John Rhys-Davies
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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.
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- Born:
- May 5, 1944 In Ammanford, Wales, UK
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 246
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Hieroglyph
- Latest Project:
- Movie Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom 2023-12-20
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Hieroglyph | Vocifer | 2025 |
| Series | Lantern City | Desmond Wilhorn | 2025 |
| Series | Archaeology | Host | 2025 |
| Movie | The Making of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny | Self | 2023-08-29 |
| Movie | Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom | Brine King (voice) | 2023-12-20 |
| Movie | Untitled Indiana Jones Project | Sallah | 2023-06-28 |
| Movie | Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny | Sallah | 2023-06-28 |
| Movie | Starbright | Raphael | 2022-10-28 |
| Movie | Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age | Self - Actor (archive footage) | 2021-05-07 |
| Movie | Silent Night: A Song for the World | Douglas Haig | 2021-12-19 |
| Movie | Bad Cupid | Archie | 2021-02-11 |
| Movie | G-Loc | Henry | 2020-08-11 |
| Movie | Tainted | Vladimir | 2020-06-16 |
| Movie | I Am Patrick: The Patron Saint of Ireland | 2020-03-17 | |
| Movie | Grizzly II: Revenge | Bouchard | 2020-02-17 |
| Movie | Moments in Spacetime | Mason | 2020-10-23 |
| Movie | Valley of the Gods | Dr. Hermann | 2020-09-17 |
| Series | Wizards: Tales of Arcadia | Galahad (voice) | 2020-08-07 |
| Movie | Mosley | Warnie (voice) | 2019-10-10 |
| Movie | Santa Fake | Jow | 2019-10-04 |
| Movie | The Pilgrim's Progress | Evangelist (voice) | 2019-04-18 |
| Movie | Aquaman | Brine King (voice) | 2018-12-07 |
| Movie | Aux | Jack | 2018-03-02 |
| Movie | I Am Israel | Narrator | 2017-05-23 |
| Movie | The Apostle Peter: Redemption | Peter | 2016-08-02 |
| Series | The Shannara Chronicles | Eventine Elessedil | 2016-01-05 |
| Movie | The Blue Mauritius | Hanson | 2016-01-01 |
| Movie | Winter Thaw | Martin Avdeitch | 2016-11-24 |
| Movie | Camera Store | Pinky Steuben | 2016-12-09 |
| Movie | Many Beautiful Things | John Ruskin (voice) | 2015-10-17 |
| Movie | Golden Shoes | Burt | 2015-10-06 |
| Movie | The Watchmaker's Apprentice | Narrator | 2015-06-01 |
| Movie | Beyond the Mask | Charles Kemp | 2015-04-06 |
| Movie | Killing Jesus | Annas | 2015-04-05 |
| Series | Killing Jesus | Annas | 2015-03-29 |
| Movie | Raiders!: The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made | Self | 2015-03-14 |
| Movie | Apocalypse Pompeii | Colonel Carlos Dillard | 2014-02-18 |
| Movie | Saul: The Journey to Damascus | Caiphas | 2014-04-01 |
| Movie | Time Lapse | Mr. Bezzeredes | 2014-05-24 |
| Movie | Under Milk Wood | Voice | 2014-06-01 |
| Movie | Let The Season In | Self / Narrator | 2014-10-14 |
| Series | Hieroglyph | Vocifer | 2014-09-25 |
| Movie | Concrete Blondes | Kostas Jakobatos | 2013-05-02 |
| Movie | Prisoners of the Sun | Professor Hayden Masterton | 2013-12-20 |
| Movie | Smokin' | Doctor | 2013-03-22 |
| Movie | 2013 - Let The Season In | 2013-12-06 | |
| Movie | Scooby-Doo! Adventures: The Mystery Map | Gnarlybeard (voice) | 2013-07-21 |
| Movie | 100 Degrees Below Zero | Ralph Dillard | 2013-03-29 |
| Movie | Missing Christmas | Narrator / Santa (voice) | 2012-12-24 |
| Movie | Escape | Malcom Andrews | 2012-01-21 |
| Movie | Ferocious Planet | Senator Jackson Crenshaw | 2011-04-09 |
| Movie | The King James Bible: The Book That Changed the World | Himeself (Narrator) | 2011-03-12 |
| Movie | Treasure Hunters | 2011-08-19 | |
| Movie | La leyenda del tesoro | 2011-08-19 | |
| Movie | Return to the Hiding Place | Eusi | 2011-08-22 |
| Series | Once Upon a Time | Narrator (voice) | 2011-10-23 |
