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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
July 31, 1947
Died
March 28, 2013
Place of Birth
Thornaby-on-Tees, North Yorkshire, England, UK
Also Known As
- Річард Гріффітс
Richard Griffiths
1.4 Popularity
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
9.2
Self
Showing Up
2014
7.9
Lawyer in Play (uncredited)
About Time
2013
6.6
The Colonel
Private Peaceful
2012
7.4
Duke of Burgundy
The Hollow Crown
2012
7.2
Monsieur Frick
Hugo
2011
6.6
King George
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
2011
7.2
Julian Bullard
Episodes
2011
7.7
Vernon Dursley
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010
4.9
Hermann Goering (voice)
Jackboots on Whitehall
2010
8.0
Fitz / W. H. Auden
National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art
2010
Credits
Showing Up
as Self
2014
9.2
About Time
as Lawyer in Play (uncredited)
2013
7.9
Private Peaceful
as The Colonel
2012
6.6
The Hollow Crown
as Duke of Burgundy
2012
7.4
Hugo
as Monsieur Frick
2011
7.2
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
as King George
2011
6.6
Episodes
as Julian Bullard
2011
7.2
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
as Vernon Dursley
2010
7.7
Jackboots on Whitehall
as Hermann Goering (voice)
2010
4.9
National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art
as Fitz / W. H. Auden
2010
8.0
Bedtime Stories
as Barry Nottingham
2008
6.2
A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa
as Santa Claus
2008
6.0
Ballet Shoes
as Great Uncle Matthew
2008
6.4
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
as Vernon Dursley
2007
7.7
The History Boys
as Hector
2006
6.6
Venus
as Donald
2006
6.6
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
as Mr. Alderman Ptolomy Tortoise/Mr. Jackson/Sir Isaac Newton
2006
8.5
Opa!
as Tierrney
2005
5.7
Bleak House
as Mr. Bayham Badger
2005
8.1
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
as Jeltz (voice)
2005
6.7
🎬
Princes in the Tower
as Thomas More voice
2005
0.0
Stage Beauty
as Sir Charles Sedley
2004
6.6
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
as Vernon Dursley
2004
8.0
The Brides in the Bath
as Sir Edward Marshall-Hall
2003
5.4
Jeffrey Archer: The Truth
as Willie Whitelaw
2002
4.2
TLC
2002
4.5
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
as Vernon Dursley
2002
7.7
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
as Vernon Dursley
2001
7.9
Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend
as Self
2000
7.1
Vatel
as Dr. Bourdelot
2000
6.1
Gormenghast
as Swelter
2000
6.9
Sleepy Hollow
as Bürgermeister Phillipse
1999
7.2
Hope and Glory
as Leo Wheeldon
1999
5.0
Ted & Ralph
as Landowner at Party
1998
6.6
The Animal Train
as Elephant
1998
7.0
In the Red
as Geoffrey Crichton Potter
1998
5.5
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies and Mrs. Tittlemouse
as Mr. Jackson (voice)
1996
0.0
Funny Bones
as Jim Minty
1995
6.5
A Breed of Heroes
as Brian Beasely
1994
1.0
Pie in the Sky
as Henry Crabbe
1994
8.3
Guarding Tess
as Frederick
1994
6.0
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
as Mr. Jackson (voice)
1992
6.2
Mr. Wakefield's Crusade
as Porter
1992
4.5
Blame It on the Bellboy
as Maurice Horton
1992
5.3
🎬
Pebble Mill
as Self
1991
3.1
The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear
as Dr. Meinheimer / Earl Hacker
1991
6.8
King Ralph
as Duncan Phipps
1991
5.4
🎬
Perfect Scoundrels
as Phil Kirby
1990
6.0
🎬
El C.I.D.
as Weatherby
1990
0.0
Goldeneye
as Second Admiral
1989
5.8
The Movie Life of George
as Self
1989
0.0
🎬
A Kind of Living
1988
5.0
The Marksman
as Brown
1987
0.0
Ffizz
1987
0.0
Withnail & I
as Monty
1987
7.2
Casanova
as Cardinal
1987
3.9
Inspector Morse
as Canon Humphrey Appleton
1987
7.8
Shanghai Surprise
as Willie Tuttle
1986
4.2
Boon
1986
5.5
Lovejoy
as Hans Koopman
1986
7.3
A Private Function
as Allardyce
1984
6.4
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
as Captain Billings
1984
6.4
Gorky Park
as Anton
1983
6.3
The Cleopatras
as Pot Belly
1983
2.3
The Merry Wives of Windsor
as Sir John Falstaff
1982
8.0
Gandhi
as Collins
1982
7.6
Countdown
1982
6.0
🎬
A Light Snack
as The Window Cleaner
1982
5.8
The World Cup: A Captain's Tale
as Sidney Barron
1982
7.0
Britannia Hospital
as Cheerful Bernie
1982
6.2
Bird of Prey
as Henry Jay
1982
6.7
Whoops Apocalypse
as Premier Dubienkin
1982
7.2
Ragtime
as Delmas' Assistant No. 1
1981
7.0
Bergerac
as Jean-Pierre
1981
6.7
The French Lieutenant's Woman
as Sir Tom
1981
6.4
Six Fifty-Five Special
as Self
1981
0.0
Chariots of Fire
as Head Porter - Caius College
1981
6.8
Superman II
as Terrorist
1980
6.7
Breaking Glass
as Studio Engineer
1980
6.8
Minder
as Derek Farrow
1979
6.8
Afternoon Off
as Factory Boss
1979
0.0
The Comedy of Errors
as Officer
1978
8.8
An Audience with...
as Self
1978
5.3
🎬
It's Only Rock 'n' Roll
as Board Member
1977
0.0
Twelve Off the Belt
as Bedworth Hogg
1977
0.0
It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet
as Sam Broadbent
1976
6.0
Well Thank You, Thursday
as Window Cleaner
1976
0.0
The Sweeney
as Ronnie Harries
1975
7.8
🎬
Norma
as Park Keeper
1974
0.0
Village Hall
as Mr. Ridealgh
1974
0.0
Crown Court
as Interpreter
1972
5.4
Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter
1956
5.9
Tony Awards
as Self - Winner
1956
5.9