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John Rhys-Davies

John Rhys-Davies

John Rhys-Davies (born 5 May 1944) is a Welsh actor and vocal artist. He is 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

Born

May 05, 1944

Ammanford, Wales, UK

Known For

Acting

Movies

201 acting

2 crew

Popularity

2.4

Known For

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2002 • as Gimli / Treebeard (voice)
★ 8.4
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
2023 • as Brine King (voice)
★ 6.5
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Raiders of the Lost Ark
1981 • as Sallah
★ 7.9
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
★ 6.5
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
★ 7.9
Aquaman
Aquaman
2018 • as Brine King (voice)
★ 6.9
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
2004 • as Viscount Mabrey
★ 6.7
The Living Daylights
The Living Daylights
1987 • as General Leonid Pushkin
★ 6.6
Aladdin and the King of Thieves
Aladdin and the King of Thieves
1996 • as Cassim (voice)
★ 6.2
Starbright
Starbright
2026 • as Raphael
★ 5.7
The Jungle Book 2
The Jungle Book 2
2003 • as Ranjan's Father (voice)
★ 5.9
Firewalker
Firewalker
1986 • as Corky Taylor
★ 5.3
Sahara
Sahara
1983 • as Rasoul
★ 5.9
The Medallion
The Medallion
2003 • as Cmdr. Hammerstock-Smythe
★ 5.7
Anacondas: Trail of Blood
Anacondas: Trail of Blood
2009 • as Peter "J.D." Murdoch
★ 4.6
Anaconda 3: Offspring
Anaconda 3: Offspring
2008 • as Peter "J.D." Murdoch
★ 4.6
Victor/Victoria
Victor/Victoria
1982 • as André Cassell
★ 7.3
King Solomon's Mines
King Solomon's Mines
1985 • as Dogati
★ 5.4
Time Lapse
Time Lapse
2014 • as Mr. Bezzeredes
★ 6.5
Cats Don't Dance
Cats Don't Dance
1997 • as Woolie Mammoth (voice)
★ 7.2
Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes
Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes
2010 • as Dr. Watson (voice)
★ 6.5
Ellston Bay
Ellston Bay
• as Father
Shark Bait
Shark Bait
2006 • as Thorton (voice)
★ 4.9
Tusks
Tusks
1988 • as Roger Singh
★ 3.6
Waxwork
Waxwork
1988 • as Werewolf
★ 6.2
One Night with the King
One Night with the King
2006 • as Mordecai
★ 6.7
Bone Keeper
Bone Keeper
2026 • as Professor Harisson
★ 5.0
Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet
Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet
2014 • as Yousef (voice)
★ 7.4
Bad Cupid
Bad Cupid
2021 • as Archie
★ 4.5
A Flintstones Christmas Carol
A Flintstones Christmas Carol
1994 • as Charles Brickens (voice)
★ 6.8
Coronado
Coronado
2003 • as Presidente Hugo Luis Ramos
★ 4.5
Sphinx
Sphinx
1981 • as Stephanos Markoulis
★ 5.7
The Game of Their Lives
The Game of Their Lives
2005 • as Bill Jeffrey
★ 5.9
Shadows in the Sun
Shadows in the Sun
2005 • as Mr. Andrew Benton
★ 6.2
The Pilgrim's Progress
The Pilgrim's Progress
2019 • as Evangelist (voice)
★ 7.6
Beyond the Mask
Beyond the Mask
2015 • as Charles Kemp
★ 5.5
Camera Store
Camera Store
2016 • as Pinky Steuben
★ 5.8
Scooby-Doo! Adventures: The Mystery Map
Scooby-Doo! Adventures: The Mystery Map
2013 • as Gnarlybeard (voice)
★ 8.1
movie
Smokin'
2013 • as Doctor
Escape
Escape
2012 • as Malcom Andrews
★ 4.7
Goddess of Love
Goddess of Love
1988 • as Zeus
★ 5.5
The Naked Civil Servant
The Naked Civil Servant
1975 • as Barndoor
★ 6.7
Grizzly II: Revenge
Grizzly II: Revenge
2020 • as Bouchard
★ 3.1
No Man's Land
No Man's Land
1984 • as Grimshaw
★ 6.5
Vlad
Vlad
2004 • as Narrator
★ 4.1
Prisoners of the Sun
Prisoners of the Sun
2013 • as Professor Hayden Masterton
★ 3.9
Bloodsport III
Bloodsport III
1996 • as Jacques Duvalier
★ 5.4
Mosley
Mosley
2019 • as Warnie (voice)
★ 6.8
G-Loc
G-Loc
2020 • as Henry
★ 5.6
The Great White Hype
The Great White Hype
1996 • as Johnny Windsor
