Acting

John Rhys-Davies

Born 1944-05-05 · Ammanford, Wales, UK

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.

Credits

Newest first

Bone Keeper
as Professor Harisson
2026
Starbright
as Raphael
2026
Amazing Grace: The Untold Story
as Old John Newton
2025
Machine Heart
as Narrator
2025
I AM ISRAEL: The Mountain of the King
as Narrator
2025
The Gates
as Frederick Ladbroke
2024
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
as Brine King (voice)
2023
Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones and Harrison Ford
as Self
2023
The Making of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
as Self
2023
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
as Sallah
2023
Kingslayer
as Guillaume Maréchal
2022
Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
2021
Bad Cupid
as Archie
2021
Moments in Spacetime
as Mason
2020
Valley of the Gods
as Dr. Hermann
2020
G-Loc
as Henry
2020
Wizards: Tales of Arcadia
as Galahad / Old Galahad (voice)
2020
Tainted
as Vladimir
2020
Reunited Apart
as Self
2020
Josh Gates Tonight
as Self
2020
I Am Patrick: The Patron Saint of Ireland
as Old Patrick
2020
Shadowtown
as Einar
2020
Grizzly II: Revenge
as Bouchard
2020
Mosley
as Warnie (voice)
2019
Santa Fake
as Jow
2019
The Pilgrim's Progress
as Evangelist (voice)
2019
Silent Night: A Song for the World
as Douglas Haig
2018
Aquaman
as Brine King (voice)
2018
Fragments of Truth
as Narrator (voice)
2018
Aux
as Jack
2018
I AM ISRAEL
as Narrator
2017
Camera Store
as Pinky Steuben
2016
Winter Thaw
as Martin Avdeitch
2016
The Apostle Peter: Redemption
as Peter
2016
The Shannara Chronicles
as Eventine
2016
The Blue Mauritius
as Hanson
2016
Many Beautiful Things
as John Ruskin (voice)
2015
Golden Shoes
as Burt
2015
Documentary Now!
as Garth Davies-Gruffudd
2015
The Watchmaker's Apprentice
as Narrator
2015
Beyond the Mask
as Charles Kemp
2015
Killing Jesus
as Annas
2015
Harvey Beaks
as Elder Bug (voice)
2015
Raiders!: The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made
as Self
2015
The Adventures of Puss in Boots
as Goodsword (voice)
2015
Let The Season In
as Self / Narrator
2014
Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet
as Yousef (voice)
2014
Time Lapse
as Mr. Bezzeredes
2014
Under Milk Wood
as Voice
2014
Saul: The Journey to Damascus
as Caiphas
2014
Apocalypse Pompeii
as Colonel Carlos Dillard
2014
Prisoners of the Sun
as Professor Hayden Masterton
2013
Rick and Morty
as BugAnne's Father (voice)
2013
Die schlechtesten Filme aller Zeiten
as Bouchard (archive footage)
2013
Scooby-Doo! Adventures: The Mystery Map
as Gnarlybeard (voice)
2013
Concrete Blondes
as Kostas Jakobatos
2013
100 Degrees Below Zero
as Ralph Dillard
2013
Smokin'
as Doctor
2013
Missing Christmas
as Narrator / Santa (voice)
2012
Metal Hurlant Chronicles
as L'alchimiste
2012
Escape
as Malcom Andrews
2012
KJB: The Book That Changed the World
as Himeself (Narrator)
2011
KJB: The Book That Changed the World
Writer
2011
Once Upon a Time
as Grand Pabbie (voice)
2011
Return to the Hiding Place
as Eusi
2011
Treasure Hunters
2011
Ferocious Planet
as Senator Jackson Crenshaw
2011
Face Off
as Self - Guest Judge
2011
Three Wise Women
as Green
2010
Fish Hooks
as Magic Apple (voice)
2010
Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes
as Dr. Watson (voice)
2010
Medium Raw
as Elliot Carbon
2010
31 North 62 East
as John Hammond
2009
Anacondas: Trail of Blood
as Peter "J.D." Murdoch
2009
Reclaiming the Blade
as Narrator (voice)
2009
Krod Mandoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire
2009
Legend of the Seeker
as Horace
2008
The Search for the Ark of the Covenant
as Narrator
2008
Anaconda 3: Offspring
as Peter "J.D." Murdoch
2008
Fire and Ice: The Dragon Chronicles
as Sangimel
2008