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).
movieShowing Up
as Self · 2014 · 9.2
movieAbout Time
as Lawyer in Play (uncredited) · 2013 · 7.9
moviePrivate Peaceful
as The Colonel · 2012 · 6.6
tvThe Hollow Crown
as Duke of Burgundy · 2012 · 7.5
movieHugo
as Monsieur Frick · 2011 · 7.2
moviePirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
as King George · 2011 · 6.6
tvEpisodes
as Julian Bullard · 2011 · 7.2
movieHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
as Vernon Dursley · 2010 · 7.7
movieJackboots on Whitehall
as Hermann Goering (voice) · 2010 · 4.9
movieNational Theatre Live: The Habit of Art
as Fitz / W. H. Auden · 2010 · 8.0
movieBedtime Stories
as Barry Nottingham · 2008 · 6.2
movieA Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa
as Santa Claus · 2008 · 6.0
movieBallet Shoes
as Great Uncle Matthew · 2008 · 6.3
movieHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
as Vernon Dursley · 2007 · 7.7
movieThe History Boys
as Hector · 2006 · 6.6
movieVenus
as Donald · 2006 · 6.6
movieThe World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
as Mr. Alderman Ptolomy Tortoise/Mr. Jackson/Sir Isaac Newton · 2006 · 8.5
movieOpa!
as Tierrney · 2005 · 6.0
tvBleak House
as Mr. Bayham Badger · 2005 · 8.1
movieThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
as Jeltz (voice) · 2005 · 6.7
moviePrinces in the Tower
as Thomas More voice · 2005 · 9.0
movieStage Beauty
as Sir Charles Sedley · 2004 · 6.6
movieHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
as Vernon Dursley · 2004 · 8.0
movieThe Brides in the Bath
as Sir Edward Marshall-Hall · 2003 · 5.7