Richard Griffiths
Acting
- Nacimiento:
- 1947-07-31
- Fallecimiento:
- 2013-03-28
- Lugar de nacimiento:
- Thornaby-on-Tees, North Yorkshire, England, UK
Biografía
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).
Conocido por
Filmografía
Showing Up
Una cuestión de tiempo
Soldado Peaceful
La corona vacía
La invención de Hugo
Piratas del Caribe: En mareas misteriosas
Episodes
Harry Potter y las Reliquias de la Muerte - Parte 1
Jackboots on Whitehall
National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art
Más allá de los sueños
Los Teleñecos en Navidad: Cartas a Santa Claus
Ballet Shoes
Harry Potter y la Orden del Fénix
The History Boys
Venus
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
Perdido en el amor
Bleak House
Guía del autoestopista galáctico
Princes in the Tower
Belleza prohibida
Harry Potter y el prisionero de Azkaban
The Brides in the Bath
Jeffrey Archer: The Truth
tlc
Harry Potter y la cámara secreta
Harry Potter y la piedra filosofal
Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend
Vatel
Gormenghast
Sleepy Hollow (El Jinete sin Cabeza)
Hope and Glory
Ted & Ralph
Oi! Get Off Our Train
In the Red
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies and Mrs. Tittlemouse
TFI Friday
Los comediantes
A Breed of Heroes
Pie in the Sky
Tess y su guardaespaldas
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
Mr. Wakefield's Crusade
Échale la culpa al botones
Pebble Mill
Agárralo como puedas 2½: El aroma del miedo
Rafi, un rey de peso
Perfect Scoundrels
El C.I.D.
Screen One
Goldeneye
The Movie Life of George
A Kind of Living
The Marksman
Ffizz
Withnail y yo
Casanova
Inspector Morse
Shanghai Surprise
Boon
Lovejoy
Función privada
Greystoke. La leyenda de Tarzán
Gorky Park
The Cleopatras
The Merry Wives of Windsor
Gandhi
Countdown
A Light Snack
The World Cup: A Captain's Tale
Hospital Britannia
Bird of Prey
Whoops Apocalypse
Ragtime
Bergerac
Prisoners of Conscience
La mujer del teniente francés
Six Fifty-Five Special
Carros de fuego
Superman II. La aventura continúa
La rockera
Nobody's Perfect
Minder
Afternoon Off
The BBC Television Shakespeare
The Comedy of Errors
An Audience with...
It's Only Rock 'n' Roll
Twelve Off the Belt
It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet
Well Thank You, Thursday
Red Letter Day
The Sweeney
Norma
Village Hall
Second City Firsts
Crown Court
ITV Playhouse
Premios Tony