Griff Rhys Jones
Acting • Born 1953-11-16
Biography
Griff Rhys Jones is a Welsh actor and writer. He was born in 1953 in Cardiff gut the family later moved to Essex, England. Educated at Brentwood School in Essex, he won an exhibition to Emmanuel College, Cambridge to read History, transferring later to English. He joined the Footlights Club, becoming its vice president in 1976.
Filmography
106 credits
Riot at the Rite
Movie • 2005
Astruc
Rock and Roll's Greatest Failure: Otway the Movie
Movie • 2013
Self (archive footage)
Morons from Outer Space
Movie • 1985
Graham Sweetley
Taliesin Jones
Movie • 2002
Caesar
Wilt
Movie • 1989
Henry Wilt
Ex
Movie • 1991
Patrick
Up 'n' Under
Movie • 1998
Ray Mason, Radio York commentator
Puckoon
Movie • 2002
Col. Stokes
Three Men in a Boat
Movie • 2006
Himself
Three Men In Another Boat
Movie • 2008
Himself
The Secret Life of Arthur Ransome
Movie • 2005
Self / Presenter
As You Like It
Movie • 1992
Touchstone
Under Milk Wood
Movie • 2014
Voice
The Adventures of Pinocchio
Movie • 1996
Tino
Not Again: Not the Nine O'Clock News
Movie • 2009
Self
Amnesty International's Big 30
Movie • 1991
Self
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
Movie • 1982
Self - Various Roles
Future TX
Movie • 2022
Foley
Gangsta Granny Strikes Again
Movie • 2022
Mr Parker
Tales of Television Centre
Movie • 2012
Self
Charles Dickens and the Invention of Christmas
Movie • 2007
Himself - Presenter
Smith & Jones - One Night Stand
Movie • 1994
Staggered
Movie • 1994
Graham
Three Men in More Than One Boat
Movie • 2009
Himself
Comedians Do It On Stage
Movie • 1986
Self
Jake's Journey
Movie • 1988
Innkeeper
The Best of Not The Nine O'Clock News Volume One
Movie • 2006
A View of Harry Clark
Movie • 1989
Harry Clark
Burma, My Father and the Forgotten Army
Movie • 2013
Himself
Murder on the Blackpool Express
Movie • 2017
David Van Der Clane
Finland For Adults
Movie • 1987
Reporter
Wogan on Wodehouse
Movie • 2011
Self
Live Aid
Movie • 1985
Self
Smith and Jones: The Home-Made Xmas Video
Movie • 1987
Dad
Mel Smith: I've Done Some Things
Movie • 2013
Self
Love Somehow
Movie • 2016
Dylan Thomas
Aladdin: The ITV Pantomime
Movie • 2000
Emperor
Jack and the Beanstalk: The ITV Pantomime
Movie • 1998
Baron Wasteland
Douglas Adams: The Man Who Imagined Our Future
Movie • 2025
Self
The Best of Not The Nine O'Clock News Volume Two
Movie
Cambridge University 1974 Footlights Revue
Movie • 1974
Various
The Funny Side of Christmas
Movie • 1982
Trevor
Character Building
Movie • 1995
Narrator (voice)
Going to Work Naked
Movie • 2005
Self - Narrator (voice)
Sardines
Movie • 1995
Davy Kotowski
Shooting Stars
TV • 1993
Self
Alas Smith and Jones
TV • 1984
The One Show
TV • 2006
Self
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
TV • 2001
Self
Jonathan Creek
TV • 1997
Jeremy Sangster
The Terry and Gaby Show
TV • 2003
The Secret Policeman's Ball
TV • 1976
Self
Midsomer Murders
TV • 1997
Ambrose Deddington
8 Out of 10 Cats
TV • 2005
Self
Not the Nine O'Clock News
TV • 1979
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
TV • 2018
Self - Guest
The Young Ones
TV • 1982
Bamber 'Bambi' Gascoigne
Funnybones
TV • 1992
The BAFTA Awards
TV • 1949
Host
Between the Covers
TV • 2020
Self
The World According To Smith And Jones
TV • 1987
Agatha Christie's Marple
TV • 2004
Dr David Quimper
Restoration
TV • 2003
Wogan
TV • 1982
Self
Mountain
TV • 2007
If I Ruled the World
TV • 1998
Himself
The Smith & Jones Sketchbook
TV • 2006
Rivers with Griff Rhys Jones
TV • 2009
Self - Presenter
Greatest Cities of the World with Griff Rhys Jones
TV • 2008
A Short History of Everything Else
TV • 2012
Britain's Lost Routes with Griff Rhys Jones
TV • 2012
Presenter
Porterhouse Blue
TV • 1987
Cornelius Carrington
Timeshift
TV • 2002
Self - Not the Nine O'Clock News, 1980 (archive footage)
Would I Lie to You?
TV • 2007
Self
Who Do You Think You Are?
TV • 2004
Self
Slow Train Through Africa with Griff Rhys Jones
TV • 2015
Himself - Presenter
Griff's Great New Zealand Adventure
TV • 2021
A Great Welsh Adventure with Griff Rhys Jones
TV • 2014
Himself
An Audience with...
TV • 1978
Self
Demob
TV • 1993
Ian Deasey
Casualty
TV • 1986
Paul Fuller
Rita Rudner
TV • 1990
Griff’s Canadian Adventure
TV • 2022
Host
The Quizeum
TV • 2015
Himself - Presenter
Insert Name Here
TV • 2016
Self - Panelist
Losing It: Griff Rhys Jones On Anger
TV • 2008
Himself - Presenter
Comic Relief
TV • 1988
Self - Presenter
Question Time
TV • 1979
Self - Panellist
Griff's Great Kiwi Road Trip
TV • 2019
Self
Final Chance to Save
TV • 2005
Himself
Griff's Great Australian Rail Trip
TV • 2020
Self - Presenter
Perspectives
TV • 2011
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
TV • 1988
Himself
Three Men in a Boat
TV • 2006
Self
The One Show
TV • 2006
Self - Interviewed Guest
Parkinson
TV • 1998
Self
Have I Got News for You
TV • 1990
Self
GRIFF’S SOUTHERN CHARM
TV
Griff
Griff's Great American South
TV • 2025
Self
Mine All Mine
TV • 2004
Max Vivaldi
QI
TV • 2003
Self
Tales from the Poop Deck
TV • 1992
Narrator (voice)
It'll be Alright on the Night
TV • 1977
Self - Presenter
Richard Osman's House of Games
TV • 2017
Self - Panellist
It'll be Alright on the Night
TV • 1977
Self - Host
HARDtalk
TV • 1997