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.
Movie Appearances
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
as Headmaster (1997)
2021
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian & The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
as Lord Rhoop
1989
Porridge
as Mr. Beal
1979
Love's Labour's Lost - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
as Holofernes
2010
A Viking Saga: The Darkest Day
as Athelstan
2013
A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story
as Narrator
2022
Henry IV, Part 1 - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
as Northumberland/Silence
2012
Scoop
as Desk Clerk
2006
Henry IV, Part 2 - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
as Northumberland/Silence
2012
Every Home Should Have One
as Magistrate's Clerk
1970
The Miniaturist
as Pastor Pellicorne
2017
The Crucible
as Judge Hathorne
2014
Nearly a Happy Ending
as Barman
1980
Blackball
as Bowls Official
2003
Cold Enough for Snow
as Golfing Lecturer
1997
Charlie Muffin
as Snare
1979
Mary Poppins Returns
as Information Desk Clerk
2018
Return to Waterloo
as Businessman
1984
Emma.
as Mr. Perrie
2020
National Theatre Live: This House
as Woolwich West / Batley & Morley / Western Isles
2013
TV Appearances
Astronauts
as Commander Malcolm Mattocks
1981
Holding the Fort
1980
Waking the Dead
as Lord Cole
2001
Lovejoy
as Konrad Dekker
1986
The Miniaturist
as Pastor Pellicorne
2017
Bodies
as Reverend Kneale
2023
Anatomy of a Scandal
as Dr. Howard Blackburn
2022
The Hollow Crown
as Shepherd II
2012
A Young Doctor's Notebook
as Judge / Leopold Leopoldovich
2012
A Young Doctor's Notebook
as Leopold Leopoldovich
2012
Endeavour
as Theo Conklin
2013
Land Girls
as Kirkham
2009