
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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Roger Ashton-Griffiths, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Also Known As
Movie Appearances

Gangs of New York
as P.T. Barnum
2002

Swept from the Sea
as Canon Van Stone
1998

Mountains of the Moon
as Lord Cowley
1990

The Brothers Grimm
as Mayor
2005

You're Dead...
as Cliff Sniffton (bank manager)
1999

Princess of Thieves
as Friar Tuck
2001

The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
as Turpin
1989

Irish Jam
as Tom Flannery
2006

You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
as Jonathan
2010

The Other Me
as Stranger
2022

Devil's Gate
as Eagle
2004

The Plant
as Geoff
1995

Aristophanes: The Gods Are Laughing
1995

Separate Bedrooms
as Harvey
1989

Lady Audley's Secret
as Dr. Alwyn Mosgrave
2000

Grace of Monaco
as Alfred Hitchcock
2014

The Score
as Frank
2022

Mr. Turner
as Henry William Pickersgill
2014

Shadowlands
as Dr Eddie Monk
1993

My Mother's Wedding
as Ken
2025
TV Appearances

Torchwood
as Mr Garrett
2006

Keen Eddie
2003

Tales from the Crypt
as Valdemar Tymrak
1989

The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
as Sinister German
1992

The Young Ones
as Orgo
1982

Lovejoy
as Antique Shop Owner
1986

Empire
as Panza
2005

Cadfael
as Thomas of Bristol
1994

Ivanhoe
as Prior Aymer
1997

Doctor Who
as Quayle
2005

Father Brown
as Cardinal Bonipogio
2013

As If
as Shower Man
2001