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 ing 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).
Filmography
all 96
Movies 62
TV Shows 34
self 9
Voice 3
About Time (2013)
Private Peaceful (2012)
The Hollow Crown (2012)
Hugo (2011)
Episodes (2011)
Jackboots on Whitehall (2010)
National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art (2010)
Creating the World of Harry Potter (2009)
Bedtime Stories (2008)
Ballet Shoes (2008)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
Venus (2006)
Opa! (2005)
Bleak House (2005)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
Princes in the Tower (2005)
Stage Beauty (2004)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
The Brides in the Bath (2003)
Jeffrey Archer: The Truth (2002)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001)
Vatel (2000)
Gormenghast (2000)
Sleepy Hollow (1999)
Hope and Glory (1999)
Ted & Ralph (1998)
The Animal Train (1998)
Archibald the Koala (1998)
In the Red (1998)
Funny Bones (1995)
A Breed of Heroes (1994)
Pie in the Sky (1994)
Guarding Tess (1994)
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends (1992)
Blame It on the Bellboy (1992)
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends (1992)
The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991)
King Ralph (1991)
Perfect Scoundrels (1990)
El C.I.D. (1990)
Goldeneye (1989)
The Marksman (1987)
Casanova (1987)
Inspector Morse (1987)
Shanghai Surprise (1986)
Lovejoy (1986)
A Private Function (1984)
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984)
The Cleopatras (1983)
The Merry Wives of Windsor (1982)
Gandhi (1982)
A Light Snack (1982)
Five-Minute Films (1982)
The World Cup: A Captain's Tale (1982)
Britannia Hospital (1982)
Ragtime (1981)
Bergerac (1981)
Chariots of Fire (1981)
Superman II (1980)
Breaking Glass (1980)
Minder (1979)
Afternoon Off (1979)
The BBC Television Shakespeare (1978)
It's Only Rock 'n' Roll (1977)
Twelve Off the Belt (1977)
It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet (1976)
Well Thank You, Thursday (1976)
The Sweeney (1975)
Norma (1974)
Village Hall (1974)
Crown Court (1972)
Tony Awards (1956)
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Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1947-07-31
Deathday
2013-03-28 (65 years old)
Birth Place
Thornaby-on-Tees, United Kingdom
Citizenships
United Kingdom
Residences
Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom
Also Known As
Річард Гріффітс
Awards
Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play, Officer of the Order of the British Empire, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play, Theatre World Award, Laurence Olivier Awards
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