Roger Ashton-Griffiths

Roger Ashton-Griffiths
as Jasper Shaw, the bookseller, in Jane Campion's Bright Star (2008)
Born	(1957-01-19) 19 January 1957 (age 60) Hertfordshire, England
Occupation	Actor, director, writer

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 HBO series Game of Thrones.

Roger Ashton-Griffiths graduated from Lancaster University (BMus), University of East London (MA Fine Art) and the University of East Anglia (PhD Creative & Critical Writing), and began his career as a singer with English National Opera at the London Coliseum.

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).