
Richard Griffiths
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).
Personal Info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1947-07-31
Place of Birth
Thornaby-on-Tees, North Yorkshire, England, UK
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
20027.7 / 10
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
20017.9 / 10
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
20048.0 / 10
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
20077.7 / 10
Bedtime Stories
20086.2 / 10
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
20116.6 / 10
Sleepy Hollow
19997.2 / 10
King Ralph
19915.4 / 10
Ballet Shoes
20086.4 / 10
Twelve Off the Belt
19770.0 / 10
Vatel
20006.1 / 10
The History Boys
20066.7 / 10
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
20107.7 / 10
Britannia Hospital
19826.3 / 10
Stage Beauty
20046.7 / 10
A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa
20086.0 / 10
Blame It on the Bellboy
19925.4 / 10
Withnail & I
19877.3 / 10
Venus
20066.6 / 10
Funny Bones
19956.5 / 10
Hugo
20117.2 / 10
A Private Function
19846.3 / 10
Shanghai Surprise
19864.2 / 10
Opa!
20055.7 / 10
Goldeneye
19896.0 / 10
Private Peaceful
20126.6 / 10
The World Cup: A Captain's Tale
19827.0 / 10
A Light Snack
19825.8 / 10
Showing Up
20149.2 / 10
National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art
20108.0 / 10
Gorky Park
19836.3 / 10
Guarding Tess
19946.0 / 10
The Comedy of Errors
19788.8 / 10
Ted & Ralph
19986.6 / 10
Casanova
19874.2 / 10
Gandhi
19827.6 / 10
It's Only Rock 'n' Roll
19770.0 / 10
Norma
19740.0 / 10
Afternoon Off
19790.0 / 10
Mr. Wakefield's Crusade
19924.5 / 10
The Brides in the Bath
20035.9 / 10
Ragtime
19817.0 / 10
The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear
19916.8 / 10
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
20056.7 / 10
Superman II
19806.7 / 10
The Movie Life of George
19890.0 / 10
It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet
19766.0 / 10
Jeffrey Archer: The Truth
20024.8 / 10
Jackboots on Whitehall
20105.0 / 10
Breaking Glass
19806.9 / 10
Chariots of Fire
19816.8 / 10
A Breed of Heroes
19941.0 / 10
The French Lieutenant's Woman
19816.4 / 10
Well Thank You, Thursday
19760.0 / 10
About Time
20137.9 / 10
The Merry Wives of Windsor
19828.0 / 10
Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend
20007.0 / 10
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
19928.5 / 10
Princes in the Tower
20050.0 / 10