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Richard Griffiths

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Richard Griffiths

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Also known as Richard Thomas Griffiths

British actor

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Richard Griffiths was a British actor known for his work in theater, film, and television throughout his career. He is perhaps best remembered by general audiences for his role as Vernon Dursley in the Harry Potter film series, though he had a long and respected career in dramatic roles across multiple mediums.

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Person · Open Library

Born
1935
Works
65

Top works

  • Amours
  • The literature of colonialism
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  • Art, pornography and human value

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Female
Origin
Jamaica
Active from
1949-11-23
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Discography

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
549
Total plays
1,560

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. The Measurement of Observer Agreement for Categorical Data

    · 1977 · cited 63,413x

  2. The Sequence Alignment/Map format and SAMtools

    · 2009 · cited 59,266x

  3. Fast and accurate short read alignment with Burrows–Wheeler transform

    · 2009 · cited 47,672x

  4. ImageNet: A large-scale hierarchical image database

    · 2009 · cited 47,311x

  5. Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold

    · 2021 · cited 43,656x

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Quotes

  • “I hate being the subject of photographs.”
  • “That's not girth. That's a para-umbilical hernia.”
  • “I've always hated the way I looked, and I've never complained about my brains.”

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Encyclopedic overview

Richard Thomas Griffiths (31 July 1947 – 28 March 2013) was an English actor. He was known for his portrayals of Vernon Dursley in the Harry Potter films (2001–2011), Uncle Monty in Withnail and I (1987), and Henry Crabbe in Pie in the Sky (1994–1997). He received numerous accolades in his career and was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) by Queen Elizabeth II in 2008.

For his performance in the stage play The History Boys, Griffiths won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play and a Laurence Olivier Award in the same category. For the 2006 film adaptation, Griffiths was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. Griffiths is also known for his performances at the National Theatre including Equus (2008), The Habit of Art (2010), and The Sunshine Boys (2012).

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