Actor
Richard Griffiths
July 31, 1947 · Thornaby-on-Tees, North Yorkshire, England, UK
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).
Notable work
7.9Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001)
as Uncle Vernon Dursley
7.7Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
as Vernon Dursley
8Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
as Vernon Dursley
7.7Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
as Vernon Dursley
7.7Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)
as Vernon Dursley
6.6Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)
as King George
7.9About Time (2013)
as Lawyer in Play (uncredited)
7.2Hugo (2011)
as Monsieur Frick
7.2Sleepy Hollow (1999)
as Bürgermeister Phillipse
6.7The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
as Jeltz (voice)
6.2Bedtime Stories (2008)
as Barry Nottingham
6.8The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991)
as Dr. Meinheimer / Earl Hacker
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