Richard Griffiths
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1947-07-31 (66 years old)
Deathday
2013-03-28
Place of Birth
Thornaby-on-Tees, North Yorkshire, England, UK
Also known As
Річард Гріффітс
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, ...
Acting
2002
as Vernon Dursley
2004
as Vernon Dursley
2001
as Vernon Dursley
2007
as Vernon Dursley
2008
as Barry Nottingham
2011
as King George
1999
as Bürgermeister Phillipse
1991
as Duncan Phipps
2008
as Great Uncle Matthew
1977
as Bedworth Hogg
2000
as Dr. Bourdelot
2006
as Hector
2010
as Vernon Dursley
1982
as Cheerful Bernie
2004
as Sir Charles Sedley
2008
as Santa Claus
1992
as Maurice Horton
1987
as Monty
2006
as Donald
1995
as Jim Minty
2011
as Monsieur Frick
1984
as Allardyce
1986
as Willie Tuttle
2005
as Tierrney
1989
as Second Admiral
2012
as The Colonel
1982
as Sidney Barron
1982
as The Window Cleaner
2014
as Self
2010
as Fitz / W. H. Auden
1983
as Anton
1994
as Frederick
1978
as Officer
1998
as Landowner at Party
1987
as Cardinal
1982
as Collins
1977
as Board Member
1974
as Park Keeper
1979
as Factory Boss
1992
as Porter
2003
as Sir Edward Marshall-Hall
1981
as Delmas' Assistant No. 1
1984
as Captain Billings
1991
as Dr. Meinheimer / Earl Hacker
2005
as Jeltz (voice)
1980
as Terrorist
1989
as Self
1976
as Sam Broadbent
2002
as Willie Whitelaw
2010
as Hermann Goering (voice)
1980
as Studio Engineer
1981
as Head Porter - Caius College
1994
as Brian Beasely
1981
as Sir Tom
1976
as Window Cleaner
2013
as Lawyer in Play (uncredited)
1982
as Sir John Falstaff
2000
1992
as Mr. Alderman Ptolomy Tortoise/Mr. Jackson/Sir Isaac Newton
2005
as Thomas More voice
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