Birthday
1944/05/05 (80 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Ammanford, Wales, UK
Also know as
John Rhys Davies, Jonathan Rhys-Davies, John Rhys-Davis, Джон Рис-Дэвис
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 Th...Read more
(1981) Raiders of the Lost Ark
as Sallah
(1989) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
as Sallah
(2001) The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
as Gimli
(2002) The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
as Gimli / Treebeard (voice)
(2003) The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
as Gimli
(1987) The Living Daylights
as General Leonid Pushkin
(2013) Scooby-Doo! Adventures: The Mystery Map
as Gnarlybeard (voice)
(2003) Never Say Never Mind
as ---
(2007) In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale
as Merick
(2003) The Medallion
as Cmdr. Hammerstock-Smythe
(1993) South Beach
as ---
(1994) The High Crusade
as Bruder Parvus
(1992) The Lost World
as Challanger
(2004) The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
as Viscount Mabrey
(2004) Dragon Storm
as King Fastrad
(1996) The Great White Hype
as Johnny Windsor
(1996) Aladdin and the King of Thieves
as Cassim (voice)
(2002) Scorcher
as Dr. Matthew Sallin
(1984) Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
as Baron Fortinbras
(2003) Coronado
as Presidente Hugo Luis Ramos
(1996) Boo to You Too! Winnie the Pooh
as Narrator (voice)
(1989) The Trial of the Incredible Hulk
as Wilson Fisk
(2005) Chupacabra Terror
as Captain Randolph
(1982) Victor/Victoria
as Andre Cassell
(1995) Glory Daze
as Luther
(2004) The Privileged Planet
as Narrator
(2005) The King Maker
as Phillippe
(1985) King Solomon's Mines
as Dogati
(1986) Firewalker
as Corky Taylor
(1991) Journey of Honor
as El Zaidan
(1975) The Naked Civil Servant
as Barndoor
(1988) Waxwork
as Werewolf
(1992) The Unnamable II
as Professor Warren
(1996) Bloodsport III
as Jacques Duvalier
(1986) In the Shadow of Kilimanjaro
as Chris Tucker
(1999) Secret of the Andes
as Father Claver
(2008) Anaconda 3: Offspring
as Murdoch
(2006) One Night with the King
as Mordecai
(2011) Ferocious Planet
as Senator Jackson Crenshaw
(2020) Grizzly II: Revenge
as Bouchard
(2008) Fire and Ice: The Dragon Chronicles
as Sangimel
(1981) Sphinx
as Stephanos Markoulis
(1994) A Flintstones Christmas Carol
as Charles Brickens (voice)
(1982) Ivanhoe
as Front de Boeuf
(2008) Kiss Me Deadly
as Yale Ericson
(2007) The Ferryman
as The Greek
(1983) Sahara
as Rasoul
(1999) Au Pair
as Nigel Kent
(1992) Return to the Lost World
as Professor George Challenger
(2009) Anacondas: Trail of Blood
as Murdoch
(2006) Shark Bait
as Thorton (voice)
(1972) The Incredible Robert Baldick: Never Come Night
as Caleb Selling
(2003) The Search for the Real Mt. Sinai
as Narrator
(2008) The Search for the Ark of the Covenant
as Narrator
(2010) Medium Raw
as Elliot Carbon
(2010) Three Wise Women
as Green
(2011) Return to the Hiding Place
as Eusi
(1994) Blood of the Innocent
as Shmuda
(1993) Cyborg Cop
as Kessel
(1993) The Magic Paintbrush
as Zagal (voice)
(2024) The Gates
as Frederick Ladbroke
(2009) Reclaiming the Blade
as Narrator (voice)
(2002) Sabretooth
as Anthony Bricklin
(2000) Britannic
as Captain Barrett
(2009) 31 North 62 East
as John Hammond
(1984) Best Revenge
as Mustapha
(2000) Sinbad: Beyond the Veil of Mists
as King Akron
(1976) Beasts: During Barty's Party
as Peter Newell
(2012) Escape
as Malcom Andrews
(1993) The Seventh Coin
as Captain Galil
(1984) Kim
as Babu
(1992) Canvas
as Nick
(2004) 12 Days Of Terror
as Captain
(1994) Robot in the Family
as Eli Taki / Rashmud / Sashri
(2000) Delta Force One: The Lost Patrol
as Ivan
(2002) Endangered Species
as Police Lt. Wyznowski
(2013) 100 Degrees Below Zero
as Ralph Dillard
(1989) Rising Storm
as Donwaldo
(2023) The Making of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
as Self
(2003) Film Collectibles: Capturing Movie Memories
as Self
(1996) Marquis de Sade
as Inspector Marais
(2013) Concrete Blondes
as Kostas Jakobatos
(2003) Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King
as Self / Narrator
(1988) Tusks
as Roger Singh
(1987) Perry Mason: The Case of the Murdered Madam
as Edward Tremaine
(2013) Prisoners of the Sun
as Professor Hayden Masterton
(1992) Perry Mason: The Case of the Fatal Framing
as Phillip Graff
(1988) Young Toscanini
as Rossi
(2014) Apocalypse Pompeii
