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John Rhys-Davies

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: Acting

Born: Ammanford, Wales, UK, 1944-05-05

Died: null

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1972	The Incredible Robert Baldick: Never Come Night	Caleb Selling	0
2	1975	The Naked Civil Servant	Barndoor	68
3	1976	Beasts: During Barty's Party	Peter Newell	0
4	1978	Fearless Frank		0
5	1978	The Nativity	Nestor	60
6	1979	The Danedyke Mystery	Armchair	0
7	1980	Fox	Warleigh	10
8	1981	The Making of 'Raiders of the Lost Ark'	Self	72
9	1984	No Man's Land	Grimshaw	60
10	1987	The Little Match Girl	Chief Murphy	45
11	1988	Higher Ground		50
12	1988	Goddess of Love	Zeus	40
13	1989	The Gifted One	Carl Boardman	70
14	1991	The Strauss Dynasty	Gribov	82
15	1991	Under Cover	Flynn	0
16	1991	Before the Storm	Flynn	0
17	1992	The Double 0 Kid	Rudi Von Kseenbaum	48
18	1996	Echo of Blue		50
19	1996	Catherine the Great	Pugachev	57
20	1997	Body Armor	Rasheed	27
21	2000	The Gold Cross	Rodrigues	0
22	2001	Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring	Narrator (voice)	65
23	2003	The Jungle Book 2	Ranjan's Father (voice)	59
24	2003	Justice League: Paradise Lost	Lord Hades (voice)	75
25	2004	A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'	Self	60
26	2005	Shadows in the Sun	Mr. Andrew Benton	62
27	2007	The Legend of Sasquatch	Ranger Steve	47
28	2010	Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes	Dr. Watson (voice)	65
29	2013	Smokin'	Doctor	0
30	2014	Saul: The Journey to Damascus	Caiphas	75
31	2014	Time Lapse	Mr. Bezzeredes	65
32	2014	Let The Season In	Self / Narrator	90
33	2015	Raiders!: The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made	Self	67
34	2015	Killing Jesus	Annas	63
35	2015	Beyond the Mask	Charles Kemp	55
36	2015	The Watchmaker's Apprentice	Narrator	73
37	2015	Golden Shoes	Burt	57
38	2015	Many Beautiful Things	John Ruskin (voice)	60
39	2016	The Blue Mauritius	Hanson	0
40	2016	The Apostle Peter: Redemption	Peter	66
41	2016	Winter Thaw	Martin Avdeitch	0
42	2016	Camera Store	Pinky Steuben	57
43	2018	Fragments of Truth	Narrator (voice)	0
44	2020	Valley of the Gods	Dr. Hermann	53
45	2023	Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny	Sallah	65
46	2023	Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones & Harrison Ford	Self	77
47	2023	Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom	Brine King (voice)	66
48		The Sword of Thyrus	King Athol	0
49		Nameless	Barnaby	0
50	1973	Penny Gold	Rugby Player	57
51	1979	Henry VIII	Capucius, Ambassador from Emperor Charles V	65
52	1980	A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square	Solicitor	64
53	1980	The Merchant of Venice	Salerio	70
54	1981	Sphinx	Stephanos Markoulis	56
55	1981	Raiders of the Lost Ark	Sallah	79
56	1981	The Island of Adventure	Smith	45
57	1982	Ivanhoe	Front de Boeuf	63
58	1982	Victor/Victoria	Andre Cassell	73
59	1983	Sahara	Rasoul	54
60	1984	Nairobi Affair	Simon	48
61	1984	Kim	Babu	60
62	1984	Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight	Baron Fortinbras	53
63	1984	Best Revenge	Mustapha	0
64	1985	King Solomon's Mines	Dogati	54
