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:
- 210
- First Appeared:
- In the movie The Way of the Wind
- Latest Project:
- Movie Starbright 2025-04-18
Known For
Filmography
| Series | Lantern City | Desmond Wilhorn | 2026 |
| Movie | The Way of the Wind | Uriah the Chief Elder | 2026 |
| Movie | Starbright | Raphael | 2025-04-18 |
| Movie | The Gates | Frederick Ladbroke | 2024-03-18 |
| Movie | Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom | Brine King (voice) | 2023-12-20 |
| Movie | Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny | Sallah | 2023-06-25 |
| 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 | Bad Cupid | Archie | 2021-02-11 |
| Movie | Grizzly II: Revenge | Bouchard | 2020-02-17 |
| Movie | Shadowtown | Einar | 2020-03-01 |
| Movie | Valley of the Gods | Dr. Hermann | 2020-09-17 |
| Movie | G-Loc | Henry | 2020-08-11 |
| Series | Wizards: Tales of Arcadia | Galahad (voice) | 2020-08-07 |
| Movie | I Am Patrick: The Patron Saint of Ireland | 2020-03-17 | |
| 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 | Fragments of Truth | Narrator (voice) | 2018-04-24 |
| Movie | The Blue Mauritius | Hanson | 2016-01-01 |
| Series | The Shannara Chronicles | Eventine Elessedil | 2016-01-05 |
| Movie | The Apostle Peter: Redemption | Peter | 2016-08-02 |
| Movie | Camera Store | Pinky Steuben | 2016-12-09 |
| Movie | Winter Thaw | Martin Avdeitch | 2016-11-24 |
| Movie | Raiders!: The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made | Self | 2015-03-14 |
| Movie | Killing Jesus | Annas | 2015-04-05 |
| Movie | Beyond the Mask | Charles Kemp | 2015-04-06 |
| Movie | The Watchmaker's Apprentice | Narrator | 2015-06-01 |
| Movie | Golden Shoes | Burt | 2015-10-06 |
| Movie | Many Beautiful Things | John Ruskin (voice) | 2015-10-17 |
| Movie | Apocalypse Pompeii | Colonel Carlos Dillard | 2014-02-18 |
| Movie | Saul: The Journey to Damascus | Caiphas | 2014-04-01 |
| Movie | Let The Season In | Self / Narrator | 2014-10-14 |
| Movie | Under Milk Wood | Voice | 2014-06-01 |
| Movie | Time Lapse | Mr. Bezzeredes | 2014-05-24 |
| Movie | Smokin' | Doctor | 2013-03-22 |
| Movie | Scooby-Doo! Adventures: The Mystery Map | Gnarlybeard (voice) | 2013-07-21 |
| Movie | Prisoners of the Sun | Professor Hayden Masterton | 2013-12-20 |
| Movie | 100 Degrees Below Zero | Ralph Dillard | 2013-03-29 |
| Movie | Concrete Blondes | Kostas Jakobatos | 2013-05-02 |
| Movie | Escape | Malcom Andrews | 2012-01-21 |
| Movie | Ferocious Planet | Senator Jackson Crenshaw | 2011-04-09 |
| Series | Once Upon a Time | Narrator (voice) | 2011-10-23 |
| Movie | Return to the Hiding Place | Eusi | 2011-08-22 |
| Movie | Treasure Hunters | 2011-08-19 | |
| Movie | Three Wise Women | Green | 2010-12-14 |
| Movie | Medium Raw | Elliot Carbon | 2010-08-06 |
| Movie | Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes | Dr. Watson (voice) | 2010-08-24 |
| Series | Krod Mandoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire | Unknown | 2009-04-09 |
| Movie | Anacondas: Trail of Blood | Peter "J.D." Murdoch | 2009-07-16 |
| Movie | Reclaiming the Blade | Narrator (voice) | 2009-04-15 |
| Movie | 31 North 62 East | John Hammond | 2009-09-18 |
| Movie | Kiss Me Deadly | Yale Ericson | 2008-05-02 |
| Movie | Anaconda 3: Offspring | Peter "J.D." Murdoch | 2008-10-23 |
| Movie | The Search for the Ark of the Covenant | Narrator | 2008-10-27 |
| Movie | Fire and Ice: The Dragon Chronicles | Sangimel | 2008-09-18 |
| Movie | In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale | Merick | 2007-11-29 |
| Movie | The Legend of Sasquatch | Ranger Steve | 2007-02-03 |
| Movie | The Ferryman | The Greek | 2007-07-28 |
| Movie | Shark Bait | Thorton (voice) | 2006-07-07 |
| Movie | One Night with the King | Mordecai | 2006-10-10 |
| Series | Psych | Conservateur | 2006-07-07 |
| Movie | Ringers: Lord of the Fans | Self | 2005-01-21 |
| Movie | Chupacabra Terror | Captain Randolph | 2005-01-29 |
| Movie | The Lost Angel | Father Kevin | 2005-04-26 |
| Movie | The King Maker | Phillippe | 2005-10-20 |
| Series | Revelations | Professor Lampley | 2005-04-13 |
