John Rhys-Davies

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 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Rhys-Davies, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Known For

Star Trek: Voyager

1995 • as Leonardo da Vinci

Once Upon a Time

2011 • as Grand Pabbie (voice)

Once Upon a Time

2011 • as Narrator (voice)

Psych

2006 • as Curator

The Flintstones

1960 • as Charles Brickens (voice)

Murder, She Wrote

1984 • as Harry Waverly

Filmography

2025

Starbright

as Raphael

Movie - Released: 4/18/2025

2024

The Gates

as Frederick Ladbroke

Movie - Released: 3/18/2024

2023

The Making of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

as Self

Movie - Released: 8/29/2023

Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom

as Brine King (voice)

Movie - Released: 12/20/2023

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

as Sallah

Movie - Released: 6/25/2023

Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones & Harrison Ford

as Self

Movie - Released: 12/1/2023

2022

Kingslayer

as Guillaume Maréchal

Movie - Released: 9/26/2022

2021

Silent Night: A Song for the World

as Douglas Haig

Movie - Released: 12/19/2021

Bad Cupid

as Archie

Movie - Released: 2/11/2021

Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age

as Self - Actor (archive footage)

Movie - Released: 5/7/2021

2020

Grizzly II: Revenge

as Bouchard

Movie - Released: 2/17/2020

Valley of the Gods

as Dr. Hermann

Movie - Released: 9/17/2020

Moments in Spacetime

as Mason

Movie - Released: 10/23/2020

I Am Patrick: The Patron Saint of Ireland

Movie - Released: 3/17/2020

Tainted

as Vladimir

Movie - Released: 6/16/2020

G-Loc

as Henry

Movie - Released: 8/11/2020

Shadowtown

as Einar

Movie - Released: 3/1/2020

Josh Gates Tonight

as Self

TV - Released: 4/2/2020

Reunited Apart

as Self

TV - Released: 4/27/2020

Wizards: Tales of Arcadia

as Galahad (voice)

TV - Released: 8/7/2020

2019

The Pilgrim's Progress

as Evangelist (voice)

Movie - Released: 4/18/2019

Mosley

as Warnie (voice)

Movie - Released: 10/10/2019

Santa Fake

as Jow

Movie - Released: 10/4/2019

2018

Fragments of Truth

as Narrator (voice)

Movie - Released: 4/24/2018

Aux

as Jack

Movie - Released: 3/2/2018

Aquaman

as Brine King (voice)

Movie - Released: 12/7/2018

2017

I Am Israel

as Narrator

Movie - Released: 5/23/2017

2016

The Blue Mauritius

as Hanson

Movie - Released: 1/1/2016

The Apostle Peter: Redemption

as Peter

Movie - Released: 8/2/2016

Camera Store

as Pinky Steuben

Movie - Released: 12/9/2016

Winter Thaw

as Martin Avdeitch

Movie - Released: 11/24/2016

The Shannara Chronicles

as Eventine

TV - Released: 1/5/2016

2015

Beyond the Mask

as Charles Kemp

Movie - Released: 4/6/2015

Raiders!: The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made

as Self

Movie - Released: 3/14/2015

Killing Jesus

as Annas

Movie - Released: 4/5/2015

The Watchmaker's Apprentice

as Narrator

Movie - Released: 6/1/2015

Golden Shoes

as Burt

Movie - Released: 10/6/2015

Many Beautiful Things

as John Ruskin (voice)

Movie - Released: 10/17/2015

Harvey Beaks

as Elder Bug (voice)

TV - Released: 3/28/2015

Documentary Now!

as Garth Davies-Gruffudd

TV - Released: 8/20/2015

The Adventures of Puss in Boots

as Goodsword (voice)

TV - Released: 1/16/2015

2014

Apocalypse Pompeii

as Colonel Carlos Dillard

Movie - Released: 2/18/2014

Under Milk Wood

as Voice

Movie - Released: 6/1/2014

Time Lapse

as Mr. Bezzeredes

Movie - Released: 5/24/2014

Saul: The Journey to Damascus

as Caiphas

Movie - Released: 4/1/2014

Let The Season In

as Self / Narrator

Movie - Released: 10/14/2014

2013

Scooby-Doo! Adventures: The Mystery Map

as Gnarlybeard (voice)

