John Rhys-Davies
Acting • Born 1944-05-05
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 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
276 credits
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Movie • 1981
Sallah
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Movie • 1989
Sallah
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Movie • 2001
Gimli
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Movie • 2003
Gimli
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Movie • 2002
Gimli / Treebeard (voice)
The Living Daylights
Movie • 1987
General Leonid Pushkin
Scooby-Doo! Adventures: The Mystery Map
Movie • 2013
Gnarlybeard (voice)
Never Say Never Mind
Movie • 2003
In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale
Movie • 2007
Merick
The Medallion
Movie • 2003
Cmdr. Hammerstock-Smythe
South Beach
Movie • 1993
The High Crusade
Movie • 1994
Bruder Parvus
The Lost World
Movie • 1992
Challanger
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
Movie • 2004
Viscount Mabrey
Dragon Storm
Movie • 2004
King Fastrad
The Great White Hype
Movie • 1996
Johnny Windsor
Scorcher
Movie • 2002
Dr. Matthew Sallin
Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Movie • 1984
Baron Fortinbras
Coronado
Movie • 2003
Presidente Hugo Luis Ramos
Boo to You Too! Winnie the Pooh
Movie • 1996
Narrator (voice)
The Trial of the Incredible Hulk
Movie • 1989
Wilson Fisk
Chupacabra Terror
Movie • 2005
Captain Randolph
Victor/Victoria
Movie • 1982
André Cassell
Glory Daze
Movie • 1995
Luther
The Privileged Planet
Movie • 2004
Narrator
The King Maker
Movie • 2005
Phillippe
King Solomon's Mines
Movie • 1985
Dogati
Firewalker
Movie • 1986
Corky Taylor
Journey of Honor
Movie • 1991
El Zaidan
The Naked Civil Servant
Movie • 1975
Barndoor
Waxwork
Movie • 1988
Werewolf
The Unnamable II: The Statement of Randolph Carter
Movie • 1992
Professor Warren
Bloodsport III
Movie • 1996
Jacques Duvalier
In the Shadow of Kilimanjaro
Movie • 1986
Chris Tucker
Secret of the Andes
Movie • 1999
Father Claver
Anaconda 3: Offspring
Movie • 2008
Peter "J.D." Murdoch
One Night with the King
Movie • 2006
Mordecai
Ferocious Planet
Movie • 2011
Senator Jackson Crenshaw
Grizzly II: Revenge
Movie • 2020
Bouchard
Fire and Ice: The Dragon Chronicles
Movie • 2008
Sangimel
Sphinx
Movie • 1981
Stephanos Markoulis
A Flintstones Christmas Carol
Movie • 1994
Charles Brickens (voice)
Ivanhoe
Movie • 1982
Front de Boeuf
Kiss Me Deadly
Movie • 2008
Yale Ericson
The Ferryman
Movie • 2007
The Greek
Sahara
Movie • 1983
Rasoul
Au Pair
Movie • 1999
Nigel Kent
Return to the Lost World
Movie • 1992
Professor George Challenger
Anacondas: Trail of Blood
Movie • 2009
Peter "J.D." Murdoch
Shark Bait
Movie • 2006
Thorton (voice)
The Incredible Robert Baldick: Never Come Night
Movie • 1972
Caleb Selling
The Search for the Real Mt. Sinai
Movie • 2003
Narrator
The Search for the Ark of the Covenant
Movie • 2008
Narrator
Medium Raw
Movie • 2010
Elliot Carbon
Three Wise Women
Movie • 2010
Green
Return to the Hiding Place
Movie • 2011
Eusi
Blood of the Innocent
Movie • 1994
Shmuda
Cyborg Cop
Movie • 1993
Kessel
The Magic Paintbrush
Movie • 1993
Zagal (voice)
The Gates
Movie • 2024
Frederick Ladbroke
Reclaiming the Blade
Movie • 2009
Narrator (voice)
Sabretooth
Movie • 2002
Anthony Bricklin
Britannic
Movie • 2000
Captain Barrett
31 North 62 East
