Richard Thomas Griffiths (July 31, 1947 – March 28, 2013) was an English actor of film, television, and stage. For his performance in the stage play The History Boys, Griffiths won a Tony Award, a Laurence Olivier Award, the Drama Desk Award and the Outer Critics Circle Award. For the 2006 film adaptation, Griffiths was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. He played Vernon Dursley in the Harry Potter films (2001-2010) and Great Uncle Matthew Brown "Gum" in the BBC film Ballet Shoes (2007). He also portrayed Uncle Monty in Withnail and I (1987), and Henry Crabbe in Pie in the Sky (1994–1997). Earlier in his career, he had supporting roles in such critically acclaimed films as Chariots of Fire (1981), The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981), Gandhi (1982), and The Naked Gun 2+1⁄2: The Smell of Fear (1991). In his later career he appeared in Sleepy Hollow (1999), The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005), Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011) and in Martin Scorsese's Hugo (2011). Richard Griffiths(1947년생, Thornaby-on-Tees, North Yorkshire, England, UK) 는 배우로, 대표작으로 총알탄 사나이 2, 퍼스트레이디 특수 경호대, 위드네일과 나가 있으며, 그 외에도 해리 포터와 마법사의 돌, 토니상, 해리 포터와 비밀의 방, 해리 포터와 죽음의 성물 1, 해리 포터와 아즈카반의 죄수, Minder, 해리 포터와 불사조 기사단, Crown Court, 캐리비안의 해적: 낯선 조류, Inspector Morse, ITV Playhouse, Pebble Mill 등 다양한 작품에 출연했다. (오뜨랑에서 실시간으로 번역된 한글 프로필도 확인할 수 있어요) 2014년 Showing Up에 출연했다. 2013년 어바웃 타임에서 Lawyer in Play (uncredited) 역을 맡았다. 2012년 프라이빗 피스풀에서 The Colonel 역을 맡았다.