Roger Ashton-Griffiths

Actor

1957-01-19 · Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England, UK

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Roger Ashton-Griffiths (born January 19, 1957 in Hemel Hempstead) is a British character actor, screenwriter and film director.

He graduated from Lancaster University (BMus) and the University of East London (MA Fine Art), and began his career as a singer with English National Opera at the London Coliseum.

He has appeared in numerous high-profile films, including Terry Gilliam's The Brothers Grimm and Brazil, A Knight's Tale, Martin Scorsese's Gangs of New York, Roman Polanski's Pirates, Peter Greenaway's The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover and Woody Allen's You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger.

He has also worked extensively in television, including Margaret and The Tudors (2009).

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• Gangs of New York (2002) — P.T. Barnum
• The Lobster (2015) — Doctor
• Brazil (1985) — Priest
• A Knight's Tale (2001) — Old Bishop
• The Brothers Grimm (2005) — Mayor
• Christopher Robin (2018) — Ralph Butterworth
• The Death of Stalin (2017) — Musician #1
• What a Girl Wants (2003) — Lord Orwood
• Crooked House (2017) — Mr Gaitskill
• You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (2010) — Jonathan
• Breathe (2017) — Hospital Chaplain
• The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989) — Turpin
• Young Sherlock Holmes (1985) — Det. Sgt. Lestrade
• Grace of Monaco (2014) — Alfred Hitchcock
• Mr. Turner (2014) — Henry William Pickersgill
• Mutant Chronicles (2008) — Science Monk
• Bright Star (2009) — shopkeeper
• King Ralph (1991) — Royal Photographer
• Pirates (1986) — Moonhead
• Come Away (2020) — Smoking Overweight Man
• Shadowlands (1993) — Dr Eddie Monk
• The Madness of King George (1994) — MP
• Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer's Curse (2015) — The Potter
• The Portrait of a Lady (1996) — Bob Bantling