John Rhys-Davies

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1944-05-05 (80 years old)

Place of Birth Ammanford, Wales, UK

Also Known As John Rhys Davies, Jonathan Rhys-Davies, John Rhys-Davis, Джон Рис-Дэвис

John Rhys-Davies

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.

Known For

Actor

The Sword of Thyrus

as King Athol

Nameless

as Barnaby

Lantern City

as Desmond Wilhorn

Archaeology

as Host

2025
Starbright

as Raphael

2024
The Gates

as Frederick Ladbroke

2023
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom

as Brine King (voice)

2022
Kingslayer

as Guillaume Maréchal

2021
Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age

as Self - Actor (archive footage)

2021
Bad Cupid

as Archie

2020
Valley of the Gods

as Dr. Hermann

2020
G-Loc

as Henry

2020
Tainted

as Vladimir

2020
Shadowtown

as Einar

2020
2020
Wizards: Tales of Arcadia

as Galahad (voice)

2020
2020
2019
Mosley

as Warnie (voice)

2019
Santa Fake

as Jow

2019
The Pilgrim's Progress

as Evangelist (voice)

2018
Aquaman

as Brine King (voice)

2018
Fragments of Truth

as Narrator (voice)

2018
Aux

as Jack

2017
I Am Israel

as Narrator

2016
Camera Store

as Pinky Steuben

2016
Winter Thaw

as Martin Avdeitch

2016
2016
2015
Many Beautiful Things

as John Ruskin (voice)

2015
Golden Shoes

as Burt

2015
Beyond the Mask

as Charles Kemp

2015
Killing Jesus

as Annas

2015
Documentary Now!

as Garth Davies-Gruffudd

2015
Harvey Beaks

as Elder Bug (voice)

2015
The Adventures of Puss in Boots

as Goodsword (voice)

2014
Let The Season In

as Self / Narrator

2014
2014
Time Lapse

as Mr. Bezzeredes

2014
Apocalypse Pompeii

as Colonel Carlos Dillard

2013
Prisoners of the Sun

as Professor Hayden Masterton

2013
2013
Concrete Blondes

as Kostas Jakobatos

2013
100 Degrees Below Zero

as Ralph Dillard

2013
Smokin'

as Doctor

2013
Die schlechtesten Filme aller Zeiten

as Bouchard (archive footage)

2012
Missing Christmas

as Narrator / Santa (voice)

2012
Escape

as Malcom Andrews

2012
Metal Hurlant Chronicles

as L'alchimiste

2011
Ferocious Planet

as Senator Jackson Crenshaw

2011
Once Upon a Time

as Grand Pabbie (voice)

2011
Once Upon a Time

as Narrator (voice)

2011
Face Off

as Self - Guest Judge

2010
2010
2010
Medium Raw

as Elliot Carbon

2010
Fish Hooks

as Magic Apple (voice)

2009
31 North 62 East

as John Hammond

2009
Reclaiming the Blade

as Narrator (voice)

2008
2008
Kiss Me Deadly

as Yale Ericson

2008
2007
The Ferryman

as The Greek

2006
2006
Shark Bait

as Thorton (voice)

2006
Psych

as Curator

2005
The King Maker

as Phillippe

2005
Shadows in the Sun

as Mr. Andrew Benton

2005
The Lost Angel

as Father Kevin

2005
The Game of Their Lives

as Bill Jeffrey

2005
Chupacabra Terror

as Captain Randolph

2005
Revelations

as Professor Lampley

2004
2004
2004
Vlad

as Narrator

2004
2004
Dragon Storm

as King Fastrad

2004
2004
2003
Coronado

as Presidente Hugo Luis Ramos

2003
The Medallion

as Cmdr. Hammerstock-Smythe

2003
Justice League: Paradise Lost

as Lord Hades (voice)

2003
The Jungle Book 2

as Ranjan's Father (voice)

2003
Helen of Troy

as King Priam of Troy

2002
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

as Gimli / Treebeard (voice)

2002
Sabretooth

as Anthony Bricklin

2002
Endangered Species

as Police Lt. Wyznowski

2002
Scorcher

as Dr. Matthew Sallin

2002
Lord of the Piercing

as Gimli (archive footage)

2001
2001
Justice League

as Lord Hades (voice)

