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Known For
Acting
Birthday
August 5, 1943
Place of Birth
Loughborough, Leicestershire, England, UK
Christopher Godwin
0.4 Popularity
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.
Known For
8.0
Self
Return to Narnia
2025
0.0
Grampa Joad / Contractor
National Theatre Live: The Grapes of Wrath
2024
7.2
Reverend Kneale
Bodies
2023
8.7
Narrator
A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story
2022
7.0
Dr. Howard Blackburn
Anatomy of a Scandal
2022
6.8
Headmaster (1997)
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
2021
6.9
Dr Parry
The Dig
2021
7.0
Mr. Perrie
Emma.
2020
6.5
Information Desk Clerk
Mary Poppins Returns
2018
7.2
Pastor Pellicorne
The Miniaturist
2017
Credits
Return to Narnia
as Self
2025
8.0
National Theatre Live: The Grapes of Wrath
as Grampa Joad / Contractor
2024
0.0
Bodies
as Reverend Kneale
2023
7.2
A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story
as Narrator
2022
8.7
Anatomy of a Scandal
as Dr. Howard Blackburn
2022
7.0
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
as Headmaster (1997)
2021
6.8
The Dig
as Dr Parry
2021
6.9
Emma.
as Mr. Perrie
2020
7.0
Mary Poppins Returns
as Information Desk Clerk
2018
6.5
The Miniaturist
as Pastor Pellicorne
2017
7.2
The Miniaturist
as Pastor Pellicorne
2017
7.2
The Crucible
as Judge Hathorne
2014
7.6
A Viking Saga: The Darkest Day
as Athelstan
2013
3.8
National Theatre Live: This House
as Woolwich West / Batley & Morley / Western Isles
2013
8.5
Endeavour
as Theo Conklin
2013
8.1
A Young Doctor's Notebook
as Judge / Leopold Leopoldovich
2012
7.1
A Young Doctor's Notebook
as Leopold Leopoldovich
2012
7.1
The Hollow Crown
as Shepherd II
2012
7.4
Henry IV, Part 2 - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
as Northumberland/Silence
2012
10.0
Henry IV, Part 1 - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
as Northumberland/Silence
2012
10.0
Love's Labour's Lost - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
as Holofernes
2010
0.0
Land Girls
as Kirkham
2009
7.8
After You've Gone
as Reuben Allardyce
2007
4.8
Scoop
as Desk Clerk
2006
6.6
Blackball
as Bowls Official
2003
5.2
Waking the Dead
as Lord Cole
2001
7.2
Murder in Mind
as Mr. Lewis
2001
8.4
The Avengers
as World Council of Ministers
1998
4.4
Cold Enough for Snow
as Golfing Lecturer
1997
6.5
🎬
Crown Prosecutor
as Mr. Armitage
1995
3.0
Taking the Floor
as Mr. Tranter
1991
6.0
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian & The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
as Lord Rhoop
1989
5.4
Nice Work
as Prof. Philip Swallow
1989
6.5
The Chronicles of Narnia
as Lord Rhoop
1988
7.4
A Handful of Dust
as Dr. Messinger
1988
6.0
Lovejoy
as Konrad Dekker
1986
7.3
C.A.T.S. Eyes
as Sir Thomas Notley
1985
5.8
Return to Waterloo
as Businessman
1984
6.7
Astronauts
as Cmdr Malcolm Mattocks
1981
5.5
🎬
Holding the Fort
1980
5.0
Nearly a Happy Ending
as Barman
1980
0.0
Charlie Muffin
as Snare
1979
5.5
Porridge
as Mr. Beal
1979
6.7
Don't Be Silly
as Michael Redman
1979
0.0
Every Home Should Have One
as Magistrate's Clerk
1970
4.8