John Rhys-Davies

Known for: Acting
Born: May 5, 1944, Ammanford, Wales, UK
Movies: 194

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 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.

Upcoming John Rhys-Davies Movies

The Sword of Thyrus

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Nameless

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DragonMan: The Adventures of Luke Starr

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The Way of the Wind

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Seniors

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Ellston Bay

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Best-Known Movies

8.4

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

2001

8.5

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

2003

8.4

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

2002

6.9

Aquaman

2018

7.9

Raiders of the Lost Ark

1981

7.9

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

1989

6.5

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

2023

6.5

Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom

2023

6.7

The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement

2004

6.6

The Living Daylights

1987

Filmography

2026	Bone Keeper	Professor Harisson
2026	Starbright	Raphael
2025	Amazing Grace: The Untold Story	Old John Newton
2025	Machine Heart	Narrator
2025	I AM ISRAEL: The Mountain of the King	Narrator
2024	The Gates	Frederick Ladbroke
2023	Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom	Brine King (voice)
2023	Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones and Harrison Ford	Self
2023	The Making of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny	Self
2023	Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny	Sallah
2022	Kingslayer	Guillaume Maréchal
2021	Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age	Self - Actor (archive footage)
2021	Bad Cupid	Archie
2020	Moments in Spacetime	Mason
2020	Valley of the Gods	Dr. Hermann
2020	G-Loc	Henry
2020	Tainted	Vladimir
2020	I Am Patrick: The Patron Saint of Ireland	Old Patrick
2020	Shadowtown	Einar
2020	Grizzly II: Revenge	Bouchard
2019	Mosley	Warnie (voice)
2019	Santa Fake	Jow
2019	The Pilgrim's Progress	Evangelist (voice)
2018	Silent Night: A Song for the World	Douglas Haig
2018	Aquaman	Brine King (voice)
2018	Fragments of Truth	Narrator (voice)
2018	Aux	Jack
2017	I AM ISRAEL	Narrator
2016	Camera Store	Pinky Steuben
2016	Winter Thaw	Martin Avdeitch
2016	The Apostle Peter: Redemption	Peter
2016	The Blue Mauritius	Hanson
2015	Many Beautiful Things	John Ruskin (voice)
2015	Golden Shoes	Burt
2015	The Watchmaker's Apprentice	Narrator
2015	Beyond the Mask	Charles Kemp
2015	Killing Jesus	Annas
2015	Raiders!: The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made	Self
2014	Let The Season In	Self / Narrator
2014	Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet	Yousef (voice)
2014	Time Lapse	Mr. Bezzeredes
2014	Under Milk Wood	Voice
2014	Saul: The Journey to Damascus	Caiphas
2014	Apocalypse Pompeii	Colonel Carlos Dillard
2013	Prisoners of the Sun	Professor Hayden Masterton
2013	Scooby-Doo! Adventures: The Mystery Map	Gnarlybeard (voice)
2013	Concrete Blondes	Kostas Jakobatos
2013	100 Degrees Below Zero	Ralph Dillard
2013	Smokin'	Doctor
2012	Missing Christmas	Narrator / Santa (voice)
2012	Escape	Malcom Andrews
2011	KJB: The Book That Changed the World	Himeself (Narrator)
2011	Return to the Hiding Place	Eusi
2011	Treasure Hunters
2011	Ferocious Planet	Senator Jackson Crenshaw
2010	Three Wise Women	Green
2010	Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes	Dr. Watson (voice)
2010	Medium Raw	Elliot Carbon
2009	31 North 62 East	John Hammond
2009	Anacondas: Trail of Blood	Peter "J.D." Murdoch
2009	Reclaiming the Blade	Narrator (voice)
2008	The Search for the Ark of the Covenant	Narrator
2008	Anaconda 3: Offspring	Peter "J.D." Murdoch
2008	Fire and Ice: The Dragon Chronicles	Sangimel
2008	Kiss Me Deadly	Yale Ericson
2007	In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale	Merick
2007	The Ferryman	The Greek
2007	The Legend of Sasquatch	Ranger Steve
2006	One Night with the King	Mordecai
2006	The Making of 'The Fellowship of the Ring'	Self
2006	The Making of 'The Two Towers'	Self
2006	The Making of 'The Return of the King'	Self
2006	Shark Bait	Thorton (voice)
2005	The King Maker	Phillippe
2005	Collectormania 7	Self
2005	Shadows in the Sun	Mr. Andrew Benton
2005	The Lost Angel	Father Kevin
2005	The Game of Their Lives	Bill Jeffrey
2005	Prophecies of the Passion	Self
2005	Chupacabra Terror	Captain Randolph
2005	Ringers: Lord of the Fans	Self
2004	A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'	Self
2004	Catching Kringle	Santa
