John Rhys-Davies
- Acting
- May 5, 1944 · 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.
Known for
Filmography
- Bone Keeper · Professor Harisson
- Starbright · Raphael
- Amazing Grace: The Untold Story · Old John Newton
- Machine Heart · Narrator
- I AM ISRAEL: The Mountain of the King · Narrator
- The Gates · Frederick Ladbroke
- Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom · Brine King (Voice)
- Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones and Harrison Ford · Self
- The Making of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny · Self
- Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny · Sallah
- Kingslayer · Guillaume Maréchal
- Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age · Self
- Bad Cupid · Archie
- Moments in Spacetime · Mason
- Valley of the Gods · Dr. Hermann
- G-Loc · Henry
- Wizards: Tales of Arcadia · Galahad / Old Galahad (Voice)
- Tainted · Vladimir
- Reunited Apart · Self
- Josh Gates Tonight · Self
- I Am Patrick: The Patron Saint of Ireland · Old Patrick
- Shadowtown · Einar
- Grizzly II: Revenge · Bouchard
- Mosley · Warnie (Voice)
- Santa Fake · Jow
- The Pilgrim's Progress · Evangelist (Voice)
- Silent Night: A Song for the World · Douglas Haig
- Aquaman · Brine King (Voice)
- Fragments of Truth · Narrator (Voice)
- Aux · Jack
- I AM ISRAEL · Narrator
- Camera Store · Pinky Steuben
- Winter Thaw · Martin Avdeitch
- The Apostle Peter: Redemption · Peter
- The Shannara Chronicles · Eventine
- The Blue Mauritius · Hanson
- Many Beautiful Things · John Ruskin (Voice)
- Golden Shoes · Burt
- Documentary Now! · Garth Davies-Gruffudd
- The Watchmaker's Apprentice · Narrator
- Beyond the Mask · Charles Kemp
- Killing Jesus · Annas
- Harvey Beaks · Elder Bug (Voice)
- Raiders!: The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made · Self
- The Adventures of Puss in Boots · Goodsword (Voice)
- Let The Season In · Self / Narrator
- Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet · Yousef (Voice)
- Time Lapse · Mr. Bezzeredes
- Under Milk Wood · Voice
- Saul: The Journey to Damascus · Caiphas
- Apocalypse Pompeii · Colonel Carlos Dillard
- Prisoners of the Sun · Professor Hayden Masterton
- Rick and Morty · BugAnne's Father (Voice)
- Die schlechtesten Filme aller Zeiten · Bouchard (archive footage)
- Scooby-Doo! Adventures: The Mystery Map · Gnarlybeard (Voice)
- Concrete Blondes · Kostas Jakobatos
- 100 Degrees Below Zero · Ralph Dillard
- Smokin' · Doctor
- Missing Christmas · Narrator / Santa (Voice)
- Metal Hurlant Chronicles · L'alchimiste
- Escape · Malcom Andrews
- KJB: The Book That Changed the World · Himeself (Narrator), Writer
- Once Upon a Time · Grand Pabbie (Voice)
- Return to the Hiding Place · Eusi
- Treasure Hunters
- Ferocious Planet · Senator Jackson Crenshaw
- Face Off · Self
- Three Wise Women · Green
- Fish Hooks · Magic Apple (Voice)
- Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes · Dr. Watson (Voice)
- Medium Raw · Elliot Carbon
- 31 North 62 East · John Hammond
- Anacondas: Trail of Blood · Peter "J.D." Murdoch
- Reclaiming the Blade · Narrator (Voice)
- Krod Mandoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire
- Legend of the Seeker · Horace
- The Search for the Ark of the Covenant · Narrator
- Anaconda 3: Offspring · Peter "J.D." Murdoch
- Fire and Ice: The Dragon Chronicles · Sangimel
- Kiss Me Deadly · Yale Ericson