Birthday: May 05, 1944
Place of Birth: Ammanford, Wales, UK

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.

Filmography

Movie	Cast	Year
Raiders of the Lost Ark	Sallah	1981
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade	Sallah	1989
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	Gimli	2001
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	Gimli	2003
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	Gimli / Treebeard (voice)	2002
The Living Daylights	General Leonid Pushkin	1987
Scooby-Doo! Adventures: The Mystery Map	Gnarlybeard (voice)	2013
Never Say Never Mind		2003
In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale	Merick	2007
The Medallion	Cmdr. Hammerstock-Smythe	2003
South Beach		1993
The High Crusade	Bruder Parvus	1994
The Lost World	Challanger	1992
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement	Viscount Mabrey	2004
Dragon Storm	King Fastrad	2004
The Great White Hype	Johnny Windsor	1996
Aladdin and the King of Thieves	Cassim (voice)	1996
Scorcher	Dr. Matthew Sallin	2002
Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight	Baron Fortinbras	1984
Coronado	Presidente Hugo Luis Ramos	2003
Boo to You Too! Winnie the Pooh	Narrator (voice)	1996
The Trial of the Incredible Hulk	Wilson Fisk	1989
Chupacabra Terror	Captain Randolph	2005
Victor/Victoria	Andre Cassell	1982
Glory Daze	Luther	1995
The Privileged Planet	Narrator	2004
The King Maker	Phillippe	2005
King Solomon's Mines	Dogati	1985
Firewalker	Corky Taylor	1986
Journey of Honor	El Zaidan	1991
The Naked Civil Servant	Barndoor	1975
Waxwork	Werewolf	1988
The Unnamable II	Professor Warren	1992
Bloodsport III	Jacques Duvalier	1996
In the Shadow of Kilimanjaro	Chris Tucker	1986
Secret of the Andes	Father Claver	1999
Anaconda 3: Offspring	Murdoch	2008
One Night with the King	Mordecai	2006
Ferocious Planet	Senator Jackson Crenshaw	2011
Grizzly II: Revenge	Bouchard	2020
Fire and Ice: The Dragon Chronicles	Sangimel	2008
Sphinx	Stephanos Markoulis	1981
A Flintstones Christmas Carol	Charles Brickens (voice)	1994
Ivanhoe	Front de Boeuf	1982
Kiss Me Deadly	Yale Ericson	2008
The Ferryman	The Greek	2007
Sahara	Rasoul	1983
Au Pair	Nigel Kent	1999
Return to the Lost World	Professor George Challenger	1992
Anacondas: Trail of Blood	Murdoch	2009
Shark Bait	Thorton (voice)	2006
The Incredible Robert Baldick: Never Come Night	Caleb Selling	1972
The Search for the Real Mt. Sinai	Narrator	2003
The Search for the Ark of the Covenant	Narrator	2008
Medium Raw	Elliot Carbon	2010
Three Wise Women	Green	2010
Return to the Hiding Place	Eusi	2011
Blood of the Innocent	Shmuda	1994
Cyborg Cop	Kessel	1993
The Magic Paintbrush	Zagal (voice)	1993
The Gates	Frederick Ladbroke	2024
Reclaiming the Blade	Narrator (voice)	2009
Sabretooth	Anthony Bricklin	2002
Britannic	Captain Barrett	2000
31 North 62 East	John Hammond	2009
Best Revenge	Mustapha	1984
Sinbad: Beyond the Veil of Mists	King Akron	2000
Beasts: During Barty's Party	Peter Newell	1976
Escape	Malcom Andrews	2012
Kim	Babu	1984
The Seventh Coin	Captain Galil	1993
Canvas	Nick	1992
12 Days Of Terror	Captain	2004
Robot in the Family	Eli Taki / Rashmud / Sashri	1994
Delta Force One: The Lost Patrol	Ivan	2000
Endangered Species	Police Lt. Wyznowski	2002
100 Degrees Below Zero	Ralph Dillard	2013
Rising Storm	Donwaldo	1989
The Making of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny	Self	2023
Film Collectibles: Capturing Movie Memories	Self	2003
Marquis de Sade	Inspector Marais	1996
Concrete Blondes	Kostas Jakobatos	2013
Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King	Self / Narrator	2003
Tusks	Roger Singh	1988
Perry Mason: The Case of the Murdered Madam	Edward Tremaine	1987
Prisoners of the Sun	Professor Hayden Masterton	2013
Perry Mason: The Case of the Fatal Framing	Phillip Graff	1992
Young Toscanini	Rossi	1988
Apocalypse Pompeii	Colonel Carlos Dillard	2014
Kingslayer	Guillaume Maréchal	2022
Treasure Hunters		2011
Under Milk Wood	Voice	2014
Time Lapse	Mr. Bezzeredes	2014
The Jungle Book 2	Ranjan's Father (voice)	2003
Smokin'	Doctor	2013
Ring of the Musketeers	Maurice Treville	1992
The Nativity	Nestor	1978
The Legend of Sasquatch		2007
Saul: The Journey to Damascus	Caiphas	2014
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom	Brine King (voice)	2023
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny	Sallah	2023
The Sword of Thyrus	King Athol	1970
Beyond the Mask	Charles Kemp	2015
Let The Season In	Self / Narrator	2014
Before the Storm	Flynn	1991
No Man's Land	Grimshaw	1984
Raiders!: The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made	Self	2015
Killing Jesus	Annas	2015
Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring	Narrator (voice)	2001
The Watchmaker's Apprentice	Narrator	2015
Higher Ground		1988
Fragments of Truth	Narrator (voice)	2018
Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones & Harrison Ford	Self	2023
The Gifted One	Carl Boardman	1989
Nameless	Barnaby	1970
The Blue Mauritius	Hanson	2016
The Strauss Dynasty	Gribov	1991
Fearless Frank		1978
The Making of 'Raiders of the Lost Ark'	Self	1981
Golden Shoes	Burt	2015
Echo of Blue		1996
Shadows in the Sun	Mr. Andrew Benton	2005
Justice League: Paradise Lost	Lord Hades (voice)	2003
The Gold Cross	Rodrigues	2000
Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes	Dr. Watson (voice)	2010
Under Cover	Flynn	1991
A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'	Self	2004
Body Armor	Rasheed	1997
The Double 0 Kid	Rudi Von Kseenbaum	1992
Fox	Warleigh	1980
The Little Match Girl	Chief Murphy	1987
The Apostle Peter: Redemption	Peter	2016
Goddess of Love	Zeus	1988
Catherine the Great	Pugachev	1996
Many Beautiful Things	John Ruskin (voice)	2015
The Danedyke Mystery	Armchair	1979
Camera Store	Pinky Steuben	2016
Winter Thaw	Martin Avdeitch	2016
Valley of the Gods	Dr. Hermann	2020
Quest for the Ring	Self	2001
Sunset Grill	Stockton	1993
A Passage to Middle-Earth: Making of 'Lord of the Rings'	Self	2001
Stars of the Pharaohs	Narrator	2004
A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square	Solicitor	1980
Aux	Jack	2018
The Game of Their Lives	Bill Jeffrey	2005
Desperado: Badlands Justice	Richard Marriott	1989
Cats Don't Dance	Woolie Mammoth (voice)	1997
The King James Bible: The Book That Changed the World	Himeself (Narrator)	2011
Aquaman	Brine King (voice)	2018
Henry VIII	Capucius, Ambassador from Emperor Charles V	1979
Penny Gold	Rugby Player	1973
I Am Israel	Narrator	2017
The Merchant of Venice	Salerio	1980
The Pilgrim's Progress	Evangelist (voice)	2019
The Making of 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea	Narrator (voice)	2003
Mosley	Warnie (voice)	2019
Santa Fake	Jow	2019
Secret Weapon	Mossad Chief	1990
The Island of Adventure	Smith	1981
Missing Christmas	Narrator / Santa (voice)	2012
Moments in Spacetime	Mason	2020
I Am Patrick: The Patron Saint of Ireland		2020
Starbright	Raphael	2025
The Making of Shōgun		2003
Tainted	Vladimir	2020
The Making of Aladdin: A Whole New World	Host	1992
G-Loc	Henry	2020
