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