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Roger Ashton-Griffiths
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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
Notable films
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Highlights from credits and KinoChain journeys.
Chains
KinoChain journeys
Public chains that pass through their films — or name them as a bridge.
Anarchy in the UK
From Ealing's sly subversions to Python's surreal dismantling of authority, a journey through the films that taught Britain to laugh at itself.
7 films
Rewinding the Reel: How VHS Championed British Independents
From Thatcher's Britain to the video shop era, discover how VHS gave gritty, daring British films a second life and a devoted audience.
9 films
20 Home Video Releases Every Film Obsessive Should Own
There was a brief, glorious period in the late 1990s and early 2000s when buying a film on home video felt less like acquiring a product and more like being han...
20 films
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The Show
2021
Christopher Robin
2018 · Ralph Butterworth
The Death of Stalin
2017 · Musician #1
The Lobster
2015 · Doctor
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
2010 · Jonathan
The Colour of Magic
2008 · Lumuel Panter
A Very British Sex Scandal
2007 · 'Khaki' Roberts
The Brothers Grimm
2005 · Mayor
Empire
2005 · Panza
Gangs of New York
2002 · P.T. Barnum
A Knight's Tale
2001 · Old Bishop
Merlin
1998 · Sir Boris
The Odyssey
1997 · Polites
Ivanhoe
1997 · Prior Aymer
The Portrait of a Lady
1996 · Bob Bantling
The Wind in the Willows
1996 · The Prosecution Counsel
King Ralph
1991 · Royal Photographer
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
1989 · Turpin
Young Sherlock Holmes
1985 · Det. Sgt. Lestrade
Dreamchild
1985 · Mr. Duckworth
Brazil
1985 · Priest