65	1986	In the Shadow of Kilimanjaro	Chris Tucker	80
66	1986	Firewalker	Corky Taylor	53
67	1987	The Living Daylights	General Leonid Pushkin	65
68	1987	Perry Mason: The Case of the Murdered Madam	Edward Tremaine	68
69	1988	Waxwork	Werewolf	61
70	1988	Tusks	Roger Singh	30
71	1988	Young Toscanini	Rossi	59
72	1989	The Trial of the Incredible Hulk	Wilson Fisk	64
73	1989	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade	Sallah	79
74	1989	Rising Storm	Donwaldo	43
75	1989	Desperado: Badlands Justice	Richard Marriott	0
76	1990	Secret Weapon	Mossad Chief	60
77	1991	Journey of Honor	El Zaidan	49
78	1992	The Lost World	Challanger	52
79	1992	Perry Mason: The Case of the Fatal Framing	Phillip Graff	66
80	1992	Return to the Lost World	Professor George Challenger	55
81	1992	Canvas	Nick	49
82	1992	The Unnamable II	Professor Warren	47
83	1992	The Making of Aladdin: A Whole New World	Host	70
84	1993	The Magic Paintbrush	Zagal (voice)	0
85	1993	The Seventh Coin	Captain Galil	30
86	1993	South Beach		29
87	1993	Sunset Grill	Stockton	39
88	1993	Cyborg Cop	Kessel	43
89	1994	Blood of the Innocent	Shmuda	45
90	1994	Robot in the Family	Eli Taki / Rashmud / Sashri	17
91	1994	The High Crusade	Bruder Parvus	50
92	1994	A Flintstones Christmas Carol	Charles Brickens (voice)	67
93	1995	Glory Daze	Luther	51
94	1996	The Great White Hype	Johnny Windsor	52
95	1996	Aladdin and the King of Thieves	Cassim (voice)	63
96	1996	Marquis de Sade	Inspector Marais	30
97	1996	Boo to You Too! Winnie the Pooh	Narrator (voice)	72
98	1996	Bloodsport III	Jacques Duvalier	55
99	1997	Cats Don't Dance	Woolie Mammoth (voice)	72
100	1999	Secret of the Andes	Father Claver	68
101	1999	Au Pair	Nigel Kent	58
102	2000	Britannic	Captain Barrett	68
103	2000	Sinbad: Beyond the Veil of Mists	King Akron	43
104	2000	Delta Force One: The Lost Patrol	Ivan	49
105	2001	Quest for the Ring	Self	56
106	2001	A Passage to Middle-Earth: Making of 'Lord of the Rings'	Self	78
107	2001	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	Gimli	84
108	2002	The Making of The Fellowship of the Ring	Self	88
109	2002	Scorcher	Dr. Matthew Sallin	45
110	2002	Endangered Species	Police Lt. Wyznowski	40
111	2002	Sabretooth	Anthony Bricklin	46
112	2002	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	Gimli / Treebeard (voice)	84
113	2003	Film Collectibles: Capturing Movie Memories	Self	85
114	2003	The Making of The Two Towers		88
115	2003	The Making of 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea	Narrator (voice)	60
116	2003	The Search for the Real Mt. Sinai	Narrator	0
117	2003	The Medallion	Cmdr. Hammerstock-Smythe	56
118	2003	Never Say Never Mind		0
119	2003	The Making of Shōgun		0
120	2003	Coronado	Presidente Hugo Luis Ramos	42
121	2003	Indiana Jones: Making the Trilogy	self	82
122	2003	Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King	Self / Narrator	81
123	2003	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	Gimli	85
124	2004	Stars of the Pharaohs	Narrator	0
125	2004	Dragon Storm	King Fastrad	48
126	2004	The Making of the Return of the King	Self	88
127	2004	12 Days of Terror	Captain	54