2001
The Zeta Project

as Edgar Mandragora (voice)

2000
The Gold Cross

as Rodrigues

2000
Britannic

as Captain Barrett

1999
Au Pair

as Nigel Kent

1999
Secret of the Andes

as Father Claver

1999
SpongeBob SquarePants

as Man Ray (voice)

1999
Mickey Mouse Works

as Oberon (voice)

1997
Body Armor

as Rasheed

1997
Cats Don't Dance

as Woolie Mammoth (voice)

1997
You Wish

as Mustafa

1996
Bloodsport III

as Jacques Duvalier

1996
1996
Marquis de Sade

as Inspector Marais

1996
1996
The Great White Hype

as Johnny Windsor

1996
1996
1995
Glory Daze

as Luther

1995
Freakazoid!

as Professor Beasthead (voice)

1995
Sliders

as Maximillian Arturo

1995
Star Trek: Voyager

as Leonardo da Vinci

1994
A Flintstones Christmas Carol

as Charles Brickens (voice)

1994
The High Crusade

as Bruder Parvus

1994
Robot in the Family

as Eli Taki / Rashmud / Sashri

1994
1994
Aaahh!!! Real Monsters

as Head Judge / Zifdo (voice)

1994
Gargoyles

as Macbeth (voice)

1993
Cyborg Cop

as Kessel

1993
Sunset Grill

as Stockton

1993
The Seventh Coin

as Captain Galil

1993
The Magic Paintbrush

as Zagal (voice)

1993
Animaniacs

as Tympannini (voice)

1993
Peak Practice

as Mike King

1993
The Untouchables

as Michael Malone

1992
Ring of the Musketeers

as Maurice Treville

1992
The Unnamable II

as Professor Warren

1992
Canvas

as Nick

1992
The Double 0 Kid

as Rudi Von Kseenbaum

1992
Return to the Lost World

as Professor George Challenger

1992
The Lost World

as Challanger

1992
Ring of the Musketeers

as Maruice Treville

1992
Batman: The Animated Series

as 'Baron' Waclaw Jozek (voice)

1991
1991
Journey of Honor

as El Zaidan

1991
Under Cover

as Flynn

1991
1991
Great Expectations

as Joe Gargery

1991
Under Cover

as Flynn

1991
Strauss Dynasty

as Gribov

1990
Secret Weapon

as Mossad Chief

1989
Desperado: Badlands Justice

as Richard Marriott

1989
Rising Storm

as Donwaldo

1989
The Gifted One

as Carl Boardman

1988
1988
1988
Tusks

as Roger Singh

1988
Waxwork

as Werewolf

1988
War and Remembrance

as Sammy Mutterperl

1988
Noble House

as Quillan Gornt

1987
The Little Match Girl

as Chief Murphy

1987
The Living Daylights

as General Leonid Pushkin

1986
Firewalker

as Corky Taylor

1986
1985
1984
Best Revenge

as Mustapha

1984
No Man's Land

as Grimshaw

1984
Kim

as Babu

1984
1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Harry Waverly

1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Lancaster

1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Harry Mordecai

1983
Sahara

as Rasoul

1983
Sadat

as Gamal Abdel Nasser

1983
1982
Victor/Victoria

as Andre Cassell

1982
Ivanhoe

as Front de Boeuf

1981
Sphinx

as Stephanos Markoulis

1981
1980
1980
Fox

as Warleigh

1980
Shōgun

as Vasco Rodrigues

1980
Shōgun

as Self

1979
1979
Henry VIII

as Capucius, Ambassador from Emperor Charles V

1979
Question Time

as Self - Panellist

1978
The Nativity

as Nestor

1978
Enemy at the Door

as George Trenett

1978
1977
1977
CHiPs

as Nakura (as John Rhys Davies)

1977
1976
1976
Beasts

as Peter Newell

1976
I, Claudius

as Naevius Sutorius Macro

1975
1975
Quiller

as Leindorf

1975
The Sweeney

as Ron Brett

1973
Penny Gold

as Rugby Player

1972
1971
Budgie

as Laughing Spam Fritter

1962
1960
The Flintstones

as Charles Brickens (voice)

1955

Writer

1995
Sliders

as Story

1988
Tusks

as Writer