
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.

Venom: Let There Be Carnage
2021 · as Headmaster (1997)

Emma.
2020 · as Mr. Perrie

Mary Poppins Returns
2018 · as Information Desk Clerk

Scoop
2006 · as Desk Clerk

The Dig
2021 · as Dr Parry

The Avengers
1998 · as World Council of Ministers

Blackball
2003 · as Bowls Official

A Handful of Dust
1988 · as Dr. Messinger

The Crucible
2014 · as Judge Hathorne

Porridge
1979 · as Mr. Beal

Return to Narnia
2025 · as Self

National Theatre Live: The Grapes of Wrath
2024 · as Grampa Joad / Contractor

The Miniaturist
2017 · as Pastor Pellicorne

Charlie Muffin
1979 · as Snare

Every Home Should Have One
1970 · as Magistrate's Clerk

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian & The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
1989 · as Lord Rhoop

National Theatre Live: This House
2013 · as Woolwich West / Batley & Morley / Western Isles

Don't Be Silly
1979 · as Michael Redman