Movie - Released: 7/21/2013

100 Degrees Below Zero

as Ralph Dillard

Movie - Released: 3/29/2013

Concrete Blondes

as Kostas Jakobatos

Movie - Released: 5/2/2013

Prisoners of the Sun

as Professor Hayden Masterton

Movie - Released: 12/20/2013

Movie

Smokin'

as Doctor

Movie - Released: 3/22/2013

Die schlechtesten Filme aller Zeiten

as Bouchard (archive footage)

TV - Released: 7/26/2013

2012

Escape

as Malcom Andrews

Movie - Released: 1/21/2012

Missing Christmas

as Narrator / Santa (voice)

Movie - Released: 12/24/2012

Metal Hurlant Chronicles

as L'alchimiste

TV - Released: 10/27/2012

2011

Ferocious Planet

as Senator Jackson Crenshaw

Movie - Released: 4/9/2011

Return to the Hiding Place

as Eusi

Movie - Released: 8/22/2011

Treasure Hunters

Movie - Released: 8/19/2011

The King James Bible: The Book That Changed the World

as Himeself (Narrator)

Movie - Released: 3/12/2011

Once Upon a Time

as Grand Pabbie (voice)

TV - Released: 10/23/2011

Once Upon a Time

as Narrator (voice)

TV - Released: 10/23/2011

Face Off

as Self - Guest Judge

TV - Released: 1/26/2011

2010

Medium Raw

as Elliot Carbon

Movie - Released: 8/6/2010

Three Wise Women

as Green

Movie - Released: 12/14/2010

Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes

as Dr. Watson (voice)

Movie - Released: 8/24/2010

Fish Hooks

as Magic Apple (voice)

TV - Released: 9/3/2010

2009

Anacondas: Trail of Blood

as Peter "J.D." Murdoch

Movie - Released: 7/16/2009

Reclaiming the Blade

as Narrator (voice)

Movie - Released: 4/15/2009

31 North 62 East

as John Hammond

Movie - Released: 9/18/2009

Krod Mandoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire

TV - Released: 4/9/2009

2008

Anaconda 3: Offspring

as Peter "J.D." Murdoch

Movie - Released: 10/23/2008

Fire and Ice: The Dragon Chronicles

as Sangimel

Movie - Released: 9/18/2008

Kiss Me Deadly

as Yale Ericson

Movie - Released: 5/2/2008

The Search for the Ark of the Covenant

as Narrator

Movie - Released: 10/27/2008

Legend of the Seeker

as Horace

TV - Released: 11/1/2008

2007

In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale

as Merick

Movie - Released: 11/29/2007

The Ferryman

as The Greek

Movie - Released: 1/1/2007

The Legend of Sasquatch

as Ranger Steve

Movie - Released: 2/3/2007

2006

One Night with the King

as Mordecai

Movie - Released: 10/10/2006

Shark Bait

as Thorton (voice)

Movie - Released: 7/7/2006

Psych

as Curator

TV - Released: 7/7/2006

2005

Chupacabra Terror

as Captain Randolph

Movie - Released: 1/29/2005

The King Maker

as Phillippe

Movie - Released: 10/20/2005

Shadows in the Sun

as Mr. Andrew Benton

Movie - Released: 5/12/2005

The Game of Their Lives

as Bill Jeffrey

Movie - Released: 4/22/2005

Ringers: Lord of the Fans

as Self

Movie - Released: 1/21/2005

The Lost Angel

as Father Kevin

Movie - Released: 4/26/2005

Revelations

as Professor Lampley

TV - Released: 4/13/2005

2004

The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement

as Viscount Mabrey

Movie - Released: 8/6/2004

Dragon Storm

as King Fastrad

Movie - Released: 1/24/2004

The Privileged Planet

as Narrator

Movie - Released: 10/5/2004

12 Days of Terror

as Captain

Movie - Released: 5/1/2004

A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'

as Self

Movie - Released: 12/14/2004

Stars of the Pharaohs

as Narrator

Movie - Released: 1/1/2004

Vlad

as Narrator

Movie - Released: 9/10/2004

Movie

Catching Kringle

as Santa

Movie - Released: 11/13/2004

The Making of the Return of the King

as Self

Movie - Released: 4/1/2004

Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!