128	2004	The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement	Viscount Mabrey	67
129	2004	Vlad	Narrator	40
130	2004	The Privileged Planet	Narrator	70
131	2004	Catching Kringle	Santa	20
132	2005	Ringers: Lord of the Fans	Self	63
133	2005	Chupacabra Terror	Captain Randolph	51
134	2005	The Game of Their Lives	Bill Jeffrey	57
135	2005	The Lost Angel	Father Kevin	37
136	2005	The King Maker	Phillippe	40
137	2006	Shark Bait	Thorton (voice)	50
138	2006	One Night with the King	Mordecai	66
139	2007	The Ferryman	The Greek	45
140	2007	In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale	Merick	48
141	2008	Kiss Me Deadly	Yale Ericson	51
142	2008	Fire and Ice: The Dragon Chronicles	Sangimel	51
143	2008	Anaconda 3: Offspring	Peter "J.D." Murdoch	46
144	2008	The Search for the Ark of the Covenant	Narrator	0
145	2009	Reclaiming the Blade	Narrator (voice)	59
146	2009	Anacondas: Trail of Blood	Peter "J.D." Murdoch	47
147	2009	31 North 62 East	John Hammond	48
148	2010	Medium Raw	Elliot Carbon	44
149	2010	Three Wise Women	Green	46
150	2011	The King James Bible: The Book That Changed the World	Himeself (Narrator)	100
151	2011	Ferocious Planet	Senator Jackson Crenshaw	44
152	2011	Treasure Hunters		42
153	2011	Return to the Hiding Place	Eusi	61
154	2012	Escape	Malcom Andrews	52
155	2012	Missing Christmas	Narrator / Santa (voice)	0
156	2013	100 Degrees Below Zero	Ralph Dillard	43
157	2013	Concrete Blondes	Kostas Jakobatos	50
158	2013	Scooby-Doo! Adventures: The Mystery Map	Gnarlybeard (voice)	83
159	2013	Prisoners of the Sun	Professor Hayden Masterton	39
160	2014	Apocalypse Pompeii	Colonel Carlos Dillard	47
161	2014	Under Milk Wood	Voice	60
162	2017	I Am Israel	Narrator	0
163	2018	Aux	Jack	63
164	2018	Aquaman	Brine King (voice)	69
165	2019	The Pilgrim's Progress	Evangelist (voice)	76
166	2019	Santa Fake	Jow	38
167	2019	Mosley	Warnie (voice)	68
168	2020	Grizzly II: Revenge	Bouchard	29
169	2020	Shadowtown	Einar	39
170	2020	I Am Patrick: The Patron Saint of Ireland		69
171	2020	Tainted	Vladimir	45
172	2020	G-Loc	Henry	55
173	2020	Moments in Spacetime	Mason	60
174	2021	Bad Cupid	Archie	48
175	2021	Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age	Self - Actor (archive footage)	78
176	2021	Silent Night: A Song for the World	Douglas Haig	55
177	2022	Kingslayer	Guillaume Maréchal	60
178	2023	The Making of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny	Self	64
179	2024	The Gates	Frederick Ladbroke	48
180	2025	Starbright	Raphael	0
181		DragonMan: The Adventures of Luke Starr	Jarred Starr	0
182		The Way of the Wind	Uriah the Chief Elder	0
183		Bone Keeper		0
184		Overhill Manor		0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1955	Dixon of Dock Green	Dunlop	53
2	1962	Z-Cars		70
3	1971	Budgie	Laughing Spam Fritter	70
4	1971	The Guardians		55
5	1972	The Adventures of Black Beauty	Alfred Kidney	62
6	1973	Warship		55
7	1974	Within These Walls		53
8	1975	The Sweeney	Ron Brett	77
9	1975	Quiller	Leindorf	0
10	1976	I, Claudius		78
11	1976	I, Claudius	Naevius Sutorius Macro	78
12	1976	Beasts	Peter Newell	70
13	1977	Target		65
14	1977	CHiPs	Nakura (as John Rhys Davies)	68
15	1977	1990		60
