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Richard Griffiths

1947-07-31

The 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 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).

Richard Griffiths in

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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

7.716 average rating
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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

7.908 average rating
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

8 average rating
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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

7.677 average rating
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

7.7 average rating
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Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

6.6 average rating
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About Time

7.9 average rating
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The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear

6.79 average rating
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Sleepy Hollow

7.182 average rating
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Superman II

6.735 average rating
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Hugo

7.2 average rating
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

6.663 average rating
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Bedtime Stories

6.151 average rating
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Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes

6.3 average rating
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Gandhi

7.563 average rating
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King Ralph

5.353 average rating
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Chariots of Fire

6.778 average rating
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Withnail & I

7.287 average rating
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The French Lieutenant's Woman

6.408 average rating
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Ballet Shoes

6.4 average rating