TV - Released: 9/18/2004

The Lady Musketeer

as Porthos

TV - Released: 6/20/2004

2003

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

as Gimli

Movie - Released: 12/17/2003

Never Say Never Mind

Movie - Released: 8/26/2003

The Medallion

as Cmdr. Hammerstock-Smythe

Movie - Released: 8/15/2003

Coronado

as Presidente Hugo Luis Ramos

Movie - Released: 9/25/2003

The Search for the Real Mt. Sinai

as Narrator

Movie - Released: 7/7/2003

Film Collectibles: Capturing Movie Memories

as Self

Movie - Released: 1/1/2003

Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King

as Self / Narrator

Movie - Released: 12/12/2003

The Jungle Book 2

as Ranjan's Father (voice)

Movie - Released: 2/7/2003

Justice League: Paradise Lost

as Lord Hades (voice)

Movie - Released: 7/22/2003

The Making of 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea

as Narrator (voice)

Movie - Released: 5/20/2003

Movie

The Making of Shōgun

Movie - Released: 9/23/2003

Indiana Jones: Making the Trilogy

as self

Movie - Released: 10/21/2003

The Making of The Two Towers

Movie - Released: 4/1/2003

Helen of Troy

as King Priam of Troy

TV - Released: 4/20/2003

2002

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

as Gimli / Treebeard (voice)

Movie - Released: 12/18/2002

Scorcher

as Dr. Matthew Sallin

Movie - Released: 10/4/2002

Sabretooth

as Anthony Bricklin

Movie - Released: 11/26/2002

Endangered Species

as Police Lt. Wyznowski

Movie - Released: 11/14/2002

The Making of The Fellowship of the Ring

as Self

Movie - Released: 4/1/2002

Lord of the Piercing

as Gimli (archive footage)

Movie - Released: 6/6/2002

Fillmore!

TV - Released: 9/14/2002

2001

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

as Gimli

Movie - Released: 12/18/2001

Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring

as Narrator (voice)

Movie - Released: 12/23/2001

Quest for the Ring

as Self

Movie - Released: 11/29/2001

A Passage to Middle-Earth: Making of 'Lord of the Rings'

as Self

Movie - Released: 12/9/2001

Justice League

as Lord Hades (voice)

TV - Released: 11/17/2001

The Zeta Project

as Edgar Mandragora (voice)

TV - Released: 1/27/2001

Disney's House of Mouse

as Oberon (voice)

TV - Released: 1/13/2001

2000

Britannic

as Captain Barrett

Movie - Released: 1/10/2000

Sinbad: Beyond the Veil of Mists

as King Akron

Movie - Released: 3/24/2000

Delta Force One: The Lost Patrol

as Ivan

Movie - Released: 10/5/2000

Movie

The Gold Cross

as Rodrigues

Movie - Released: 7/1/2000

The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne

TV - Released: 6/18/2000

1999

Secret of the Andes

as Father Claver

Movie - Released: 7/15/1999

Au Pair

as Nigel Kent

Movie - Released: 8/22/1999

SpongeBob SquarePants

as Man Ray (voice)

TV - Released: 5/1/1999

Mickey Mouse Works

as Oberon (voice)

TV - Released: 5/1/1999

1997

Body Armor

as Rasheed

Movie - Released: 12/22/1997

Cats Don't Dance

as Woolie Mammoth (voice)

Movie - Released: 3/26/1997

You Wish

as Mustafa

TV - Released: 9/26/1997

1996

The Great White Hype

as Johnny Windsor

Movie - Released: 5/3/1996

Aladdin and the King of Thieves

as Cassim (voice)

Movie - Released: 5/20/1996

Boo to You Too! Winnie the Pooh

as Narrator (voice)

Movie - Released: 10/25/1996

Bloodsport III

as Jacques Duvalier

Movie - Released: 12/5/1996

Marquis de Sade

as Inspector Marais

Movie - Released: 10/19/1996

Echo of Blue

Movie - Released: 1/1/1996

Catherine the Great

as Pugachev

Movie - Released: 4/28/1996

Arliss

TV - Released: 8/10/1996

Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm

as Asgarth (voice)

TV - Released: 9/21/1996

1995

Glory Daze

as Luther

Movie - Released: 10/1/1995

Sliders

as Maximillian Arturo

TV - Released: 3/22/1995

Pinky and the Brain

TV - Released: 9/9/1995

Star Trek: Voyager

as Leonardo da Vinci

TV - Released: 1/16/1995

Freakazoid!

as Professor Beasthead (voice)

