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:
- 215
- First Appeared:
- In the movie A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'
- Latest Project:
- Movie The Gates 2024-03-18
Known For
Filmography
| Series | Lantern City | Desmond Wilhorn | 2025 |
| Movie | The Sword of Thyrus | King Athol | 2025 |
| Series | Archaeology | Host | 2025 |
| Series | Legends of Ileydria | Narrator | 2025 |
| Movie | A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King' | Self | 2025 |
| Movie | The Gates | Frederick Ladbroke | 2024-03-18 |
| Movie | Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny | Sallah | 2023-06-25 |
| Movie | Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom | Brine King (voice) | 2023-12-20 |
| Movie | Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones & Harrison Ford | Self | 2023-12-01 |
| Movie | The Making of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny | Self | 2023-08-29 |
| Movie | Starbright | Raphael | 2022-10-28 |
| Movie | Bad Cupid | Archie | 2021-02-11 |
| 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 | Valley of the Gods | Dr. Hermann | 2020-09-17 |
| Movie | G-Loc | Henry | 2020-08-11 |
| Movie | I Am Patrick: The Patron Saint of Ireland | 2020-03-17 | |
| Movie | Grizzly II: Revenge | Bouchard | 2020-02-17 |
| Movie | Mosley | Warnie (voice) | 2019-10-10 |
| Movie | The Pilgrim's Progress | Evangelist (voice) | 2019-04-18 |
| Movie | Santa Fake | Jow | 2019-10-04 |
| Movie | Aquaman | Brine King (voice) | 2018-12-07 |
| Movie | Aux | Jack | 2018-03-02 |
| Movie | Camera Store | Pinky Steuben | 2016-12-09 |
| 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 | Raiders!: The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made | Self | 2015-03-14 |
| Movie | Many Beautiful Things | John Ruskin (voice) | 2015-10-17 |
| Movie | Beyond the Mask | Charles Kemp | 2015-04-06 |
| Movie | Golden Shoes | Burt | 2015-10-06 |
| Movie | Killing Jesus | Annas | 2015-04-05 |
| Movie | The Watchmaker's Apprentice | Narrator | 2015-06-01 |
| Movie | Let The Season In | Self / Narrator | 2014-10-14 |
| Movie | Apocalypse Pompeii | Colonel Carlos Dillard | 2014-02-18 |
| Movie | Under Milk Wood | Voice | 2014-06-01 |
| Movie | Time Lapse | Mr. Bezzeredes | 2014-05-24 |
| Movie | Saul: The Journey to Damascus | Caiphas | 2014-04-01 |
| Movie | 100 Degrees Below Zero | Ralph Dillard | 2013-03-29 |
| Movie | Scooby-Doo! Adventures: The Mystery Map | Gnarlybeard (voice) | 2013-07-21 |
| Movie | Prisoners of the Sun | Professor Hayden Masterton | 2013-12-20 |
| Movie | Concrete Blondes | Kostas Jakobatos | 2013-05-02 |
| Movie | Smokin' | Doctor | 2013-03-22 |
| Movie | Missing Christmas | Narrator / Santa (voice) | 2012-12-24 |
| Movie | Escape | Malcom Andrews | 2012-01-21 |
| Movie | Return to the Hiding Place | Eusi | 2011-08-22 |
| Movie | Ferocious Planet | Senator Jackson Crenshaw | 2011-04-09 |
| Movie | Treasure Hunters | 2011-08-19 | |
| Series | Once Upon a Time | Narrator (voice) | 2011-10-23 |
| Movie | Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes | Dr. Watson (voice) | 2010-08-24 |
| Movie | Medium Raw | Elliot Carbon | 2010-08-06 |
| Movie | Three Wise Women | Green | 2010-12-14 |
| Movie | Anacondas: Trail of Blood | Murdoch | 2009-02-27 |
| 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 | Kiss Me Deadly | Yale Ericson | 2008-05-02 |
| Movie | Anaconda 3: Offspring | Murdoch | 2008-07-26 |
| Movie | Fire and Ice: The Dragon Chronicles | Sangimel | 2008-09-18 |
| Movie | The Search for the Ark of the Covenant | Narrator | 2008-10-27 |
| Movie | The Ferryman | The Greek | 2007-01-01 |
| Movie | The Legend of Sasquatch | 2007-02-03 | |
| 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 | Conservateur | 2006-07-07 |
| Movie | Ringers: Lord of the Fans | Self | 2005-01-21 |
| Series | Revelations | Professor Lampley | 2005-04-13 |