| Movie | Shadows in the Sun | Mr. Andrew Benton | 2005-05-12 |
| Movie | The Game of Their Lives | Bill Jeffrey | 2005-04-22 |
| Movie | Dragon Storm | King Fastrad | 2004-01-24 |
| Movie | Stars of the Pharaohs | Narrator | 2004-01-01 |
| Movie | The Making of the Return of the King | Self | 2004-04-01 |
| Movie | The Privileged Planet | Narrator | 2004-10-05 |
| Series | Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go! | Unknown | 2004-09-18 |
| Movie | 12 Days of Terror | Captain | 2004-05-01 |
| Movie | Vlad | Narrator | 2004-09-10 |
| Movie | The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement | Viscount Mabrey | 2004-08-06 |
| Series | The Lady Musketeer | Porthos | 2004-06-20 |
| Series | Helen of Troy | King Priam of Troy | 2003-04-20 |
| Movie | The Making of 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea | Narrator (voice) | 2003-05-20 |
| Movie | The Jungle Book 2 | Ranjan's Father (voice) | 2003-02-07 |
| Movie | Coronado | Presidente Hugo Luis Ramos | 2003-09-25 |
| Movie | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Gimli | 2003-12-17 |
| Movie | The Search for the Real Mt. Sinai | Narrator | 2003-07-07 |
| Movie | Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King | Self / Narrator | 2003-12-12 |
| Movie | Justice League: Paradise Lost | Lord Hades (voice) | 2003-07-22 |
| Movie | The Medallion | Cmdr. Hammerstock-Smythe | 2003-08-15 |
| Movie | The Making of The Fellowship of the Ring | Self | 2002-04-01 |
| Series | Fillmore! | Unknown | 2002-09-14 |
| Movie | Endangered Species | Police Lt. Wyznowski | 2002-11-14 |
| Movie | Sabretooth | Anthony Bricklin | 2002-11-26 |
| Movie | Scorcher | Dr. Matthew Sallin | 2002-10-04 |
| Movie | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Gimli / Treebeard (voice) | 2002-12-18 |
| Series | The Zeta Project | Unknown | 2001-01-27 |
| Movie | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Gimli | 2001-12-18 |
| Movie | Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings' | Self | 2001-12-09 |
| Movie | Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring | Narrator (voice) | 2001-12-23 |
| Movie | Quest for the Ring | Self | 2001-11-29 |
| Movie | Britannic | Captain Barrett | 2000-01-10 |
| Movie | Sinbad: Beyond the Veil of Mists | King Akron | 2000-03-24 |
| Movie | Delta Force One: The Lost Patrol | Ivan | 2000-10-05 |
| Series | The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne | Unknown | 2000-06-18 |
| Movie | Secret of the Andes | Father Claver | 1999-07-15 |
| Movie | Au Pair | Nigel Kent | 1999-08-22 |
| 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 | Bloodsport III | Jacques Duvalier | 1996-12-05 |
| Movie | Catherine the Great | Pugachev | 1996-04-28 |
| Movie | The Great White Hype | Johnny Windsor | 1996-05-03 |
| Movie | Marquis de Sade | Inspector Marais | 1996-10-19 |
| Series | Arli$$ | Unknown | 1996-08-10 |
| Movie | Aladdin and the King of Thieves | Cassim (voice) | 1996-05-20 |
| Series | Star Trek: Voyager | Unknown | 1995-01-16 |
| Series | Pinky and the Brain | Unknown | 1995-09-09 |
| Movie | Glory Daze | Luther | 1995-10-01 |
| Series | Sliders | Maximillian Arturo | 1995-03-22 |
| Series | Freakazoid! | Unknown | 1995-09-09 |
| Movie | Robot in the Family | Eli Taki / Rashmud / Sashri | 1994-03-02 |
| Series | Duckman | Unknown | 1994-03-05 |
| Movie | Blood of the Innocent | Shmuda | 1994-01-01 |
| Series | Fantastic Four | Unknown | 1994-09-24 |
| Movie | The High Crusade | Bruder Parvus | 1994-06-02 |
| Series | Gargoyles | Unknown | 1994-10-24 |
| Movie | A Flintstones Christmas Carol | Charles Brickens (voice) | 1994-11-21 |
| Series | A Mind to Kill | Unknown | 1994-11-27 |
| Series | The Untouchables | Michael Malone | 1993-01-11 |
| Movie | The Magic Paintbrush | Zagal (voice) | 1993-04-22 |
| Movie | The Seventh Coin | Captain Galil | 1993-04-30 |
| Movie | South Beach | 1993-08-04 | |
| Movie | Cyborg Cop | Kessel | 1993-10-05 |
| Movie | Sunset Grill | Stockton | 1993-09-27 |
| Movie | The Lost World | Challanger | 1992-01-01 |
| Movie | Perry Mason: The Case of the Fatal Framing | Phillip Graff | 1992-03-01 |
