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| − | [[Image:Richard_Griffiths.jpg|left|thumb|170px|Griffiths as Vernon Dursley in The Potter Films. ]]The British actor Richard Griffiths was born on 31st July 1947 in Thornaby-on-Tees. |
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| − | 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. |
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| − | Richard plays the miserable old prune of a character, [[Uncle Vernon]]. Married to [[Aunt Petunia]], father to [[Dudley Dursley]] and Uncle of [[Harry Potter]]. He has appeared in four of the five films so far. |
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| − | He is married to Heather Gibson. |
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| − | ==Achievements== |
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| − | 2004 - Won the Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Hector in The History Boys at the National Theatre (Lyttleton) (London). |
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| − | He was awarded the 2006 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his performance as "Hector" in Alan Bennett's "The History Boys." |
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| − | November 2005: Was performing in the stage play "Heroes" in London's Wyndham Theatre when a lady's mobile phone kept ringing in the audience. After it rang a third time, he stopped the play and - to loud applause - had her ejected from the theatre. |
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| − | June 2005: he ordered a man out of the National Theatre, London, when his mobile phone went off for the sixth time during a performance of Alan Bennett's "The History Boys". The actor stopped in the middle of his lines, fixed the offender with an icy stare and said: "I am asking you to stand up, leave this auditorium and never, ever come back". Other members of the audience applauded as the man left the theatre. |
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| − | May 2006: When a mobile rang out for the third time during his performance as Hector, a teacher, in Alan Bennett's The History Boys at the Broadhurst Theatre in New York, Griffiths rounded on the theatregoer and thundered: "I am not going to compete with these electronic devices. You were told to turn them off by the stage manager; you were told it was against the law. If we hear one more phone go off, we'll quit this performance. You have been warned." |
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| − | ==Past Performances/Earlier Career== |
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| − | Griffiths was considered by the producers of Doctor Who for the role of the Doctor himself, however, the original series did not continue from 1989. |
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| − | He has been in over 60 productions in both films and theatre. |
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| − | ==Coincidence== |
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| − | By coincidence, his Birthday is the same as that of Harry Potter and J.K.Rowling, 31st July. |
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| − | ==External links== |
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| − | *{{imdb name|id=0341743|name=Richard Griffiths}} |
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| − | *[http://www.ibdb.com/person.asp?id=412507 Richard Griffiths] at the Internet Broadway Database |
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| − | *[http://www.americantheatrewing.org/seminars/detail/actors_on_performing_04_06 Actors On Performing] [http://www.americantheatrewing.org/seminars/ Working in the Theatre Seminar] video at [http://www.americantheatrewing.org/ American Theatre Wing], April 2006 |
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| − | [[Category:Actors|Griffiths, Richard]] |
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