Movie • 2009
John Hammond
Best Revenge
Movie • 1984
Mustapha
Sinbad: Beyond the Veil of Mists
Movie • 2000
King Akron
Beasts: During Barty's Party
Movie • 1976
Peter Newell
Escape
Movie • 2012
Malcom Andrews
Kim
Movie • 1984
Babu
The Seventh Coin
Movie • 1993
Captain Galil
Canvas
Movie • 1992
Nick
12 Days of Terror
Movie • 2004
Captain
Robot in the Family
Movie • 1994
Eli Taki / Rashmud / Sashri
Delta Force One: The Lost Patrol
Movie • 2000
Ivan
Endangered Species
Movie • 2002
Police Lt. Wyznowski
100 Degrees Below Zero
Movie • 2013
Ralph Dillard
Rising Storm
Movie • 1989
Donwaldo
The Making of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Movie • 2023
Self
Marquis de Sade
Movie • 1996
Inspector Marais
Concrete Blondes
Movie • 2013
Kostas Jakobatos
Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King
Movie • 2003
Self / Narrator
Tusks
Movie • 1988
Roger Singh
Perry Mason: The Case of the Murdered Madam
Movie • 1987
Edward Tremaine
Prisoners of the Sun
Movie • 2013
Professor Hayden Masterton
Perry Mason: The Case of the Fatal Framing
Movie • 1992
Phillip Graff
Young Toscanini
Movie • 1988
Rossi
Apocalypse Pompeii
Movie • 2014
Colonel Carlos Dillard
Kingslayer
Movie • 2022
Guillaume Maréchal
Treasure Hunters
Movie • 2011
Under Milk Wood
Movie • 2014
Voice
Time Lapse
Movie • 2014
Mr. Bezzeredes
The Jungle Book 2
Movie • 2003
Ranjan's Father (voice)
Smokin'
Movie • 2013
Doctor
The Nativity
Movie • 1978
Nestor
The Legend of Sasquatch
Movie • 2007
Ranger Steve
Saul: The Journey to Damascus
Movie • 2014
Caiphas
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
Movie • 2023
Brine King (voice)
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Movie • 2023
Sallah
The Sword of Thyrus
Movie
King Athol
Beyond the Mask
Movie • 2015
Charles Kemp
Let The Season In
Movie • 2014
Self / Narrator
Before the Storm
Movie • 1991
Flynn
No Man's Land
Movie • 1984
Grimshaw
Raiders!: The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made
Movie • 2015
Self
Killing Jesus
Movie • 2015
Annas
Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring
Movie • 2001
Narrator (voice)
The Watchmaker's Apprentice
Movie • 2015
Narrator
Higher Ground
Movie • 1988
Fragments of Truth
Movie • 2018
Narrator (voice)
Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones and Harrison Ford
Movie • 2023
Self
The Gifted One
Movie • 1989
Carl Boardman
Nameless
Movie
Barnaby
The Blue Mauritius
Movie • 2016
Hanson
The Strauss Dynasty
Movie • 1991
Gribov
Fearless Frank
Movie • 1978
The Making of 'Raiders of the Lost Ark'
Movie • 1981
Self
Golden Shoes
Movie • 2015
Burt
Echo of Blue
Movie • 1996
Shadows in the Sun
Movie • 2005
Mr. Andrew Benton
Justice League: Paradise Lost
Movie • 2003
Lord Hades (voice)
The Gold Cross
Movie • 2000
Rodrigues
Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes
Movie • 2010
Dr. Watson (voice)
Under Cover
Movie • 1991
Flynn
A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'
Movie • 2004
Self
The Protector
Movie • 1997
Rasheed
The Double 0 Kid
Movie • 1992
Rudi Von Kseenbaum
Fox
Movie • 1980
Warleigh
The Little Match Girl
Movie • 1987
Chief Murphy
The Apostle Peter: Redemption
Movie • 2016
Peter
Goddess of Love
Movie • 1988
Zeus
Catherine the Great
Movie • 1996
Pugachev
Many Beautiful Things
Movie • 2015
John Ruskin (voice)
The Danedyke Mystery
Movie • 1979
Armchair
Camera Store