| Movie | KJB: The Book That Changed the World | Narrator | 2011-04-16 |
| Movie | Three Wise Women | Green | 2010-12-14 |
| Movie | Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes | Dr. Watson (voice) | 2010-08-24 |
| Movie | Medium Raw | Elliot Carbon | 2010-08-06 |
| Movie | 31 North 62 East | John Hammond | 2009-09-18 |
| Movie | Reclaiming the Blade | Narrator (voice) | 2009-04-15 |
| Series | Krod Mandoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire | Unknown | 2009-04-09 |
| Movie | Anacondas: Trail of Blood | Murdoch | 2009-02-27 |
| Movie | Kiss Me Deadly | Yale Ericson | 2008-05-02 |
| Movie | Anaconda 3: Offspring | Murdoch | 2008-07-26 |
| Series | Legend of the Seeker | Horace | 2008-11-01 |
| Movie | The Search for the Ark of the Covenant | Narrator | 2008-10-27 |
| Movie | Fire and Ice: The Dragon Chronicles | Sangimel | 2008-09-18 |
| Movie | The Legend of Sasquatch | 2007-02-03 | |
| Movie | The Ferryman | The Greek | 2007-01-01 |
| Movie | In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale | Merick | 2007-11-29 |
| Movie | One Night with the King | Mordecai | 2006-10-10 |
| Movie | Shark Bait | Thorton (voice) | 2006-07-07 |
| Series | Psych | Curator | 2006-07-07 |
| Movie | Ringers - Lord of the Fans | 2005-01-21 | |
| Movie | Ringers: Lord of the Fans | Self | 2005-01-21 |
| Series | Revelations | Professor Lampley | 2005-04-13 |
| Movie | Chupacabra Terror | Captain Randolph | 2005-01-29 |
| Movie | The Game of Their Lives | Bill Jeffrey | 2005-04-22 |
| Movie | The Lost Angel | Father Kevin | 2005-04-26 |
| Movie | Shadows in the Sun | Mr. Andrew Benton | 2005-05-12 |
| Movie | The King Maker | Phillippe | 2005-10-20 |
| Series | The Lady Musketeer | Porthos | 2004-06-20 |
| Movie | Stars of the Pharaohs | Narrator | 2004-01-01 |
| Movie | Dragon Storm | King Fastrad | 2004-01-24 |
| Movie | 12 Days Of Terror | Captain | 2004-05-01 |
| Movie | The Privileged Planet | Narrator | 2004-10-05 |
| Series | La Femme Musketeer | Porthos | 2004-06-20 |
| Movie | The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement | Viscount Mabrey | 2004-08-06 |
| Movie | Vlad | Narrator | 2004-09-10 |
| Series | Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go! | Unknown | 2004-09-18 |
| Movie | From Book to Script: Forging the Final Chapter | Self | 2004-12-14 |
| Movie | Cameras in Middle-Earth | Self | 2004-12-14 |
| Movie | The Passing of an Age | Self | 2004-12-14 |
| Movie | The Medallion | Cmdr. Hammerstock-Smythe | 2003-08-15 |
| Movie | The Jungle Book 2 | Ranjan's Father (voice) | 2003-02-07 |
| Series | Helen of Troy | King Priam of Troy | 2003-04-20 |
| Movie | The Making of 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea | Narrator (voice) | 2003-05-20 |
| Movie | The Search for the Real Mt. Sinai | Narrator | 2003-07-07 |
| Movie | Justice League: Paradise Lost | Lord Hades (voice) | 2003-07-22 |
| Movie | Weta Workshop | Self | 2003-11-18 |
| Movie | The Making of Shōgun | 2003-09-23 | |
| Movie | Indiana Jones: Making the Trilogy | Self | 2003-10-21 |
| Movie | The Soundscapes of Middle-Earth | Self | 2003-11-18 |
| Movie | J.R.R. Tolkien: Origins of Middle-Earth | Self - Gimli / Treebeard | 2003-11-18 |
| Movie | The Battle for Helm's Deep Is Over... | Self | 2003-11-18 |
| Movie | Cameras in Middle-Earth | Self | 2003-11-18 |
| Movie | National Geographic - Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King | Narrator | 2003-12-21 |
| Movie | Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King | Narrator | 2003-12-21 |
| Movie | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Gimli / Treebeard (voice) | 2003-12-01 |
| Movie | Coronado | Presidente Hugo Luis Ramos | 2003-09-25 |
| Movie | From Book to Script | Self - Gimli | 2002-11-12 |
| Movie | The Making of The Fellowship of the Ring | Self | 2002-04-01 |
| Series | Fillmore! | Unknown | 2002-09-14 |
| Movie | Scorcher | Dr. Matthew Sallin | 2002-10-04 |