as Colonel Carlos Dillard
(2022) Kingslayer
as Guillaume Maréchal
(2011) Treasure Hunters
as ---
(2014) Under Milk Wood
as Voice
(2014) Time Lapse
as Mr. Bezzeredes
(2003) The Jungle Book 2
as Ranjan's Father (voice)
(2013) Smokin'
as Doctor
(1992) Ring of the Musketeers
as Maurice Treville
(1978) The Nativity
as Nestor
(2007) The Legend of Sasquatch
as ---
(2014) Saul: The Journey to Damascus
as Caiphas
(2023) Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
as Brine King (voice)
(2023) Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
as Sallah
The Sword of Thyrus
as King Athol
(2015) Beyond the Mask
as Charles Kemp
(2014) Let The Season In
as Self / Narrator
(1991) Before the Storm
as Flynn
(1984) No Man's Land
as Grimshaw
(2015) Raiders!: The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made
as Self
(2015) Killing Jesus
as Annas
(2001) Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring
as Narrator (voice)
(2015) The Watchmaker's Apprentice
as Narrator
(1988) Higher Ground
as ---
(2018) Fragments of Truth
as Narrator (voice)
(2023) Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones & Harrison Ford
as Self
(1989) The Gifted One
as Carl Boardman
Nameless
as Barnaby
(2016) The Blue Mauritius
as Hanson
(1991) The Strauss Dynasty
as Gribov
(1978) Fearless Frank
as ---
(1981) The Making of 'Raiders of the Lost Ark'
as Self
(2015) Golden Shoes
as Burt
(1996) Echo of Blue
as ---
(2005) Shadows in the Sun
as Mr. Andrew Benton
(2003) Justice League: Paradise Lost
as Lord Hades (voice)
(2000) The Gold Cross
as Rodrigues
(2010) Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes
as Dr. Watson (voice)
(1991) Under Cover
as Flynn
(2004) A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'
as Self
(1997) Body Armor
as Rasheed
(1992) The Double 0 Kid
as Rudi Von Kseenbaum
(1980) Fox
as Warleigh
(1987) The Little Match Girl
as Chief Murphy
(2016) The Apostle Peter: Redemption
as Peter
(1988) Goddess of Love
as Zeus
(1996) Catherine the Great
as Pugachev
(2015) Many Beautiful Things
as John Ruskin (voice)
(1979) The Danedyke Mystery
as Armchair
(2016) Camera Store
as Pinky Steuben
(2016) Winter Thaw
as Martin Avdeitch
(2020) Valley of the Gods
as Dr. Hermann
(2001) Quest for the Ring
as Self
(1993) Sunset Grill
as Stockton
(2001) A Passage to Middle-Earth: Making of 'Lord of the Rings'
as Self
(2004) Stars of the Pharaohs
as Narrator
(1980) A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square
as Solicitor
(2018) Aux
as Jack
(2005) The Game of Their Lives
as Bill Jeffrey
(1989) Desperado: Badlands Justice
as Richard Marriott
(1997) Cats Don't Dance
as Woolie Mammoth (voice)
(2011) The King James Bible: The Book That Changed the World
as Himeself (Narrator)
(2018) Aquaman
as Brine King (voice)
(1979) Henry VIII
as Capucius, Ambassador from Emperor Charles V
(1973) Penny Gold
as Rugby Player
(2017) I Am Israel
as Narrator
(1980) The Merchant of Venice
as Salerio
(2019) The Pilgrim's Progress
as Evangelist (voice)
(2003) The Making of 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea
as Narrator (voice)
(2019) Mosley
as Warnie (voice)
(2019) Santa Fake
as Jow
(1990) Secret Weapon
as Mossad Chief
(1981) The Island of Adventure
as Smith
(2012) Missing Christmas
as Narrator / Santa (voice)
(2020) Moments in Spacetime
as Mason
(2020) I Am Patrick: The Patron Saint of Ireland
as ---
(2025) Starbright
as Raphael
(2003) The Making of Shōgun
as ---
(2020) Tainted
as Vladimir
(1992) The Making of Aladdin: A Whole New World
as Host
(2020) G-Loc
as Henry
(2005) Ringers: Lord of the Fans
as Self
(2005) The Lost Angel
as Father Kevin
(2004) Vlad
as Narrator
(2020) Shadowtown
as Einar
(2021) Silent Night: A Song for the World
as Douglas Haig
(2021) Bad Cupid
as Archie
(1984) Nairobi Affair
as Simon
(2002) The Making of The Fellowship of the Ring
as Self
(2021) Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
(2004) Catching Kringle
as Santa
(2003) Indiana Jones: Making the Trilogy
as self
DragonMan: The Adventures of Luke Starr
as Jarred Starr
(2002) Lord of the Piercing
as Gimli (archive footage)
(1984) Murder, She Wrote
as Harry Waverly
(1994) Duckman
as ---
(1977) CHiPs
as Nakura (as John Rhys Davies)
(1996) Arliss
as ---
(1991) The Legend of Prince Valiant
as ---
(2000) The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne
as ---
(1971) Budgie
as Laughing Spam Fritter
(2002) Fillmore!
