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Aliases: John Rhys Davies , Jonathan Rhys-Davies , John Rhys-Davis , Джон Рис-Дэвис , جان ریس-دیویس
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Ammanford, Wales, UK
Homepage: https://johnsonlaird.com/our-actors/John-Rhys-Davies
Movie Involvements: 148
TV Involvements: 48
Most Famous Work
Biography
John Rhys-Davies (born 5 May 1944) is a Welsh actor and vocal artist. He is perhaps best known for playing the charismatic Arab excavator Sallah in the Indiana Jones films and the dwarf Gimli in The Lord of the Rings trilogy, in which he also voiced the ent, Treebeard. He also played Agent Michael Malone in the 1993 remake of the 1950s television series The Untouchables, Professor Maximillian Arturo in Sliders, King Richard I in Robin of Sherwood, General Leonid Pushkin in the James Bond film The Living Daylights, and Macro in I, Claudius. Additionally, he provided the voices of Cassim in Disney's Aladdin and the King of Thieves, Man Ray in SpongeBob SquarePants, and Tobias in the computer game Freelancer. He is also the narrator for the TV show Wildboyz. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Rhys-Davies, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Most Famous Work
Star Trek: Voyager
(1995) Leonardo da VinciMurder, She Wrote
(1984) Harry MordecaiBatman: The Animated Series
(1992) 'Baron' Waclaw Jozek (voice)Sliders
(1995) Maximillian ArturoOnce Upon a Time
(2011) Grand Pabbie (voice)Gargoyles
(1994) Arthur Morwood-Smyth (voice)The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
(2003) GimliThe Sweeney
(1975) Ron BrettActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Raphael | |
| 2024 | Frederick Ladbroke | |
| 2023 | Brine King (voice) | |
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Sallah | ||
| 2022 | Guillaume Maréchal | |
| 2021 | Douglas Haig | |
| Self - Actor (archive footage) | ||
| Archie | ||
| 2020 | Mason | |
| Dr. Hermann | ||
| Henry | ||
| Galahad (voice) | ||
| Vladimir | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| N/A | ||
| Einar | ||
| Bouchard | ||
| 2019 | Warnie (voice) | |
| Jow | ||
| Evangelist (voice) | ||
| 2018 | Brine King (voice) | |
| Narrator (voice) | ||
| Jack | ||
| 2017 | Narrator | |
| 2016 | Pinky Steuben | |
| Martin Avdeitch | ||
| Peter | ||
| Eventine | ||
| Hanson | ||
| 2015 | John Ruskin (voice) | |
| Burt | ||
| Garth Davies-Gruffudd | ||
| Narrator | ||
| Charles Kemp | ||
| Annas | ||
| Elder Bug (voice) | ||
| Self | ||
| Goodsword (voice) | ||
| 2014 | Self / Narrator | |
| Voice | ||
| Mr. Bezzeredes | ||
| Caiphas | ||
| Colonel Carlos Dillard | ||
| 2013 | Professor Hayden Masterton | |
| BugAnne's Father (voice) | ||
| Bouchard (archive footage) | ||
| Gnarlybeard (voice) | ||
| Kostas Jakobatos | ||
| Ralph Dillard | ||
| Doctor | ||
| 2012 | Narrator / Santa (voice) | |
| L'alchimiste | ||
| Voice of the Brine King (archive footage) | ||
| Malcom Andrews | ||
| 2011 | Himeself (Narrator) | |
| Grand Pabbie (voice) | ||
| Eusi | ||
| N/A | ||
| Senator Jackson Crenshaw | ||
| Self - Guest Judge | ||
| 2010 | Green | |
| Magic Apple (voice) | ||
| Dr. Watson (voice) | ||
| Elliot Carbon | ||
| 2009 | John Hammond | |
| Peter "J.D." Murdoch | ||
| Narrator (voice) | ||
| N/A | ||
| 2008 | Horace | |
| Narrator | ||
| Peter "J.D." Murdoch | ||
| Sangimel | ||
| Yale Ericson | ||
| 2007 | Merick | |
| The Greek | ||
| Ranger Steve | ||
| 2006 | Mordecai | |
| Curator | ||
| Thorton (voice) | ||
| 2005 | Phillippe | |
| Mr. Andrew Benton | ||
| Father Kevin | ||
| Bill Jeffrey | ||
| Professor Lampley | ||
| Captain Randolph | ||
| Self | ||
| 2004 | Self | |
| Santa | ||
| Narrator | ||
| N/A | ||
| Narrator | ||
| Viscount Mabrey | ||
| Porthos | ||
| Captain | ||
| Self | ||
| King Fastrad | ||
