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Richard Griffiths

Actor | * 07/31/1947 († 65, 03/28/2013) | Thornaby-on-Tees, North Yorkshire, England (United Kingdom (UK))
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Richard Thomas Griffiths (31 July 1947 – 28 March 2013) was an English actor of film, television, and stage. He is known for his portrayals of Vernon Dursley in the Harry Potter films (2001–2010), Uncle Monty in Withnail and I (1987), and Henry Crabbe in Pie in the Sky (1994–1997). Over his career he received numerous accolades including a Tony Award and Olivier Award as well as a nomination for a BAFTA Award. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) by Queen Elizabeth II in 2008. For his performance in the stage play The History Boys, Griffiths won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play and a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Play. For the 2006 film adaptation, Griffiths was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. Griffiths' is also known for his performances at the National Theatre including Equus (2008), The Habit of Art (2010), and The Sunshine Boys (2012). He had supporting roles in such critically acclaimed films as Chariots of Fire (1981), ()
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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).

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Adventure

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Harry, Ron and Hermione walk away from their last year at Hogwarts to find and destroy the remaining Horcruxes, putting an end to Voldemort's bid for immortality. But with Harry's beloved Dumbledore d ...

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

PG-13

2010 | 3.9/5 | 2h 26min
Adventure, Fantasy
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Cars fly, trees fight back, and a mysterious house-elf comes to warn Harry Potter at the start of his second year at Hogwarts. Adventure and danger await when bloody writing on a wall announces: The C ...

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

PG

2002 | 3.9/5 | 2h 41min
Adventure, Fantasy
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Two out-of-work actors -- the anxious, luckless Marwood and his acerbic, alcoholic friend, Withnail -- spend their days drifting between their squalid flat, the unemployment office and the pub. When t ...

Withnail & I

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1987 | 3.7/5 | 1h 48min
Comedy, Drama
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The story of an unruly class of bright, funny history students at a Yorkshire grammar school in pursuit of an undergraduate place at Oxford or Cambridge. Bounced between their maverick English master, ...

The History Boys

R

2006 | 3.4/5 | 1h 49min
Comedy, Drama
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Awards & Nominations for Richard Griffiths

Laurence Olivier Awards Theatre World Award Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play Officer of The Order of The British Empire Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play
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Movies with Richard Griffiths as Actor(53)

as himself2014 Showing Up
as Lawyer in Play2013 About Time
as The Colonel2012 Private Peaceful
as Monsieur Frick2011 Hugo
as King George2011 Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
as Fitz / W. H. Auden2010 National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art
as Hermann Goering (voice)2010 Jackboots on Whitehall
as Vernon Dursley2010 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
as Barry Nottingham2008 Bedtime Stories
as Great Uncle Matthew2008 Ballet Shoes
as Santa Claus2008 A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa
as Vernon Dursley2007 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
as Donald2006 Venus
as Hector2006 The History Boys
as Tierrney2005 Opa!
as Jeltz (voice)2005 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
as Sir Charles Sedley2004 Stage Beauty
as Vernon Dursley2004 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
as Sir Edward Marshall-Hall2003 The Brides in the Bath
as Willie Whitelaw2002 Jeffrey Archer: The Truth
as Vernon Dursley2002 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
as Vernon Dursley2001 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
as himself2000 Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend
as Dr. Bourdelot2000 Vatel
as Bürgermeister Phillipse1999 Sleepy Hollow
as Landowner at Party1998 Ted & Ralph
as Jim Minty1995 Funny Bones
as Brian Beasely1994 A Breed of Heroes
as Frederick1994 Guarding Tess
as Porter1992 Mr. Wakefield's Crusade
as Maurice Horton1992 Blame It on the Bellboy
as Dr. Meinheimer / Earl Hacker1991 The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear
as Duncan Phipps1991 King Ralph
as Second Admiral1989 Goldeneye
as Monty1987 Withnail & I
as Cardinal1987 Casanova
as Willie Tuttle1986 Shanghai Surprise
as Allardyce1984 A Private Function
as Captain Billings1984 Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
as Anton1983 Gorky Park
as Sir John Falstaff1982 The Merry Wives of Windsor
as Sidney Barron1982 The World Cup: A Captain's Tale
as The Window Cleaner1982 A Light Snack
as Cheerful Bernie1982 Britannia Hospital
as Collins1982 Gandhi
as Delmas' Assistant No. 11981 Ragtime
as Sir Tom1981 The French Lieutenant's Woman
as Head Port-Caius College1981 Chariots of Fire
as Studio Engineer1980 Breaking Glass
as Terrorist1980 Superman II
as Factory Boss1979 Afternoon Off
as Officer1978 The Comedy of Errors
1976 It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet

TV Shows/Series with Richard Griffiths as Actor(21)

as Juan 'Sin miedo', duque de Borgoña2012 The Hollow Crown
as Julian Bullard2011 Episodes
2002 TLC
as Swelter2000 Gormenghast
1999 Hope and Glory
as Geoffrey Crichton Potter1998 In the Red
as Henry Crabbe1994 Pie in the Sky
as himself1991 Pebble Mill
1987 Inspector Morse
as Brown1987 The Marksman
1986 Lovejoy
1986 Boon
as Pot Belly1983 The Cleopatras
1982 Whoops Apocalypse
1982 Countdown
1982 Bird of Prey
as Jean-Pierre1981 Bergerac
as Derek Farrow1979 Minder
as himself1978 An Audience with...
as Ronnie Harries1975 The Sweeney
1972 Crown Court

Full Name: Richard Griffiths
Citizenship: United Kingdom (UK)
Born: Thursday, 07/31 1947 (July) in Thornaby-on-Tees, North Yorkshire, England (United Kingdom (UK))
Died: Thursday, 03/28 2013 (March) in University Hospital Coventry (aged: 65)
Zodiac sign: Leo (Chinese zodiac sign: Pig)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester School of Theatre
Spouses (current/former): Heather Gibson
Other names for Richard Griffiths (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Ричард Гриффитс"
Richard Griffiths frequently works together with these people:
Greg Powell (9x, Crew)
Alan Bennett (8x, Actor)
David Holmes (8x, Crew)
Ian McNeice (7x, Actor)
George Harrison (7x, Actor)
Warren Mitchell (7x, Actor)
Warren Clarke (7x, Actor)
Stuart Craig (7x, Crew)
Geoffrey Palmer (7x, Actor)
Peter Brayham (7x, Crew)
Colin Skeaping (7x, Crew)
Tolga Kenan (7x, Cast)
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