Movie Credits
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix	(2007)
[ Ralph Fiennes ][ Gary Oldman ][ David Thewlis ][ Daniel Radcliffe ][ Alan Rickman ]
Venus	(2006)
[ Peter O'Toole ]
The History Boys	(2006)
[ Robbie Jarvis ]
Episode #1.2	(2005)
[ Ray Winstone ][ Martin Freeman ][ Ricky Gervais ][ Tom Kenny ][ Bob Balaban ]
Opa!	(2005)
[ Matthew Modine ]
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy	(2005)
[ John Malkovich ][ Bill Nighy ][ Sam Rockwell ][ Alan Rickman ][ Stephen Fry ]
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	(2004)
[ Gary Oldman ][ David Thewlis ][ Daniel Radcliffe ][ Alan Rickman ][ Rupert Grint ]
Stage Beauty	(2004)
[ Billy Crudup ][ Rupert Everett ][ Edward Fox ][ Tom Hollander ][ Tom Wilkinson ]
The Brides in the Bath	(2003)
[ Anthony Calf ][ Martin Kemp ]
Jeffrey Archer: The Truth	(2002)
[ Damian Lewis ]
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	(2002)
[ John Cleese ][ Daniel Radcliffe ][ Alan Rickman ][ Rupert Grint ][ Jason Isaacs ]
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone	(2001)
[ John Cleese ][ Ian Hart ][ Daniel Radcliffe ][ Alan Rickman ][ Rupert Grint ]
Episode #2.1	(2000)
Vatel	(2000)
[ Julian Sands ][ Tim Roth ][ Julian Glover ]
Sleepy Hollow	(1999)
[ Johnny Depp ][ Christopher Walken ][ Tim Burton ][ Christopher Lee ][ Michael Gambon ]
Ted & Ralph	(1998)
In the Red	(1998)
[ Stephen Fry ][ Rik Mayall ][ Alun Armstrong ]
In the Smoke	(1997)
The Apprentice	(1997)
Return Match	(1997)
Cutting the Mustard	(1997)
Funny Bones	(1995)
[ Jerry Lewis ][ Oliver Reed ][ Oliver Platt ][ Lee Evans ][ Ian McNeice ]
A Breed of Heroes	(1994)
[ Alexander Armstrong ][ Samuel West ][ Jonathan Firth ]
Guarding Tess	(1994)
[ Nicolas Cage ][ Austin Pendleton ][ Dale Dye ][ David Graf ][ Harry J. Lennix ]
Mr. Wakefield's Crusade	(1992)
Blame It on the Bellboy	(1992)
[ Bryan Brown ][ Dudley Moore ][ Bronson Pinchot ][ Alex Norton ]
The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear	(1991)
[ George Kennedy ][ Leslie Nielsen ][ 'Weird Al' Yankovic ][ O.J. Simpson ]
King Ralph	(1991)
[ Peter O'Toole ][ John Hurt ][ John Goodman ][ Sydney Pollack ][ Julian Glover ]
Goldeneye: The Secret Life of Ian Fleming	(1989)
[ Charles Dance ][ Christoph Waltz ]
Casanova	(1987)
[ Richard Chamberlain ][ Roy Kinnear ]
Withnail & I	(1987)
[ Paul McGann ][ Richard E. Grant ]
Shanghai Surprise	(1986)
[ Sean Penn ][ George Harris ][ George Harrison ]
A Private Function	(1984)
[ Pete Postlethwaite ][ Denholm Elliott ]
Bird of Prey 2	(1984)
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes	(1984)
[ Ian Holm ][ Christopher Lambert ][ Deep Roy ][ James Fox ][ David Suchet ]
Gorky Park	(1983)
[ William Hurt ][ Lee Marvin ][ Alexei Sayle ][ David R. Ellis ][ Ian McDiarmid ]
The Merry Wives of Windsor	(1982)
[ Ben Kingsley ]
Gandhi	(1982)
[ Edward Fox ][ Bernard Hill ][ Ben Kingsley ][ Om Puri ][ Martin Sheen ]
The World Cup: A Captain's Tale	(1982)
[ Jeremy Bullock ]
Britannia Hospital	(1982)
[ Alan Bates ][ Mark Hamill ][ Malcolm McDowell ][ Robbie Coltrane ]
Bird of Prey	(1982)
[ Jim Broadbent ]
Ragtime	(1981)
[ Jeff Daniels ][ Brad Dourif ][ Mandy Patinkin ][ Samuel L. Jackson ][ John Ratzenberger ]
The French Lieutenant's Woman	(1981)
[ Jeremy Irons ][ David Warner ][ Alun Armstrong ]
Chariots of Fire	(1981)
[ Brad Davis ][ Ian Holm ][ Stephen Fry ][ Kenneth Branagh ][ John Gielgud ]
Superman II	(1980)
[ Gene Hackman ][ Christopher Reeve ][ Terence Stamp ][ John Ratzenberger ][ Marc McClure ]
Breaking Glass	(1980)
[ Jon Finch ][ Jonathan Pryce ][ Jim Broadbent ]
Afternoon Off	(1979)
[ Pete Postlethwaite ]
The Comedy of Errors	(1978)
[ Roger Rees ]
The Five Minute Films	(1975)
It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet	(1975)
The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies and Mrs. Tittlemouse	(0)

British character actor Richard Griffiths came from radio and the classical stage where he built up an early reputation as a Shakespearean clown, with larger-than-life portrayals of Henry VIII, Falstaff in "The Merry Wives of Windsor" and Bottom in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" with the Royal Shakespeare Company just a few of his standout credits. The son of deaf mute parents, he learned sign language at an early age and, interestingly enough, developed a talent for dialects which allowed him to show off in a number of ethnic portrayals. In films from 1975 both here and abroad, his better roles have been in both contemporary and period pieces, such as Gorky Park (1983), Withnail & I (1987), King Ralph (1991), Guarding Tess (1994), Sleepy Hollow (1999) and recently the 'Harry Potter' series as Uncle Vernon Dursley. Typically cast as comic relief in serious fare, he is well known in England for a number of comedy series including "Pie in the Sky" (1994).