Movie • 2016
Pinky Steuben
Winter Thaw
Movie • 2016
Martin Avdeitch
Valley of the Gods
Movie • 2020
Dr. Hermann
Quest for the Ring
Movie • 2001
Self
Sunset Grill
Movie • 1993
Stockton
Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings'
Movie • 2001
Self
Stars of the Pharaohs
Movie • 2004
Narrator
A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square
Movie • 1980
Solicitor
Aux
Movie • 2018
Jack
The Game of Their Lives
Movie • 2005
Bill Jeffrey
Desperado: Badlands Justice
Movie • 1989
Richard Marriott
Cats Don't Dance
Movie • 1997
Woolie Mammoth (voice)
KJB: The Book That Changed the World
Movie • 2011
Himeself (Narrator)
Aquaman
Movie • 2018
Brine King (voice)
Henry VIII
Movie • 1979
Capucius, Ambassador from Emperor Charles V
Penny Gold
Movie • 1973
Rugby Player
I AM ISRAEL
Movie • 2017
Narrator
The Merchant of Venice
Movie • 1980
Salerio
The Pilgrim's Progress
Movie • 2019
Evangelist (voice)
The Making of 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea
Movie • 2003
Narrator (voice)
Mosley
Movie • 2019
Warnie (voice)
Santa Fake
Movie • 2019
Jow
Secret Weapon
Movie • 1990
Mossad Chief
The Island of Adventure
Movie • 1981
Smith
Missing Christmas
Movie • 2012
Narrator / Santa (voice)
Moments in Spacetime
Movie • 2020
Mason
I Am Patrick: The Patron Saint of Ireland
Movie • 2020
Starbright
Movie • 2026
Raphael
The Making of Shōgun
Movie • 2003
Tainted
Movie • 2020
Vladimir
The Making of Aladdin: A Whole New World
Movie • 1992
Host
G-Loc
Movie • 2020
Henry
Ringers: Lord of the Fans
Movie • 2005
Self
The Lost Angel
Movie • 2005
Father Kevin
Vlad
Movie • 2004
Narrator
Shadowtown
Movie • 2020
Einar
Silent Night: A Song for the World
Movie • 2021
Douglas Haig
Bad Cupid
Movie • 2021
Archie
Nairobi Affair
Movie • 1984
Simon
The Making of 'The Fellowship of the Ring'
Movie • 2002
Self
Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age
Movie • 2021
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Catching Kringle
Movie • 2004
Santa
Indiana Jones: Making the Trilogy
Movie • 2003
self
DragonMan: The Adventures of Luke Starr
Movie
Jarred Starr
The Making of 'The Two Towers'
Movie • 2003
The Making of 'The Return of the King'
Movie • 2004
Self
Prophecies of the Passion
Movie • 2005
Self
The Way of the Wind
Movie
Uriah the Chief Elder
Bone Keeper
Movie • 2026
Professor Harisson
Overhill Manor
Movie
Aladdin and the King of Thieves
Movie • 1996
Cassim (voice)
I AM ISRAEL: The Mountain of the King
Movie • 2025
Narrator
Ellston Bay
Movie
Father
Machine Heart
Movie • 2025
Narrator
Solomon Quinn
Movie
Heart of Aldoria
Movie
Theron
J.R.R. Tolkien: Origins of Middle-Earth
Movie • 2003
Self
The Fellowship of the Ring: Weta Workshop
Movie • 2002
Self
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Harry Waverly
Duckman
TV • 1994
The Sultan of Dendron (voice)
CHiPs
TV • 1977
Nakura (as John Rhys Davies)
Arli$$
TV • 1996
Davey Owen Jones
The Legend of Prince Valiant
TV • 1991
The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne
TV • 2000
Fillmore!
TV • 2002
Sliders
TV • 1995
Maximillian Arturo
Pinky and the Brain
TV • 1995
Star Trek: Voyager
TV • 1995
Leonardo da Vinci
Gargoyles
TV • 1994
Macbeth/Demona's Second (voice)
Z-Cars
TV • 1962
Tales from the Crypt
TV • 1989
Duval
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
TV • 1983
Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!
