Richard Griffiths
Acting
Born July 31, 1947 · Thornaby-on-Tees, North Yorkshire, England, UK
Biography
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 P…
Known For · 40 titles
Tony Awards
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Minder
Pebble Mill
Crown Court
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
ITV Playhouse
Bergerac
Inspector Morse
The Sweeney
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
TFI Friday
An Audience with...
Lovejoy
Episodes
About Time
Boon
Pie in the Sky
The Hollow Crown
Sleepy Hollow
The BBC Television Shakespeare
Bleak House
Screen One
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Hugo
Superman II
Countdown
The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear
Six Fifty-Five Special
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
Bedtime Stories
Second City Firsts
Withnail & I
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
Gandhi
El C.I.D.
Gormenghast