Richard Griffiths
Known for: Acting
Born: July 31, 1947
Died: March 28, 2013
Place of birth: Thornaby-on-Tees, North Yorkshire, England, UK
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).
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Filmography
62 movies · 37 TV shows, newest first
9.2
Showing Up
2014
7.9
About Time
2013
6.6
Private Peaceful
2012
7.4
The Hollow Crown
2012
7.2
Hugo
2011
6.6
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
2011
7.2
Episodes
2011
7.7
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010
4.9
Jackboots on Whitehall
2010
8.0
National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art
2010
6.2
Bedtime Stories
2008
5.9
A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa
2008
6.3
Ballet Shoes
2008
7.7
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2007
6.6
The History Boys
2006
6.6
Venus
2006
8.5
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
2006
6.0
Opa!
2005
8.1
Bleak House
2005
6.7
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
20059.0
Princes in the Tower
2005
6.6
Stage Beauty
2004
8.0
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2004
5.7
The Brides in the Bath
2003
4.7
Jeffrey Archer: The Truth
2002
6.2
tlc
2002
7.7
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2002
7.9
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
2001
7.1
Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend
2000
6.1
Vatel
2000
7.0
Gormenghast
2000
7.2
Sleepy Hollow
1999
7.5
Hope and Glory
1999
7.0
Ted & Ralph
1998
7.0
The Animal Train
1998
6.1
In the Red
1998
NR
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies and Mrs. Tittlemouse
1996
7.1
TFI Friday
1996
6.6
Funny Bones
1995
3.7
A Breed of Heroes
1994
8.3
Pie in the Sky
1994
6.0
Guarding Tess
1994
6.4
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
1992
5.7
Mr. Wakefield's Crusade
1992
5.4
Blame It on the Bellboy
19924.1
Pebble Mill
1991
6.8
The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear
1991
5.4
King Ralph
1991
6.0
Perfect Scoundrels
199010.0
El C.I.D.
1990
7.2
Screen One
1989
5.9
Goldeneye
1989
NR
The Movie Life of George
19895.7
A Kind of Living
1988
10.0
The Marksman
1987
NR
Ffizz
1987
7.2
Withnail & I
1987
4.1
Casanova
1987
7.9
Inspector Morse
1987
4.3
Shanghai Surprise
1986
5.8
Boon
1986
7.4
Lovejoy
1986
6.4
A Private Function
1984
6.4
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
1984
6.3
Gorky Park
1983
3.8
The Cleopatras
1983
8.0
The Merry Wives of Windsor
1982
7.6
Gandhi
1982
6.0
Countdown
19825.9
A Light Snack
1982
7.5
The World Cup: A Captain's Tale
1982
6.2
Britannia Hospital
1982
7.3
Bird of Prey
1982
6.9
Whoops Apocalypse
1982
7.0
Ragtime
1981
7.0
Bergerac
1981NR
Prisoners of Conscience
1981
6.5
The French Lieutenant's Woman
1981
NR
Six Fifty-Five Special
1981
6.8
Chariots of Fire
1981
6.8
Superman II
1980
6.9
Breaking Glass
1980
7.1
Minder
1979
NR
Afternoon Off
1979
6.0
The BBC Television Shakespeare
1978
8.6
The Comedy of Errors
1978
5.3
An Audience with...
1978NR
It's Only Rock 'n' Roll
1977
NR
Twelve Off the Belt
1977
8.0
It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet
1976
NR
Well Thank You, Thursday
1976
6.0
Red Letter Day
1976
8.1
The Sweeney
1975NR
Norma
1974
8.0
Village Hall
1974NR
Second City Firsts
1973
5.7
Crown Court
1972
7.0
ITV Playhouse
1967
NR
Tony Awards
1956