| Movie | Shadows in the Sun | Mr. Andrew Benton | 2005-05-12 |
| Movie | The King Maker | Phillippe | 2005-10-20 |
| Movie | The Lost Angel | Father Kevin | 2005-04-26 |
| Movie | The Game of Their Lives | Bill Jeffrey | 2005-04-22 |
| Movie | Chupacabra Terror | Captain Randolph | 2005-01-29 |
| Movie | Stars of the Pharaohs | Narrator | 2004-01-01 |
| Series | Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go! | Unknown | 2004-09-18 |
| Movie | Vlad | Narrator | 2004-09-10 |
| Movie | The Privileged Planet | Narrator | 2004-10-05 |
| Movie | Dragon Storm | King Fastrad | 2004-01-24 |
| Movie | The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement | Viscount Mabrey | 2004-08-06 |
| Series | The Lady Musketeer | Porthos | 2004-06-20 |
| Movie | 12 Days Of Terror | Captain | 2004-05-01 |
| 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 Medallion | Cmdr. Hammerstock-Smythe | 2003-08-15 |
| Movie | The Making of 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea | Narrator (voice) | 2003-05-20 |
| Movie | Coronado | Presidente Hugo Luis Ramos | 2003-09-25 |
| Movie | Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King | Self / Narrator | 2003-12-12 |
| Movie | The Search for the Real Mt. Sinai | Narrator | 2003-07-07 |
| Movie | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Gimli | 2003-12-17 |
| Movie | Justice League: Paradise Lost | Lord Hades (voice) | 2003-07-22 |
| Series | Fillmore! | Unknown | 2002-09-14 |
| Movie | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Gimli / Treebeard (voice) | 2002-12-18 |
| Movie | Sabretooth | Anthony Bricklin | 2002-11-26 |
| Movie | Endangered Species | Police Lt. Wyznowski | 2002-11-14 |
| Movie | Scorcher | Dr. Matthew Sallin | 2002-10-04 |
| Movie | The Making of The Fellowship of the Ring | Self | 2002-04-01 |
| Movie | 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 | A Passage to Middle-Earth: Making of 'Lord of the Rings' | Self | 2001-12-09 |
| Movie | Quest for the Ring | Self | 2001-11-29 |
| Series | The Zeta Project | Unknown | 2001-01-27 |
| Movie | Delta Force One: The Lost Patrol | Ivan | 2000-10-05 |
| Movie | Britannic | Captain Barrett | 2000-01-10 |
| Movie | Sinbad: Beyond the Veil of Mists | King Akron | 2000-03-24 |
| Series | The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne | Unknown | 2000-06-18 |
| Movie | Au Pair | Nigel Kent | 1999-08-22 |
| Movie | Secret of the Andes | Father Claver | 1999-07-15 |
| Series | You Wish | Mustafa | 1997-09-26 |
| Movie | Cats Don't Dance | Woolie Mammoth (voice) | 1997-03-26 |
| Movie | Body Armor | Rasheed | 1997-12-22 |
| 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 |
| Movie | Bloodsport III | Jacques Duvalier | 1996-12-05 |
| Movie | Aladdin and the King of Thieves | Cassim (voice) | 1996-05-20 |
| Movie | Catherine the Great | Pugachev | 1996-04-28 |
| Series | Pinky and the Brain | Unknown | 1995-09-09 |
| Movie | Glory Daze | Luther | 1995-10-01 |
| Series | Freakazoid! | Unknown | 1995-09-09 |
| Series | Sliders | Maximillian Arturo | 1995-03-22 |
| Series | Star Trek: Voyager | Unknown | 1995-01-16 |
| Movie | Blood of the Innocent | Shmuda | 1994-01-01 |
| Series | Fantastic Four | Unknown | 1994-09-24 |
| Movie | A Flintstones Christmas Carol | Charles Brickens (voice) | 1994-11-21 |
| Series | A Mind to Kill | Unknown | 1994-11-27 |
| Series | Gargoyles | Unknown | 1994-10-24 |
| Movie | The High Crusade | Bruder Parvus | 1994-06-02 |
| Series | Duckman | Unknown | 1994-03-05 |
| Movie | Robot in the Family | Eli Taki / Rashmud / Sashri | 1994-03-02 |
| Movie | South Beach | 1993-08-04 | |
| Movie | The Magic Paintbrush | Zagal (voice) | 1993-04-22 |
| Series | The Untouchables | Michael Malone | 1993-01-11 |
| Movie | The Seventh Coin | Captain Galil | 1993-04-30 |
| Movie | Sunset Grill | Stockton | 1993-09-27 |
| Movie | Cyborg Cop | Kessel | 1993-10-05 |
| Movie | Ring of the Musketeers | Maurice Treville | 1992-12-01 |
