Richard Griffiths
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).
Known for
ActingBirthday
July 31, 1947Deathday
March 28, 2013Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
57Place of birth
Thornaby-on-Tees, North Yorkshire, England, UKAlso known as
Ричард Гриффитс, Річард Гріффітс
Cast credits
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Vernon Dursley
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Vernon Dursley
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Vernon Dursley
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Vernon Dursley
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
King George
Bedtime Stories
Barry Nottingham
Sleepy Hollow
Bürgermeister Phillipse
King Ralph
Duncan Phipps
Vatel
Dr. Bourdelot
The History Boys
Hector
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Vernon Dursley
Stage Beauty
Sir Charles Sedley
Britannia Hospital
Cheerful Bernie
A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa
Santa Claus
Blame It on the Bellboy
Maurice Horton
Withnail & I
Monty
Venus
Donald
Funny Bones
Jim Minty
Hugo
Monsieur Frick
A Private Function
Allardyce
Shanghai Surprise
Willie TuttleImages
