Griff Rhys Jones
Known for Acting · 108 credits
- Born
- 1953-11-16 (age 72)
- Place of birth
- Cardiff, Wales, UK
- Also known as
- Griff Rhys-Jones · Griffith Rhys Jones
Biography
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.
Known For
TV Shows (63)
Midsomer Murders
1997
as Ambrose Deddington
Casualty
1986
as Paul Fuller
The One Show
2006
as Self / Self - Interviewed Guest
Have I Got News for You
1990
as Self
QI
2003
as Self
Wogan
1982
as Self
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004
as Dr David Quimper
8 Out of 10 Cats
2005
as Self
Omnibus
1967
Question Time
1979
as Self - Panellist
Would I Lie to You?
2007
as Self
Who Do You Think You Are?
2004
as Self
An Audience with...
1978
as Self
The Young Ones
1982
as Bamber 'Bambi' Gascoigne
Richard Osman's House of Games
2017
as Self - Panellist
Parkinson
1998
as Self
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
2001
as Self
Jonathan Creek
1997
as Jeremy Sangster
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
1988
as Himself
Shooting Stars
1993
as Self
The BAFTA Awards
1949
as Host
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
2018
as Self - Guest
Timeshift
2002
as Self - Not the Nine O'Clock News, 1980 (archive footage)
The Terry and Gaby Show
2003
The Play on One
1988
as Harry Clark
Screen One
1989
as Patrick
Between the Covers
2020
as Self
The Secret Policeman's Ball
1976
as Self
Not the Nine O'Clock News
1979
HARDtalk
1997
Alas Smith and Jones
1984
Perspectives
2011
Insert Name Here
2016
as Self - Panelist
Comic Relief
1988
as Self - Presenter
It'll be Alright on the Night
1977
as Self - Presenter / Self - Host
Rita Rudner
1990
Griff's Great Kiwi Road Trip
2019
as Self
Porterhouse Blue
1987
as Cornelius Carrington
Mine All Mine
2004
as Max Vivaldi
Final Chance to Save
2005
as Himself
Tales from the Poop Deck
1992
as Narrator (voice)
Funnybones
1992
In Confidence
2010
Three Men in a Boat
2006
as Self
Demob
1993
as Ian Deasey
The Quizeum
2015
as Himself - Presenter
Griff’s Canadian Adventure
2022
as Host
A Short History of Everything Else
2012
Restoration
2003
If I Ruled the World
1998
as Himself
The World According To Smith And Jones
1987
Slow Train Through Africa with Griff Rhys Jones
2015
as Himself - Presenter
Griff's Great Australian Rail Trip
2020
as Self - Presenter
The Smith & Jones Sketchbook
2006
A Great Welsh Adventure with Griff Rhys Jones
2014
as Himself
Rivers with Griff Rhys Jones
2009
as Self - Presenter
Griff's Great New Zealand Adventure
2021
Mountain
2007
Greatest Cities of the World with Griff Rhys Jones
2008
Losing It: Griff Rhys Jones On Anger
2008
as Himself - Presenter
Movies (45)
Live Aid
1985
as Self
The Adventures of Pinocchio
1996
as Tino
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
1982
as Self - Various Roles
Amnesty International's Big 30
1991
as Self
Wilt
1989
as Henry Wilt
Morons from Outer Space
1985
as Graham Sweetley
Puckoon
2002
as Col. Stokes
Staggered
1994
as Graham
Under Milk Wood
2014
as Voice
Tales of Television Centre
2012
as Self
Murder on the Blackpool Express
2017
as David Van Der Clane
Ex
1991
as Patrick
Up 'n' Under
1998
as Ray Mason, Radio York commentator
Mel Smith: I've Done Some Things
2013
as Self
Jack and the Beanstalk: The ITV Pantomime
1998
as Baron Wasteland
Riot at the Rite
2005
as Astruc
Taliesin Jones
2002
as Caesar
Sardines
1995
as Davy Kotowski
A View of Harry Clark
1989
as Harry Clark
The Funny Side of Christmas
1982
as Trevor
As You Like It
1992
as Touchstone
Comedians Do It On Stage
1986
as Self
Aladdin: The ITV Pantomime
2000
as Emperor
Not Again: Not the Nine O'Clock News
2009
as Self
Rock and Roll's Greatest Failure: Otway the Movie
2013
as Self (archive footage)
The Best of Not the Nine O'Clock News Volume One
2003
Douglas Adams: The Man Who Imagined Our Future
2025
as Self
Gangsta Granny Strikes Again
2022
as Mr Parker
Jake's Journey
1988
as Innkeeper
Charles Dickens and the Invention of Christmas
2007
as Himself - Presenter
Three Men In Another Boat
2008
as Himself
Three Men in a Boat
2006
as Himself
Three Men in More Than One Boat
2009
as Himself
Smith and Jones: The Home-Made Xmas Video
1987
as Dad
Wogan on Wodehouse
2011
as Self
Burma, My Father and the Forgotten Army
2013
as Himself
Finland For Adults
1987
as Reporter
The Best of Not the Nine O'Clock News Volume Two
2004
Character Building
1995
as Narrator (voice)
Smith & Jones - One Night Stand
1994
Future TX
2022
as Foley
Going to Work Naked
2005
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Secret Life of Arthur Ransome
2005
as Self / Presenter
Cambridge University 1974 Footlights Revue
1974
as Various
Love Somehow
2016
as Dylan Thomas
About Griff Rhys Jones
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. With 108 credits spanning from 1949 to 2025, Griff Rhys Jones has appeared in 45 films and 63 TV shows.
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Most Popular Griff Rhys Jones Movies
- Live Aid (1985) — as Self
- The Adventures of Pinocchio (1996) — as Tino
- The Secret Policeman's Other Ball (1982) — as Self - Various Roles
- Amnesty International's Big 30 (1991) — as Self
- Wilt (1989) — as Henry Wilt
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