Roger Ashton-Griffiths
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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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| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.7849 |
| Birthday | 1957-01-19 |
| Place of Birth | Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England, UK |
| Also Known As | Roger Ashton Griffiths, J.G.R. Ashton-Griffiths, Роджер Эштон-Гриффитс, |
2002
Gangs of New York
7.315/7165
In early 1860s New York, Irish immigrant Amsterdam Vallon is released from prison and returns to the Five Points, seeking revenge against his father's...
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Gangs of New York
1998
Swept from the Sea
6.401/76
The film tells the story of Russian emigree and the only survivor from ship crash Yanko Goorall and servant Amy Foster in the end of 19th century. Whe...
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Swept from the Sea
1990
Mountains of the Moon
6.506/85
The story of Captain Richard Francis Burton's and Lt. John Hanning Speke's expedition to find the source of the Nile river in the name of Queen Victor...
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Mountains of the Moon
2005
The Brothers Grimm
5.849/2939
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The Brothers Grimm
1999
You're Dead...
6.75/10
A veteran bank robber and his sidekicks plan a heist that goes awry.
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You're Dead...
2001
Princess of Thieves
6.109/156
Sherwood forest has a courageous new hero - Gwyn, the daughter of Robin Hood. Possessing the cunning skills of her legendary father and the beauty and...
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Princess of Thieves
1989
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
7.335/704
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The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
2006
Irish Jam
5.692/26
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Irish Jam
2010
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
5.9/901
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You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
2022
The Other Me
5.4/48
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The Other Me
2004
Devil's Gate
9/1
Laura Fraser stars as a young woman forced to return to her hometown and confront the demons in her past, in this British thriller.
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Devil's Gate
1995
The Plant
4.2/5
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The Plant
1995
Aristophanes: The Gods Are Laughing
7/2
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1989
Separate Bedrooms
5.318/10
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Separate Bedrooms
2000
Lady Audley's Secret
4.6/5
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Lady Audley's Secret
2014
Grace of Monaco
6.001/625
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Grace of Monaco
2022
The Score
5.3/14
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2014
Mr. Turner
6.545/583
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Mr. Turner
1993
Shadowlands
6.89/304
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Shadowlands
2025
My Mother's Wedding
6.703/32
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1987
Empire State
5.033/15
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Empire State
2009
Margaret
5.8/6
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Margaret
1996
The Portrait of a Lady
5.982/253
Ms. Isabel Archer isn't afraid to challenge societal norms. Impressed by her free spirit, her kindhearted cousin writes her into his fatally ill fathe...
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The Portrait of a Lady
2015
The London Firm
5/5
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1985
Brazil
7.666/3673
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Brazil
2009
Bright Star
6.609/481
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Bright Star
1996
The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders
6.25/18
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The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders
1985
Dreamchild
6.553/38
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Dreamchild
1995
Go Now
6.528/18
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2015
The Lobster
7.028/6845
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1986
Haunted Honeymoon
5.393/168
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Haunted Honeymoon
2017
Crooked House
6.381/988
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Crooked House
2026
Savage House
0/0
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Savage House
2002
Nicholas Nickleby
6.882/195
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Nicholas Nickleby
2001
Deflation
4.286/7
Pride going before the fall.
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1986
Pirates
6.295/298
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Pirates
1994
The Madness of King George
6.803/256
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2003
What a Girl Wants
6.306/1716
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The Wind in the Willows
5.754/59
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2007
A Very British Sex Scandal
5.8/14
The high society court case that scandalised the mores of the day, electrified the nation and changed the course of British history.
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1990
Chicago Joe and the Showgirl
5.105/19
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2017
Breathe
7.4/796
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King Ralph
5.358/317
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2013
Summer in February
5.371/120
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2017
The Death of Stalin
7.021/2120
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1985
Young Sherlock Holmes
6.744/707
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2011
A Gun for George
6.9/7
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Restoration
6.1/134
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Restoration
2008
Mutant Chronicles
5.333/498
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Mutant Chronicles
2018
Christopher Robin
7.303/2888
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1999
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service
5.25/26
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2021
The Show
5.4/40
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The Show
1984
The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood
6.2/5
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1996
Jude
6.326/141
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Jude
1985
Plenty
5.74/48
David Hare's account of a one-time French freedom fighter who gradually realizes that her post-war life is not meeting her expectations.
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Plenty
2015
Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer's Curse
5.402/266
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Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer's Curse
2001
A Knight's Tale
6.873/3362
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A Knight's Tale
2020
My Dad's Christmas Date
6.2/53
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My Dad's Christmas Date
2009
Tormented
5.101/138
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Tormented
2007
Heroes & Villains: Napoleon
0/0
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Heroes & Villains: Napoleon
2009
Hell's Pavement
0/0
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Hell's Pavement
2020
Come Away
5.831/313
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Come Away
1989
Seven Minutes
7.154/13
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