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.
Known For

Endeavour

Waking the Dead

Venom: Let There Be Carnage

The Hollow Crown

Lovejoy

Bodies

Murder in Mind

The Chronicles of Narnia
All Movies (26)
- Return to Narnia2025 · as Self
- National Theatre Live: The Grapes of Wrath2024 · as Grampa Joad / Contractor
- A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story2022 · as Narrator
- Venom: Let There Be Carnage2021 · as Headmaster (1997)
- The Dig2021 · as Dr Parry
- Emma.2020 · as Mr. Perrie
- Mary Poppins Returns2018 · as Information Desk Clerk
- The Miniaturist2017 · as Pastor Pellicorne
- The Crucible2014 · as Judge Hathorne
- A Viking Saga: The Darkest Day2013 · as Athelstan
- National Theatre Live: This House2013 · as Woolwich West / Batley & Morley / Western Isles
- Henry IV, Part 2 - Live at Shakespeare's Globe2012 · as Northumberland/Silence
- Henry IV, Part 1 - Live at Shakespeare's Globe2012 · as Northumberland/Silence
- Love's Labour's Lost - Live at Shakespeare's Globe2010 · as Holofernes
- Scoop2006 · as Desk Clerk
- Blackball2003 · as Bowls Official
- The Avengers1998 · as World Council of Ministers
- Cold Enough for Snow1997 · as Golfing Lecturer
- The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian & The Voyage of the Dawn Treader1989 · as Lord Rhoop
- A Handful of Dust1988 · as Dr. Messinger
- Return to Waterloo1984 · as Businessman
- Nearly a Happy Ending1980 · as Barman
- Charlie Muffin1979 · as Snare
- Porridge1979 · as Mr. Beal
- Don't Be Silly1979 · as Michael Redman
- Every Home Should Have One1970 · as Magistrate's Clerk
All TV Shows (20)
- Bodies2023 · as Reverend Kneale
- Anatomy of a Scandal2022 · as Dr. Howard Blackburn
- The Miniaturist2017 · as Pastor Pellicorne
- Endeavour2013 · as Theo Conklin
- A Young Doctor's Notebook2012 · as Judge / Leopold Leopoldovich
- A Young Doctor's Notebook2012 · as Leopold Leopoldovich
- The Hollow Crown2012 · as Shepherd II
- Land Girls2009 · as Kirkham
- After You've Gone2007 · as Reuben Allardyce
- Waking the Dead2001 · as Lord Cole
- Murder in Mind2001 · as Mr. Lewis
- Crown Prosecutor1995 · as Mr. Armitage
- Taking the Floor1991 · as Mr. Tranter
- Nice Work1989 · as Prof. Philip Swallow
- The Chronicles of Narnia1988 · as Lord Rhoop
- Crossbow1987
- Lovejoy1986 · as Konrad Dekker
- C.A.T.S. Eyes1985 · as Sir Thomas Notley
- Astronauts1981 · as Commander Malcolm Mattocks
- Holding the Fort1980