Roger Ashton-Griffiths
Date of birth: 1957-01-19
Place of birth: Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England, UK
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Roger Ashton Griffiths, J.G.R. Ashton-Griffiths, Роджер Эштон-Гриффитс
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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Roger Ashton-Griffiths, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Movie Credits
Gangs of New York
2002-12-14
In early 1860s New York, Irish immigrant Amsterdam Vallon is released from prison and returns to the
Swept from the Sea
1998-01-23
The film tells the story of Russian emigree and the only survivor from ship crash Yanko Goorall and
Mountains of the Moon
1990-02-16
The story of Captain Richard Francis Burton's and Lt. John Hanning Speke's expedition to find the so
The Brothers Grimm
2005-08-26
Folklore collectors and con artists, Jake and Will Grimm, travel from village to village pretending
You're Dead...
1999-10-01
A veteran bank robber and his sidekicks plan a heist that goes awry.
Princess of Thieves
2001-03-11
Sherwood forest has a courageous new hero - Gwyn, the daughter of Robin Hood. Possessing the cunning
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
1989-10-13
When churlish mobster Albert Spica acquires an upscale French restaurant in London, he dines there n
Irish Jam
2006-01-01
Upon discovering that their town is up for sale, crafty Irish villagers scheme to raise the money to
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
2010-09-22
Two married couples find only trouble and heartache as their complicated lives unfold. After 40 year
The Other Me
2022-02-04
The life of a young architect is thrown into turmoil when he's diagnosed with a rare eye disease. As
Devil's Gate
2004-05-20
Laura Fraser stars as a young woman forced to return to her hometown and confront the demons in her
The Plant
1995-01-20
In a garden in a London suburb, corpses sprout out of the earth on during a live television gardenin
Aristophanes: The Gods Are Laughing
1995-09-05
Specially commissioned by the British Film Institute and Channel 4, this pseudo-biography shows how
Separate Bedrooms
1989-11-22
Martin and Gert lead a very quiet life, until the day when their path crosses that of Marie and Fran
Lady Audley's Secret
2000-05-17
When Lucy Graham weds the much older Sir Michael Audley, his nephew Robert is suspicious of the love
Grace of Monaco
2014-04-22
The story of former Hollywood star Grace Kelly's crisis of marriage and identity, during a political
The Score
2022-06-03
Mike and Troy, two small-time crooks, go to a roadside cafe for a meeting they hope to make a big pr
Mr. Turner
2014-10-31
Eccentric British painter J.M.W. Turner lives his last 25 years with gusto and secretly becomes inv
Shadowlands
1993-12-25
C.S. Lewis, a world-renowned writer and professor, leads a passionless life until he meets spirited
My Mother's Wedding
2025-08-08
Three sisters return to their home for the third wedding of their twice-widowed mother. But the moth
Empire State
1987-03-01
In the docklands of East London stands the Empire State, a nightclub full of magic and mystery. Desi
Margaret
2009-03-26
A detailed and compelling portrait of one of the most formidable characters in British politics as s
The Portrait of a Lady
1996-10-17
Ms. Isabel Archer isn't afraid to challenge societal norms. Impressed by her free spirit, her kindhe
The London Firm
2015-10-26
Two hitmen wake up in the back of a truck to discover they have been drugged and their employer brut
Brazil
1985-02-20
Low-level bureaucrat Sam Lowry escapes the monotony of his day-to-day life through a recurring daydr
Bright Star
2009-09-18
In 1818, high-spirited young Fanny Brawne finds herself increasingly intrigued by the handsome but a
The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders
1996-10-13
After being born in prison, Moll Flanders wends her way through the top and bottom of 18th-century E
Dreamchild
1985-10-04
Eighty-year-old Alice Hargreaves is about to visit Columbia University to attend a reception in hono
Go Now
1995-09-16
Nick, is a young Scottish soccer player living in the big city. He meets Karen, and the two fall in
The Lobster
2015-10-15
In a dystopian near future, single people, according to the laws of The City, are taken to The Hotel
Haunted Honeymoon
1986-07-25
Radio personalities Larry Abbot and Vickie Pearle are stars of a mystery show. Since they announced
Crooked House
2017-09-06
A private investigator helps a former flame solve the murder of her wealthy grandfather, who lived i
Savage House
2026-02-27
Against the backdrop of 18th century England, a massive pox outbreak, and Jacobite uprising – Sir Ch
Nicholas Nickleby
2002-12-27
Nicholas Nickleby, a young boy in search of a better life, struggles to save his family and friends
Deflation
2001-01-01
Pride going before the fall.
