Christopher Godwin
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
Theo Conklin
Waking the Dead
Lord Cole
Bodies
Reverend Kneale
The Hollow Crown
Shepherd II
Anatomy of a Scandal
Dr. Howard Blackburn
C.A.T.S. Eyes
Sir Thomas Notley
A Young Doctor's Notebook
Judge / Leopold Leopoldovich
A Young Doctor's Notebook
Leopold Leopoldovich
Holding the Fort
The Chronicles of Narnia
Lord Rhoop
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
Headmaster (1997)
The Miniaturist
Pastor Pellicorne
Lovejoy
Konrad Dekker
Murder in Mind
Mr. Lewis
Taking the Floor
Mr. Tranter
Emma.
Mr. Perrie
Mary Poppins Returns
Information Desk Clerk
Land Girls
Kirkham
The Avengers
World Council of Ministers
Crown Prosecutor
Mr. Armitage
The Dig
Dr Parry
Scoop
Desk Clerk
Nice Work
Prof. Philip Swallow
A Handful of Dust
Dr. Messinger
Porridge
Mr. Beal
Astronauts
Cmdr Malcolm Mattocks
Charlie Muffin
Snare
Blackball
Bowls Official
The Miniaturist
Pastor Pellicorne
Love's Labour's Lost - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
Holofernes
Every Home Should Have One
Magistrate's Clerk
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian & The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Lord Rhoop
A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story
Narrator
Henry IV, Part 2 - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
Northumberland/Silence
Cold Enough for Snow
Golfing Lecturer
Return to Waterloo
Businessman
The Crucible
Judge Hathorne
National Theatre Live: The Grapes of Wrath
Grampa Joad / Contractor
National Theatre Live: This House
Woolwich West / Batley & Morley / Western Isles
Henry IV, Part 1 - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
Northumberland/Silence
Nearly a Happy Ending
Barman
Don't Be Silly
Michael Redman
A Viking Saga: The Darkest Day
Athelstan