as ---
(1995) Sliders
as Maximillian Arturo
(1995) Pinky and the Brain
as ---
(1995) Star Trek: Voyager
as Leonardo da Vinci
(1994) Gargoyles
as Macbeth (voice)
(1962) Z-Cars
as ---
(1989) Tales from the Crypt
as Duval
(1983) Scarecrow and Mrs. King
as ---
(2004) Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!
as ---
(1975) The Sweeney
as Ron Brett
(1994) Fantastic Four
as ---
(1979) Question Time
as Self - Panellist
(1984) Robin of Sherwood
as ---
(1976) I, Claudius
as ---
(1955) Dixon of Dock Green
as Dunlop
(2003) Helen of Troy
as King Priam of Troy
(1972) The Adventures of Black Beauty
as Alfred Kidney
(1997) You Wish
as Mustafa
(1976) Beasts
as Peter Newell
(2016) The Shannara Chronicles
as Eventine
(1994) A Mind to Kill
as ---
(1978) Hazell
as ---
(1993) The Untouchables
as Michael Malone
(1991) Under Cover
as Flynn
(1977) 1990
as ---
(1977) Target
as ---
(1973) Warship
as ---
(1988) Noble House
as Quillan Gornt
(1980) Shōgun
as Vasco Rodrigues
(1971) The Guardians
as ---
(1974) Within These Walls
as ---
(1975) Quiller
as Leindorf
(2009) Krod Mandoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire
as ---
(1978) The BBC Television Shakespeare
as ---
(1992) Batman: The Animated Series
as 'Baron' Waclaw Jozek (voice)
(1988) War and Remembrance
as Sammy Mutterperl
(1996) Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm
as Asgarth (voice)
(2001) Justice League
as Lord Hades (voice)
(2006) Psych
as Curator
(2011) Once Upon a Time
as Grand Pabbie (voice)
(2012) Metal Hurlant Chronicles
as L'alchimiste
(2011) Once Upon a Time
as Narrator (voice)
(1984) Murder, She Wrote
as Lancaster
(1984) Murder, She Wrote
as Harry Mordecai
(1999) SpongeBob SquarePants
as Man Ray (voice)
(2020) Josh Gates Tonight
as Self
Lantern City
as Desmond Wilhorn
Archaeology
as Host
(1995) Freakazoid!
as Professor Beasthead (voice)
(1991) I Misteri Della Giungla Nera
as O'Connor
(2015) Harvey Beaks
as Elder Bug (voice)
(2010) Fish Hooks
as Magic Apple (voice)
(1993) Peak Practice
as Mike King
(1994) Aaahh!!! Real Monsters
as Head Judge / Zifdo (voice)
(2013) Die schlechtesten Filme aller Zeiten
as Bouchard (archive footage)
(2005) Revelations
as Professor Lampley
(1983) Sadat
as Gamal Abdel Nasser
(1999) Mickey Mouse Works
as Oberon (voice)
(1991) Strauss Dynasty
as Gribov
(1991) Great Expectations
as Joe Gargery
(1976) I, Claudius
as Naevius Sutorius Macro
(2004) The Lady Musketeer
as Porthos
Legends of Ileydria
as Narrator
(2015) Documentary Now!
as Garth Davies-Gruffudd
(2011) Face Off
as Self - Guest Judge
(2001) The Zeta Project
as Edgar Mandragora (voice)
(1993) Animaniacs
as Tympannini (voice)
(1981) Peter and Paul
as Silas
(1980) Shōgun
as Self
(2015) The Adventures of Puss in Boots
as Goodsword (voice)
(2008) Legend of the Seeker
as Horace
(2020) Reunited Apart
as Self
(1992) Ring of the Musketeers
as Maruice Treville
(2020) Wizards: Tales of Arcadia
as Galahad (voice)
(1983) Reilly: Ace of Spies
as Tanyatos
(1978) Enemy at the Door
as George Trenett
(1960) The Flintstones
as Charles Brickens (voice)
(2001) Disney's House of Mouse
as Oberon (voice)