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Christopher Godwin

Christopher Godwin

Born: 1943-08-05 • Loughborough, Leicestershire, England, UK

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
Return to Narnia poster
Return to Narnia
2025 • Self
National Theatre Live: The Grapes of Wrath poster
National Theatre Live: The Grapes of Wrath
2024 • Grampa Joad / Contractor
A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story poster
A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story
2022 • Narrator
Venom: Let There Be Carnage poster
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
2021 • Headmaster (1997)
The Dig poster
The Dig
2021 • Dr Parry
Emma. poster
Emma.
2020 • Mr. Perrie
Mary Poppins Returns poster
Mary Poppins Returns
2018 • Information Desk Clerk
The Miniaturist poster
The Miniaturist
2017 • Pastor Pellicorne
The Crucible poster
The Crucible
2014 • Judge Hathorne
A Viking Saga: The Darkest Day poster
A Viking Saga: The Darkest Day
2013 • Athelstan
National Theatre Live: This House poster
National Theatre Live: This House
2013 • Woolwich West / Batley & Morley / Western Isles
Henry IV, Part 2 - Live at Shakespeare's Globe poster
Henry IV, Part 2 - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
2012 • Northumberland/Silence
Henry IV, Part 1 - Live at Shakespeare's Globe poster
Henry IV, Part 1 - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
2012 • Northumberland/Silence
Love's Labour's Lost - Live at Shakespeare's Globe poster
Love's Labour's Lost - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
2010 • Holofernes
Scoop poster
Scoop
2006 • Desk Clerk
Blackball poster
Blackball
2003 • Bowls Official
The Avengers poster
The Avengers
1998 • World Council of Ministers
Cold Enough for Snow poster
Cold Enough for Snow
1997 • Golfing Lecturer
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian & The Voyage of the Dawn Treader poster
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian & The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
1989 • Lord Rhoop
A Handful of Dust poster
A Handful of Dust
1988 • Dr. Messinger
Return to Waterloo poster
Return to Waterloo
1984 • Businessman
Nearly a Happy Ending poster
Nearly a Happy Ending
1980 • Barman
Charlie Muffin poster
Charlie Muffin
1979 • Snare
Porridge poster
Porridge
1979 • Mr. Beal
Don't Be Silly poster
Don't Be Silly
1979 • Michael Redman
Every Home Should Have One poster
Every Home Should Have One
1970 • Magistrate's Clerk