| Movie | The Fellowship of the Cast | Self - Gimli | 2002-11-12 |
| Movie | J.R.R. Tolkien: Creator of Middle-Earth | Gimli (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2002-11-12 |
| Movie | Scale | Self | 2002-11-12 |
| Movie | Cameras in Middle-Earth | Self - Gimli | 2002-11-12 |
| Movie | Weta Workshop | Self - Gimli | 2002-11-12 |
| Movie | Endangered Species | Police Lt. Wyznowski | 2002-11-14 |
| Movie | Sabretooth | Anthony Bricklin | 2002-11-26 |
| Movie | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Gimli / Treebeard (voice) | 2002-12-18 |
| Series | The Zeta Project | Unknown | 2001-01-27 |
| Movie | Quest for the Ring | Self | 2001-11-29 |
| Movie | A Passage to Middle-earth: Making of 'Lord of the Rings' | Self | 2001-12-09 |
| Movie | Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring | Narrator (voice) | 2001-12-23 |
| Movie | National Geographic - Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring | Narrator (voice) | 2001-12-23 |
| Movie | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Gimli | 2001-12-18 |
| Movie | Britannic | Captain Barrett | 2000-01-10 |
| Series | The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne | Unknown | 2000-06-18 |
| Movie | Sinbad: Beyond the Veil of Mists | King Akron | 2000-03-24 |
| Movie | Delta Force One: The Lost Patrol | Ivan | 2000-10-05 |
| Movie | Au Pair | Nigel Kent | 1999-08-22 |
| Movie | Secret of the Andes | Father Claver | 1999-07-15 |
| Movie | Cats Don't Dance | Woolie Mammoth (voice) | 1997-03-26 |
| Movie | Body Armor | Rasheed | 1997-12-22 |
| Series | You Wish | Mustafa | 1997-09-26 |
| Movie | Aladdin and the King of Thieves | Cassim (voice) | 1996-05-20 |
| Movie | Bloodsport III | Jacques Duvalier | 1996-12-05 |
| Movie | Catherine the Great | Pugachev | 1996-04-28 |
| Movie | Ripper | Vigo Haman | 1996-02-29 |
| Movie | Marquis de Sade | Inspector Marais | 1996-10-19 |
| Series | Arliss | Unknown | 1996-08-10 |
| Movie | The Great White Hype | Johnny Windsor | 1996-05-03 |
| Series | Star Trek: Voyager | Leonardo da Vinci | 1995-01-16 |
| Series | Sliders | Maximillian Arturo | 1995-03-22 |
| Series | Freakazoid! | Unknown | 1995-09-09 |
| Series | Pinky and the Brain | Unknown | 1995-09-09 |
| Movie | Glory Daze | Luther | 1995-10-01 |
| Series | A Mind to Kill | Unknown | 1994-11-27 |
| Series | Gargoyles | Unknown | 1994-10-24 |
| Series | Fantastic Four | Unknown | 1994-09-24 |
| Movie | The High Crusade | Bruder Parvus | 1994-06-02 |
| Series | Duckman | Unknown | 1994-03-05 |
| Movie | Robot in the Family | Neighbour | 1994-03-02 |
| Movie | Blood of the Innocent | Shmuda | 1994-01-01 |
| Movie | Wing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger | Paladin / Prince Thrakhath / Kilrathi in-flight voices (voice) | 1994-01-01 |
| Movie | A Flintstones Christmas Carol | Charles Brickens (voice) | 1994-11-21 |
| Movie | South Beach | 1993-08-04 | |
| Series | The Untouchables | Michael Malone | 1993-01-11 |
| Movie | Cyborg Cop | Kessel | 1993-10-05 |
| Movie | Sunset Grill | Stockton | 1993-09-27 |
| Movie | The Seventh Coin | Captain Galil | 1993-04-30 |
| Movie | Perry Mason: The Case of the Fatal Framing | Phillip Graff | 1992-03-01 |
| Movie | The Lost World | Challanger | 1992-01-01 |
| Movie | Ring of the Musketeers | Maurice Treville | 1992-12-01 |
| Movie | Return to the Lost World | Professor George Challenger | 1992-04-07 |
| Movie | Canvas | Nick | 1992-09-16 |
| Movie | The Making of Aladdin: A Whole New World | Host | 1992-11-25 |
| Movie | The Unnamable II | Professor Warren | 1992-10-21 |
| Movie | The Double 0 Kid | Rudi Von Kseenbaum | 1992-09-07 |
| Series | I Misteri Della Giungla Nera | O'Connor | 1991-01-01 |
| Movie | Before the Storm | Flynn | 1991-01-01 |
| Series | Strauss Dynasty | Gribov | 1991-01-01 |
| Movie | The Strauss Dynasty | Gribov | 1991-01-01 |
