Roger Ashton-Griffiths

Actor
Writer
Director

Set in 18th century England during pox outbreak and Jacobite uprising, Sir Chauncey and Lady Savage blindly pursue better life. Their pursuit filled with ironic decadence and bloodshed. A darkly satirical play on class and power.

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Savage House (2026)

Dual Canadian/British nationalities. Read Music at Lancaster University (1975-78) before joining English National Opera as singer (1979-81). Theatre credits subsequently include Gloucester (King Lear) at Colchester, Judge Turpin (Sweeney Todd) at Liverpool and Watford, Algol (Space Queen Maladjusta) at Southampton, Angelo (Archangels Don't Play Pinball) at Bristol. Married BBC studio manager Sharmini Thillaimuthu. Two children. Lives in London and Suffolk.

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Known for

Game of Thrones

9.2

TV Series

Mace Tyrell

My Mother's Wedding

5.5

Ken (Best Man)(as Roger Ashton Griffiths)

2023

Brazil

7.8

Priest

1985

Gangs of New York

7.5

P.T. Barnum

2002

Credits

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Actor

Savage House
6.1
- Dr. Hemmings
- 2026
My Mother's Wedding
5.5
- Ken (Best Man) (as Roger Ashton Griffiths)
- 2023
The Other Me
4.2
- Stranger
- 2022
The Score
5.0
- Frank
- 2021
My Dad's Christmas Date
5.5
- Mr. Thompson
- 2020
The Show
5.7
- First Cabby
- Bus Conductor
- 2020
Come Away
5.7
- Smoking Overweight Man (uncredited)
- 2020
Izo Fitzroy - I Want Magic
Short
- The Collector
- 2019
Lucky Man
7.1
TV Series
- Arthur McCarthy (as Roger Ashton Griffiths)
- 2018
Christopher Robin
7.2
- Ralph Butterworth
- 2018
Crooked House
6.3
- Mr. Gaitskill
- 2017
Breathe
7.2
- Hospital Chaplain
- 2017
The Death of Stalin
7.3
- Musician 1 (as Roger Ashton Griffiths)
- 2017
Quacks
7.7
TV Series
- Bishop of Lambeth
- 2017
Taboo
8.3
TV Series
- Appleby
- 2017

Writer

Director

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International Trailer

Trailer 1:43

My Dad's Christmas Date

Personal details

Alternative names
- J.G.R. Ashton-Griffiths
Height
- 5′ 10″ (1.78 m)
Born
- January 19
- Hertfordshire, England, UK
Spouse
- Sharmini Thillaimuthu? - present (2 children)

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Gender / Gender identity
- Male

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Trivia
PhD (creative and critical writing, University of East Anglia) 2015.

Quotes
[on Lord Mace Tyrell, his character in Game of Thrones (2011)] Well, Mace is described variably by others as an oaf; the Lord of Oaf. However, in my view he's rather a wise old cookie, and is just bumbling along.