2004	The Privileged Planet	Narrator
2004	Vlad	Narrator
2004	The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement	Viscount Mabrey
2004	12 Days of Terror	Captain
2004	Dragon Storm	King Fastrad
2004	Stars of the Pharaohs	Narrator
2003	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	Gimli
2003	Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King	Self / Narrator
2003	The Two Towers: J.R.R. Tolkien: Origins of Middle-Earth	Self
2003	Indiana Jones: Making the Trilogy	self
2003	Coronado	Presidente Hugo Luis Ramos
2003	The Making of Shōgun
2003	Never Say Never Mind
2003	The Medallion	Cmdr. Hammerstock-Smythe
2003	Justice League: Paradise Lost	Lord Hades (voice)
2003	The Search for the Real Mt. Sinai	Narrator
2003	The Making of 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea	Narrator (voice)
2003	The Jungle Book 2	Ranjan's Father (voice)
2002	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	Gimli / Treebeard (voice)
2002	Sabretooth	Anthony Bricklin
2002	Endangered Species	Police Lt. Wyznowski
2002	The Fellowship of the Ring: From Book to Script	Self
2002	The Fellowship of the Ring: Designing and Building Middle-earth + Weta Workshop + Costume Design	Self
2002	The Fellowship of the Ring: The Fellowship of the Cast	Self
2002	The Fellowship of the Ring: Cameras in Middle-earth	Self
2002	The Fellowship of the Ring: Scale	Self
2002	Scorcher	Dr. Matthew Sallin
2001	Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring	Narrator (voice)
2001	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	Gimli
2001	Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings'	Self
2001	Quest for the Ring	Self
2000	Delta Force One: The Lost Patrol	Ivan
2000	Star Trek: Voyager - Scorpion	Leonardo da Vinci
2000	The Gold Cross	Rodrigues
2000	Sinbad: Beyond the Veil of Mists	King Akron
2000	Britannic	Captain Barrett
1999	Au Pair	Nigel Kent
1999	Secret of the Andes	Father Claver
1997	The Protector	Rasheed
1997	Cats Don't Dance	Woolie Mammoth (voice)
1996	Bloodsport III	Jacques Duvalier
1996	Boo to You Too! Winnie the Pooh	Narrator (voice)
1996	Marquis de Sade	Inspector Marais
1996	Aladdin and the King of Thieves	Cassim (voice)
1996	The Great White Hype	Johnny Windsor
1996	Catherine the Great	Pugachev
1996	Echo of Blue
1995	Glory Daze	Luther
1994	A Flintstones Christmas Carol	Charles Brickens (voice)
1994	The High Crusade	Bruder Parvus
1994	Robot in the Family	Eli Taki / Rashmud / Sashri
1994	Blood of the Innocent	Shmuda
1993	Cyborg Cop	Kessel
1993	Sunset Grill	Stockton
1993	South Beach
1993	The Seventh Coin	Captain Galil
1993	The Magic Paintbrush	Zagal (voice)
1992	The Making of Aladdin: A Whole New World	Host
1992	The Unnamable II: The Statement of Randolph Carter	Professor Warren
1992	Canvas	Nick
1992	The Double 0 Kid	Rudi Von Kseenbaum
1992	Return to the Lost World	Professor George Challenger
1992	Perry Mason: The Case of the Fatal Framing	Phillip Graff
1992	The Lost World	Challanger
1991	Before the Storm	Flynn
1991	Journey of Honor	El Zaidan
1991	Under Cover	Flynn
1991	The Strauss Dynasty	Gribov
1990	Secret Weapon	Mossad Chief
1989	Desperado: Badlands Justice	Richard Marriott
1989	Rising Storm	Donwaldo
1989	The Gifted One	Carl Boardman
1989	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade	Sallah
1989	The Trial of the Incredible Hulk	Wilson Fisk
1988	Goddess of Love	Zeus
1988	Young Toscanini	Rossi
1988	Higher Ground
1988	Tusks	Roger Singh
1988	Waxwork	Werewolf
1987	The Little Match Girl	Chief Murphy
1987	Perry Mason: The Case of the Murdered Madam	Edward Tremaine
1987	The Living Daylights	General Leonid Pushkin
1986	Firewalker	Corky Taylor
1986	In the Shadow of Kilimanjaro	Chris Tucker
1985	King Solomon's Mines	Dogati
1984	Best Revenge	Mustapha
1984	Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight	Baron Fortinbras
1984	No Man's Land	Grimshaw
1984	Kim	Babu
1984	Nairobi Affair	Simon
1983	Sahara	Rasoul
1982	Victor/Victoria	André Cassell
1982	Ivanhoe	Front de Boeuf
1981	The Island of Adventure	Smith
1981	The Making of 'Raiders of the Lost Ark'	Self
1981	Raiders of the Lost Ark	Sallah
1981	Sphinx	Stephanos Markoulis
1980	The Merchant of Venice	Salerio
1980	Shogun	Vasco Rodrigues
1980	A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square	Solicitor
1980	Fox	Warleigh
1979	The Danedyke Mystery	Armchair
1979	Henry VIII	Capucius, Ambassador from Emperor Charles V
1978	The Nativity	Nestor
1978	Fearless Frank
1976	Beasts: During Barty's Party	Peter Newell
1975	The Naked Civil Servant	Barndoor
1973	Penny Gold	Rugby Player
1972	The Incredible Robert Baldick: Never Come Night	Caleb Selling

Directing, Writing & Producing

2011	KJB: The Book That Changed the World	Writer
1988	Tusks	Writer

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