Richard Griffiths

Also Known As: Річард Гріффітс

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 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).

Department: Acting

Place of Birth: Thornaby-on-Tees, North Yorkshire, England, UK

Birthday: July 31, 1947

Deathday: March 28, 2013

Adult: No

Gender: Male

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Known For:

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Bedtime Stories
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Sleepy Hollow
King Ralph
Ballet Shoes
Twelve Off the Belt
Vatel
The History Boys
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Britannia Hospital
Stage Beauty
A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa
Blame It on the Bellboy
Withnail & I
Venus
Funny Bones
Hugo
A Private Function
Shanghai Surprise
Opa!
Goldeneye
Private Peaceful
The World Cup: A Captain's Tale
A Light Snack
Showing Up
National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art
Gorky Park
Guarding Tess
The Comedy of Errors
Ted & Ralph
Casanova
Gandhi
It's Only Rock 'n' Roll
Norma
Afternoon Off
Mr. Wakefield's Crusade
The Brides in the Bath
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
Ragtime
The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Superman II
The Movie Life of George
It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet
Jeffrey Archer: The Truth
Jackboots on Whitehall
Breaking Glass
Chariots of Fire
A Breed of Heroes
The French Lieutenant's Woman
Well Thank You, Thursday
About Time
The Merry Wives of Windsor
Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
Princes in the Tower