Christopher Godwin

Christopher Godwin (81)

1943-08-05 | Loughborough, Leicestershire, England, UK

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.

On Movies

  • A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story
  • Venom: Let There Be Carnage
  • The Dig
  • Emma.
  • Mary Poppins Returns
  • The Miniaturist
  • A Viking Saga: The Darkest Day
  • National Theatre Live: This House
  • Henry IV, Part 2 - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
  • Henry IV, Part 1 - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
  • Love's Labour's Lost - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
  • Scoop
  • Blackball
  • The Avengers
  • Cold Enough for Snow
  • The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian & The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
  • A Handful of Dust
  • Return to Waterloo
  • Nearly a Happy Ending
  • Charlie Muffin
  • Porridge
  • Don't Be Silly
  • Every Home Should Have One

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