Christopher Godwin

Known for ActingBorn 1943-08-05 (age 82)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.Read more

Movies & web series

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

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

A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story

Nearly a Happy Ending

National Theatre Live: This House

Murder in Mind

Return to Narnia

Endeavour

Land Girls

The Crucible

The Hollow Crown

The Chronicles of Narnia

Bodies

The Miniaturist

The Miniaturist

A Young Doctor's Notebook

Lovejoy

Emma.

Waking the Dead

Anatomy of a Scandal

Cold Enough for Snow

The Dig

Venom: Let There Be Carnage

Astronauts

Mary Poppins Returns

Scoop

Return to Waterloo

Porridge

Nice Work

Charlie Muffin

Crossbow

A Handful of Dust

Crown Prosecutor

Taking the Floor

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian & The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

C.A.T.S. Eyes

Holding the Fort

Blackball

After You've Gone

Every Home Should Have One

The Avengers

A Viking Saga: The Darkest Day

National Theatre Live: The Grapes of Wrath

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

Don't Be Silly