Christopher Godwin (born 5 August 1943) is a British actor who has been active since the late 1960s.

TV and recording career

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 ''

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'', '' Nearly a Happy Ending'', '' Return to Waterloo'', ''South of the Border'', ''Return to Treasure Island'', '' Nice Work'', '' The Voyage of the Dawn Treader'', ''

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'', '' FairyTale: A True Story'', ''

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'', '' Murder in Mind'', '' Waking the Dead'' and '' The Peter Principle (There's Something About Geoffrey)''. His film career has included roles in ''

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'' (1979), '' Charlie Muffin'' (1979), '' Bullshot'' (1983), '' A Handful of Dust'' (1988), '' FairyTale: A True Story'' (1997), '' Jinnah'' (1998), ''

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'' (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''.

Stage appearances

Godwin played the role of Holofernes in ''

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'' in the 2007 season at Shakespeare's Globe. He starred in '' The Woman in Black'' at the

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in London and toured with the Stephen Joseph Company in "Better off Dead" by Alan Ayckbourn (October/November 2018). He played the Narrator/Tim in

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's production '' A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story'' (2021).

References

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* 1943 births Living people English male stage actors English male television actors Actors from Loughborough Male actors from Leicestershire {{England-actor-stub