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John Rhys-Davies
John Rhys-Davies

John Rhys-Davies

ActingBorn May 5, 1944 (age 82)Ammanford, Wales, UK

Biography

John Rhys-Davies (born 5 May 1944) is a Welsh actor and vocal artist. He is 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.

Filmography

2026
Bone Keeper

as Professor Harisson

Movie
2026
Starbright

as Raphael

Movie
2025Movie
2025
Machine Heart

as Narrator

Movie
2024
The Gates

as Frederick Ladbroke

Movie
2023
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom

as Brine King (voice)

Movie
2022
Kingslayer

as Guillaume Maréchal

Movie
2021
Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age

as Self - Actor (archive footage)

Movie
2021
Bad Cupid

as Archie

Movie
2020Movie
2020
Valley of the Gods

as Dr. Hermann

Movie
2020
G-Loc

as Henry

Movie
2020
Wizards: Tales of Arcadia

as Galahad (voice)

TV
2020
Tainted

as Vladimir

Movie
2020TV
2020TV
2020
Shadowtown

as Einar

Movie
2020Movie
2019
Mosley

as Warnie (voice)

Movie
2019Movie
2019
The Pilgrim's Progress

as Evangelist (voice)

Movie
2018Movie
2018
Aquaman

as Brine King (voice)

Movie
2018
Fragments of Truth

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
2018
Aux

as Jack

Movie
2017
I AM ISRAEL

as Narrator

Movie
2016
Camera Store

as Pinky Steuben

Movie
2016
Winter Thaw

as Martin Avdeitch

Movie
2016TV
2016Movie
2015
Many Beautiful Things

as John Ruskin (voice)

Movie
2015Movie
2015
Documentary Now!

as Garth Davies-Gruffudd

TV
2015Movie
2015
Beyond the Mask

as Charles Kemp

Movie
2015Movie
2015
Harvey Beaks

as Elder Bug (voice)

TV
2015TV
2014
Let The Season In

as Self / Narrator

Movie
2014Movie
2014
Time Lapse

as Mr. Bezzeredes

Movie
2014Movie
2014
Apocalypse Pompeii

as Colonel Carlos Dillard

Movie
2013
Prisoners of the Sun

as Professor Hayden Masterton

Movie
2013
Rick and Morty

as BugAnne's Father (voice)

TV
2013
Die schlechtesten Filme aller Zeiten

as Bouchard (archive footage)

TV
2013Movie
2013
Concrete Blondes

as Kostas Jakobatos

Movie
2013
100 Degrees Below Zero

as Ralph Dillard

Movie
2013
Smokin'

as Doctor

Movie
2012
Missing Christmas

as Narrator / Santa (voice)

Movie
2012TV
2012
Escape

as Malcom Andrews

Movie
2011Movie
2011
Once Upon a Time

as Grand Pabbie (voice)

TV
2011
Ferocious Planet

as Senator Jackson Crenshaw

Movie
2011
Face Off

as Self - Guest Judge

TV
2010Movie
2010
Fish Hooks

as Magic Apple (voice)

TV
2010Movie
2010
Medium Raw

as Elliot Carbon

Movie
2009
31 North 62 East

as John Hammond

Movie
2009
Anacondas: Trail of Blood

as Peter "J.D." Murdoch

Movie
2009
Reclaiming the Blade

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
2008TV
2008
Anaconda 3: Offspring

as Peter "J.D." Murdoch

Movie
2008
Kiss Me Deadly

as Yale Ericson

Movie
2007
The Ferryman

as The Greek

Movie
2007Movie
2006Movie
2006
Shark Bait

as Thorton (voice)

Movie
2006
Psych

as Curator

TV
2005
The King Maker

as Phillippe

Movie
2005
Shadows in the Sun

as Mr. Andrew Benton

Movie
2005
The Lost Angel

as Father Kevin

Movie
2005Movie
2005
Revelations

as Professor Lampley

TV
2005
Chupacabra Terror

as Captain Randolph

Movie
2004Movie
2004Movie
2004
Vlad

as Narrator

Movie
2004Movie
2004TV
2004Movie
2004
Dragon Storm

as King Fastrad

Movie
2004Movie
2003Movie
2003
Coronado

as Presidente Hugo Luis Ramos

Movie
2003
The Medallion

as Cmdr. Hammerstock-Smythe

Movie
2003
Justice League: Paradise Lost

as Lord Hades (voice)

Movie
2003Movie
2003
Helen of Troy

as King Priam of Troy

TV
2003
The Jungle Book 2

as Ranjan's Father (voice)

Movie
2002
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

as Gimli / Treebeard (voice)

Movie
2002
Sabretooth

as Anthony Bricklin

Movie
2002
Endangered Species

as Police Lt. Wyznowski

Movie
2002
Scorcher

as Dr. Matthew Sallin

Movie
2002TV
2001Movie
2001
Justice League

as Lord Hades (voice)

TV
2001
The Zeta Project

as Edgar Mandragora (voice)

TV
2001
Disney's House of Mouse

as Oberon (voice)

TV
2000
The Gold Cross

as Rodrigues

Movie
2000Movie
2000
Britannic

as Captain Barrett

Movie
1999
Au Pair

as Nigel Kent

Movie
1999
Secret of the Andes

as Father Claver

Movie
1999
SpongeBob SquarePants

as Man Ray (voice)

TV
1999
Mickey Mouse Works

as Oberon (voice)