★ 5.3
100 Degrees Below Zero
100 Degrees Below Zero
2013 • as Ralph Dillard
★ 4.2
movie
Fox
1980 • as Warleigh
★ 1.0
The Trial of the Incredible Hulk
The Trial of the Incredible Hulk
1989 • as Wilson Fisk
★ 6.4
Amazing Grace: The Untold Story
Amazing Grace: The Untold Story
2025 • as Old John Newton
★ 10.0
The High Crusade
The High Crusade
1994 • as Bruder Parvus
★ 5.0
Ivanhoe
Ivanhoe
1982 • as Front de Boeuf
★ 6.4
Boo to You Too! Winnie the Pooh
Boo to You Too! Winnie the Pooh
1996 • as Narrator (voice)
★ 7.2
Fire and Ice: The Dragon Chronicles
★ 5.1
A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
★ 6.0
Valley of the Gods
Valley of the Gods
2020 • as Dr. Hermann
★ 5.2
The Unnamable II: The Statement of Randolph Carter
★ 4.7
Return to the Hiding Place
★ 6.1
I Am Patrick: The Patron Saint of Ireland
★ 7.3
Britannic
Britannic
2000 • as Captain Barrett
★ 6.8
Saul: The Journey to Damascus
★ 7.5
Sabretooth
Sabretooth
2002 • as Anthony Bricklin
★ 4.6
The Way of the Wind
The Way of the Wind
• as Uriah the Chief Elder
Reclaiming the Blade
Reclaiming the Blade
2009 • as Narrator (voice)
★ 5.9
Golden Shoes
Golden Shoes
2015 • as Burt
★ 5.8
Catherine the Great
Catherine the Great
1996 • as Pugachev
★ 5.6
The Double 0 Kid
The Double 0 Kid
1992 • as Rudi Von Kseenbaum
★ 5.1
The Apostle Peter: Redemption
★ 6.5
Star Trek: Voyager - Scorpion
Star Trek: Voyager - Scorpion
2000 • as Leonardo da Vinci
★ 8.0
Ringers: Lord of the Fans
★ 6.4
Return to the Lost World
Return to the Lost World
1992 • as Professor George Challenger
★ 5.6
Killing Jesus
Killing Jesus
2015 • as Annas
★ 6.3
Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age
Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age
2021 • as Self - Actor (archive footage)
★ 7.8
Beasts: During Barty's Party
Beasts: During Barty's Party
1976 • as Peter Newell
★ 9.0
The Making of 'The Two Towers'
★ 8.8
Perry Mason: The Case of the Murdered Madam
★ 6.8
Glory Daze
Glory Daze
1995 • as Luther
★ 5.2
Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King
Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King
2003 • as Self / Narrator
★ 8.1
The Lost Angel
The Lost Angel
2005 • as Father Kevin
★ 4.1
Sinbad: Beyond the Veil of Mists
Sinbad: Beyond the Veil of Mists
2000 • as King Akron
★ 4.7
Ferocious Planet
Ferocious Planet
2011 • as Senator Jackson Crenshaw
★ 4.3
Cyborg Cop
Cyborg Cop
1993 • as Kessel
★ 4.2
In the Shadow of Kilimanjaro
In the Shadow of Kilimanjaro
1986 • as Chris Tucker
★ 7.7
Missing Christmas
Missing Christmas
2012 • as Narrator / Santa (voice)
Marquis de Sade
Marquis de Sade
1996 • as Inspector Marais
★ 3.8
Apocalypse Pompeii
Apocalypse Pompeii
2014 • as Colonel Carlos Dillard
★ 4.7
Indiana Jones: Making the Trilogy
★ 7.9
Endangered Species
Endangered Species
2002 • as Police Lt. Wyznowski
★ 4.3
Kingslayer
Kingslayer
2022 • as Guillaume Maréchal
★ 5.6
12 Days of Terror
12 Days of Terror
2004 • as Captain
★ 5.5
The Lost World
The Lost World
1992 • as Challanger
★ 5.2
The Legend of Sasquatch
The Legend of Sasquatch
2007 • as Ranger Steve
★ 4.7
Perry Mason: The Case of the Fatal Framing
★ 6.9
Chupacabra Terror
Chupacabra Terror
2005 • as Captain Randolph
★ 5.1
The Ferryman
The Ferryman
2007 • as The Greek
★ 4.7
The Gates
The Gates
2024 • as Frederick Ladbroke
★ 6.9
The Little Match Girl
The Little Match Girl
1987 • as Chief Murphy
★ 7.2
The Watchmaker's Apprentice
The Watchmaker's Apprentice
2015 • as Narrator
★ 7.3
Delta Force One: The Lost Patrol
★ 5.1
movie
Heart of Aldoria
• as Theron
Tainted
Tainted
2020 • as Vladimir
★ 4.5
Shogun
Shogun
1980 • as Vasco Rodrigues
★ 5.8
Aux
Aux
2018 • as Jack
★ 6.4
Shadowtown
Shadowtown
2020 • as Einar
★ 3.9
Scorcher
Scorcher
2002 • as Dr. Matthew Sallin
