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.\n', '

Born in Hertfordshire, Ashton-Griffiths studied at Lancaster University (1975-78), where he was a member of Furness College, and graduated with a BMus. He began his career as a singer with English National Opera at the London Coliseum between 1979 and 1981.\n', '

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).\n', '

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