

Actor
August 5, 1943 · 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).
National Theatre at Home: The Grapes of Wrath
as Grampa Joad / Contractor
A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story
as Narrator
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
as Headmaster (1997)
The Dig
as Dr Parry
Emma.
as Mr. Perrie
Mary Poppins Returns
as Information Desk Clerk
The Miniaturist
as Pastor Pellicorne
The Crucible
as Judge Hathorne
A Viking Saga: The Darkest Day
as Athelstan
National Theatre Live: This House
as Woolwich West / Batley & Morley / Western Isles
Henry IV, Part 2 - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
as Northumberland/Silence
Henry IV, Part 1 - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
as Northumberland/Silence