TV - Released: 9/9/1995

1994

The High Crusade

as Bruder Parvus

Movie - Released: 6/2/1994

A Flintstones Christmas Carol

as Charles Brickens (voice)

Movie - Released: 11/21/1994

Blood of the Innocent

as Shmuda

Movie - Released: 1/1/1994

Robot in the Family

as Eli Taki / Rashmud / Sashri

Movie - Released: 3/2/1994

Duckman

TV - Released: 3/5/1994

Gargoyles

as Macbeth (voice)

TV - Released: 10/24/1994

Fantastic Four

TV - Released: 9/24/1994

A Mind to Kill

TV - Released: 11/27/1994

Aaahh!!! Real Monsters

as Head Judge / Zifdo (voice)

TV - Released: 10/29/1994

1993

South Beach

Movie - Released: 8/4/1993

Cyborg Cop

as Kessel

Movie - Released: 10/5/1993

Movie

The Magic Paintbrush

as Zagal (voice)

Movie - Released: 4/22/1993

The Seventh Coin

as Captain Galil

Movie - Released: 4/30/1993

Sunset Grill

as Stockton

Movie - Released: 9/27/1993

The Untouchables

as Michael Malone

TV - Released: 1/11/1993

Peak Practice

as Mike King

TV - Released: 5/10/1993

Animaniacs

as Tympannini (voice)

TV - Released: 9/13/1993

1992

The Lost World

as Challanger

Movie - Released: 1/1/1992

The Unnamable II

as Professor Warren

Movie - Released: 10/21/1992

Return to the Lost World

as Professor George Challenger

Movie - Released: 4/7/1992

Canvas

as Nick

Movie - Released: 9/16/1992

Perry Mason: The Case of the Fatal Framing

as Phillip Graff

Movie - Released: 3/1/1992

The Double 0 Kid

as Rudi Von Kseenbaum

Movie - Released: 9/7/1992

The Making of Aladdin: A Whole New World

as Host

Movie - Released: 11/25/1992

Batman: The Animated Series

as 'Baron' Waclaw Jozek (voice)