Ringers: Lord of the Fans	Self	2005
The Lost Angel	Father Kevin	2005
Vlad	Narrator	2004
Shadowtown	Einar	2020
Silent Night: A Song for the World	Douglas Haig	2021
Bad Cupid	Archie	2021
Nairobi Affair	Simon	1984
The Making of The Fellowship of the Ring	Self	2002
Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age	Self - Actor (archive footage)	2021
Catching Kringle	Santa	2004
Indiana Jones: Making the Trilogy	self	2003
DragonMan: The Adventures of Luke Starr	Jarred Starr	1970
Lord of the Piercing	Gimli (archive footage)	2002
Series	Cast	Year
Murder, She Wrote	Harry Waverly	1984
Duckman		1994
CHiPs	Nakura (as John Rhys Davies)	1977
Arliss		1996
The Legend of Prince Valiant		1991
The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne		2000
Budgie	Laughing Spam Fritter	1971
Fillmore!		2002
Sliders	Maximillian Arturo	1995
Pinky and the Brain		1995
Star Trek: Voyager	Leonardo da Vinci	1995
Gargoyles	Macbeth (voice)	1994
Z-Cars		1962
Tales from the Crypt	Duval	1989
Scarecrow and Mrs. King		1983
Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!		2004
The Sweeney	Ron Brett	1975
Fantastic Four		1994
Question Time	Self - Panellist	1979
Robin of Sherwood		1984
I, Claudius		1976
Dixon of Dock Green	Dunlop	1955
Helen of Troy	King Priam of Troy	2003
The Adventures of Black Beauty	Alfred Kidney	1972
You Wish	Mustafa	1997
Beasts	Peter Newell	1976
The Shannara Chronicles	Eventine	2016
A Mind to Kill		1994
Hazell		1978
The Untouchables	Michael Malone	1993
Under Cover	Flynn	1991
1990		1977
Target		1977
Warship		1973
Noble House	Quillan Gornt	1988
Shōgun	Vasco Rodrigues	1980
The Guardians		1971
Within These Walls		1974
Quiller	Leindorf	1975
Krod Mandoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire		2009
BBC Television Shakespeare		1978
Batman: The Animated Series	'Baron' Waclaw Jozek (voice)	1992
War and Remembrance	Sammy Mutterperl	1988
Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm	Asgarth (voice)	1996
Justice League	Lord Hades (voice)	2001
Psych	Curator	2006
Once Upon a Time	Grand Pabbie (voice)	2011
Metal Hurlant Chronicles	L'alchimiste	2012
Once Upon a Time	Narrator (voice)	2011
Murder, She Wrote	Lancaster	1984
Murder, She Wrote	Harry Mordecai	1984
SpongeBob SquarePants	Man Ray (voice)	1999
Josh Gates Tonight	Self	2020
Lantern City	Desmond Wilhorn	1970
Archaeology	Host	1970
Freakazoid!	Professor Beasthead (voice)	1995
I Misteri Della Giungla Nera	O'Connor	1991
Harvey Beaks	Elder Bug (voice)	2015
Fish Hooks	Magic Apple (voice)	2010
Peak Practice	Mike King	1993
Aaahh!!! Real Monsters	Head Judge / Zifdo (voice)	1994
Die schlechtesten Filme aller Zeiten	Bouchard (archive footage)	2013
Revelations	Professor Lampley	2005
Sadat	Gamal Abdel Nasser	1983
Mickey Mouse Works	Oberon (voice)	1999
Strauss Dynasty	Gribov	1991
Great Expectations	Joe Gargery	1991
I, Claudius	Naevius Sutorius Macro	1976
The Lady Musketeer	Porthos	2004
Legends of Ileydria	Narrator	1970
Documentary Now!	Garth Davies-Gruffudd	2015
Face Off	Self - Guest Judge	2011
The Zeta Project	Edgar Mandragora (voice)	2001
Animaniacs	Tympannini (voice)	1993
Peter and Paul	Silas	1981
Shōgun	Self	1980
The Adventures of Puss in Boots	Goodsword (voice)	2015
Legend of the Seeker	Horace	2008
Reunited Apart	Self	2020
Ring of the Musketeers	Maruice Treville	1992
Wizards: Tales of Arcadia	Galahad (voice)	2020
Reilly: Ace of Spies	Tanyatos	1983
Enemy at the Door	George Trenett	1978
The Flintstones	Charles Brickens (voice)	1960

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