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Acting

Richard Griffiths

Career: Active from 1974 to 2012, with up to 3 main titles a year.

Leading roles: 20
top three billing

Average score: 62/100

Highest rated: The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
84/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 57 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Richard Griffiths Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
4.0, average 5.4
Psychological
4.4, average 5.5
Violence
3.0, average 4.1
Adrenaline
3.8, average 4.8

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Family-Friendly 3
Ensemble Cast 3
Literary Adaptation 2
Character-Driven 2
Feel-Good Movie 2
Quirky Characters 2
Slapstick 2
Farce 2
Adaptation 2
Cynical 2
Witty Dialogue 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

93

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2010s

9 titles · average score 67

About Time

71

as Lawyer in Play (uncredited)

Private Peaceful

58

as The Colonel

The Hollow Crown

84

TV show · as Duke of Burgundy

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

50

as King George

Episodes

78

TV show · as Julian Bullard

Hugo

80

as Monsieur Frick

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

74

as Vernon Dursley

National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art

as Fitz / W. H. Auden

Jackboots on Whitehall

43

as Hermann Goering (voice)

2000s

20 titles · average score 67

A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa

55

as Santa Claus

Ballet Shoes

82

as Great Uncle Matthew

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

75

as Vernon Dursley

The History Boys

68

as Hector

Venus

77

as Donald

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends

84

as Mr. Alderman Ptolomy Tortoise/Mr. Jackson/Sir Isaac Newton

Opa!

30

as Tierrney

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

84

as Vernon Dursley

The Brides in the Bath

61

as Sir Edward Marshall-Hall

tlc

TV show · as Mr Benedict Ron

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

74

as Vernon Dursley

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

75

as Uncle Vernon Dursley

1990s

18 titles · average score 62

Sleepy Hollow

71

as Bürgermeister Phillipse

In the Red

69

TV show · as Geoffrey Crichton Potter

The Animal Train

as Elephant

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies and Mrs. Tittlemouse

as Mr. Jackson (voice)

TFI Friday

69

TV show

Funny Bones

65

as Jim Minty

Pie in the Sky

80

TV show · as Henry Crabbe

Guarding Tess

56

as Frederick

Blame It on the Bellboy

34

as Maurice Horton

Mr. Wakefield's Crusade

as Porter

The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear

69

as Dr. Meinheimer / Earl Hacker

King Ralph

37

as Phipps

1980s

31 titles · average score 65

A Kind of Living

TV show · as Trevor Beasley

Withnail & I

81

as Monty

Ffizz

TV show · as Jack Mowbray

The Marksman

TV show · as Brown

Inspector Morse

80

TV show · as Canon Humphrey Appleton

Shanghai Surprise

29

as Willie Tuttle

A Private Function

77

as Allardyce

Gorky Park

64

as Anton

Bird of Prey

TV show · as Henry Jay

The Merry Wives of Windsor

as Sir John Falstaff

as The Window Cleaner

Nobody's Perfect

TV show · as Sam Hooper

1970s

14 titles · average score 73

Minder

75

TV show · as Derek Farrow

Afternoon Off

as Factory Boss

The BBC Television Shakespeare

TV show · as Sir John Falstaff

The Comedy of Errors

as Officer

Red Letter Day

TV show · as Window Cleaner

It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet

72

as Sam Broadbent

Well Thank You, Thursday

as Window Cleaner

The Sweeney

80

TV show · as Ronnie Harries

Village Hall

TV show · as Mr Ridealgh

as Park Keeper

Second City Firsts

TV show · as Bedworth Hog

Crown Court

65

TV show · as Interpreter

1960s

1 title

ITV Playhouse

TV show · as Park keeper / Board member