Biography
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).
Filmography
all 89
Movies 56
TV Shows 33
self 7
Voice 2
Showing Up (2014)
About Time (2013)
Private Peaceful (2012)
The Hollow Crown (2012)
Hugo (2011)
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)
Episodes (2011)
Alan Bennett and the Habit of Art (2010)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)
Jackboots on Whitehall (2010)
National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art (2010)
Bedtime Stories (2008)
A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa (2008)
Ballet Shoes (2008)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
The History Boys (2006)
Venus (2006)
Opa! (2005)
Bleak House (2005)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
Stage Beauty (2004)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
The Brides in the Bath (2003)
Jeffrey Archer: The Truth (2002)
TLC (2002)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001)
Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend (2000)
Vatel (2000)
Gormenghast (2000)
Sleepy Hollow (1999)
Hope and Glory (1999)
Ted & Ralph (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)
Mr. Wakefield's Crusade (1992)
Blame It on the Bellboy (1992)
Pebble Mill (1991)
The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991)
King Ralph (1991)
Perfect Scoundrels (1990)
El C.I.D. (1990)
Goldeneye (1989)
Kind of Living (1988)
The Marksman (1987)
Ffizz (1987)
Withnail & I (1987)
Casanova (1987)
Inspector Morse (1987)
Shanghai Surprise (1986)
Boon (1986)
Lovejoy (1986)
A Private Function (1984)
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984)
Gorky Park (1983)
The Cleopatras (1983)
The Merry Wives of Windsor (1982)
Gandhi (1982)
Countdown (1982)
A Light Snack (1982)
Five-Minute Films (1982)
The World Cup: A Captain's Tale (1982)
Britannia Hospital (1982)
Bird of Prey (1982)
Whoops Apocalypse (1982)
Ragtime (1981)
Bergerac (1981)
The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981)
Six Fifty-Five Special (1981)
Chariots of Fire (1981)
Superman II (1980)
Breaking Glass (1980)
Minder (1979)
Afternoon Off (1979)
BBC Television Shakespeare (1978)
The Comedy of Errors (1978)
An Audience with... (1978)
Twelve Off the Belt (1977)
It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet (1976)
Well Thank You, Thursday (1976)
The Sweeney (1975)
Village Hall (1974)
Crown Court (1972)
Tony Awards (1956)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1947-07-31
Deathday2013-03-28 (65 years old)
Birth PlaceThornaby-on-Tees, United Kingdom
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
ResidencesStratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom
Also Known AsРичард Гриффитс
AwardsDrama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play, Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play, Officer of the Order of the British Empire, Theatre World Award, Laurence Olivier Award
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