Actor
John Rhys-Davies
Born 5 May 1944 · 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.
Films and shows
- 2026
Bone Keeper1h 30mProfessor Harisson - 2026
Starbright2h 28mRaphael - 2025
Amazing Grace: The Untold Story1h 5mOld John Newton - 2025
Machine Heart9mNarrator - 2025
I AM ISRAEL: The Mountain of the King1h 7mNarrator - 2024
The Gates1h 51mFrederick Ladbroke - 2023
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny2h 35mSallah - 2023
Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones and Harrison Ford1h 30mSelf - 2023
The Making of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny57mSelf - 2023
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom2h 4mBrine King (voice) - 2022
Kingslayer1h 33mGuillaume Maréchal - 2021
Bad Cupid1h 21mArchie - 2021
Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age53mSelf - Actor (archive footage) - 2020
Moments in Spacetime1h 53mMason - 2020
Grizzly II: Revenge1h 14mBouchard - 2020
Shadowtown1h 24mEinar - 2020
G-Loc1h 32mHenry - 2020
Valley of the Gods2h 11mDr. Hermann - 2020
Tainted1h 29mVladimir - 2020
I Am Patrick: The Patron Saint of Ireland1h 33mOld Patrick - 2019
Santa Fake1h 27mJow - 2019
The Pilgrim's Progress1h 48mEvangelist (voice) - 2019
Mosley1h 36mWarnie (voice) - 2018
Aux1h 23mJack - 2018
Fragments of Truth1h 17mNarrator (voice) - 2017
I AM ISRAEL35mNarrator - 2016
The Apostle Peter: Redemption1h 29mPeter - 2016
Winter Thaw52mMartin Avdeitch - 2016
Camera Store1h 39mPinky Steuben - 2016
The Blue Mauritius1h 30mHanson - 2015
Many Beautiful Things1h 10mJohn Ruskin (voice) - 2015
Beyond the Mask1h 43mCharles Kemp - 2015
Golden Shoes1h 29mBurt - 2015
Killing Jesus2h 12mAnnas - 2015
Raiders!: The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made1h 33mSelf - 2015
The Watchmaker's Apprentice1h 7mNarrator - 2014
Let The Season In1h 25mSelf / Narrator - 2014
Saul: The Journey to Damascus1h 26mCaiphas - 2014
Apocalypse Pompeii1h 28mColonel Carlos Dillard - 2014
Time Lapse1h 44mMr. Bezzeredes - 2014
Under Milk Wood1hVoice - 2014
Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet1h 25mYousef (voice) - 2013
Prisoners of the Sun1h 28mProfessor Hayden Masterton - 2013
100 Degrees Below Zero1h 28mRalph Dillard - 2013Smokin'10mDoctor
- 2013
Concrete Blondes1h 32mKostas Jakobatos - 2013
Scooby-Doo! Adventures: The Mystery Map42mGnarlybeard (voice) - 2012
Missing Christmas22mNarrator / Santa (voice) - 2012
Escape1h 30mMalcom Andrews - 2011
Return to the Hiding Place1h 42mEusi - 2011
KJB: The Book That Changed the World59mHimeself (Narrator) - 2011
Ferocious Planet1h 29mSenator Jackson Crenshaw - 2011
Treasure Hunters1h 39m - 2010
Medium Raw1h 51mElliot Carbon - 2010
Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes49mDr. Watson (voice) - 2010
Three Wise Women1h 27mGreen - 2009
Reclaiming the Blade1h 30mNarrator (voice) - 2009
Anacondas: Trail of Blood1h 29mPeter "J.D." Murdoch - 2009
31 North 62 East2h 1mJohn Hammond - 2008
Fire and Ice: The Dragon Chronicles1h 24mSangimel - 2008
Anaconda 3: Offspring1h 31mPeter "J.D." Murdoch - 2008
Kiss Me Deadly1h 27mYale Ericson - 2008
The Search for the Ark of the Covenant1h 8mNarrator - 2007
The Ferryman1h 40mThe Greek - 2007
