
John Rhys-Davies
Known for Acting · 272 credits
- Born
- 1944-05-05 (age 82)
- Place of birth
- Ammanford, Wales, UK
- Also known as
- John Rhys Davies · Jonathan Rhys-Davies · John Rhys-Davis · Джон Рис-Дэвис · جان ریس-دیویس
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.
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Known For
TV Shows (80)

Rick and Morty
2013
as BugAnne's Father (voice)

Psych
2006
as Curator

Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Harry Waverly / Lancaster / Harry Mordecai

Star Trek: Voyager
1995
as Leonardo da Vinci

Once Upon a Time
2011
as Grand Pabbie (voice)

Batman: The Animated Series
1992
as 'Baron' Waclaw Jozek (voice)

Arli$$
1996
as Davey Owen Jones

Peak Practice
1993
as Mike King

Sliders
1995
as Maximillian Arturo

Animaniacs
1993
as Tympannini (voice)

Z-Cars
1962

Tales from the Crypt
1989
as Duval

Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983

Gargoyles
1994
as Macbeth/Demona's Second (voice) / Findlaech (voice) / Macbeth (voice) / Arthur Morwood-Smyth (voice)

Question Time
1979
as Self - Panellist

Duckman
1994
as The Sultan of Dendron (voice)

Fish Hooks
2010
as Magic Apple (voice)

The Sweeney
1975
as Ron Brett

Aaahh!!! Real Monsters
1994
as Head Judge / Zifdo (voice)

Legend of the Seeker
2008
as Horace

SpongeBob SquarePants
1999
as Man Ray (voice)

CHiPs
1977
as Nakura (as John Rhys Davies)

The Adventures of Puss in Boots
2015
as Goodsword (voice)

The Shannara Chronicles
2016
as Eventine

Justice League
2001
as Lord Hades (voice)

Shōgun
1980
as Vasco Rodrigues

Disney's House of Mouse
2001
as Oberon (voice)

Freakazoid!
1995
as Professor Beasthead (voice)

BBC2 Play of the Week
1977
as Guy de Maupassant

Harvey Beaks
2015
as Elder Bug (voice)

I, Claudius
1976
as Macro

Pinky and the Brain
1995

Robin of Sherwood
1984
as King Richard

Mickey Mouse Works
1999
as Oberon (voice)

Fillmore!
2002

Documentary Now!
2015
as Garth Davies-Gruffudd

The Legend of Prince Valiant
1991

Reunited Apart
2020
as Self

Die schlechtesten Filme aller Zeiten
2013
as Bouchard (archive footage)

Dixon of Dock Green
1955
as Dunlop

Fantastic Four
1994
as Thor (voice)

The Zeta Project
2001
as Edgar Mandragora (voice)

Face Off
2011
as Self - Guest Judge

War and Remembrance
1988
as Sammy Mutterperl

Reilly: Ace of Spies
1983
as Tanyatos

Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm
1996
as Asgarth (voice)

Wizards: Tales of Arcadia
2020
as Galahad (voice)

Enemy at the Door
1978
as George Trenett

New Scotland Yard
1972
as DS Hill

Warship
1973

Target
1977
as Hecht

Fall of Eagles
1974
as Zinoviev

Bruno the Kid
1996

Budgie
1971
as Laughing Spam Fritter

The Untouchables
1993
as Michael Malone

Helen of Troy
2003
as King Priam of Troy

Josh Gates Tonight
2020
as Self

Metal Hurlant Chronicles
2012
as L'alchimiste

Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!
2004

The Guardians
1971
as First Guardian
Movies (192)

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2003
as Gimli

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2001
as Gimli

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2002
as Gimli / Treebeard (voice)

Starbright
2026
as Raphael

Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
2023
as Brine King (voice)

Raiders of the Lost Ark
1981
as Sallah

Aquaman
2018
as Brine King (voice)

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
2023
as Sallah

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
1989
as Sallah

The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
2004
as Viscount Mabrey

The Living Daylights
1987
as General Leonid Pushkin

The Medallion
2003
as Cmdr. Hammerstock-Smythe

In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale
2007
as Merick

Aladdin and the King of Thieves
1996
as Cassim (voice)

The Jungle Book 2
2003
as Ranjan's Father (voice)

Bone Keeper
2026
as Professor Harisson

Victor/Victoria
1982
as André Cassell

Firewalker
1986
as Corky Taylor

Anaconda 3: Offspring
2008
as Peter "J.D." Murdoch

Anacondas: Trail of Blood
2009
as Peter "J.D." Murdoch

Sahara
1983
as Rasoul

Ivanhoe
1982
as Front de Boeuf

Shark Bait
2006
as Thorton (voice)
Fox
1980
as Warleigh

Cats Don't Dance
1997
as Woolie Mammoth (voice)

Time Lapse
2014
as Mr. Bezzeredes

Sphinx
1981
as Stephanos Markoulis

One Night with the King
2006
as Mordecai

Camera Store
2016
as Pinky Steuben

Britannic
2000
as Captain Barrett

King Solomon's Mines
1985
as Dogati

The Pilgrim's Progress
2019
as Evangelist (voice)

Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes
2010
as Dr. Watson (voice)

Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age
2021
as Self - Actor (archive footage)

Chupacabra Terror
2005
as Captain Randolph

Vlad
2004
as Narrator

Sunset Grill
1993
as Stockton

Grizzly II: Revenge
2020
as Bouchard

Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones and Harrison Ford
2023
as Self

Scorcher
2002
as Dr. Matthew Sallin

Cyborg Cop
1993
as Kessel

Waxwork
1988
as Werewolf

Raiders!: The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made
2015
as Self

The Protector
1997
as Rasheed

Shadows in the Sun
2005
as Mr. Andrew Benton

The Making of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
2023
as Self

Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
1984
as Baron Fortinbras

Nairobi Affair
1984
as Simon
Catching Kringle
2004
as Santa

Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King
2003
as Self / Narrator

Best Revenge
1984
as Mustapha

The Great White Hype
1996
as Johnny Windsor

The Trial of the Incredible Hulk
1989
as Wilson Fisk

Silent Night: A Song for the World
2018
as Douglas Haig

Mosley
2019
as Warnie (voice)

Sabretooth
2002
as Anthony Bricklin

The Gates
2024
as Frederick Ladbroke

Bloodsport III
1996
as Jacques Duvalier

Catherine the Great
1996
as Pugachev

Glory Daze
1995
as Luther

Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring
2001
as Narrator (voice)

Killing Jesus
2015
as Annas

Prisoners of the Sun
2013
as Professor Hayden Masterton

100 Degrees Below Zero
2013
as Ralph Dillard

Ringers: Lord of the Fans
2005
as Self

Journey of Honor
1991
as El Zaidan

The Naked Civil Servant
1975
as Barndoor

Canvas
1992
as Nick

Aux
2018
as Jack

A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'
2004
as Self

Scooby-Doo! Adventures: The Mystery Map
2013
as Gnarlybeard (voice)

The Way of the Wind
as Uriah the Chief Elder

The Legend of Sasquatch
2007
as Ranger Steve

Tainted
2020
as Vladimir

Goddess of Love
1988
as Zeus

Santa Fake
2019
as Jow

Beyond the Mask
2015
as Charles Kemp

Golden Shoes
2015
as Burt

Apocalypse Pompeii
2014
as Colonel Carlos Dillard

Young Toscanini
1988
as Rossi

Fire and Ice: The Dragon Chronicles
2008
as Sangimel

The Making of 'The Return of the King'
2004
as Self

The Making of 'The Fellowship of the Ring'
2002
as Self

Saul: The Journey to Damascus
2014
as Caiphas

The Unnamable II: The Statement of Randolph Carter
1992
as Professor Warren

Perry Mason: The Case of the Murdered Madam
1987
as Edward Tremaine

The Ferryman
2007
as The Greek

Moments in Spacetime
2020
as Mason

Endangered Species
2002
as Police Lt. Wyznowski

Kim
1984
as Babu

Perry Mason: The Case of the Fatal Framing
1992
as Phillip Graff

Delta Force One: The Lost Patrol
2000
as Ivan

The Apostle Peter: Redemption
2016
as Peter

Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings'
2001
as Self

A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
1980
as Solicitor

The Game of Their Lives
2005
as Bill Jeffrey

The Making of 'The Two Towers'
2003

Dragon Storm
2004
as King Fastrad

Indiana Jones: Making the Trilogy
2003
as self

The Sword of Thyrus
as King Athol

Marquis de Sade
1996
as Inspector Marais

Shadowtown
2020
as Einar

Concrete Blondes
2013
as Kostas Jakobatos

The Lost Angel
2005
as Father Kevin

Coronado
2003
as Presidente Hugo Luis Ramos

South Beach
1993

The King Maker
2005
as Phillippe

Quest for the Ring
2001
as Self

Blood of the Innocent
1994
as Shmuda

The Making of 'Raiders of the Lost Ark'
1981
as Self

Under Milk Wood
2014
as Voice

G-Loc
2020
as Henry

Rising Storm
1989
as Donwaldo

Valley of the Gods
2020
as Dr. Hermann

A Flintstones Christmas Carol
1994
as Charles Brickens (voice)

Au Pair
1999
as Nigel Kent

Kiss Me Deadly
2008
as Yale Ericson

Missing Christmas
2012
as Narrator / Santa (voice)

Sinbad: Beyond the Veil of Mists
2000
as King Akron

The Making of Aladdin: A Whole New World
1992
as Host
About John Rhys-Davies
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. Additionall… With 272 credits spanning from 1955 to 2026, John Rhys-Davies has appeared in 192 films and 80 TV shows.
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Most Popular John Rhys-Davies Movies
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) — as Gimli
- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) — as Gimli
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) — as Gimli / Treebeard (voice)
- Starbright (2026) — as Raphael
- Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (2023) — as Brine King (voice)
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