| Series | Under Cover | Flynn | 1991-01-07 |
| Movie | Journey of Honor | El Zaidan | 1991-04-27 |
| Series | Great Expectations | Joe Gargery | 1991-06-21 |
| Series | The Legend of Prince Valiant | Unknown | 1991-09-03 |
| Movie | Secret Weapon | Mossad Chief | 1990-03-19 |
| Movie | Desperado: Badlands Justice | Richard Marriott | 1989-12-17 |
| Movie | Rising Storm | Donwaldo | 1989-10-21 |
| Movie | The Gifted One | Carl Boardman | 1989-06-25 |
| Series | Tales from the Crypt | Unknown | 1989-06-10 |
| Movie | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade | Sallah | 1989-05-24 |
| Movie | The Trial of the Incredible Hulk | Wilson Fisk | 1989-05-07 |
| Series | Noble House | Quillan Gornt | 1988-02-21 |
| Movie | Higher Ground | 1988-09-04 | |
| Movie | Waxwork | Werewolf | 1988-06-17 |
| Movie | Tusks | Roger Singh | 1988-07-29 |
| Movie | Goddess of Love | Zeus | 1988-11-20 |
| Movie | Young Toscanini | Rossi | 1988-10-07 |
| Series | War and Remembrance | Sammy Mutterperl | 1988-11-13 |
| Movie | The Living Daylights | General Leonid Pushkin | 1987-06-29 |
| Movie | Perry Mason: The Case of the Murdered Madam | Edward Tremaine | 1987-10-04 |
| Movie | The Little Match Girl | Chief Murphy | 1987-12-21 |
| Movie | In the Shadow of Kilimanjaro | Chris Tucker | 1986-03-01 |
| Movie | Firewalker | Corky Taylor | 1986-11-21 |
| Movie | King Solomon's Mines | Dogati | 1985-11-22 |
| Movie | Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight | Baron Fortinbras | 1984-08-17 |
| Movie | No Man's Land | Grimshaw | 1984-05-27 |
| Movie | Kim | Babu | 1984-05-16 |
| Series | Robin of Sherwood | Unknown | 1984-04-28 |
| Movie | Nairobi Affair | Simon | 1984-01-01 |
| Movie | Best Revenge | Mustapha | 1984-10-19 |
| Series | Murder, She Wrote | Harry Waverly | 1984-09-30 |
| Series | Scarecrow and Mrs. King | Unknown | 1983-10-03 |
| Movie | Grizzly II: The Concert | Bouchard | 1983-02-17 |
| Series | Sadat | Gamal Abdel Nasser | 1983-10-31 |
| Movie | Sahara | Rasoul | 1983-12-01 |
| Movie | Ivanhoe | Front de Boeuf | 1982-02-23 |
| Movie | Victor/Victoria | Andre Cassell | 1982-04-25 |
| Movie | The Island of Adventure | Smith | 1981-12-01 |
| Movie | The Making of 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' | Self | 1981-11-28 |
| Movie | Raiders of the Lost Ark | Sallah | 1981-06-12 |
| Series | Peter and Paul | Silas | 1981-04-12 |
| Movie | Sphinx | Stephanos Markoulis | 1981-02-11 |
| Movie | Fox | Warleigh | 1980-03-10 |
| Movie | A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square | Solicitor | 1980-03-16 |
| Movie | Shogun | Vasco Rodrigues | 1980-11-09 |
| Movie | The Merchant of Venice | Salerio | 1980-12-17 |
| Series | Shōgun | Vasco Rodrigues | 1980-09-15 |
| Movie | Henry VIII | Capucius, Ambassador from Emperor Charles V | 1979-02-25 |
| Series | Question Time | Himself - Panellist | 1979-09-25 |
| Series | BBC Television Shakespeare | Unknown | 1978-12-03 |
| Movie | The Nativity | Nestor | 1978-12-17 |
| Series | Hazell | Unknown | 1978-01-16 |
| Movie | Fearless Frank | 1978-10-04 | |
| Series | 1990 | Unknown | 1977-09-18 |
| Series | CHiPs | Nakura (as John Rhys Davies) | 1977-09-15 |
| Series | Target | Unknown | 1977-09-09 |
| Movie | Beasts: During Barty's Party | Peter Newell | 1976-10-23 |
| Series | Beasts | Unknown | 1976-10-16 |
| Series | I, Claudius | Naevius Sutorius Macro | 1976-09-20 |
| Movie | The Naked Civil Servant | Barndoor | 1975-12-17 |
| Series | Quiller | Unknown | 1975-08-29 |
| Series | Within These Walls | Unknown | 1974-01-04 |
| Movie | Penny Gold | Rugby Player | 1974-11-29 |
| Series | Warship | Unknown | 1973-06-07 |
| Series | The Adventures of Black Beauty | Unknown | 1972-09-17 |
| Series | The Guardians | Unknown | 1971-07-10 |
| Series | Budgie | Unknown | 1971-04-09 |
| Series | Z-Cars | Unknown | 1962-01-02 |
| Series | Dixon of Dock Green | Unknown | 1955-07-09 |