Richard Griffiths

Richard Griffiths, OBE (born July 31, 1947) is an English stage, film and television actor who is best known for his role as Vernon Dursley in the Harry Potter film series.

He played Barry Nottingham in the 2008 Disney family-fantasy-comedy film Bedtime Stories, Santa Claus in the 2008 NBC television special A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa and King George II in the 2011 fantasy adventure film Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. He also voiced Jeltz in the 2005 Touchstone Pictures film The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.