
Richard Griffiths
Born: 1947-07-31
Place of Birth: Thornaby-on-Tees, North Yorkshire, England, UK
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).
Known For

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

About Time

Sleepy Hollow

Gandhi

Bedtime Stories

Hugo

The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear

Private Peaceful

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Gorky Park

Shanghai Surprise

Ragtime

Guarding Tess

Withnail & I

Ballet Shoes

Superman II

Ted & Ralph

Venus

Funny Bones

Chariots of Fire

Vatel

Casanova

Opa!

Afternoon Off

Goldeneye

King Ralph

Britannia Hospital

Showing Up

Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes

The French Lieutenant's Woman

The History Boys

The Brides in the Bath

Stage Beauty

Jackboots on Whitehall

Mr. Wakefield's Crusade

A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa

A Private Function

Well Thank You, Thursday

Breaking Glass

The Merry Wives of Windsor

Jeffrey Archer: The Truth

The Animal Train

Blame It on the Bellboy

A Breed of Heroes

The Movie Life of George

National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art

Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend

The Comedy of Errors

It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends

The World Cup: A Captain's Tale

Twelve Off the Belt