Pirates
1986-05-08
The adventures of pirate Captain Red and his first mate Frog.
The Madness of King George
1994-12-28
Aging King George III of England is exhibiting signs of madness, a problem little understood in 1788
What a Girl Wants
2003-03-27
An American girl, Daphne, heads to Europe in search of the father she's never met. But instead of fi
The Wind in the Willows
1996-10-16
Jailed for his reckless driving, rambunctious Mr. Toad has to escape from prison when his beloved To
A Very British Sex Scandal
2007-07-21
The high society court case that scandalised the mores of the day, electrified the nation and change
Chicago Joe and the Showgirl
1990-03-16
During World War II, an American serviceman in London decides to impress his English girlfriend by a
Breathe
2017-10-13
Based on the true story of Robin, a handsome, brilliant and adventurous man whose life takes a drama
King Ralph
1991-02-15
As the only relative in line to ascend the Royal throne, a down-on-his-luck American slob must learn
Summer in February
2013-06-13
The Newlyn School of artists flourished at the beginning of the 20th Century and the film focuses on
The Death of Stalin
2017-10-20
When dictator Joseph Stalin dies, his parasitic cronies square off in a frantic power struggle to be
Young Sherlock Holmes
1985-12-04
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson meet as boys in an English Boarding school. Holmes is known for his d
A Gun for George
2011-05-11
Author Terry Finch struggles to find an outlet that will stock or reprint his violent pulp crime ser
Restoration
1995-12-29
An aspiring young physician, Robert Merivel found himself in the service of King Charles II and save
Mutant Chronicles
2008-08-07
It's the year 2707. Earth's natural resources have all but been exhausted by mankind. Battles rage f
Christopher Robin
2018-08-01
Christopher Robin, the boy who had countless adventures in the Hundred Acre Wood, has grown up and l
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service
1999-10-26
Indy finds that he must enlist the help of Hapsburg royalty when he embarks on a dangerous diplomati
The Show
2021-08-26
A man goes on a mission to locate a stolen artifact for a client, which leads him to a haunted town
The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood
1984-05-22
The evil brother of Richard the Lionheart is holding the king for ransom, and only Robin Hood and hi
Jude
1996-02-06
In late 19th-century England, Jude aspires to be an academic, but is hobbled by his blue-collar back
Plenty
1985-09-20
David Hare's account of a one-time French freedom fighter who gradually realizes that her post-war l
Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer's Curse
2015-02-24
When aspiring knight Gareth goes in search of a fallen comet rumored to contain gold, he is shocked
A Knight's Tale
2001-05-11
William Thatcher, a knight's peasant apprentice, gets a chance at glory when the knight dies suddenl
My Dad's Christmas Date
2020-12-03
It’s Christmas and the charming city of York, home to Jules, 16, and her dad, David, is decked out r
Tormented
2009-05-22
Darren Mullet, a bullied asthmatic, is driven to suicide by his tormented life - ignored by his pare
Heroes & Villains: Napoleon
2007-11-11
Twenty Four year-old Corsican refugee Napoleon Bonaparte is a lowly artillery captain in the French
Hell's Pavement
2009-05-20
The film follows five years in the life of a young girl as she struggles against an onslaught of goo
Come Away
2020-11-12
Before Alice went to Wonderland, and before Peter became Pan, they were brother and sister. When the
Seven Minutes
1989-10-18
A true story about Johann Georg Elser, a quiet carpenter who tried to assassinate Hitler with an exp
The Odyssey
1997-05-19