Richard Griffiths
Acting
1947-07-31 · 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).
Filmography
Showing Up
2014 · Movie
About Time
2013 · Movie
Private Peaceful
2012 · Movie
The Hollow Crown
2012 · Series
Hugo
2011 · Movie
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
2011 · Movie
Episodes
2011 · Series
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010 · Movie
Jackboots on Whitehall
2010 · Movie
National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art
2010 · Movie
Bedtime Stories
2008 · Movie
A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa
2008 · Movie
Ballet Shoes
2008 · Movie
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2007 · Movie
The History Boys
2006 · Movie
Venus
2006 · Movie
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
2006 · Movie
Opa!
2005 · Movie
Bleak House
2005 · Series
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
2005 · Movie
Princes in the Tower
2005 · Movie
Stage Beauty
2004 · Movie
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2004 · Movie
The Brides in the Bath
2003 · Movie
Jeffrey Archer: The Truth
2002 · Movie
tlc
2002 · Series
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2002 · Movie
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
2001 · Movie
Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend
2000 · Movie
Vatel
2000 · Movie
Gormenghast
2000 · Series
Sleepy Hollow
1999 · Movie
Hope and Glory
1999 · Series
Ted & Ralph
1998 · Movie
The Animal Train
1998 · Movie
In the Red
1998 · Series
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies and Mrs. Tittlemouse
1996 · Movie
TFI Friday
1996 · Series
Funny Bones
1995 · Movie
A Breed of Heroes
1994 · Movie
Pie in the Sky
1994 · Series
Guarding Tess
1994 · Movie
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
1992 · Series
Mr. Wakefield's Crusade
1992 · Movie
Blame It on the Bellboy
1992 · Movie
Pebble Mill
1991 · Series
The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear
1991 · Movie
King Ralph
1991 · Movie
Perfect Scoundrels
1990 · Series
El C.I.D.
1990 · Series
Screen One
1989 · Series
Goldeneye
1989 · Movie
The Movie Life of George
1989 · Movie
A Kind of Living
1988 · Series
The Marksman
1987 · Series
Ffizz
1987 · Series
Withnail & I
1987 · Movie
Casanova
1987 · Movie
Inspector Morse
1987 · Series
Shanghai Surprise
1986 · Movie
Boon
1986 · Series
Lovejoy
1986 · Series
A Private Function
1984 · Movie
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
1984 · Movie
Gorky Park
1983 · Movie
The Cleopatras
1983 · Series
The Merry Wives of Windsor
1982 · Movie
Gandhi
1982 · Movie
Countdown
1982 · Series
A Light Snack
1982 · Movie
The World Cup: A Captain's Tale
1982 · Movie
Britannia Hospital
1982 · Movie
Bird of Prey
1982 · Series
Whoops Apocalypse
1982 · Series
Ragtime
1981 · Movie
Bergerac
1981 · Series
Prisoners of Conscience
1981 · Series
The French Lieutenant's Woman
1981 · Movie
Six Fifty-Five Special
1981 · Series
Chariots of Fire
1981 · Movie
Superman II
1980 · Movie
Breaking Glass
1980 · Movie
Minder
1979 · Series
Afternoon Off
1979 · Movie
The BBC Television Shakespeare
1978 · Series
The Comedy of Errors
1978 · Movie
An Audience with...
1978 · Series
It's Only Rock 'n' Roll
1977 · Movie
Twelve Off the Belt
1977 · Movie
It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet
1976 · Movie
Well Thank You, Thursday
1976 · Movie
Red Letter Day
1976 · Series
The Sweeney
1975 · Series
Norma
1974 · Movie
Village Hall
1974 · Series
Second City Firsts
1973 · Series
Crown Court
1972 · Series
ITV Playhouse
1967 · Series
Tony Awards
1956 · Series