| Movie | The Unnamable II: The Statement of Randolph Carter | Professor Warren | 1992-10-21 |
| Movie | Return to the Lost World | Professor George Challenger | 1992-04-07 |
| Movie | Canvas | Nick | 1992-09-16 |
| Movie | The Double 0 Kid | Rudi Von Kseenbaum | 1992-09-07 |
| Series | I Misteri Della Giungla Nera | O'Connor | 1991-01-01 |
| Series | Archaeology | Host | 1991-01-01 |
| Movie | The Strauss Dynasty | Gribov | 1991-01-01 |
| Movie | Before the Storm | Flynn | 1991-07-13 |
| Series | The Strauss Dynasty | Gribov | 1991-12-16 |
| Movie | Journey of Honor | El Zaidan | 1991-04-27 |
| Series | Under Cover | Flynn | 1991-01-07 |
| Series | The Legend of Prince Valiant | Unknown | 1991-09-03 |
| Movie | Secret Weapon | Mossad Chief | 1990-03-19 |
| Movie | The Trial of the Incredible Hulk | Wilson Fisk | 1989-05-07 |
| Movie | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade | Sallah | 1989-05-24 |
| Movie | Desperado: Badlands Justice | Richard Marriott | 1989-12-17 |
| Movie | Rising Storm | Donwaldo | 1989-10-21 |
| Series | Tales from the Crypt | Unknown | 1989-06-10 |
| Series | Great Expectations | Joe Gargery | 1989-07-09 |
| Movie | The Gifted One | Carl Boardman | 1989-06-25 |
| Movie | Waxwork | Werewolf | 1988-06-17 |
| Series | Noble House | Quillan Gornt | 1988-02-21 |
| Movie | Tusks | Roger Singh | 1988-07-29 |
| Series | War and Remembrance | Sammy Mutterperl | 1988-11-13 |
| Movie | Goddess of Love | Zeus | 1988-11-20 |
| Movie | Young Toscanini | Rossi | 1988-10-07 |
| Movie | Higher Ground | 1988-09-04 | |
| Movie | Perry Mason: The Case of the Murdered Madam | Edward Tremaine | 1987-10-04 |
| Movie | The Little Match Girl | Chief Murphy | 1987-12-21 |
| Movie | The Living Daylights | General Leonid Pushkin | 1987-06-29 |
| 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 | Nairobi Affair | Simon | 1984-01-01 |
| Movie | Kim | Babu | 1984-05-16 |
| Series | Robin of Sherwood | Unknown | 1984-04-28 |
| Series | Murder, She Wrote | Harry Waverly | 1984-09-30 |
| Movie | Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight | Baron Fortinbras | 1984-08-17 |
| Movie | No Man's Land | Grimshaw | 1984-05-27 |
| Movie | Best Revenge | Mustapha | 1984-10-19 |
| Series | Scarecrow and Mrs. King | Unknown | 1983-10-03 |
| Movie | Sahara | Rasoul | 1983-12-01 |
| Series | Sadat | Gamal Abdel Nasser | 1983-10-31 |
| Movie | Ivanhoe | Front de Boeuf | 1982-02-23 |
| Movie | Victor/Victoria | Andre Cassell | 1982-04-25 |
| Movie | Sphinx | Stephanos Markoulis | 1981-02-11 |
| Movie | The Island of Adventure | Smith | 1981-12-01 |
| Movie | The Making of 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' | Self | 1981-11-28 |
| Movie | Raiders of the Lost Ark | Sallah | 1981-06-12 |
| Series | Peter and Paul | Silas | 1981-04-12 |
| Movie | Fox | Warleigh | 1980-03-10 |
| Movie | The Merchant of Venice | Salerio | 1980-12-17 |
| Series | Shōgun | Vasco Rodrigues | 1980-09-15 |
| Movie | A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square | Solicitor | 1980-03-16 |
| Movie | Henry VIII | Capucius, Ambassador from Emperor Charles V | 1979-02-25 |
| Series | Hazell | Unknown | 1978-01-16 |
| Movie | Fearless Frank | 1978-10-04 | |
| Movie | The Nativity | Nestor | 1978-12-17 |
| Series | The BBC Television Shakespeare | Unknown | 1978-12-03 |
| Series | CHiPs | Nakura (as John Rhys Davies) | 1977-09-15 |
| Series | 1990 | Unknown | 1977-09-18 |
| Series | Target | Unknown | 1977-09-09 |
| Series | I, Claudius | Naevius Sutorius Macro | 1976-09-20 |
| Series | Beasts | Unknown | 1976-10-16 |
| Movie | Beasts: During Barty's Party | Peter Newell | 1976-10-23 |
| Movie | The Naked Civil Servant | Barndoor | 1975-12-17 |
| Series | Quiller | Unknown | 1975-08-29 |
| Series | Within These Walls | Unknown | 1974-01-04 |
| Series | Warship | Unknown | 1973-06-07 |
| Movie | Penny Gold | Rugby Player | 1973-06-22 |
| Series | The Adventures of Black Beauty | Unknown | 1972-09-17 |
| Series | Budgie | 1971-04-09 | |
| Series | The Guardians | Unknown | 1971-07-10 |
| Series | Z-Cars | Unknown | 1962-01-02 |
| Series | Dixon of Dock Green | Unknown | 1955-07-09 |