Richard Griffiths

Date of Birth

1947-07-31

Date of Death

2013-03-28

Place of Birth

Thornaby-on-Tees, North Yorkshire, England, UK

Known for

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Bedtime Stories, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

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Awesome Artists We’ve Found Around The Net: Mark Levy

Posted 5 years ago

For years, Awesome Art We’ve Found Around The Net has been about two things only – awesome art and the artists that create it. With that in mind, we thought why not take the first week of the month to...

Awesome Art We’ve Found Around The Net: Dracula, The Fugitive, Goodfellas

Posted 5 years ago

Some cliche somewhere said that 'a picture is worth a thousand words.' This has proven to be the case for me and especially when it comes to fan art. I have always sought out great fan art and have wanted...

Awesome Artists We’ve Found Around The Net: Chris Uminga

Posted 6 years ago

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Guillermo del Toro convinced Alfonso Cuaron to direct Harry Potter

Posted 8 years ago

I've never met the man, but by all accounts, Guillermo del Toro seems like a hell of a guy and listening to him discuss movies and monsters is always a treat. It also turns out that we may have him...

Awfully Good: Shanghai Surprise

Posted 11 years ago

Jason Early word is that Sean Penn’s THE GUNMAN is shooting blanks. But surely it can’t be worse than… Shanghai Surprise (1986) Director: Jim Goddard Stars: Sean Penn, Madonna, Richard Griffiths In 1930s China, a missionary nurse and a...

Download Martin Scorsese’s Hugo for free today only

Posted 12 years ago

It may be December 30th, but there are still Christmas presents to be had! Apple is giving away, as part of their holiday promotion, a free item every day for twelve days. Today’s gift is a free copy of Martin...

JoBlo.com’s tribute to the people from film & TV we lost in 2013

Posted 12 years ago

"We are meant to lose the people we love. How else would we know how important they are to us?" ~ The Curious Case of Benjamin Button As 2013 draws to a close, we here at JoBlo.com want take a...

To sequel or not to sequel, that is the question: Sleepy Hollow

Posted 14 years ago

Here’s the deal: I like movies, you like movies, and sometimes we both like movies so much that we want to see the story extend beyond the final scene. And despite our mutual bemoaning of Hollywood’s sequel-happy state of late,...