Griff Rhys Jones

Known for: Acting
Born: November 16, 1953, Cardiff, Wales, UK
Movies: 51

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.

Best-Known Movies

5.3

The Adventures of Pinocchio

1996

7.8

Live Aid

1985

4.9

Morons from Outer Space

1985

6.4

Wilt

1989

5.7

Murder on the Blackpool Express

2017

5.2

Up 'n' Under

1998

5.3

Staggered

1994

6.2

Under Milk Wood

2014

6.3

Puckoon

2002

6.3

The Secret Policeman's Other Ball

1982

Filmography

2025	Douglas Adams: The Man Who Imagined Our Future	Self
2022	Gangsta Granny Strikes Again	Mr Parker
2022	Future TX	Foley
2017	Murder on the Blackpool Express	David Van Der Clane
2016	Love Somehow	Dylan Thomas
2014	Under Milk Wood	Voice
2013	Mel Smith: I've Done Some Things	Self
2013	Burma, My Father and the Forgotten Army	Himself
2013	Rock and Roll's Greatest Failure: Otway the Movie	Self (archive footage)
2012	Tales of Television Centre	Self
2011	Wogan on Wodehouse	Self
2009	Not Again: Not the Nine O'Clock News	Self
2009	Three Men in More Than One Boat	Himself
2008	Graham Linehan: Funny Business
2008	Three Men In Another Boat	Himself
2007	Charles Dickens and the Invention of Christmas	Himself - Presenter
2006	Three Men in a Boat	Himself
2005	Riot at the Rite	Astruc
2005	The Secret Life of Arthur Ransome	Self / Presenter
2005	Going to Work Naked	Self - Narrator (voice)
2004	The Best of Not the Nine O'Clock News Volume Two
2003	The Best of Not the Nine O'Clock News Volume One
2002	Taliesin Jones	Caesar
2002	Puckoon	Col. Stokes
2000	Aladdin: The ITV Pantomime	Emperor
1998	Jack and the Beanstalk: The ITV Pantomime	Baron Wasteland
1998	Up 'n' Under	Ray Mason, Radio York commentator
1996	The Adventures of Pinocchio	Tino
1995	Sardines	Davy Kotowski
1995	Character Building	Narrator (voice)
1994	Smith & Jones - One Night Stand
1994	Staggered	Graham
1992	As You Like It	Touchstone
1991	Amnesty International's Big 30	Self
1991	Ex	Patrick
1989	Wilt	Henry Wilt
1989	A View of Harry Clark	Harry Clark
1988	Alas Sage & Onion	Various
1988	Jake's Journey	Innkeeper
1987	Smith and Jones: The Home-Made Xmas Video	Dad
1987	Finland For Adults	Jeremy Jones
1986	Comedians Do It On Stage	Self
1985	Live Aid	Self
1985	Morons from Outer Space	Graham Sweetley
1982	The Funny Side of Christmas	Trevor
1982	The Secret Policeman's Other Ball	Self - Various Roles
1974	Cambridge University 1974 Footlights Revue	Various

Directing, Writing & Producing

2005	The Secret Life of Arthur Ransome	Writer
1985	Morons from Outer Space	Writer
1982	The Funny Side of Christmas	Writer
1974	Cambridge University 1974 Footlights Revue	Writer

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