Biography
Richard Griffiths
Acting
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…
Career works
99
Movies
62
Series
37
Career average
6.8/10
Birth date
07/31/1947
Place of birth
Thornaby-on-Tees, North Yorkshire, England, UK
Date of death
03/28/2013
Filmography highlights
Movies
Showing Up
2014 · 9.2
About Time
2013 · 7.9
Private Peaceful
2012 · 6.6
Hugo
2011 · 7.2
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
2011 · 6.6
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010 · 7.7
Jackboots on Whitehall
2010 · 4.9
National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art
2010 · 8.0
Bedtime Stories
2008 · 6.2
A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa
2008 · 6.0
Ballet Shoes
2008 · 6.4
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2007 · 7.7
The History Boys
2006 · 6.7
Venus
2006 · 6.6
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
2006 · 8.5
Series
The Hollow Crown
2012 · 7.4
Episodes
2011 · 7.2
Bleak House
2005 · 8.1
tlc
2002 · 6.2
Gormenghast
2000 · 7.0
Hope and Glory
1999 · 7.5
In the Red
1998 · 6.1
TFI Friday
1996 · 7.1
Pie in the Sky
1994 · 8.3
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
1992 · 6.4
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Pebble Mill
1991 · 4.1
Perfect Scoundrels
1990 · 6.0
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El C.I.D.
1990 · 10.0
Screen One
1989 · 7.2
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A Kind of Living
1988 · 5.7