How old was Richard Griffiths in the movie The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy?

Richard Griffiths was 56 in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy when he played the character 'Jeltz (voice)'.

That was over 19 years ago in 2005.

In 2013 he died aged 65, starring in 57 films in his career, 16 of those after The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy was first released. If he were alive today he would be 76.

How old do you think he looks in the movie?

In The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, I think Richard Griffiths looks:

Did you know?

  • Director Garth Jennings has worked with Richard Griffiths just once in his career.
  • Richard Griffiths' first movie was as 'Window Cleaner' in Well Thank You, Thursday, released in 1976 when he was 27
  • The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy scores 6.66 out of 10 on TMDB.

The cast of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Richard Griffiths' other movies