| Narrator | ||
| 2003 | Gimli | |
| Self / Narrator | ||
| self | ||
| Presidente Hugo Luis Ramos | ||
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| Cmdr. Hammerstock-Smythe | ||
| Lord Hades (voice) | ||
| Narrator | ||
| Narrator (voice) | ||
| King Priam of Troy | ||
| N/A | ||
| Ranjan's Father (voice) | ||
| Self | ||
| 2002 | Gimli / Treebeard (voice) | |
| Anthony Bricklin | ||
| Police Lt. Wyznowski | ||
| Dr. Matthew Sallin | ||
| N/A | ||
| Self | ||
| 2001 | Narrator (voice) | |
| Gimli | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Lord Hades (voice) | ||
| Edgar Mandragora (voice) | ||
| Oberon (voice) | ||
| 2000 | Ivan | |
| Rodrigues | ||
| N/A | ||
| King Akron | ||
| Captain Barrett | ||
| 1999 | Nigel Kent | |
| Father Claver | ||
| Man Ray (voice) | ||
| Oberon (voice) | ||
| 1997 | Rasheed | |
| Mustafa | ||
| Woolie Mammoth (voice) | ||
| 1996 | Jacques Duvalier | |
| Narrator (voice) | ||
| Inspector Marais | ||
| Asgarth (voice) | ||
| N/A | ||
| Cassim (voice) | ||
| Johnny Windsor | ||
| Pugachev | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1995 | Luther | |
| N/A | ||
| Professor Beasthead (voice) | ||
| Maximillian Arturo | ||
| Leonardo da Vinci | ||
| 1994 | N/A | |
| Charles Brickens (voice) | ||
| Head Judge / Zifdo (voice) | ||
| Macbeth/Demona's Second (voice) | ||
| Findlaech (voice) | ||
| Macbeth (voice) | ||
| Arthur Morwood-Smyth (voice) | ||
| Thor (voice) | ||
| Bruder Parvus | ||
| The Sultan of Dendron (voice) | ||
| Eli Taki / Rashmud / Sashri | ||
| Shmuda | ||
| 1993 | Kessel | |
| Stockton | ||
| Tympannini (voice) | ||
| N/A | ||
| Mike King | ||
| Captain Galil | ||
| Zagal (voice) | ||
| Michael Malone | ||
| 1992 | Maruice Treville | |
| Host | ||
| Professor Warren | ||
| Nick | ||
| Rudi Von Kseenbaum | ||
| 'Baron' Waclaw Jozek (voice) | ||
| Professor George Challenger | ||
| Phillip Graff | ||
| Challanger | ||
| 1991 | Gribov | |
| N/A | ||
| Flynn | ||
| El Zaidan | ||
| Flynn | ||
| Flynn | ||
| Host | ||
| O'Connor | ||
| Gribov | ||
| 1990 | Mossad Chief | |
| 1989 | Richard Marriott | |
| Donwaldo | ||
| Joe Gargery | ||
| Carl Boardman | ||
| Duval | ||
| Sallah | ||
| Wilson Fisk | ||
| 1988 | Zeus | |
| Sammy Mutterperl | ||
| Rossi | ||
| N/A | ||
| Roger Singh | ||
| Werewolf | ||
| Quillan Gornt | ||
| 1987 | Chief Murphy | |
| Edward Tremaine | ||
| General Leonid Pushkin | ||
| 1986 | Corky Taylor | |
| Chris Tucker | ||
| 1985 | Dogati | |
| 1984 | Mustapha | |
| Harry Waverly | ||
| Lancaster | ||
| Harry Mordecai | ||
| Baron Fortinbras | ||
| Grimshaw | ||
| Babu | ||
| N/A | ||
| Simon | ||
| 1983 | Rasoul | |
| Gamal Abdel Nasser | ||
| N/A | ||
| Tanyatos | ||
| 1982 | Andre Cassell | |
| Front de Boeuf | ||
| 1981 | Smith | |
| Self | ||
| Sallah | ||
| Silas | ||
| Stephanos Markoulis | ||
| 1980 | Salerio | |
| Vasco Rodrigues | ||
| Solicitor | ||
| Warleigh | ||
| 1979 | Self - Panellist | |
| Armchair | ||
| Capucius, Ambassador from Emperor Charles V | ||
| 1978 | Nestor | |
| N/A | ||
| George Trenett | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1977 | Guy de Maupassant | |
| N/A | ||
| Nakura (as John Rhys Davies) | ||
| Hecht | ||
| 1976 | Peter Newell | |
| Peter Newell | ||
| N/A | ||
| Naevius Sutorius Macro | ||
| 1975 | Barndoor | |
| Leindorf | ||
| Ron Brett | ||
| 1974 | Aikman | |
| N/A | ||
| 1973 | Rugby Player | |
| N/A | ||
| 1972 | Caleb Selling | |
| Alfred Kidney | ||
| 1971 | N/A | |
| Laughing Spam Fritter | ||
| 1962 | N/A | |
| 1955 | Dunlop | |
| Barnaby | ||
| Desmond Wilhorn | ||
| Narrator | ||
| Jarred Starr | ||
| King Athol | ||
| Uriah the Chief Elder | ||
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Writer | |
| 1995 | Story | |
| 1988 | Writer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |