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Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Male

Place of birth: London, England, UK

Homepage: https://www.independenttalent.com/writers/rufus-jones/

Movie Involvements: 11

TV Involvements: 9


Most Famous Work

Biography

Rufus Jones (born 1975) is an English actor known for his appearances on television which include David Wilkes in W1A, Dr. Foggerty in Hunderby, Tom in Camping, and Peter in Home (which he also wrote). Jones began his career as one fifth of the comedy group Dutch Elm Conservatoire. On television, he is known for playing Doctor Foggerty in Julia Davis's award-winning dark comedy Hunderby, producer David Wilkes in W1A, and Miles Mollison in the BBC television mini series The Casual Vacancy. He also played Terry Jones in the BBC Four BAFTA-nominated Holy Flying Circus, Cosmo in comedy-drama Stag, and Tom in Julia Davis's Camping. In 2006, Jones appeared as the journalist in series 2 episode 3 of the BBC comedy Extras. Other credits include Mongrels (in which he voiced Nelson the fox), William & Sinclair for Sky Atlantic's Common Ground season, Episodes, It's Kevin, The Wrong Mans, Fresh Meat (series 2), Toast of London, House of Fools, Extras, Lead Balloon, Peep Show, Crooked House, The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret, Love Soup, Katy Brand's Big Ass Show, Green Green Grass, My Family, Losing It, Secret Smile, White Teeth, and Edge of Heaven. In 2011, Jones starred in the one-off BBC Christmas show Lapland. His 2013 role as Nick Edwards, the slimy opposing candidate to Bob Servant, brought him recognition in the cult BBC Four Neil Forsyth comedy Bob Servant. Jones has written for Angelos Epithemiou, Mitchell & Webb, the MTV series Fur TV, Jon Culshaw and many others. He was script consultant on E4's Cardinal Burns. In 2012, he began portraying entrepreneur James Reed in adverts for reed.co.uk. As a voiceover artist, Jones has worked on numerous commercials, as well as games such as Fable III, Killzone and Xenoblade Chronicles. In 2016, he joined the voice cast of Thomas & Friends, as the voice of Flying Scotsman. Most recently, he has voiced Vermis in Robozuna for ITV/Netflix, various characters in Sadie Sparks for Disney, Constantin in 101 Dalmatian Street for Disney, and is the narrator for the Little Princess. In 2016, he played Coulson in the BAFTA nominated psychological thriller The Ghoul (directed by Gareth Tunley), and starred as Richard in the West End production of Dead Funny at the Vaudeville Theatre in London. More recent film work includes Paddington and Woody in The Foreigner with Jackie Chan and Pierce Brosnan. He also played Bernard Delfont in Stan & Ollie with Steve Coogan and John C. Reilly, released in January 2019. In 2018, Jones starred with Anna Paquin in Flack for Pop/W channel, released in February 2019. He also filmed Home, a 6 part series for Channel 4, that he also wrote, which began airing in March 2019. A second series was broadcast in February and March 2020.[13]

Most Famous Work

Midsomer Murders
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Midsomer Murders

(1997) Talk Show Host
Hijack
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8

Hijack

(2023) Felix Staton
Agatha Christie's Marple
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8

Agatha Christie's Marple

(2004) Horace Bindler
Messiah
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7

Messiah

(2001) TV Reporter
The Foreigner
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7

The Foreigner

(2017) Ian Wood
Four Lives
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7

Four Lives

(2022) John Pape
Beyond Paradise
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7

Beyond Paradise

(2023) Terrence Witham
FDR
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7

FDR

(2023) Theodore Roosevelt

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2025 N/A
2023 Jenkins
Felix Staton
Theodore Roosevelt
Terrence Witham
2022 Tom
Theodore Roosevelt
Mike
John Pape
2021 Tony
Bank Manager
2019 Wilko
N/A
Peter
Mark
2018 Bernard Delfont
Flying Scotsman (voice)
Elton John
Charles (voice)
2017 John Ammonds
Ian Wood
Coulson
Elton John
2016 The Flying Scotsman (voice)
Tom
Cosmo
2015 Sir Walter Raleigh
Miles Mollison
2014 Third Geographer
N/A
David Wilkes
Prop Maartie
Charles
N/A
Simon
2013 N/A
D.S. Brick
N/A
N/A
Nick Edwards
2012 Dr. Foggerty
2011 Julian
Terry Jones
Macauley
Anthony Powner Smith
2010 N/A
N/A
N/A
Nelson (voice)
N/A
Golden Egg Waiter
2008 N/A
2007 N/A
2006 N/A
Dr. Hall
2005 N/A
N/A
Journalist
2004 Horace Bindler
Tyrone
2003 N/A
Peter
2001 TV Reporter
2000 N/A
1997 Talk Show Host
N/A
Geoffrey Milton
Year Character Movie/Tv

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