Roger Griffiths

Roger Griffiths (born 6 February 1965) is an English actor who has had several roles in television.

Career He first rose to prominence opposite Lenny Henry as Gareth Blackstock's foil Everton Stonehead in BBC One 1990s sitcom Chef!. Before starring in Chef, Griffiths played a minor role as a news reporter in the Channel 4 British sitcom Desmond's in 1990. Later in 1990, he appeared in an episode of Birds of a Feather, series 2, episode 4: "Muesli", as Daryl's fellow inmate.

Following the run of Chef!, Griffiths played a pirate named Captain Kevin in the BBC educational numeracy television series Numbertime.

Since then, Griffiths has played recurring characters on British soap operas. In 1999 and 2000, he played the role of DS Paul Timpney on police drama The Bill for five episodes. He joined the cast of Holby City in 2006, after a run on EastEnders as DI Riddick, and on Family Affairs as Gabriel Drummond. He was a series regular in Vexed (2010–2012), and BBC One's Lenny Henry In Pieces in 2003. In 2010, he appeared in the Only Fools and Horses prequel, Rock & Chips, as Clayton Cooper. In 2016, he played the part of Newton Farrell in the Death in Paradise episode "The Blood Red Sea". He rejoined the cast of EastEnders in 2018 as Mitch Baker, the father of Keegan Baker. He left the series in December 2023.

Griffiths has also had minor film roles (such as Batman Begins and Buffalo Soldiers), and a minor role in the Doctor Who episode "Planet of the Ood". In 2018, he appeared in series 5 of Still Open All Hours.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1991 Ama Joe 1996 Hard Men Lenny 1999 Greenwich Mean Time Denton Tube Tales Charlie Segment: Grasshopper 2001 Buffalo Soldiers Simmons 2005 Batman Begins Arkham Uniformed Policeman 2007 Deadmeat Froggy 2013 Communion Inspector Matthews Life Sentence Ray Short film 2014 Dangerous Mind of a Hooligan Rowentree 2015 Hard Time Bus Fitzy 2017 Bonded by Blood 2 D.S. Lyons 2022 The Mistress Don Short film

Television Year Title Role Notes 1986 London's Burning Lloyd Television film 1988 Small World Cleaner Mini-series; Episode 2: "The Lady of Situations" Me and My Girl Brendan Series 6; episode 7: "A Bit of Overtime" 1989 Hard Cases Workman Series 2; episode 5 4 Play Bike Messenger Series 1; episode 6: "Shalom Joan Collins" 1990 Birds of a Feather Gary Series 2; episode 4: "Muesli" 1990–1991 Desmond's Leroy Smart Series 2; episode 3, and series 3; episode 3 1991 Casualty Philip Series 6; episode 4: "Hide and Seek" Lazarus & Dingwall Suspect Episode 6: "The Little Red Mark on the Side of the Head" 1992 The Bill Malcolm Grant Series 8; episode 6: "Fair Play" The Ruth Rendell Mysteries Roy Smith (painter) Series 6; episode 7: "An Unwanted Woman: Part Two" 1993–1996 Chef! Everton Stonehead Series 1–3; 19 episodes 1994 Class Act Roy Series 1; episode 6 Finney Doyle Episodes 3–6 1996 Thief Takers Jim Gillespie Series 1; episode 2: "Company of Strangers" 1997 Captain Butler Cliff Episodes 1–6 1998–1999 Numbertime Captain Kevin Series 5–7; 20 episodes 1999 Mike & Angelo Smith Series 11; episode 5: "Men in Brown" Trust Trevor Macer 2-part television film 1999–2000 Comin' Atcha! Uncle Rudi Series 1; episode 5, and series 2; episodes 4–7 The Bill D.S. Paul Timpney Series 15; episodes 33–36 2000 Forgive and Forget Carlton Television film Harry Enfield's Brand Spanking New Show Episodes 1 & 8 Lenny Henry in Pieces Various Unknown episodes 2001 Casualty Royston Phillips Series 15; episode 34: "Mix and Match" Heartbeat Daniel Moketso Series 11; episode 4: "Legacies" Dr. Terrible's House of Horrible Mozim & Unim Pawtont Episode 5: "Voodoo Feet of Death" 2002 Paradise Heights Bobby Fulton Series 1; episode 2 Sirens D.S. Steve Copley 2-part television film 2002–2003 Family Affairs Gabriel Drummond 28 episodes 2004 French and Saunders Series 6; episode 4 2004–2005 EastEnders D.I. Chris Riddick 18 episodes 2005 Spider-Plant Man Man on Train Television short film (for Comic Relief). Uncredited role 2005–2009 Dubplate Drama D-Brain Series 1–3; 14 episodes 2006 Doctors Patrick Turner Series 8; episode 7: "Full Disclosure" My Family Radio DJ Series 6; episode 3: "The Spokes Person" 2008 Doctor Who Commander Kess Series 4; episode 3: "Planet of the Ood" 2009 Hustle Lennie Series 5; episode 5: "Politics" 2010 Rock & Chips Clayton Cooper Pilot episode 2010–2012 Vexed Tony Series 1; episodes 1–3, and series 2; episodes 1–6 2011 Doctors Ian Milligan Series 12; episode 196: "Saints and Sinners" 2014 Casualty Paul Mason Series 28; episode 39: "To Yourself Be True" 2016 Death in Paradise Newton Farrell Series 5; episode 7: "The Blood Red Sea" A Midsummer Night's Dream Oberon Television film (CBeebies version) Doctors Graham McAllister Series 18; episode 92: "Life Unexpected" 2017 Casualty Marty Williams Series 32; episodes 6, 10 & 16 2018 Still Open All Hours Mr. Norman Series 5; episode 6 Enterprice Paul Series 1; episodes 1–4 2018–2023 EastEnders Mitch Baker 439 episodes 2019 Waffle the Wonder Dog Grand Series 3; episode 11: "Waffle the Grand-dog" 2020–2021 The Rubbish World of Dave Spud Headmaster Series 2; 52 episodes 2021 Dodo Tom Toosley Series 1; episode 17: "Cosmic Frisbee" 2023–2025 Dreaming Whilst Black Uncle Claude 12 episodes 2025 Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators Paul Belch Series 5; episode 3: "Destruction, Blood and Massacre"