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Christopher Godwin

ActorBorn August 5, 1943 (81 years)
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.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • My Family
  • A Handful of Dust
  • A Viking Saga: The Darkest Day
  • Boon
  • Crossbow

Known For

  • Porridge
  • A Viking Saga: The Darkest Day
  • The Crucible
  • My Family and Other Animals
  • This House
  • A Deadly Game
  • A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story
  • Astronauts
  • Love's Labour's Lost (Globe Theatre Version)
  • Nearly a Happy Ending
  • Snakes and Ladders

Filmography

2025
Stand Your Ground · as Doctor Sam
2023
Bodies (2023) (TV Series) · as Reverend Kneale
2022
2022
Anatomy of a Scandal (TV Series) · as Dr. Howard Blackburn
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
2017
The Miniaturist (TV Series) · as Pastor Pellicorne
2016
Harley and the Davidsons (TV Series) · as Hd Lawyer 2
2014
The Crucible · as Judge Hathorne
2013
2013
This House · as Woolwich West / Batley & Morley / Western Isles
2012
A Young Doctor's Notebook (TV Series) · as Judge / Leopold Leopoldovich
2012
The Hollow Crown (TV Series) · as Shepherd Ii
2012
Endeavour (TV Series) · as Theo Conklin
2011
Dark Matters (TV Series) · as Louis Pasteur
2010
2009
Land Girls (TV Series) · as Kirkham
2009
Breaking the Mould · as The Master
2007
After You've Gone (TV Series) · as Reuben Allardyce
2006
Lead Balloon (TV Series) · as Colin
2006
Scoop · as Desk Clerk
2003
Blackball · as Bowls Official
2002
Strange (TV Series) · as Bishop Otterman
2002
Manchild (TV Series) · as Bank Official
2001
Murder in Mind (TV Series) · as Mr. Lewis
2000
My Family (TV Series) · as Patrick
2000
Waking the Dead (TV Series) · as Lord Cole
2000
Doctors (TV Series) · as Alec Greenaway
1998
Jinnah · as Recruitment Officer
1998
The Avengers · as World Council Of Ministers
1997
Cold Enough for Snow · as Golfing Lecturer
1997
FairyTale: A True Story · as City Businessman
1995
The Peter Principle (TV Series) · as Viscount Graham
1994
Moving Story (TV Series) · as Business Man In Rolls Royce
1989
1989
1989
Snakes and Ladders (TV Series) · as Mr Haverty
1989
Nice Work (TV Series) · as Prof. Philip Swallow
1988
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1988) (TV Series) · as Lord Rhoop
1988
Piece of Cake (TV Series) · as Doctor
1988
A Handful of Dust · as Dr. Messinger
1987
My Family and Other Animals (TV Series) · as Dr. Theodore Stephanides
1987
Crossbow (TV Series) · as Imperial Guard
1986
Casualty (TV Series) · as Lawrence
1986
Return to Treasure Island (TV Series) · as Devereaux
1986
Boon (TV Series) · as Ronnie Blackwater
1986
Lovejoy (TV Series) · as Konrad Dekker
1985
C.A.T.S. Eyes (TV Series) · as Sir Thomas Notley
1984
Return to Waterloo · as Businessman
1984
The Bill (TV Series) · as D. Supt. Douglas
1983
Bullshot Crummond · as Maitre D'
1981
Astronauts (TV Series) · as Cmdr Malcolm Mattocks
1980
1979
A Deadly Game · as Snare
1979
Not the Nine O'Clock News (TV Series) · as Various
1979
Porridge · as Mr. Beal
1979
Thomas and Sarah (TV Series) · as Sir Roger Arlington
1978
Hazell (TV Series) · as Claw-Hammer
1970
Play for Today (TV Series) · as Michael Redman
1970
Every Home Should Have One · as Magistrate's Clerk
1966
Softly Softly (TV Series) · as Pc Grange
1962
Z Cars (TV Series) · as Dennis Proctor

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