TV - Released: 9/5/1992

Ring of the Musketeers

as Maruice Treville

TV - Released: 12/1/1992

1991

Journey of Honor

as El Zaidan

Movie - Released: 4/27/1991

Before the Storm

as Flynn

Movie - Released: 7/13/1991

The Strauss Dynasty

as Gribov

Movie - Released: 1/1/1991

Under Cover

as Flynn

Movie - Released: 1/5/1991

The Legend of Prince Valiant

TV - Released: 9/3/1991

Under Cover

as Flynn

TV - Released: 1/7/1991

I Misteri Della Giungla Nera

as O'Connor

TV - Released: 1/1/1991

Strauss Dynasty

as Gribov

TV - Released: 1/1/1991

Great Expectations

as Joe Gargery

TV - Released: 6/21/1991

1990

Secret Weapon

as Mossad Chief

Movie - Released: 3/19/1990

1989

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

as Sallah

Movie - Released: 5/24/1989

The Trial of the Incredible Hulk

as Wilson Fisk

Movie - Released: 5/7/1989

Rising Storm

as Donwaldo

Movie - Released: 10/21/1989

The Gifted One

as Carl Boardman

Movie - Released: 6/25/1989

Desperado: Badlands Justice

as Richard Marriott

Movie - Released: 12/17/1989

Tales from the Crypt

as Duval

TV - Released: 6/10/1989

1988

Waxwork

as Werewolf

Movie - Released: 6/17/1988

Tusks

as Roger Singh

Movie - Released: 7/29/1988

Young Toscanini

as Rossi

Movie - Released: 10/7/1988

Higher Ground

Movie - Released: 9/4/1988

Goddess of Love

as Zeus

Movie - Released: 11/20/1988

Noble House

as Quillan Gornt

TV - Released: 2/21/1988

War and Remembrance

as Sammy Mutterperl

TV - Released: 11/13/1988

1987

The Living Daylights

as General Leonid Pushkin

Movie - Released: 6/29/1987

Perry Mason: The Case of the Murdered Madam

as Edward Tremaine

Movie - Released: 10/4/1987

The Little Match Girl

as Chief Murphy

Movie - Released: 12/21/1987

1986

Firewalker

as Corky Taylor

Movie - Released: 11/21/1986

In the Shadow of Kilimanjaro

as Chris Tucker

Movie - Released: 3/1/1986

1985

King Solomon's Mines

as Dogati

Movie - Released: 11/22/1985

1984

Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

as Baron Fortinbras

Movie - Released: 8/17/1984

Best Revenge

as Mustapha

Movie - Released: 10/19/1984

Kim

as Babu

Movie - Released: 5/16/1984

No Man's Land

as Grimshaw

Movie - Released: 5/27/1984

Nairobi Affair

as Simon

Movie - Released: 1/1/1984

Murder, She Wrote

as Harry Waverly

TV - Released: 9/30/1984

Robin of Sherwood

TV - Released: 4/28/1984

Murder, She Wrote

as Lancaster

TV - Released: 9/30/1984

Murder, She Wrote

as Harry Mordecai

TV - Released: 9/30/1984

1983

Sahara

as Rasoul

Movie - Released: 12/1/1983

Scarecrow and Mrs. King

TV - Released: 10/3/1983

Sadat

as Gamal Abdel Nasser

TV - Released: 10/31/1983

Reilly: Ace of Spies

as Tanyatos

TV - Released: 9/5/1983

1982

Victor/Victoria

as Andre Cassell

Movie - Released: 4/25/1982

Ivanhoe

as Front de Boeuf

Movie - Released: 2/23/1982

1981

Raiders of the Lost Ark

as Sallah

Movie - Released: 6/12/1981

Sphinx

as Stephanos Markoulis

Movie - Released: 2/11/1981

The Making of 'Raiders of the Lost Ark'

as Self

Movie - Released: 11/28/1981

Movie

The Island of Adventure

as Smith

Movie - Released: 12/1/1981

Peter and Paul

as Silas

TV - Released: 4/12/1981

1980

Movie

Fox

as Warleigh

Movie - Released: 3/10/1980

A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square

as Solicitor

Movie - Released: 3/16/1980

The Merchant of Venice

as Salerio

Movie - Released: 12/17/1980

Shōgun

as Vasco Rodrigues

TV - Released: 9/15/1980

Shōgun

as Self

TV - Released: 9/15/1980

1979

The Danedyke Mystery

as Armchair

Movie - Released: 6/3/1979

Henry VIII

as Capucius, Ambassador from Emperor Charles V

Movie - Released: 2/25/1979

Question Time

as Self - Panellist

TV - Released: 9/25/1979

1978

The Nativity

as Nestor

Movie - Released: 12/17/1978

Fearless Frank

Movie - Released: 10/4/1978

Hazell

TV - Released: 1/16/1978

The BBC Television Shakespeare

as Salerio

TV - Released: 12/3/1978

Enemy at the Door

as George Trenett

TV - Released: 1/28/1978

1977

CHiPs

as Nakura (as John Rhys Davies)

TV - Released: 9/15/1977

1990

TV - Released: 9/18/1977

Target

TV - Released: 9/9/1977

1976

Beasts: During Barty's Party

as Peter Newell

Movie - Released: 10/23/1976

I, Claudius

TV - Released: 9/20/1976

Beasts

as Peter Newell

TV - Released: 10/16/1976

I, Claudius

as Naevius Sutorius Macro

TV - Released: 9/20/1976

1975

The Naked Civil Servant

as Barndoor

Movie - Released: 12/17/1975

The Sweeney

as Ron Brett

TV - Released: 1/2/1975

Quiller

as Leindorf

TV - Released: 8/29/1975

1974

Within These Walls

TV - Released: 1/4/1974

1973

Penny Gold

as Rugby Player

Movie - Released: 6/22/1973

Warship

TV - Released: 6/7/1973

1972

The Incredible Robert Baldick: Never Come Night

as Caleb Selling

Movie - Released: 10/6/1972

The Adventures of Black Beauty

as Alfred Kidney

TV - Released: 9/17/1972

1971

The Guardians

TV - Released: 7/10/1971

1962

Z-Cars

TV - Released: 1/2/1962

1960

The Flintstones

as Charles Brickens (voice)

TV - Released: 9/30/1960

1955

Dixon of Dock Green

as Dunlop

TV - Released: 7/9/1955

Unknown

The Sword of Thyrus

as King Athol

Movie

Nameless

as Barnaby

Movie

DragonMan: The Adventures of Luke Starr

as Jarred Starr

Movie

Lantern City

as Desmond Wilhorn

Archaeology

as Host

Legends of Ileydria

as Narrator