John Rhys-Davies
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1944-05-05 (81 years old)
Place of Birth
Ammanford, Wales, UK
Also known As
John Rhys Davies
Jonathan Rhys-Davies
John Rhys-Davis
Джон Рис-Дэвис
جان ریس-دیویس
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 S...
Acting
1981
as Sallah
1989
as Sallah
2003
2002
as Gimli / Treebeard (voice)
1987
as General Leonid Pushkin
2013
as Gnarlybeard (voice)
2007
2003
as Cmdr. Hammerstock-Smythe
1993
1994
as Bruder Parvus
1992
as Challanger
2004
as Viscount Mabrey
2004
as King Fastrad
1996
as Johnny Windsor
2002
as Dr. Matthew Sallin
1984
as Baron Fortinbras
2003
as Presidente Hugo Luis Ramos
1996
as Narrator (voice)
1989
as Wilson Fisk
2005
as Captain Randolph
1982
as Andre Cassell
1995
as Luther
2004
as Narrator
2005
as Phillippe
1985
as Dogati
1986
as Corky Taylor
1991
as El Zaidan
1975
as Barndoor
1988
as Werewolf
1992
as Professor Warren
1996
as Jacques Duvalier
1986
as Chris Tucker
1999
as Father Claver
2008
as Peter "J.D." Murdoch
2006
as Mordecai
2011
as Senator Jackson Crenshaw
2020
as Bouchard
2008
as Sangimel
1981
as Stephanos Markoulis
1994
as Charles Brickens (voice)
1982
as Front de Boeuf
2008
as Yale Ericson
2007
as The Greek
1983
as Rasoul
1999
as Nigel Kent
1992
as Professor George Challenger
2009
as Peter "J.D." Murdoch
2006
as Thorton (voice)
1972
as Caleb Selling
2003
as Narrator
2008
as Narrator
2010
as Elliot Carbon
2010
as Green
2011
as Eusi
1994
as Shmuda
1993
as Kessel
1993
as Zagal (voice)
2024
as Frederick Ladbroke
2009
as Narrator (voice)
2002
as Anthony Bricklin
2000
as Captain Barrett
2009
as John Hammond
1984
as Mustapha
2000
as King Akron
1976
as Peter Newell
2012
as Malcom Andrews
1984
as Babu
1993
as Captain Galil
1992
as Nick
2004
as Captain
1994
as Eli Taki / Rashmud / Sashri
2000
2002
as Police Lt. Wyznowski
2013
as Ralph Dillard
1989
as Donwaldo
2003
1996
as Inspector Marais
2013
as Kostas Jakobatos
2003
as Self / Narrator
1988
as Roger Singh
1987
as Edward Tremaine
2013
as Professor Hayden Masterton
1992
as Phillip Graff
1988
as Rossi
2014
as Colonel Carlos Dillard
2022
as Guillaume Maréchal
2011
2014
as Voice
2014
as Mr. Bezzeredes
2003
as Ranjan's Father (voice)
2013
as Doctor
1978
as Nestor
2007
as Ranger Steve
2014
as Caiphas
2023
as Brine King (voice)
2023
-
as King Athol
2015
as Charles Kemp
2014
as Self / Narrator
1991
as Flynn
1984
as Grimshaw
2015
as Annas
2001
as Narrator (voice)
2015
as Narrator
1988
2018
as Narrator (voice)
1989
as Carl Boardman
-
as Barnaby
2016
as Hanson
1991
as Gribov
1978
1981
2015
as Burt
1996
2005
as Mr. Andrew Benton
2003
as Lord Hades (voice)
2000
as Rodrigues
2010
as Dr. Watson (voice)
1991
as Flynn
1997
as Rasheed
1992
as Rudi Von Kseenbaum
1980
as Warleigh
1987
as Chief Murphy
2016
as Peter
1988
as Zeus
1996
as Pugachev
2015
as John Ruskin (voice)
1979
as Armchair
2016
as Pinky Steuben
2016
as Martin Avdeitch
2020
as Dr. Hermann
2001
as Self
1993
as Stockton
2004
as Narrator
1980
as Solicitor
2018
as Jack
2005
as Bill Jeffrey
1989
as Richard Marriott
1997
as Woolie Mammoth (voice)
2011
as Himeself (Narrator)
2018
as Brine King (voice)
1979
as Capucius, Ambassador from Emperor Charles V
1973
as Rugby Player
2017
as Narrator
1980
as Salerio
2019
as Evangelist (voice)
2003
as Narrator (voice)
2019
as Warnie (voice)
2019
as Jow
1990
as Mossad Chief
1981
as Smith
2012
as Narrator / Santa (voice)
2020
as Mason
2025
as Raphael
2020
as Vladimir
1992
2020
as Henry
2005
as Self
2005
as Father Kevin
2004
as Narrator
2020
as Einar
2021
as Douglas Haig
2021
as Archie
1984
as Simon
2002
2021
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
2004
as Santa
2003
-
as Jarred Starr
2004
-
as Uriah the Chief Elder
1996
as Cassim (voice)
Production
1988
as Writer
2011
as Writer
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