| Movie | The Lost World | Challanger | 1992-01-01 |
| Movie | The Unnamable II | Professor Warren | 1992-10-21 |
| Movie | Canvas | Nick | 1992-09-16 |
| Movie | The Double 0 Kid | Rudi Von Kseenbaum | 1992-09-07 |
| Movie | Return to the Lost World | Professor George Challenger | 1992-04-07 |
| Movie | Perry Mason: The Case of the Fatal Framing | Phillip Graff | 1992-03-01 |
| Series | Strauss Dynasty | Gribov | 1991-01-01 |
| Movie | Before the Storm | Flynn | 1991-07-13 |
| Movie | Journey of Honor | El Zaidan | 1991-04-27 |
| Series | Great Expectations | Joe Gargery | 1991-06-21 |
| Series | I Misteri Della Giungla Nera | O'Connor | 1991-01-01 |
| Series | Under Cover | Flynn | 1991-01-07 |
| Series | The Legend of Prince Valiant | Unknown | 1991-09-03 |
| Movie | The Strauss Dynasty | Gribov | 1991-01-01 |
| Movie | Secret Weapon | Mossad Chief | 1990-03-19 |
| Movie | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade | Sallah | 1989-05-24 |
| Movie | Rising Storm | Donwaldo | 1989-10-21 |
| Movie | Desperado: Badlands Justice | Richard Marriott | 1989-12-17 |
| Movie | The Gifted One | Carl Boardman | 1989-06-25 |
| Series | Tales from the Crypt | Unknown | 1989-06-10 |
| 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 | Young Toscanini | Rossi | 1988-10-07 |
| Series | War and Remembrance | Sammy Mutterperl | 1988-11-13 |
| Movie | Goddess of Love | Zeus | 1988-11-20 |
| Movie | Tusks | Roger Singh | 1988-07-29 |
| Movie | Waxwork | Werewolf | 1988-06-17 |
| Movie | Perry Mason: The Case of the Murdered Madam | Edward Tremaine | 1987-10-04 |
| Movie | The Living Daylights | General Leonid Pushkin | 1987-06-29 |
| Movie | The Little Match Girl | Chief Murphy | 1987-12-21 |
| Movie | Firewalker | Corky Taylor | 1986-11-21 |
| Movie | In the Shadow of Kilimanjaro | Chris Tucker | 1986-03-01 |
| Movie | King Solomon's Mines | Dogati | 1985-11-22 |
| Movie | No Man's Land | Grimshaw | 1984-05-27 |
| Movie | Best Revenge | Mustapha | 1984-10-19 |
| Movie | Kim | Babu | 1984-05-16 |
| Movie | Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight | Baron Fortinbras | 1984-08-17 |
| Movie | Nairobi Affair | Simon | 1984-01-01 |
| Series | Murder, She Wrote | Harry Waverly | 1984-09-30 |
| Series | Robin of Sherwood | Unknown | 1984-04-28 |
| Series | Scarecrow and Mrs. King | Unknown | 1983-10-03 |
| Movie | Sahara | Rasoul | 1983-12-01 |
| Series | Sadat | Gamal Abdel Nasser | 1983-10-31 |
| Movie | Victor/Victoria | Andre Cassell | 1982-04-25 |
| Movie | Ivanhoe | Front de Boeuf | 1982-02-23 |
| Series | Peter and Paul | Silas | 1981-04-12 |
| Movie | Sphinx | Stephanos Markoulis | 1981-02-11 |
| Movie | Raiders of the Lost Ark | Sallah | 1981-06-12 |
| Movie | The Making of 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' | Self | 1981-11-28 |
| Movie | The Island of Adventure | Smith | 1981-12-01 |
| Movie | A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square | Solicitor | 1980-03-16 |
| Movie | Fox | Warleigh | 1980-03-10 |
| 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 |
| Movie | The Danedyke Mystery | Armchair | 1979-06-03 |
| Movie | Fearless Frank | 1978-10-04 | |
| Series | Hazell | Unknown | 1978-01-16 |
| Series | BBC Television Shakespeare | Unknown | 1978-12-03 |
| Movie | The Nativity | Nestor | 1978-12-17 |
| Series | CHiPs | Unknown | 1977-09-15 |
| Series | Target | Unknown | 1977-09-09 |
| Series | 1990 | Unknown | 1977-09-18 |
| 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 |
| Series | Quiller | Unknown | 1975-08-29 |
| Movie | The Naked Civil Servant | Barndoor | 1975-12-17 |
| Series | Within These Walls | Unknown | 1974-01-04 |
| Movie | Penny Gold | Rugby Player | 1973-06-22 |
| Series | Warship | Unknown | 1973-06-07 |
| Movie | The Incredible Robert Baldick: Never Come Night | Caleb Selling | 1972-10-06 |
| 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 |