Doctor's Notebook
TV • 2012
Leopold Leopoldovich
Endeavour
TV • 2013
Theo Conklin
Land Girls
TV • 2009
Kirkham
Taking the Floor
TV • 1991
Mr. Tranter
Nice Work
TV • 1989
Prof. Philip Swallow
Murder in Mind
TV • 2001
Mr. Lewis
The Chronicles of Narnia
TV • 1988
Lord Rhoop
Crown Prosecutor
TV • 1995
Mr. Armitage
C.A.T.S. Eyes
TV • 1985
Sir Thomas Notley
After You've Gone
TV • 2007
Reuben Allardyce
Crossbow
TV • 1987