John Rhys-Davies

Born

5/5/1944

Ammanford, Wales, UK

John Rhys-Davies

Biography

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.

Known For171 Movies

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2003
★8.5
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2001
★8.9
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2002
★8.4
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
2023
★6.5
Raiders of the Lost Ark
1981
★7.9
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
2023
★6.5
Aquaman
2018
★6.9
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
1989
★7.9
The Living Daylights
1987
★6.5
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
2004
★6.7
Starbright
2026
★5.7
The Jungle Book 2
2003
★5.9
Aladdin and the King of Thieves
1996
★6.3
The Medallion
2003
★5.6
Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones and Harrison Ford
2023
★7.7
Anacondas: Trail of Blood
2009
★4.6
In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale
2007
★4.8
Anaconda 3: Offspring
2008
★4.6
King Solomon's Mines
1985
★5.4
Time Lapse
2014
★6.5
Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes
2010
★6.5
Shark Bait
2006
★5.0
One Night with the King
2006
★6.7
Cats Don't Dance
1997
★7.2
Valley of the Gods
2020
★5.2
Sahara
1983
★5.8
Victor/Victoria
1982
★7.3
Bloodsport III
1996
★5.5
Firewalker
1986
★5.4
Bone Keeper
2026
★5.1
Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
1984
★5.2
The Trial of the Incredible Hulk
1989
★6.4
G-Loc
2020
★5.6
Waxwork
1988
★6.1
Raiders!: The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made
2015
★6.7
Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet
2014
★7.3
The Pilgrim's Progress
2019
★7.6
100 Degrees Below Zero
2013
★4.2
The Game of Their Lives
2005
★5.9
Shadows in the Sun
2005
★6.2
The Great White Hype
1996
★5.2
Ivanhoe
1982
★6.4
Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age
2021
★7.8
Mosley
2019
★6.8
Beyond the Mask
2015
★5.5
Golden Shoes
2015
★5.8
Scooby-Doo! Adventures: The Mystery Map
2013
★8.2
Grizzly II: Revenge
2020
★3.1
Sphinx
1981
★5.7
Catherine the Great
1996
★5.6
Prisoners of the Sun
2013
★3.9
Britannic
2000
★6.8
Quest for the Ring
2001
★5.7
Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King
2003
★8.1
Killing Jesus
2015
★6.3
Fire and Ice: The Dragon Chronicles
2008
★5.1
Glory Daze
1995
★5.2
Bad Cupid
2021
★4.5
A Flintstones Christmas Carol
1994
★6.8
Vlad
2004
★4.1
Sabretooth
2002
★4.6
Chupacabra Terror
2005
★5.1
Coronado
2003
★4.5
The Gates
2024
★7.0
Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring
2001
★6.6
Camera Store
2016
★5.8
A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
1980
★6.0
The Naked Civil Servant
1975
★6.7
Goddess of Love
1988
★5.5
Apocalypse Pompeii
2014
★4.7
The Legend of Sasquatch
2007
★4.7
Beasts: During Barty's Party
1976
★9.0
Endangered Species
2002
★4.2
Escape
2012
★4.7
Marquis de Sade
1996
★3.8
Kingslayer
2022
★5.6
Shogun
1980
★4.5
The Unnamable II: The Statement of Randolph Carter
1992
★4.7
The Making of 'The Fellowship of the Ring'
2006
★8.8
Indiana Jones: Making the Trilogy
2003
★7.9
Saul: The Journey to Damascus
2014
★7.5
A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'
2004
★6.5
Dragon Storm
2004
★5.0
Young Toscanini
1988
★6.7
The Making of 'The Return of the King'
2006
★8.8
The Lost World
1992
★5.2
Perry Mason: The Case of the Fatal Framing
1992
★6.9
South Beach
1993
★3.6
Perry Mason: The Case of the Murdered Madam
1987
★6.8
Aux
2018
★6.4
The High Crusade
1994
★5.2
Shadowtown
2020
★3.9
Tusks
1988
★3.6
Tainted
2020
★4.5
Return to the Hiding Place
2011
★6.1
Santa Fake
2019
★3.7
The Double 0 Kid
1992
★5.1
The Making of 'The Two Towers'
2006
★8.8
The Making of 'Raiders of the Lost Ark'
1981
★7.5
The Lost Angel
2005
★4.1
Return to the Lost World
1992
★5.6
The Protector
1997
★3.1
Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings'
2001
★8.0
Reclaiming the Blade
2009
★5.9
The King Maker
2005
★4.3
Cyborg Cop
1993
★4.3
Journey of Honor
1991
★5.1
I Am Patrick: The Patron Saint of Ireland
2020
★7.4
No Man's Land
1984
★6.5
12 Days of Terror
2004
★5.5
Ringers: Lord of the Fans
2005
★6.4
Ferocious Planet
2011
★4.4
The Apostle Peter: Redemption
2016
★6.5
The Little Match Girl
1987
★7.3
The Incredible Robert Baldick: Never Come Night
1972
★10.0
Under Milk Wood
2014
★6.0
The Making of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
2023
★6.6
Silent Night: A Song for the World
2018
★6.8
The Strauss Dynasty
1991
★8.4
Au Pair
1999
★5.7
Amazing Grace: The Untold Story
2025
★10.0
Scorcher
2002
★4.5
Kiss Me Deadly
2008
★4.8
The Ferryman
2007
★4.6
The Magic Paintbrush
1993
★10.0
The Making of Aladdin: A Whole New World
1992
★7.0
Secret Weapon
1990
★7.5
Penny Gold
1973
★6.0
J.R.R. Tolkien: Origins of Middle-Earth
2003
★7.0
Sunset Grill
1993
★4.3
Sinbad: Beyond the Veil of Mists
2000
★4.7
Henry VIII
1979
★6.6
KJB: The Book That Changed the World
2011
★10.0
Before the Storm
1991
★9.0
The Nativity
1978
★7.5
Robot in the Family
1994
★2.4
In the Shadow of Kilimanjaro
1986
★7.7
Many Beautiful Things
2015
★6.0
Secret of the Andes
1999
★7.0
The Merchant of Venice
1980
★7.3
Concrete Blondes
2013
★4.8
Boo to You Too! Winnie the Pooh
1996
★7.2
Prophecies of the Passion
2005
★10.0
Higher Ground
1988
★6.3
Treasure Hunters
2011
★4.2
Moments in Spacetime
2020
★6.0
Three Wise Women
2010
★4.8
Best Revenge
1984
★9.0
Under Cover
1991
★8.0
The Making of 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea
2003
★7.0
The Gifted One
1989
★7.0
31 North 62 East
2009
★4.8
Delta Force One: The Lost Patrol
2000
★5.1
Canvas
1992
★5.4
Kim
1984
★8.0
Blood of the Innocent
1994
★5.3
Never Say Never Mind
2003
★8.0
Nairobi Affair
1984
★5.6
The Privileged Planet
2004
★7.4
The Watchmaker's Apprentice
2015
★7.3
Rising Storm
1989
★5.0
Justice League: Paradise Lost
2003
★7.6
The Search for the Ark of the Covenant
2008
★7.0
Desperado: Badlands Justice
1989
★10.0
The Seventh Coin
1993
★4.5
Let The Season In
2014
★9.0
Echo of Blue
1996
★6.0
Medium Raw
2010
★4.8
I AM ISRAEL: The Mountain of the King
2025
★8.0
The Island of Adventure
1981
★5.3
The Search for the Real Mt. Sinai
2003
★NR