
Christopher Godwin
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1943-08-05 (81 years old)
Place of Birth
Loughborough, Leicestershire, England, UK
Christopher Godwin
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.
Acting
(2024)
National Theatre Live: The Grapes of Wrath
as Grampa Joad / Contractor
(2022)
A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story
as Narrator
(2021)
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
as Headmaster (1997)
(2021)
The Dig
as Dr Parry
(2020)
Emma.
as Mr. Perrie
(2018)
Mary Poppins Returns
as Information Desk Clerk
(2017)
The Miniaturist
as Pastor Pellicorne
(2014)
The Crucible
as Judge Hathorne
(2013)
National Theatre Live: This House
as Woolwich West / Batley & Morley / Western Isles
(2013)
A Viking Saga: The Darkest Day
as Athelstan
(2012)
Henry IV, Part 2 - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
as Northumberland/Silence
(2012)
Henry IV, Part 1 - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
as Northumberland/Silence
(2010)
Love's Labour's Lost - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
as Holofernes
(2006)
Scoop
as Desk Clerk
(2003)
Blackball
as Bowls Official
(1998)
The Avengers
as World Council of Ministers
(1997)
Cold Enough for Snow
as Golfing Lecturer
(1989)
(1988)
A Handful of Dust
as Dr. Messinger
(1984)
Return to Waterloo
as Businessman
(1980)
Nearly a Happy Ending
as Barman
(1979)
Porridge
as Beal
(1979)
Charlie Muffin
as Snare
(1979)
Don't Be Silly
as Michael Redman
(1970)
Every Home Should Have One
as Magistrate's Clerk