Richard Griffiths
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).
Known For
Vernon Dursley
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Vernon Dursley
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Vernon Dursley
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Vernon Dursley
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Barry Nottingham
Bedtime Stories
King George
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Bürgermeister Phillipse
Sleepy Hollow
Duncan Phipps
King Ralph
Great Uncle Matthew
Ballet Shoes
Bedworth Hogg
Twelve Off the Belt
Dr. Bourdelot
Vatel
Hector
The History Boys
Vernon Dursley
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Cheerful Bernie
Britannia Hospital
Sir Charles Sedley
Stage Beauty
Santa Claus
A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa
Maurice Horton
Blame It on the Bellboy
Monty
Withnail & I
Donald
Venus
Jim Minty
Funny Bones
Monsieur Frick
Hugo
Allardyce
A Private Function
Willie Tuttle
Shanghai Surprise
Tierrney
Opa!
Second Admiral
Goldeneye
The Colonel
Private Peaceful
Sidney Barron
The World Cup: A Captain's Tale
The Window Cleaner
A Light Snack
Self
Showing Up
Fitz / W. H. Auden
National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art
Anton
Gorky Park
Frederick
Guarding Tess
Officer
The Comedy of Errors
Landowner at Party
Ted & Ralph
Cardinal
Casanova
Collins
Gandhi
Board Member
It's Only Rock 'n' Roll
Park Keeper
Norma
Factory Boss
Afternoon Off
Porter
Mr. Wakefield's Crusade
Sir Edward Marshall-Hall
The Brides in the Bath
Delmas' Assistant No. 1
Ragtime
Captain Billings
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
Dr. Meinheimer / Earl Hacker
The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear
Jeltz (voice)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Terrorist
Superman II
Self
The Movie Life of George
Sam Broadbent
It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet
Willie Whitelaw
Jeffrey Archer: The Truth
Hermann Goering (voice)
Jackboots on Whitehall
Studio Engineer
Breaking Glass
Head Porter - Caius College
Chariots of Fire
Brian Beasely
A Breed of Heroes
Sir Tom
The French Lieutenant's Woman
Window Cleaner
Well Thank You, Thursday
Lawyer in Play (uncredited)
About Time
Sir John Falstaff
The Merry Wives of Windsor
Self
Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend
Mr. Alderman Ptolomy Tortoise/Mr. Jackson/Sir Isaac Newton
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
Thomas More voice
Princes in the Tower
Elephant
Oi! Get Off Our Train
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
61
Gender
Male
Birthday
1947-07-31
Place of Birth
Thornaby-on-Tees, North Yorkshire, England, UK
Also Known As
Річард Гріффітс