RICHARD GRIFFITHS starred in the National Theatre production of The Habit of Art. Previously to this he played alongside Daniel Radcliffe in the West End revival of Peter Shaffer‘s award-winning play Equus. Griffith earned a BAFTA Award nomination for Best Actor for his performance as Hector in Nicholas Hytner‘s film adaptation of The History Boys. The actor had originated the role in London in Hytner‘s National Theatre Production of the play, winning an Olivier Award for Best Actor. Griffiths later reprised his role in the regional and international tours of the play, as well as on Broadway, where he won the Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Play.
An accomplished stage actor, Griffiths appeared in the West End production of Heroes. He has also performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company in The White Guard, Once in a Lifetime, Henry VIII, Volpone and Red Star. His major theatre credits also include productions of Luther, Heartbreak House, Galileo, Rules of the Game, Art, Katherine Howard and The Man Who Came to Dinner.
Richard originated the role Harry‘s Muggle Uncle Vernon Dursley in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer‘s Stone and reprised it in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. Griffith‘s other film credits include Private Peaceful, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Bedtime Stories, Jackboots on Whitehall, Garfield 2, Roger Michell‘s Venus, Richard Eyre‘s Stage Beauty, Roland Joffe‘s Vatel,Tim Burton‘s Sleepy Hollow, Peter Chelsom‘s Funny Bones, Guarding Tess, Blame It on the Bellboy, The Naked Gun 21⁄2 , King Ralph, Withnail & I, A Private Function, Hugh Hudson‘s Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Michael Apted‘s Gorky Park, Richard Attenborough‘s Gandhi, Milos Forman‘s Ragtime, Karel Reisz‘s The French Lieutenant‘s Woman and Hugh Hudson‘s Oscar®-winning Chariots of Fire.
On television in the UK, Griffiths is perhaps best known for his work on the BBC television series Pie in the Sky and Hope & Glory. His other notable television credits include roles in Episodes, Bleak House, The Brides in the Bath, Gormenghast, In the Red, Ted & Ralph, Inspector Morse, Mr. Wakefield‘s Crusade, Goldeneye: The Secret Life of Ian Fleming, The Marksman, Casanova, The Cleopatras, Bird of Prey and the series Nobody‘s Perfect.
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