Richard Griffiths
Biography
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).
Acting (57 movies)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
2001
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2002
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2004
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2007
Bedtime Stories
2008
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
2011
Sleepy Hollow
1999
King Ralph
1991
Ballet Shoes
2008
Twelve Off the Belt
1977
Vatel
2000
The History Boys
2006
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010
Britannia Hospital
1982
Stage Beauty
2004
A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa
2008
Blame It on the Bellboy
1992
Withnail & I
1987
Venus
2006
Funny Bones
1995
Hugo
2011
A Private Function
1984
Shanghai Surprise
1986
Opa!
2005
Goldeneye
1989
Private Peaceful
2012
The World Cup: A Captain's Tale
1982
Showing Up
2014
National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art
2010
Gorky Park
1983
Guarding Tess
1994
The Comedy of Errors
1978
Ted & Ralph
1998
Casanova
1987
Gandhi
1982
Afternoon Off
1979
Mr. Wakefield's Crusade
1992
The Brides in the Bath
2003
Ragtime
1981
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
1984
The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear
1991
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
2005
Superman II
1980
The Movie Life of George
1989
It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet
1976
Jeffrey Archer: The Truth
2002
Jackboots on Whitehall
2010
Breaking Glass
1980
Chariots of Fire
1981
A Breed of Heroes
1994
The French Lieutenant's Woman
1981
Well Thank You, Thursday
1976
About Time
2013
The Merry Wives of Windsor
1982
Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend
2000
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
1992
The Animal Train
1998
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