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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
January 19, 1957
Place of Birth:
Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England, UK
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Roger Ashton-Griffiths
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
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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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | My Mother’s Wedding | |
| 2022 | The Other Me | Stranger |
| 2022 | The Score | Frank |
| 2021 | The Show | |
| 2020 | My Dad's Christmas Date | Mr. Thompson |
| 2020 | Come Away | Smoking Overweight Man |
| 2018 | Christopher Robin | Ralph Butterworth |
| 2017 | Crooked House | Mr Gaitskill |
| 2017 | Breathe | Hospital Chaplain |
| 2017 | The Death of Stalin | Musician #1 |
| 2015 | The London Firm | The Contractor |
| 2015 | The Lobster | Doctor |
| 2015 | Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer's Curse | The Potter |
| 2014 | Grace of Monaco | Alfred Hitchcock |
| 2014 | Mr. Turner | Henry William Pickersgill |
| 2013 | Summer in February | Jory |
| 2011 | A Gun for George | Mr. Maddock |
| 2010 | You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger | Jonathan |
| 2009 | Margaret | John Sergeant |
| 2009 | Bright Star | shopkeeper |
| 2009 | Tormented | Mr. Humpage |
| 2009 | Hell's Pavement | Daffyd Tudor |
| 2008 | Mutant Chronicles | Science Monk |
| 2007 | A Very British Sex Scandal | 'Khaki' Roberts |
| 2007 | Heroes & Villains: Napoleon | General Doppet |
| 2006 | Irish Jam | Tom Flannery |
| 2005 | The Brothers Grimm | Mayor |
| 2004 | Devil's Gate | Eagle |
| 2003 | What a Girl Wants | Lord Orwood |
| 2002 | Gangs of New York | P.T. Barnum |
| 2002 | Nicholas Nickleby | Doctor |
| 2001 | Princess of Thieves | Friar Tuck |
| 2001 | Deflation | Meditating Man |
| 2001 | A Knight's Tale | Old Bishop |
| 2000 | Lady Audley's Secret | Dr. Alwyn Mosgrave |
| 1999 | You're Dead... | Cliff Sniffton (bank manager) |
| 1999 | The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service | Sinister German |
| 1998 | Swept from the Sea | Canon Van Stone |
| 1996 | The Portrait of a Lady | Bob Bantling |
| 1996 | The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders | Gent at Mint |
| 1996 | The Wind in the Willows | The Prosecution Counsel |
| 1996 | Jude | Auctioneer |
| 1995 | The Plant | Geoff |
| 1995 | Aristophanes: The Gods Are Laughing | |
| 1995 | Go Now | Walsh |
| 1995 | Restoration | Mr. Bung |
| 1994 | The Madness of King George | MP |
| 1993 | Shadowlands | Dr Eddie Monk |
| 1991 | King Ralph | Royal Photographer |
| 1990 | Mountains of the Moon | Lord Cowley |
| 1990 | Chicago Joe and the Showgirl | Insp. Tarr |
| 1989 | The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover | Turpin |
| 1989 | Separate Bedrooms | Harvey |
| 1987 | Empire State | Punter in cafe |
| 1986 | Haunted Honeymoon | Cousin Francis Jr. |
| 1986 | Pirates | Moonhead |
| 1985 | Brazil | Priest |
| 1985 | Dreamchild | Mr. Duckworth |
| 1985 | Young Sherlock Holmes | Det. Sgt. Lestrade |
| 1985 | Plenty | Radio Producer |
| 1984 | The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood | 1st Coachman |
| Savage House | Dr. Hemmings |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Taboo | Appleby |
| 2015 | Marley's Ghosts | |
| 2014 | The Musketeers | |
| 2013 | Father Brown | Cardinal Bonipogio |
| 2011 | Game of Thrones | Mace Tyrell |
| 2008 | The Colour of Magic | Lumuel Panter |
| 2008 | The Passion | Syrian Prefect |
| 2006 | Torchwood | Mr Garrett |
| 2005 | Empire | Panza |
| 2005 | Doctor Who | Quayle |
| 2003 | Keen Eddie | |
| 2001 | As If | Shower Man |
| 1998 | Vanity Fair | |
| 1998 | Merlin | Sir Boris |
| 1997 | Ivanhoe | Prior Aymer |
| 1997 | The Odyssey | Polites |
| 1996 | The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders | Gent at Mint |
| 1994 | Cadfael | Thomas of Bristol |
| 1994 | The Wimbledon Poisoner | Vicar |
| 1994 | Martin Chuzzlewit | George Chuzzlewit |
| 1993 | Heidi | Churchman |
| 1992 | The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles | Sinister German |
| 1991 | The Darling Buds of May | Mr. Ramsbottom |
| 1989 | Tales from the Crypt | Valdemar Tymrak |
| 1989 | Shadow of the Noose | William Thompson |
| 1988 | Jack the Ripper | Rodman |
| 1986 | Lovejoy | Antique Shop Owner |
| 1982 | The Young Ones | Orgo |