TV
1997
The Protector

as Rasheed

Movie
1997
You Wish

as Mustafa

TV
1997
Cats Don't Dance

as Woolie Mammoth (voice)

Movie
1996
Bloodsport III

as Jacques Duvalier

Movie
1996Movie
1996
Marquis de Sade

as Inspector Marais

Movie
1996
Arli$$

as Davey Owen Jones

TV
1996Movie
1996
The Great White Hype

as Johnny Windsor

Movie
1996Movie
1996Movie
1995
Glory Daze

as Luther

Movie
1995
Freakazoid!

as Professor Beasthead (voice)

TV
1995
Sliders

as Maximillian Arturo

TV
1995
Star Trek: Voyager

as Leonardo da Vinci

TV
1994
A Flintstones Christmas Carol

as Charles Brickens (voice)

Movie
1994
Aaahh!!! Real Monsters

as Head Judge / Zifdo (voice)

TV
1994
Gargoyles

as Macbeth/Demona's Second (voice)

TV
1994
Gargoyles

as Findlaech (voice)

TV
1994
Gargoyles

as Macbeth (voice)

TV
1994
Gargoyles

as Arthur Morwood-Smyth (voice)

TV
1994
Fantastic Four

as Thor (voice)

TV
1994
The High Crusade

as Bruder Parvus

Movie
1994
Duckman

as The Sultan of Dendron (voice)

TV
1994
Robot in the Family

as Eli Taki / Rashmud / Sashri

Movie
1994Movie
1993
Cyborg Cop

as Kessel

Movie
1993
Sunset Grill

as Stockton

Movie
1993
Animaniacs

as Tympannini (voice)

TV
1993Movie
1993
Peak Practice

as Mike King

TV
1993
The Seventh Coin

as Captain Galil

Movie
1993
The Magic Paintbrush

as Zagal (voice)

Movie
1993
The Untouchables

as Michael Malone

TV
1992
Ring of the Musketeers

as Maruice Treville

TV
1992
Canvas

as Nick

Movie
1992
The Double 0 Kid

as Rudi Von Kseenbaum

Movie
1992
Batman: The Animated Series

as 'Baron' Waclaw Jozek (voice)

TV
1992
Return to the Lost World

as Professor George Challenger

Movie
1992
The Lost World

as Challanger

Movie
1991TV
1991Movie
1991
Journey of Honor

as El Zaidan

Movie
1991
Under Cover

as Flynn

TV
1991
Under Cover

as Flynn

Movie
1991Movie
1991TV
1990
Secret Weapon

as Mossad Chief

Movie
1989
Desperado: Badlands Justice

as Richard Marriott

Movie
1989
Rising Storm

as Donwaldo

Movie
1989
Great Expectations

as Joe Gargery

TV
1989
The Gifted One

as Carl Boardman

Movie
1989TV
1989Movie
1988Movie
1988
War and Remembrance

as Sammy Mutterperl

TV
1988Movie
1988Movie
1988
Tusks

as Roger Singh

Movie
1988
Waxwork

as Werewolf

Movie
1988
Noble House

as Quillan Gornt

TV
1987
The Little Match Girl

as Chief Murphy

Movie
1987
The Living Daylights

as General Leonid Pushkin

Movie
1986
Firewalker

as Corky Taylor

Movie
1986Movie
1985Movie
1984
Best Revenge

as Mustapha

Movie
1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Harry Waverly

TV
1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Lancaster

TV
1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Harry Mordecai

TV
1984
No Man's Land

as Grimshaw

Movie
1984
Kim

as Babu

Movie
1984
Robin of Sherwood

as King Richard

TV
1984Movie
1983
Sahara

as Rasoul

Movie
1983
Sadat

as Gamal Abdel Nasser

TV
1983TV
1982
Victor/Victoria

as André Cassell

Movie
1982
Ivanhoe

as Front de Boeuf

Movie
1981Movie
1981Movie
1981TV
1981
Sphinx

as Stephanos Markoulis

Movie
1980Movie
1980
Shogun

as Vasco Rodrigues

Movie
1980
Shōgun

as Vasco Rodrigues

TV
1980
Fox

as Warleigh

Movie
1979
Question Time

as Self - Panellist

TV
1979Movie
1979
Henry VIII

as Capucius, Ambassador from Emperor Charles V

Movie
1978
The Nativity

as Nestor

Movie
1978
Enemy at the Door

as George Trenett

TV
1978
Hazell

as Graves

TV
1977
BBC2 Play of the Week

as Guy de Maupassant

TV
1977TV
1977
CHiPs

as Nakura (as John Rhys Davies)

TV
1977
Target

as Hecht

TV
1976Movie
1976
Beasts

as Peter Newell

TV
1976
I, Claudius

as Macro

TV
1975Movie
1975
Quiller

as Leindorf

TV
1975
The Sweeney

as Ron Brett

TV
1974
Fall of Eagles

as Zinoviev

TV
1974
Zodiac

as Aikman

TV
1973
Penny Gold

as Rugby Player

Movie
1973TV
1972TV
1971
The Guardians

as First Guardian

TV
1971
Budgie

as Laughing Spam Fritter

TV
1962TV
1955TV
The Sword of Thyrus

as King Athol

Movie
Nameless

as Barnaby

Movie
The Way of the Wind

as Uriah the Chief Elder

Movie
Ellston Bay

as Father

Movie
Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayMay 5, 1944
Place of BirthAmmanford, Wales, UK
Popularity1.7