Richard Griffiths
Richard Griffiths
Richard Griffiths has appeared in 17 movies on CringeMDb. 8 contain sex scenes, nudity or sexual violence, and 9 do not.
- Most recent parent-safe movie: Hugo (2011)
- Most recent with adult content: About Time (2013)
Born July 31, 1947 · Known for acting
47.1% Featured Movie Cringe Score (17 movies)
Richard Griffiths Movie Credits
Certified Parent-Safe
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
...as Vernon Dursley
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
...as Vernon Dursley
Bedtime Stories
...as Barry Nottingham
Ballet Shoes
...as Great Uncle Matthew
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
...as Vernon Dursley
Funny Bones
...as Jim Minty
Hugo
...as Monsieur Frick
Guarding Tess
...as Frederick
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
...as Jeltz (voice)
Certified Cringeworthy
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
...as King George
Sleepy Hollow
...as Bürgermeister Phillipse
Vatel
...as Dr. Bourdelot
The History Boys
...as Hector
Stage Beauty
...as Sir Charles Sedley
Venus
...as Donald
Opa!
...as Tierrney
About Time
...as Lawyer in Play (uncredited)
About Richard Griffiths
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).
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