Richard Griffiths

Acting

Richard Griffiths

Born 1947-07-31 Thornaby-on-Tees, North Yorkshire, England, UK 62 films

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 …

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Filmography

62 films
Showing Up poster

An unprecedented look at the audition, compiled from more than 50 interviews with notable artists i…

Showing Up

★ 9.2 2014

About Time poster

The night after another unsatisfactory New Year's party, Tim's father reveals to him that the men i…

About Time

★ 7.9 2013

Hugo poster

Orphaned and alone except for an uncle, Hugo Cabret lives in the walls of a train station in 1930s…

Hugo

★ 7.2 2011

Ballet Shoes poster

An unusual explorer named Gum and his kindly niece adopt three orphans -- Pauline, Petrova and Posy…

Ballet Shoes

★ 6.3 2008