Richard Griffiths

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

Images

Cast

King Ralph

King Ralph

1991

5.35

Ballet Shoes

Ballet Shoes

2008

6.36

Vatel

Vatel

2000

6.10

Stage Beauty

Stage Beauty

2004

6.60

Withnail & I

Withnail & I

1987

7.20

Venus

Venus

2006

6.63

Funny Bones

Funny Bones

1995

6.50

Hugo

Hugo

2011

7.20

Opa!

Opa!

2005

5.70

Goldeneye

Goldeneye

1989

5.76

Showing Up

Showing Up

2014

9.20

Gorky Park

Gorky Park

1983

6.32

Ted & Ralph

Ted & Ralph

1998

6.60

Casanova

Casanova

1987

3.86

Gandhi

Gandhi

1982

7.56

Norma

Norma

1974

0.00

Ragtime

Ragtime

1981

7.00

Superman II

Superman II

1980

6.70

About Time

About Time

2013

7.91