★ 4.5
Before the Storm
Before the Storm
1991 • as Flynn
★ 9.0
Kiss Me Deadly
Kiss Me Deadly
2008 • as Yale Ericson
★ 4.8
Treasure Hunters
★ 4.2
Silent Night: A Song for the World
Silent Night: A Song for the World
2018 • as Douglas Haig
★ 7.0
Dragon Storm
Dragon Storm
2004 • as King Fastrad
★ 4.9
Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring
★ 6.6
Stars of the Pharaohs
Stars of the Pharaohs
2004 • as Narrator
Au Pair
Au Pair
1999 • as Nigel Kent
★ 5.6
The Merchant of Venice
The Merchant of Venice
1980 • as Salerio
★ 7.3
The King Maker
The King Maker
2005 • as Phillippe
★ 4.3
The Blue Mauritius
The Blue Mauritius
2016 • as Hanson
Many Beautiful Things
Many Beautiful Things
2015 • as John Ruskin (voice)
★ 6.0
The Protector
The Protector
1997 • as Rasheed
★ 3.1
I AM ISRAEL: The Mountain of the King
★ 8.0
Nairobi Affair
Nairobi Affair
1984 • as Simon
★ 5.6
Let The Season In
Let The Season In
2014 • as Self / Narrator
★ 9.0
Prophecies of the Passion
★ 10.0
Rising Storm
Rising Storm
1989 • as Donwaldo
★ 5.0
Justice League: Paradise Lost
Justice League: Paradise Lost
2003 • as Lord Hades (voice)
★ 7.6
Quest for the Ring
Quest for the Ring
2001 • as Self
★ 5.7
Under Milk Wood
Under Milk Wood
2014 • as Voice
★ 6.2
Canvas
Canvas
1992 • as Nick
★ 5.4
The Nativity
The Nativity
1978 • as Nestor
★ 7.5
Concrete Blondes
Concrete Blondes
2013 • as Kostas Jakobatos
★ 4.8
Penny Gold
Penny Gold
1973 • as Rugby Player
★ 6.0
The Island of Adventure
The Island of Adventure
1981 • as Smith
★ 5.3
The Magic Paintbrush
The Magic Paintbrush
1993 • as Zagal (voice)
★ 10.0
31 North 62 East
31 North 62 East
2009 • as John Hammond
★ 4.8
The Sword of Thyrus
The Sword of Thyrus
• as King Athol
Fragments of Truth
Fragments of Truth
2018 • as Narrator (voice)
The Gifted One
The Gifted One
1989 • as Carl Boardman
★ 7.0
movie
The Gold Cross
2000 • as Rodrigues
★ 9.0
Journey of Honor
Journey of Honor
1991 • as El Zaidan
★ 5.1
South Beach
★ 3.6
Kim
Kim
1984 • as Babu
★ 8.0
Catching Kringle
Catching Kringle
2004 • as Santa
★ 6.0
Secret of the Andes
Secret of the Andes
1999 • as Father Claver
★ 6.7
Under Cover
Under Cover
1991 • as Flynn
★ 8.0
Santa Fake
Santa Fake
2019 • as Jow
★ 3.7
Three Wise Women
Three Wise Women
2010 • as Green
★ 4.8
Blood of the Innocent
Blood of the Innocent
1994 • as Shmuda
★ 5.2
Sunset Grill
Sunset Grill
1993 • as Stockton
★ 4.3
Medium Raw
Medium Raw
2010 • as Elliot Carbon
★ 4.8
Robot in the Family
Robot in the Family
1994 • as Eli Taki / Rashmud / Sashri
★ 2.4
Henry VIII
Henry VIII
1979 • as Capucius, Ambassador from Emperor Charles V
★ 6.6
The Strauss Dynasty
The Strauss Dynasty
1991 • as Gribov
★ 8.4
Collectormania 7
Collectormania 7
2005 • as Self
Young Toscanini
Young Toscanini
1988 • as Rossi
★ 6.7
Secret Weapon
Secret Weapon
1990 • as Mossad Chief
★ 7.5
Best Revenge
Best Revenge
1984 • as Mustapha
★ 9.0
Moments in Spacetime
Moments in Spacetime
2020 • as Mason
★ 6.0
The Incredible Robert Baldick: Never Come Night
★ 10.0
I AM ISRAEL
I AM ISRAEL
2017 • as Narrator
Echo of Blue
★ 6.0
The Making of 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea
★ 7.0
Nameless
Nameless
• as Barnaby
Desperado: Badlands Justice
Desperado: Badlands Justice
1989 • as Richard Marriott
★ 10.0
KJB: The Book That Changed the World
KJB: The Book That Changed the World
2011 • as Himeself (Narrator)
★ 10.0
The Privileged Planet
The Privileged Planet
2004 • as Narrator
★ 7.4
The Seventh Coin
The Seventh Coin
1993 • as Captain Galil
★ 4.5
Machine Heart
Machine Heart
2025 • as Narrator
Winter Thaw
Winter Thaw
2016 • as Martin Avdeitch
Higher Ground
★ 6.2
The Danedyke Mystery
The Danedyke Mystery
1979 • as Armchair
The Search for the Ark of the Covenant
★ 7.0