Acting credits
43
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Christopher Godwin
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 26Series: 17
TMDB ID: 142519
IMDb ID: nm0324241
Known for: Acting
Born: August 5, 1943
Age: 82
Place of birth: Loughborough, Leicestershire, England, UK
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1970 - 2025
Years active: 56
Average TMDB rating: 6.62
Wikidata: Q5112409
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.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Christopher Godwin.
8.0
Return to Narnia
as Self
2025 Movie
National Theatre Live: The Grapes of Wrath
as Grampa Joad / Contractor
2024 Movie
8.7
A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story
as Narrator
2022 Movie
6.8
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
as Headmaster (1997)
2021 Movie
6.8
The Dig
as Dr Parry
2021 Movie
7.0
Emma.
as Mr. Perrie
2020 Movie
6.5
Mary Poppins Returns
as Information Desk Clerk
2018 Movie
7.2
The Miniaturist
as Pastor Pellicorne
2017 Movie
7.6
The Crucible
as Judge Hathorne
2014 Movie
3.8
A Viking Saga: The Darkest Day
as Athelstan
2013 Movie
8.5
National Theatre Live: This House
as Woolwich West / Batley & Morley / Western Isles
2013 Movie
10.0
Henry IV, Part 2 - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
as Northumberland/Silence
2012 Movie
10.0
Henry IV, Part 1 - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
as Northumberland/Silence
2012 Movie
Love's Labour's Lost - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
as Holofernes
2010 Movie
6.6
Scoop
as Desk Clerk
2006 Movie
5.2
Blackball
as Bowls Official
2003 Movie
4.4
The Avengers
as World Council of Ministers
1998 Movie
6.5
Cold Enough for Snow
as Golfing Lecturer
1997 Movie
5.7
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian & The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
as Lord Rhoop
1989 Movie
6.0
A Handful of Dust
as Dr. Messinger
1988 Movie
6.7
Return to Waterloo
as Businessman
1984 Movie
Nearly a Happy Ending
as Barman
1980 Movie
5.5
Charlie Muffin
as Snare
1979 Movie
6.7
Porridge
as Mr. Beal
1979 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Christopher Godwin.
7.2
Bodies
as Reverend Kneale • 3 eps
2023 Series
7.0
Anatomy of a Scandal
as Dr. Howard Blackburn • 1 eps
2022 Series
7.2
The Miniaturist
as Pastor Pellicorne • 2 eps
2017 Series
8.1
Endeavour
as Theo Conklin • 1 eps
2013 Series
7.1
A Young Doctor's Notebook
as Judge / Leopold Leopoldovich • 1 eps
2012 Series
7.4
The Hollow Crown
as Shepherd II • 1 eps
2012 Series
7.8
Land Girls
as Kirkham • 1 eps
2009 Series
4.8
After You've Gone
as Reuben Allardyce • 1 eps
2007 Series
7.2
Waking the Dead
as Lord Cole • 1 eps
2001 Series
8.4
Murder in Mind
as Mr. Lewis • 1 eps
2001 Series
6.0
Taking the Floor
as Mr. Tranter • 6 eps
1991 Series
6.5
Nice Work
as Prof. Philip Swallow • 2 eps
1989 Series
7.5
The Chronicles of Narnia
as Lord Rhoop • 1 eps
1988 Series
6.2
Crossbow
1 eps
1987 Series
7.3
Lovejoy
as Konrad Dekker • 1 eps
1986 Series
5.8
C.A.T.S. Eyes
as Sir Thomas Notley • 1 eps
1985 Series
5.5
Astronauts
as Cmdr Malcolm Mattocks • 13 eps
1981 Series