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Home/People/Christopher Godwin
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Born
Aug 5, 1943
Age 82
Place of Birth
Loughborough, Leicestershire, England, UK
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male

Career Highlights

26
Movies
20
TV Shows
IMDb ProfileOfficial Website

Christopher Godwin

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.
Return to Narnia poster

Return to Narnia

as Self
2025
National Theatre Live: The Grapes of Wrath poster

National Theatre Live: The Grapes of Wrath

as Grampa Joad / Contractor
2024
A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story poster

A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story

as Narrator
2022
Venom: Let There Be Carnage poster

Venom: Let There Be Carnage

as Headmaster (1997)
2021
The Dig poster

The Dig

as Dr Parry
2021
Emma. poster

Emma.

as Mr. Perrie
2020
Mary Poppins Returns poster

Mary Poppins Returns

as Information Desk Clerk
2018
The Miniaturist poster

The Miniaturist

as Pastor Pellicorne
2017
The Crucible poster

The Crucible

as Judge Hathorne
2014
A Viking Saga: The Darkest Day poster

A Viking Saga: The Darkest Day

as Athelstan
2013
National Theatre Live: This House poster

National Theatre Live: This House

as Woolwich West / Batley & Morley / Western Isles
2013
Henry IV, Part 2 - Live at Shakespeare's Globe poster

Henry IV, Part 2 - Live at Shakespeare's Globe

as Northumberland/Silence
2012
Henry IV, Part 1 - Live at Shakespeare's Globe poster

Henry IV, Part 1 - Live at Shakespeare's Globe

as Northumberland/Silence
2012
Love's Labour's Lost - Live at Shakespeare's Globe poster

Love's Labour's Lost - Live at Shakespeare's Globe

as Holofernes
2010
Scoop poster

Scoop

as Desk Clerk
2006
Blackball poster

Blackball

as Bowls Official
2003
The Avengers poster

The Avengers

as World Council of Ministers
1998
Cold Enough for Snow poster

Cold Enough for Snow

as Golfing Lecturer
1997
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

as Lord Rhoop
1989
A Handful of Dust poster

A Handful of Dust

as Dr. Messinger
1988