Acting

Griff Rhys Jones

Born 1953-11-16 · Cardiff, Wales, UK

Griff Rhys Jones is a Welsh actor and writer. He was born in 1953 in Cardiff gut the family later moved to Essex, England. Educated at Brentwood School in Essex, he won an exhibition to Emmanuel College, Cambridge to read History, transferring later to English. He joined the Footlights Club, becoming its vice president in 1976.

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Griff's Great American South
as Self
2025
Douglas Adams: The Man Who Imagined Our Future
as Self
2025
Gangsta Granny Strikes Again
as Mr Parker
2022
Future TX
as Foley
2022
Griff's Canadian Adventure
as Self - Host
2022
Griff's Great New Zealand Adventure
2021
Between the Covers
as Self
2020
Griff's Great Australian Rail Trip
as Self - Presenter
2020
Griff's Great Kiwi Road Trip
as Self
2019
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
as Self - Guest
2018
Murder on the Blackpool Express
as David Van Der Clane
2017
Richard Osman's House of Games
as Self - Panellist
2017
Love Somehow
as Dylan Thomas
2016
Insert Name Here
as Self - Panelist
2016
Slow Train Through Africa with Griff Rhys Jones
as Himself - Presenter
2015
The Quizeum
as Himself - Presenter
2015
National Treasures of Wales
Presenter
2014
Under Milk Wood
as Voice
2014
A Poet in New York
Executive Producer
2014
A Great Welsh Adventure with Griff Rhys Jones
as Himself
2014
Mel Smith: I've Done Some Things
as Self
2013
Burma, My Father and the Forgotten Army
as Himself
2013
Rock and Roll's Greatest Failure: Otway the Movie
as Self (archive footage)
2013
A Short History of Everything Else
2012
A Short History of Everything Else
Writer
2012
Britain's Lost Routes with Griff Rhys Jones
as Presenter
2012
Tales of Television Centre
as Self
2012
Wogan on Wodehouse
as Self
2011
Perspectives
2011
In Confidence
2010
Not Again: Not the Nine O'Clock News
as Self
2009
Rivers with Griff Rhys Jones
as Self - Presenter
2009
Three Men in More Than One Boat
as Himself
2009
Greatest Cities of the World with Griff Rhys Jones
2008
Greatest Cities of the World with Griff Rhys Jones
Writer
2008
Losing It: Griff Rhys Jones On Anger
as Himself - Presenter
2008
Graham Linehan: Funny Business
2008
Three Men In Another Boat
as Himself
2008
Charles Dickens and the Invention of Christmas
as Himself - Presenter
2007
Mountain
2007
Mountain
Creator
2007
Would I Lie to You?
as Self
2007
The One Show
as Self
2006
The One Show
as Self - Interviewed Guest
2006
The Smith & Jones Sketchbook
2006
The Smith & Jones Sketchbook
Creator
2006
Three Men in a Boat
as Himself
2006
Three Men in a Boat
as Self
2006
Riot at the Rite
as Astruc
2005
The Secret Life of Arthur Ransome
as Self / Presenter
2005
The Secret Life of Arthur Ransome
Writer
2005
Final Chance to Save
as Himself
2005
8 Out of 10 Cats
as Self
2005
Going to Work Naked
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2005
Agatha Christie's Marple
as Dr David Quimper
2004
Mine All Mine
as Max Vivaldi
2004
Who Do You Think You Are?
as Self
2004
The Best of Not the Nine O'Clock News Volume Two
2004
QI
as Self
2003
The Best of Not the Nine O'Clock News Volume One
2003
Restoration
2003
The Terry and Gaby Show
2003
Timeshift
as Self - Not the Nine O'Clock News, 1980 (archive footage)
2002
Taliesin Jones
as Caesar
2002
Puckoon
as Col. Stokes
2002
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
as Self
2001
Aladdin: The ITV Pantomime
as Emperor
2000
Jack and the Beanstalk: The ITV Pantomime
as Baron Wasteland
1998
If I Ruled the World
as Himself
1998
Up 'n' Under
as Ray Mason, Radio York commentator
1998
Parkinson
as Self
1998
Jonathan Creek
as Jeremy Sangster
1997
HARDtalk
1997
Midsomer Murders
as Ambrose Deddington
1997
The Adventures of Pinocchio
as Tino
1996
TFI Friday
1996
Sardines
as Davy Kotowski
1995
Character Building
as Narrator (voice)
1995
Smith & Jones - One Night Stand
1994
Staggered
as Graham
1994