The Legend of Sasquatch1h 14mRanger Steve - 2007
In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale2h 7mMerick - 2006
One Night with the King2h 3mMordecai - 2006
Shark Bait1h 17mThorton (voice) - 2006
The Making of 'The Two Towers'1h 46m - 2006
The Making of 'The Return of the King'1h 52mSelf - 2005
Chupacabra Terror1h 29mCaptain Randolph - 2005
The King Maker1h 40mPhillippe - 2005
The Lost Angel1h 39mFather Kevin - 2005
Shadows in the Sun1h 40mMr. Andrew Benton - 2005
Revelations1 seasonProfessor Lampley - 2005
The Game of Their Lives1h 41mBill Jeffrey - 2005
Ringers: Lord of the Fans1h 37mSelf - 2005
Prophecies of the Passion58mSelf - 2005
Collectormania 711mSelf - 2004
Catching Kringle15mSanta - 2004
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement1h 53mViscount Mabrey - 2004
12 Days of Terror1h 26mCaptain - 2004
The Lady Musketeer1 seasonPorthos - 2004
Dragon Storm1h 36mKing Fastrad - 2004
The Privileged Planet1hNarrator - 2004
Vlad1h 38mNarrator - 2004
Stars of the Pharaohs36mNarrator - 2003
Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King52mSelf / Narrator - 2003
The Making of 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea1h 27mNarrator (voice) - 2003
Coronado1h 24mPresidente Hugo Luis Ramos - 2003
Helen of Troy1 seasonKing Priam of Troy - 2003
The Jungle Book 21h 12mRanjan's Father (voice) - 2003
Justice League: Paradise Lost2hLord Hades (voice) - 2003
The Medallion1h 28mCmdr. Hammerstock-Smythe - 2003The Making of Shōgun1h 20m
- 2003
Never Say Never Mind1h 33m - 2003
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King3h 21mGimli - 2003
The Two Towers: J.R.R. Tolkien: Origins of Middle-Earth30mSelf - 2003
The Two Towers: Weta workshop43mSelf - 2003
Indiana Jones: Making the Trilogy2h 7mself - 2003
The Search for the Real Mt. Sinai48mNarrator - 2002
Scorcher1h 31mDr. Matthew Sallin - 2002
Endangered Species1h 34mPolice Lt. Wyznowski - 2002
Sabretooth1h 30mAnthony Bricklin - 2002
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers2h 59mGimli / Treebeard (voice) - 2002
The Fellowship of the Ring: The Fellowship of the Cast34mSelf - 2002
The Fellowship of the Ring: Designing and Building Middle-earth1h 36mSelf - 2002
The Fellowship of the Ring: Scale16mSelf - 2002
The Fellowship of the Ring: From Book to Script20mSelf - 2002
The Fellowship of the Ring: Cameras in Middle-earth50mSelf - 2001
Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring1hNarrator (voice) - 2001
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring2h 59mGimli - 2001
Quest for the Ring22mSelf - 2000The Gold Cross10mRodrigues
- 2000
Delta Force One: The Lost Patrol1h 36mIvan - 2000
Britannic1h 33mCaptain Barrett - 2000
Sinbad: Beyond the Veil of Mists1h 25mKing Akron - 2000
Star Trek: Voyager - Scorpion1h 31mLeonardo da Vinci - 1999
Au Pair1h 32mNigel Kent - 1999
Secret of the Andes1h 35mFather Claver - 1997
The Protector1h 35mRasheed - 1997
Cats Don't Dance1h 15mWoolie Mammoth (voice) - 1996
Boo to You Too! Winnie the Pooh21mNarrator (voice) - 1996
Bloodsport III1h 31mJacques Duvalier - 1996
Marquis de Sade1h 33mInspector Marais - 1996
Aladdin and the King of Thieves1h 21mCassim (voice) - 1996
Catherine the Great3hPugachev - 1996
