Acting · Loughborough, Leicestershire, England, UK · Born August 5, 1943
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.
MovieReturn to Narnia
2025
as Self
MovieNational Theatre Live: The Grapes of Wrath
2024
as Grampa Joad / Contractor
TVBodies
2023
as Reverend Kneale
MovieA Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story
2022
as Narrator
TVAnatomy of a Scandal
2022
as Dr. Howard Blackburn
MovieVenom: Let There Be Carnage
2021
as Headmaster (1997)
MovieThe Dig
2021
as Dr Parry
MovieEmma.
2020
as Mr. Perrie
MovieMary Poppins Returns
2018
as Information Desk Clerk
MovieThe Miniaturist
2017
as Pastor Pellicorne
TVThe Miniaturist
2017
as Pastor Pellicorne
MovieThe Crucible
2014
as Judge Hathorne
MovieA Viking Saga: The Darkest Day
2013
as Athelstan
MovieNational Theatre Live: This House
2013
as Woolwich West / Batley & Morley / Western Isles
TVEndeavour
2013
as Theo Conklin
TVA Young Doctor's Notebook
2012
as Judge / Leopold Leopoldovich
TVThe Hollow Crown
2012
as Shepherd II
MovieHenry IV, Part 2 - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
2012
as Northumberland/Silence
MovieHenry IV, Part 1 - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
2012
as Northumberland/Silence
MovieLove's Labour's Lost - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
2010
as Holofernes
TVLand Girls
2009
as Kirkham
TVAfter You've Gone
2007
as Reuben Allardyce
MovieScoop
2006
as Desk Clerk
MovieBlackball
2003
as Bowls Official
TVWaking the Dead
2001
as Lord Cole
TVMurder in Mind
2001
as Mr. Lewis
MovieThe Avengers
1998
as World Council of Ministers
MovieCold Enough for Snow
1997
as Golfing Lecturer
Crown Prosecutor
1995
as Mr. Armitage
TVTaking the Floor
1991
as Mr. Tranter
MovieThe Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian & The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
1989
as Lord Rhoop
TVNice Work
1989
as Prof. Philip Swallow
TVThe Chronicles of Narnia
1988
as Lord Rhoop
MovieA Handful of Dust
1988
as Dr. Messinger
TVCrossbow
1987
TVLovejoy
1986
as Konrad Dekker
TVC.A.T.S. Eyes
1985
as Sir Thomas Notley
MovieReturn to Waterloo
1984
as Businessman
TVAstronauts
1981
as Commander Malcolm Mattocks
Holding the Fort
1980
as Hector Quilley
MovieNearly a Happy Ending
1980
as Barman
MovieCharlie Muffin
1979
as Snare
MoviePorridge
1979
as Mr. Beal
MovieDon't Be Silly
1979
as Michael Redman
MovieEvery Home Should Have One
1970
as Magistrate's Clerk
