Richard Griffiths
Age: N/A | From: Thornaby-on-Tees, North Yorkshire, England, UK
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: Річард Гріффітс
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Thornaby-on-Tees, North Yorkshire, England, UK
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Movie Involvements: 29
TV Involvements: 14
Most Famous Work
Biography
Richard Thomas Griffiths (July 31, 1947 – March 28, 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).
Most Famous Work
The Sweeney
(1975) Ronnie Harries
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
(2001) Vernon Dursley
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
(2002) Vernon Dursley
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
(2004) Vernon Dursley
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
(2007) Vernon Dursley
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
(2010) Vernon Dursley
Tony Awards
(1956) Self - Presenter
Bergerac
(1981) Jean-PierreActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Self | |
| 2013 | Lawyer in Play (uncredited) | |
| 2012 | The Colonel | |
| Juan 'Sin miedo', duque de Borgoña | ||
| 2011 | Monsieur Frick | |
| King George | ||
| Julian Bullard | ||
| 2010 | Vernon Dursley | |
| Hermann Goering (voice) | ||
| Fitz / W. H. Auden | ||
| 2008 | Barry Nottingham | |
| Santa Claus | ||
| Great Uncle Matthew | ||
| 2007 | Vernon Dursley | |
| 2006 | Hector | |
| Donald | ||
| 2005 | Tierrney | |
| Mr. Bayham Badger | ||
| Jeltz (voice) | ||
| 2004 | Sir Charles Sedley | |
| Vernon Dursley | ||
| 2003 | Sir Edward Marshall-Hall | |
| 2002 | Willie Whitelaw | |
| N/A | ||
| Vernon Dursley | ||
| 2001 | Vernon Dursley | |
| 2000 | Self | |
| Dr. Bourdelot | ||
| Swelter | ||
| 1999 | Bürgermeister Phillipse | |
| Leo Wheeldon | ||
| 1998 | Landowner at Party | |
| Geoffrey Crichton Potter | ||
| 1995 | Jim Minty | |
| 1994 | Brian Beasely | |
| Henry Crabbe | ||
| Frederick | ||
| 1992 | Mr. Jackson (voice) | |
| Porter | ||
| Maurice Horton | ||
| 1991 | Self | |
| Dr. Meinheimer / Earl Hacker | ||
| Duncan Phipps | ||
| 1990 | Phil Kirby | |
| 1989 | Second Admiral | |
| 1988 | N/A | |
| 1987 | Brown | |
| N/A | ||
| Monty | ||
| Cardinal | ||
| Canon Humphrey Appleton | ||
| 1986 | Willie Tuttle | |
| N/A | ||
| Hans Koopman | ||
| 1984 | Allardyce | |
| Captain Billings | ||
| 1983 | Anton | |
| Pot Belly | ||
| 1982 | Sir John Falstaff | |
| Collins | ||
| N/A | ||
| The Window Cleaner | ||
| Sidney Barron | ||
| Cheerful Bernie | ||
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1981 | Delmas' Assistant No. 1 | |
| Jean-Pierre | ||
| Sir Tom | ||
| Self | ||
| Head Port-Caius College | ||
| 1980 | Terrorist | |
| Studio Engineer | ||
| 1979 | Derek Farrow | |
| Factory Boss | ||
| 1978 | N/A | |
| Officer | ||
| Self | ||
| 1977 | Bedworth Hogg | |
| 1976 | N/A | |
| Window Cleaner | ||
| 1975 | Ronnie Harries | |
| 1974 | Mr. Ridealgh | |
| 1972 | Interpreter | |
| 1956 | Self - Winner | |
| Self - Presenter | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
