Richard Griffiths


  • Date of Birth: 31 July, 1947
  • Place of Birth: Thornaby-on-Tees, North Yorkshire , England
  • Biography: Richard Griffiths OBE (born 31 July 1947) is an English actor of stage, film and television. He has received the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor, the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play, the Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play, and the... Read more

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nypost.com2009-01-15
(Reviews by Clive Barnes, unless noted otherwise) "BILLY ELLIOT: THE MUSICAL": **** A soaring new show about a coal miner's son who's born to pirouette, set to Elton John's best score ever. ... Full Article

Richard Griffiths has joked how he harbours violent tendencies towards his younger co-star Daniel Radcliffe. The 61-year-old, who stars alongside the 19-year-old in the Harry Potter films as Uncle Vernon Dursley and in Equus, where he plays the psychiatrist Dr... ... Full Article

NEW YORK -- A hot day in the city has left Richard Griffiths with a powerful thirst. No sooner has he settled down at a table in a Manhattan restaurant with his wife, Heather, than he rather grandly compares his... ... Full Article

His most famous film role remains Uncle Monty in cult favourite Withnail & I.And he is familiar to millions of children the world over as beastly Uncle Vernon in the Harry Potter movies. ... Full Article

Equus (2007)
ew.com2007-03-09
Can Harry Potter deliver live on stage? In fact, clothed or naked, Daniel Radcliffe is pretty much the whole show in a disappointing West End revival of Equus that will especially bother those (like myself) who recall the electrifying 1974... ... Full Article

Peter Shaffer 's dated, though still gripping psychological drama Equus broods about the dangers of surrendering both to instinctual passion and rationalist conformity. Radcliffe plays Strang and, glaring eyes apart, emphasises his vulnerability. ... Full Article

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Report Violation bazz (69 days ago)
Mr Griffiths, you are the man. I always think that great actors don't look is if they're acting at all. It's just looks real. There are not many who achieve this but Richard Griffiths has it off to a tee. Brilliant man.
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