Richard Griffiths
Acting
Born: 1947-07-31 · Thornaby-on-Tees, North Yorkshire, England, UK
Died: 2013-03-28
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 fil
🎬 Movies (20)
Showing Up
2014
Self
About Time
2013
Lawyer in Play (uncredited)
Private Peaceful
2012
The Colonel
Hugo
2011
Monsieur Frick
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
2011
King George
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010
Vernon Dursley
Jackboots on Whitehall
2010
Hermann Goering (voice)
National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art
2010
Fitz / W. H. Auden
Bedtime Stories
2008
Barry Nottingham
A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa
2008
Santa Claus
Ballet Shoes
2008
Great Uncle Matthew
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2007
Vernon Dursley
The History Boys
2006
Hector
Venus
2006
Donald
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
2006
Mr. Alderman Ptolomy Tortoise/Mr. Jackson/Sir Isaac Newton
Opa!
2005
Tierrney
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
2005
Jeltz (voice)
Princes in the Tower
2005
Thomas More voice
Stage Beauty
2004
Sir Charles Sedley
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2004
Vernon Dursley
📺 TV Shows (20)
The Hollow Crown
2012
Duke of Burgundy
Episodes
2011
Julian Bullard
Bleak House
2005
Mr. Bayham Badger
tlc
2002
Mr Benedict Ron
Gormenghast
2000
Swelter
Hope and Glory
1999
Leo Wheeldon
In the Red
1998
Geoffrey Crichton Potter
Pie in the Sky
1994
Henry Crabbe
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
1992
Mr. Jackson (voice)
Pebble Mill
1991
Self
Perfect Scoundrels
1990
Phil Kirby
El C.I.D.
1990
Weatherby
Screen One
1989
Brian Beazely
A Kind of Living
1988
Trevor Beasley
The Marksman
1987
Brown
Ffizz
1987
Inspector Morse
1987
Canon Humphrey Appleton
Boon
1986
Lovejoy
1986
Hans Koopman
The Cleopatras
1983
Pot Belly