Cast & creator
Christopher Godwin
Best known for Waking the Dead, Endeavour, Lovejoy
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.
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film credits
21
television credits
47
1970–2025 · acting roles
6.9
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (47)
Showing 47 of 47 credits
Waking the Dead
Lord Cole
2001
Endeavour
Theo Conklin
2013
Lovejoy
Konrad Dekker
1986
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
Headmaster (1997)
2021
Crossbow
1987
The Chronicles of Narnia
Lord Rhoop
1988
The Hollow Crown
Shepherd II
2012
Murder in Mind
Mr. Lewis
2001
Bodies
Reverend Kneale
2023
Anatomy of a Scandal
Dr. Howard Blackburn
2022
Mary Poppins Returns
Information Desk Clerk
2018
A Young Doctor's Notebook
Judge / Leopold Leopoldovich
2012A Young Doctor's Notebook
Leopold Leopoldovich
2012
Emma.
Mr. Perrie
2020
C.A.T.S. Eyes
Sir Thomas Notley
1985
Land Girls
Kirkham
2009Crown Prosecutor
Mr. Armitage
1995
The Miniaturist
Pastor Pellicorne
2017
Thomas & Sarah
Sir Roger Arlington
1979
The Dig
Dr Parry
2021
After You've Gone
Reuben Allardyce
2007
The Avengers
World Council of Ministers
1998
Scoop
Desk Clerk
2006
Nice Work
Prof. Philip Swallow
1989
Every Home Should Have One
Magistrate's Clerk
1970
National Theatre at Home: The Grapes of Wrath
Grampa Joad / Contractor
2024
A Handful of Dust
Dr. Messinger
1988Holding the Fort
Hector Quilley
1980
Astronauts
Commander Malcolm Mattocks
1981
The Miniaturist
Pastor Pellicorne
2017
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian & The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Lord Rhoop
1989
Blackball
Bowls Official
2003
Henry IV, Part 1 - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
Northumberland/Silence
2012
Taking the Floor
Mr. Tranter
1991
National Theatre Live: This House
Woolwich West / Batley & Morley / Western Isles
2013
Return to Narnia
Self
2025
The Crucible
Judge Hathorne
2014
Nearly a Happy Ending
Barman
1980
Cold Enough for Snow
Golfing Lecturer
1997
Love's Labour's Lost - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
Holofernes
2010
Don't Be Silly
Michael Redman
1979
A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story
Narrator
2022
Henry IV, Part 2 - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
Northumberland/Silence
2012
Porridge
Mr. Beal
1979
Charlie Muffin
Snare
1979
Return to Waterloo
Businessman
1984
A Viking Saga: The Darkest Day
Athelstan
2013