Roger Ashton-Griffiths

Roger Ashton-Griffiths is the kind of performer most people recognise without ever knowing his name, and that anonymity is precisely what makes him fascinating to me. His Mace Tyrell in Game of Thrones was a small masterclass in playing pompous and oblivious without ever tipping into caricature. What really earns my respect is the range behind it: he trained as an opera singer, writes screenplays and directs. A voice-trained actor brings a different sense of rhythm and weight to dialogue, and you can feel that craft in his work. He is a genuine all-rounder hiding in plain sight.

Name (English)

Roger Ashton-Griffiths

Name (Japanese)

ロジャー・アシュトン＝グリフィス

Reading

ろじゃー・あしゅとん＝ぐりふぃす

Born

January 19, 1957 (age 69)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Rooster

Origin

Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

Occupation

film director / screenwriter / opera singer / stage actor / film actor

University

University of Lancaster

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger%20Ashton-Griffiths
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q740202

Tags

• film director
• screenwriter
• opera singer

Last updated

2026-06-21

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.