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John Rhys-Davies
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 G…
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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.
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2026
Bone Keeper
Movie Professor Harisson
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2026
Starbright
Movie Raphael
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2025
Amazing Grace: The Untold Story
Movie Old John Newton
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2025
Machine Heart
Movie Narrator
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2025
I AM ISRAEL: The Mountain of the King
Movie Narrator
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2024
The Gates
Movie Frederick Ladbroke
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2023
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
Movie Brine King (voice)
- 2023
- 2023
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2023
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Movie Sallah
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2022
Kingslayer
Movie Guillaume Maréchal
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2021
Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age
Movie Self - Actor (archive footage)
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2021
Bad Cupid
Movie Archie
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2020
Moments in Spacetime
Movie Mason
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2020
Valley of the Gods
Movie Dr. Hermann
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2020
G-Loc
Movie Henry
More credits
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2020
Wizards: Tales of Arcadia
TV show Galahad / Old Galahad (voice)
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2020
Tainted
Movie Vladimir
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2020
Reunited Apart
TV show Self
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2020
Josh Gates Tonight
TV show Self
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2020
I Am Patrick: The Patron Saint of Ireland
Movie Old Patrick
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2020
Shadowtown
Movie Einar
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2020
Grizzly II: Revenge
Movie Bouchard
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2019
Mosley
Movie Warnie (voice)
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2019
Santa Fake
Movie Jow
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2019
The Pilgrim's Progress
Movie Evangelist (voice)
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2018
Silent Night: A Song for the World
Movie Douglas Haig
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2018
Aquaman
Movie Brine King (voice)
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2018
Fragments of Truth
Movie Narrator (voice)
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2018
Aux
Movie Jack
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2017
I AM ISRAEL
Movie Narrator
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2016
Camera Store
Movie Pinky Steuben
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2016
Winter Thaw
Movie Martin Avdeitch
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2016
The Apostle Peter: Redemption
Movie Peter
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2016
The Shannara Chronicles
TV show Eventine
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2016
The Blue Mauritius
Movie Hanson
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2015
Many Beautiful Things
Movie John Ruskin (voice)
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2015
Golden Shoes
Movie Burt
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2015
Documentary Now!
TV show Garth Davies-Gruffudd
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2015
The Watchmaker's Apprentice
Movie Narrator
