Richard Griffiths
Acting
Richard Thomas Griffiths (31 July 1947 – 28 March 2013) was an English actor of film, television, and stage. For his performance in the stage play The History Boys, Griffiths won a Tony Award, a Laurence Olivier Award, the Drama Desk Award and the Outer Critics Circle Award. For the 2006 film adaptation, Griffiths was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role.
He played Vernon Dursley in the Harry Potter films (2001-2010) and Great Uncle Matthew Brown "Gum" in the BBC film Ballet Shoes (2007). He also portrayed Uncle Monty in Withnail and I (1987), and Henry Crabbe in Pie in the Sky (1994–1997). Earlier in his career, he had supporting roles in such critically acclaimed films as Chariots of Fire (1981), The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981), Gandhi (1982), and The Naked Gun 2+1⁄2: The Smell of Fear (1991). In his later career he appeared in Sleepy Hollow (1999), The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005), Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011) and in Martin Scorsese's Hugo (2011).
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Date of Birth:
1947-07-31
Country:
Thornaby-on-Tees, North Yorkshire, England, UK
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Richard Griffiths
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Filmography of
Richard Griffiths
Self
... 2014
Lawyer in Play (uncredited)
... 2013
The Colonel
... 2012
Monsieur Frick
... 2011
King George
... 2011
Vernon Dursley
... 2010
Hermann Goering (voice)
... 2010
Fitz / W. H. Auden
... 2010
Barry Nottingham
... 2008
Santa Claus
... 2008
Great Uncle Matthew
... 2008
Vernon Dursley
... 2007
Hector
... 2006
Donald
... 2006
Tierrney
... 2005
Jeltz (voice)
... 2005
Thomas More voice
... 2005
Sir Charles Sedley
... 2004
Vernon Dursley
... 2004
Sir Edward Marshall-Hall
... 2003
Willie Whitelaw
... 2002
Vernon Dursley
... 2002
Vernon Dursley
... 2001
... 2000
Dr. Bourdelot
... 2000
Bürgermeister Phillipse
... 1999
Landowner at Party
... 1998
Elephant
... 1998
Jim Minty
... 1995
Brian Beasely
... 1994
Frederick
... 1994
Porter
... 1992
Maurice Horton
... 1992
Mr. Alderman Ptolomy Tortoise/Mr. Jackson/Sir Isaac Newton
... 1992
Dr. Meinheimer / Earl Hacker
... 1991
Duncan Phipps
... 1991
Second Admiral
... 1989
... 1989
Monty
... 1987
Cardinal
... 1987
Willie Tuttle
... 1986
Allardyce
... 1984
Captain Billings
... 1984
Anton
... 1983
Sir John Falstaff
... 1982
Collins
... 1982
The Window Cleaner
... 1982
Sidney Barron
... 1982
Cheerful Bernie
... 1982
Delmas' Assistant No. 1
... 1981
Sir Tom
... 1981
Head Porter - Caius College
... 1981
Terrorist
... 1980
Studio Engineer
... 1980
Factory Boss
... 1979
Officer
... 1978
Board Member
... 1977
Bedworth Hogg
... 1977
Sam Broadbent
... 1976
Window Cleaner
... 1976
Park Keeper
... 1974