Roger Ashton-Griffiths
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Roger Ashton-Griffiths | |
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 as Jasper Shaw, the bookseller, in Jane Campion's Bright Star (2008) | |
| Born | 19 January 1957 Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, director, writer |
Roger Ashton-Griffiths (born 19 January 1957) is an English character actor, screenwriter and film director.[1] He is best known for his role as Mace Tyrell in HBO series Game of Thrones.
Life and career
Roger Ashton-Griffiths graduated from Lancaster University (BMus), University of East London (MA Fine Art) and the University of East Anglia (PhD Creative & Critical Writing), 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 Brazil (1985) and The Brothers Grimm (2005), Dreamchild (1985), Young Sherlock Holmes (1985), Gene Wilder's Haunted Honeymoon (1986), Roman Polanski's Pirates (1986), Peter Greenaway's The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989), Mountains of the Moon (1990), Chicago Joe and the Showgirl (1990), Shadowlands (1993), The Portrait of a Lady (1996), The Wind in the Willows (1996), A Knight's Tale (2001), Martin Scorsese's Gangs of New York (2002), Woody Allen's You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (2010), Olivier Dahan's Grace of Monaco (2014) and Mike Leigh's Mr. Turner (2014).
He has also worked extensively in television, including Jack the Ripper, The Odyssey, Merlin, Margaret, The Tudors, Doctor Who, Coronation Street and Father Brown. He portrays Lord Mace Tyrell in Game of Thrones in Season 4 and Season 5.[2]
Selected filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1988 | Jack the Ripper | Rodman | |
| 1997 | The Odyssey | Polites | |
| 1998 | Merlin | Sir Boris | |
| 2001 | A Knight's Tale | Old Bishop | |
| 2002 | Gangs of New York | P. T. Barnum | |
| 2005 | The Brothers Grimm | Mayor | |
| 2010 | You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger | Jonathan | |
| 2013 | NTSF:SD:SUV:: | Robinson | Episode: "U-KO'ed" |
| 2014 | Grace of Monaco | Alfred Hitchcock | |
| 2014–present | Game of Thrones | Lord Mace Tyrell | |
| 2014 | Mr. Turner | Henry William Pickersgill | |
| 2015 | Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer's Curse | ||
| 2016 | Father Brown | Cardinal Bonipogio | Episode: "The Daughter of Autolycus" |
References
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- Living people
- 1957 births
- Alumni of Lancaster University
- Alumni of the University of East London
- Alumni of the University of East Anglia
- English male film actors
- English male television actors
- Male actors from Hertfordshire
- 20th-century English male actors
- 21st-century English male actors
- English screenwriters
- English film directors
- English opera singers