16	1977	BBC2 Play of the Week	Guy de Maupassant	70
17	1978	Hazell		53
18	1978	Enemy at the Door	George Trenett	78
19	1978	The BBC Television Shakespeare	Salerio	60
20	1979	Question Time	Self - Panellist	55
21	1980	Shōgun	Vasco Rodrigues	77
22	1981	Peter and Paul	Silas	70
23	1983	Reilly: Ace of Spies	Tanyatos	70
24	1983	Scarecrow and Mrs. King		63
25	1983	Sadat	Gamal Abdel Nasser	70
26	1984	Robin of Sherwood		76
27	1984	Murder, She Wrote	Harry Waverly	75
28	1984	Murder, She Wrote	Lancaster	75
29	1984	Murder, She Wrote	Harry Mordecai	75
30	1988	Noble House	Quillan Gornt	70
31	1988	War and Remembrance	Sammy Mutterperl	79
32	1989	Tales from the Crypt	Duval	80
33	1991	Archaeology	Host	40
34	1991	I Misteri Della Giungla Nera	O'Connor	85
35	1991	Under Cover	Flynn	60
36	1991	Great Expectations	Joe Gargery	67
37	1991	The Legend of Prince Valiant		60
38	1991	The Strauss Dynasty	Gribov	0
39	1992	Batman: The Animated Series	'Baron' Waclaw Jozek (voice)	85
40	1992	Ring of the Musketeers	Maruice Treville	0
41	1993	The Untouchables	Michael Malone	73
42	1993	Peak Practice	Mike King	61
43	1993	Animaniacs	Tympannini (voice)	80
44	1994	Duckman		72
45	1994	Fantastic Four	Thor (voice)	64
46	1994	Gargoyles	Macbeth/Demona's Second (voice)	81
47	1994	Gargoyles	Findlaech (voice)	81
48	1994	Gargoyles	Macbeth (voice)	81
49	1994	Gargoyles	Arthur Morwood-Smyth (voice)	81
50	1994	Aaahh!!! Real Monsters	Head Judge / Zifdo (voice)	78
51	1994	A Mind to Kill		0
52	1995	Star Trek: Voyager	Leonardo da Vinci	78
53	1995	Sliders	Maximillian Arturo	76
54	1995	Pinky and the Brain		77
55	1995	Freakazoid!	Professor Beasthead (voice)	79
56	1996	Arliss		67
57	1996	Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm	Asgarth (voice)	70
58	1997	You Wish	Mustafa	40
59	1999	SpongeBob SquarePants	Man Ray (voice)	77
60	1999	Mickey Mouse Works	Oberon (voice)	67
61	2000	The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne		72
62	2001	Disney's House of Mouse	Oberon (voice)	74
63	2001	The Zeta Project	Edgar Mandragora (voice)	75
64	2001	Justice League	Lord Hades (voice)	82
65	2002	Fillmore!		73
66	2003	Helen of Troy	King Priam of Troy	62
67	2004	The Lady Musketeer	Porthos	52
68	2004	Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!		72
69	2005	Revelations	Professor Lampley	57
70	2006	Psych	Curator	79
71	2008	Legend of the Seeker	Horace	74
72	2009	Krod Mandoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire		63
73	2010	Fish Hooks	Magic Apple (voice)	64
74	2011	Face Off	Self - Guest Judge	71
75	2011	Once Upon a Time	Grand Pabbie (voice)	74
76	2012	Honest Trailers	Voice of the Brine King (archive footage)	65
77	2012	Metal Hurlant Chronicles	L'alchimiste	61
78	2016	The Shannara Chronicles	Eventine	70
79	2020	Josh Gates Tonight	Self	78
80		Lantern City	Desmond Wilhorn	70
81	2013	Die schlechtesten Filme aller Zeiten	Bouchard (archive footage)	76
82	2015	The Adventures of Puss in Boots	Goodsword (voice)	71
83	2015	Harvey Beaks	Elder Bug (voice)	61
84		Legends of Ileydria	Narrator	0
85	2015	Documentary Now!	Garth Davies-Gruffudd	70
86	2020	Reunited Apart	Self	55
87	2020	Wizards: Tales of Arcadia	Galahad (voice)	82