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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.
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.
Filmography
2025 | Stand Your Ground · as Doctor Sam |
2023 | Bodies (2023) (TV Series) · as Reverend Kneale |
2022 | A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story · as Narrator |
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 | A Viking Saga: The Darkest Day · as Athelstan |
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 | Love's Labour's Lost (Globe Theatre Version) · as Holofernes |
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 | |
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 | Prince Caspian & The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (TV Series) · as Lord Rhoop |
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 | |
1986 | Casualty (TV Series) · as Lawrence |
1986 | Return to Treasure Island (TV Series) · as Devereaux |
1986 | |
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 | Nearly a Happy Ending · as Barman |
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 |