The Great White Hype1h 31mJohnny Windsor - 1996
Echo of Blue1h 30m - 1995
Glory Daze1h 40mLuther - 1994
The High Crusade1h 40mBruder Parvus - 1994
Robot in the Family1h 25mEli Taki / Rashmud / Sashri - 1994
A Flintstones Christmas Carol1h 10mCharles Brickens (voice) - 1993
The Magic Paintbrush23mZagal (voice) - 1993
The Untouchables2 seasonsMichael Malone - 1993
Cyborg Cop1h 35mKessel - 1993
The Seventh Coin1h 32mCaptain Galil - 1993
Sunset Grill1h 45mStockton - 1992
The Lost World1h 39mChallanger - 1992
Return to the Lost World1h 35mProfessor George Challenger - 1992
The Making of Aladdin: A Whole New World25mHost - 1992
Canvas1h 30mNick - 1992
The Unnamable II: The Statement of Randolph Carter1h 44mProfessor Warren - 1992
The Double 0 Kid1h 35mRudi Von Kseenbaum - 1992
Ring of the Musketeers1 seasonMaruice Treville - 1992
Perry Mason: The Case of the Fatal Framing1h 31mPhillip Graff - 1991Archaeology2 seasonsHost
- 1991
Under Cover1h 27mFlynn - 1991
Before the Storm1h 29mFlynn - 1991Under Cover1 seasonFlynn
- 1991
I Misteri Della Giungla Nera1 seasonO'Connor - 1991
The Strauss Dynasty10h 6mGribov - 1991
The Strauss Dynasty1 seasonGribov - 1991
Journey of Honor1h 46mEl Zaidan - 1990
Secret Weapon1h 36mMossad Chief - 1989
The Gifted One1h 36mCarl Boardman - 1989
Desperado: Badlands Justice1h 40mRichard Marriott - 1989
Great Expectations1 seasonJoe Gargery - 1989
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade2h 7mSallah - 1989
Rising Storm1h 35mDonwaldo - 1989
The Trial of the Incredible Hulk1h 35mWilson Fisk - 1988
Noble House1 seasonQuillan Gornt - 1988
Tusks1h 40mRoger Singh - 1988
Goddess of Love1h 40mZeus - 1988
Young Toscanini1h 49mRossi - 1988
Higher Ground1h 36m - 1988
Waxwork1h 37mWerewolf - 1987
The Little Match Girl1h 36mChief Murphy - 1987
The Living Daylights2h 10mGeneral Leonid Pushkin - 1987
Perry Mason: The Case of the Murdered Madam1h 35mEdward Tremaine - 1986
In the Shadow of Kilimanjaro1h 37mChris Tucker - 1986
Firewalker1h 44mCorky Taylor - 1985
King Solomon's Mines1h 40mDogati - 1984
Kim2h 30mBabu - 1984
Nairobi AffairSimon - 1984
Best Revenge1h 36mMustapha - 1984
No Man's Land2hGrimshaw - 1984
Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight1h 42mBaron Fortinbras - 1983Sadat1 seasonGamal Abdel Nasser
- 1983
Sahara1h 51mRasoul - 1982
Victor/Victoria2h 14mAndré Cassell - 1982
Ivanhoe2h 17mFront de Boeuf - 1981
Raiders of the Lost Ark1h 55mSallah - 1981
The Island of Adventure1h 25mSmith - 1981
Sphinx1h 58mStephanos Markoulis - 1981
The Making of 'Raiders of the Lost Ark'58mSelf - 1981
Peter and Paul1 seasonSilas - 1980
The Merchant of Venice2h 37mSalerio - 1980
Shōgun1 seasonVasco Rodrigues - 1980
ShogunVasco Rodrigues - 1979
The Danedyke MysteryArmchair - 1978
Fearless Frank1h 23m - 1978
The Nativity1h 37mNestor - 1976
Beasts: During Barty's Party49mPeter Newell - 1975
The Naked Civil Servant1h 17mBarndoor - 1973
Penny Gold1h 26mRugby Player - 1972
The Incredible Robert Baldick: Never Come Night50mCaleb Selling - Heart of AldoriaTheron
The Sword of ThyrusKing Athol
Ellston BayFather
NamelessBarnaby
DragonMan: The Adventures of Luke StarrJarred Starr
The Way of the WindUriah the Chief Elder
Seniors- Solomon Quinn
