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Roger Ashton-Griffiths

Roger Ashton-Griffiths

Acting1957Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England, UK

Biography

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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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Acting History

2026
Savage House
as Dr. Hemmings
2022
The Score
as Frank
2020
Come Away
as Smoking Overweight Man
Let There Be love
as Mr. Thompson
2018
Christopher Robin
as Ralph Butterworth
2017
Crooked House
as Mr Gaitskill
The Death of Stalin
as Musician #1
Taboo
TVas Appleby1 eps
2016
Father Brown
TVas Cardinal Bonipogio1 eps
2014
Mr. Turner
as Henry William Pickersgill
Doctor Who
TVas Quayle1 eps
Game of Thrones
TVas Mace Tyrell13 eps
2011
A Gun for George
as Mr. Maddock
2009
Tormented
as Mr. Humpage
Bright Star
as shopkeeper
2008
Mutant Chronicles
as Science Monk
The Colour of Magic
TVas Lumuel Panter2 eps
2007
2006
Irish Jam
as Tom Flannery
Torchwood
TVas Mr Garrett1 eps
2005
Empire
TVas Panza
2003
What a Girl Wants
as Lord Orwood
2002
Gangs of New York
as P.T. Barnum
2001
Deflation
as Meditating Man
A Knight's Tale
as Old Bishop
Princess of Thieves
as Friar Tuck
As If
TVas Shower Man
Deflation
Director
Deflation
Editor
Deflation
Writer
1999
You're Dead...
as Cliff Sniffton (bank manager)
1998
Swept from the Sea
as Canon Van Stone
Merlin
TVas Sir Boris2 eps
1997
The Odyssey
TVas Polites2 eps
Cadfael
TVas Thomas of Bristol1 eps
Ivanhoe
TVas Prior Aymer
1996
The Portrait of a Lady
as Bob Bantling
Jude
as Auctioneer
The Wind in the Willows
as The Prosecution Counsel
Tales from the Crypt
TVas Valdemar Tymrak1 eps
1995
Restoration
as Mr. Bung
Go Now
as Walsh
1993
Shadowlands
as Dr Eddie Monk
Heidi
TVas Churchman
1992
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
TVas Sinister German1 eps
1991
King Ralph
as Royal Photographer
The Darling Buds of May
TVas Mr. Ramsbottom
Lovejoy
TVas Antique Shop Owner1 eps
1988
Jack the Ripper
TVas Rodman
1986
Haunted Honeymoon
as Cousin Francis Jr.
Pirates
as Moonhead
1985
Plenty
as Radio Producer
Brazil
as Priest
Young Sherlock Holmes
as Det. Sgt. Lestrade
Dreamchild
as Mr. Duckworth
1982
The Young Ones
TVas Orgo1 eps

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1/19/1957(69 years old)
Place of Birth
Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England, UK