John Rhys-Davies

Acting·May 5, 1944·Ammanford, Wales, UK

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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.

Film	Credit
Bone Keeper2026 · Professor Harisson	Professor Harisson
Starbright2026 · Raphael	Raphael
Amazing Grace: The Untold Story2025 · Old John Newton	Old John Newton
Machine Heart2025 · Narrator	Narrator
I AM ISRAEL: The Mountain of the King2025 · Narrator	Narrator
The Gates2024 · Frederick Ladbroke	Frederick Ladbroke
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom2023 · Brine King (voice)	Brine King (voice)
Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones and Harrison Ford2023 · Self	Self
The Making of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny2023 · Self	Self
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny2023 · Sallah	Sallah
Kingslayer2022 · Guillaume Maréchal	Guillaume Maréchal
Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age2021 · Self - Actor (archive footage)	Self - Actor (archive footage)
Bad Cupid2021 · Archie	Archie
Moments in Spacetime2020 · Mason	Mason
Valley of the Gods2020 · Dr. Hermann	Dr. Hermann
G-Loc2020 · Henry	Henry
Tainted2020 · Vladimir	Vladimir
I Am Patrick: The Patron Saint of Ireland2020 · Old Patrick	Old Patrick
Shadowtown2020 · Einar	Einar
Grizzly II: Revenge2020 · Bouchard	Bouchard
Mosley2019 · Warnie (voice)	Warnie (voice)
Santa Fake2019 · Jow	Jow
The Pilgrim's Progress2019 · Evangelist (voice)	Evangelist (voice)
Silent Night: A Song for the World2018 · Douglas Haig	Douglas Haig
Aquaman2018 · Brine King (voice)	Brine King (voice)
Fragments of Truth2018 · Narrator (voice)	Narrator (voice)
Aux2018 · Jack	Jack
I AM ISRAEL2017 · Narrator	Narrator
Camera Store2016 · Pinky Steuben	Pinky Steuben
Winter Thaw2016 · Martin Avdeitch	Martin Avdeitch
The Apostle Peter: Redemption2016 · Peter	Peter
The Blue Mauritius2016 · Hanson	Hanson
Many Beautiful Things2015 · John Ruskin (voice)	John Ruskin (voice)
Golden Shoes2015 · Burt	Burt
The Watchmaker's Apprentice2015 · Narrator	Narrator
Beyond the Mask2015 · Charles Kemp	Charles Kemp
Killing Jesus2015 · Annas	Annas
Raiders!: The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made2015 · Self	Self
Let The Season In2014 · Self / Narrator	Self / Narrator
Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet2014 · Yousef (voice)	Yousef (voice)
Time Lapse2014 · Mr. Bezzeredes	Mr. Bezzeredes
Under Milk Wood2014 · Voice	Voice
Saul: The Journey to Damascus2014 · Caiphas	Caiphas
Apocalypse Pompeii2014 · Colonel Carlos Dillard	Colonel Carlos Dillard
Prisoners of the Sun2013 · Professor Hayden Masterton	Professor Hayden Masterton
Scooby-Doo! Adventures: The Mystery Map2013 · Gnarlybeard (voice)	Gnarlybeard (voice)
Concrete Blondes2013 · Kostas Jakobatos	Kostas Jakobatos
100 Degrees Below Zero2013 · Ralph Dillard	Ralph Dillard