TV • 2004
The Sweeney
TV • 1975
Ron Brett
Fantastic Four
TV • 1994
Thor (voice)
Question Time
TV • 1979
Self - Panellist
Robin of Sherwood
TV • 1984
Dixon of Dock Green
TV • 1955
Dunlop
Helen of Troy
TV • 2003
King Priam of Troy
You Wish
TV • 1997
Mustafa
Beasts
TV • 1976
Peter Newell
The Shannara Chronicles
TV • 2016
Eventine
A Mind to Kill
TV • 1994
The Untouchables
TV • 1993
Michael Malone
Under Cover
TV • 1991
Flynn
1990
TV • 1977
Warship
TV • 1973
Noble House
TV • 1988
Quillan Gornt
Shōgun
TV • 1980
Vasco Rodrigues
The Guardians
TV • 1971
Quiller
TV • 1975
Leindorf
Krod Mandoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire
TV • 2009
Batman: The Animated Series
TV • 1992
'Baron' Waclaw Jozek (voice)
War and Remembrance
TV • 1988
Sammy Mutterperl
Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm
TV • 1996
Asgarth (voice)
Justice League
TV • 2001
Lord Hades (voice)
Psych
TV • 2006
Curator
Once Upon a Time
TV • 2011
Grand Pabbie (voice)
Metal Hurlant Chronicles
TV • 2012
L'alchimiste
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Lancaster
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Harry Mordecai
SpongeBob SquarePants
TV • 1999
Man Ray (voice)
Josh Gates Tonight
TV • 2020
Self
Archaeology
TV • 1991
Host
Freakazoid!
TV • 1995
Professor Beasthead (voice)
I Misteri Della Giungla Nera
TV • 1991
O'Connor
Harvey Beaks
TV • 2015
Elder Bug (voice)
Fish Hooks
TV • 2010
Magic Apple (voice)
Peak Practice
TV • 1993
Mike King
Aaahh!!! Real Monsters
TV • 1994
Head Judge / Zifdo (voice)
Die schlechtesten Filme aller Zeiten
TV • 2013
Bouchard (archive footage)
Revelations
TV • 2005
Professor Lampley
Sadat
TV • 1983
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Mickey Mouse Works
TV • 1999
Oberon (voice)
The Strauss Dynasty
TV • 1991
Gribov
Great Expectations
TV • 1989
Joe Gargery
The Lady Musketeer
TV • 2004
Porthos
Documentary Now!
TV • 2015
Garth Davies-Gruffudd
Face Off
TV • 2011
Self - Guest Judge
The Zeta Project
TV • 2001
Edgar Mandragora (voice)
Animaniacs
TV • 1993
Tympannini (voice)
Peter and Paul
TV • 1981
Silas
The Adventures of Puss in Boots
TV • 2015
Goodsword (voice)
Legend of the Seeker
TV • 2008
Horace
Reunited Apart
TV • 2020
Self
Ring of the Musketeers
TV • 1992
Maruice Treville
Wizards: Tales of Arcadia
TV • 2020
Galahad (voice)
Reilly: Ace of Spies
TV • 1983
Tanyatos
Enemy at the Door
TV • 1978
George Trenett
Disney's House of Mouse
TV • 2001
Oberon (voice)
Budgie
TV • 1971
Laughing Spam Fritter
Gargoyles
TV • 1994
Findlaech (voice)
Gargoyles
TV • 1994
Macbeth (voice)
Gargoyles
TV • 1994
Arthur Morwood-Smyth (voice)
BBC2 Play of the Week
TV • 1977
Guy de Maupassant
Target
TV • 1977
Hecht
Zodiac
TV • 1974
Aikman
Rick and Morty
TV • 2013
BugAnne's Father (voice)
Bruno the Kid
TV • 1996
Tales from the Crypt - Uncut
TV • 1992
I, Claudius
TV • 1976
Macro
Hazell
TV • 1978
Graves
Fall of Eagles
TV • 1974
Zinoviev