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Roger Ashton-Griffiths
Ashton-Griffiths in 2023
Born	(1957-01-19) 19 January 1957 (age 67) Hertfordshire, England
Alma mater	Lancaster University (BMus 1978) University of East London (MA 2003) University of East Anglia (PhD 2016)
Occupation(s)	Actor, director, writer
Years active	1982–present
Spouse	Sharmini Thillaimuthu
Children	2

Roger Ashton-Griffiths (born 19 January 1957) is an English character actor, screenwriter and film director. He is best known for his role as Mace Tyrell in the HBO fantasy series Game of Thrones.

Life and career

Born in Hertfordshire, Ashton-Griffiths attended Altrincham Grammar School for Boys in Manchester. He then read music at Lancaster University, where he was a member of Furness College, graduating in 1978. He began his career as a singer with the English National Opera at the London Coliseum between 1979 and 1981.

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, Season 5, and Season 6.

Ashton-Griffiths's debut novel The Case of Cat Adam was published in 2023.

Personal life

Ashton-Griffiths is married to Sharmini Thillaimuthu, a senior studio director at the BBC, with whom he has two children. He lives in Suffolk, and has dual British and Canadian citizenship.

In 2003, Ashton-Griffiths attained an MA in fine art from the University of East London, and in 2016, he attained a PhD in creative writing from the University of East Anglia. In 2010, he was appointed a Fellow of Furness College, Lancaster.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

1. "Roger Ashton-Griffiths". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2012. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
2. University, Lancaster. "Lancaster University on BBC University Challenge | Lancaster University". www.lancaster.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
3. "Game of Thrones Season 6 Mace Tyrell Interview with Roger Ashton-Griffiths". flicksandthecity.com. 29 May 2016. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
4. Lauren Cope (19 July 2016). "Game of Thrones star joins fellow UEA graduates". Eastern Daily Press. Retrieved 15 November 2018.

External links

• Roger Ashton-Griffiths at IMDb
• Roger Ashton-Griffiths at AllMovie
• Roger Ashton-Griffiths at Curtis Brown
• Roger Ashton-Griffiths at Johnson and Alcock
• Alumni of the Lancaster University

• Living people
• 1957 births
• Alumni of Lancaster University
• Alumni of Furness College, Lancaster
• Alumni of the University of East London
• Alumni of the University of East Anglia
• English male film actors
• English male television actors
• English people of Canadian descent
• Male actors from Hertfordshire
• People educated at Altrincham Grammar School for Boys
• 20th-century English male actors
• 21st-century English male actors
• English screenwriters
• English male screenwriters
• English film directors
• English opera singers