Griff Rhys Jones
Born November 16, 1953
Place of birth: Cardiff, Wales, UK
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.
Filmography
Actor (98 credits)
Movies
Douglas Adams: The Man Who Imagined Our FutureSelf
2025Future TXFoley
2022Gangsta Granny Strikes AgainMr Parker
2022Murder on the Blackpool ExpressDavid Van Der Clane
2017Love SomehowDylan Thomas
2016Under Milk WoodVoice
2014Rock and Roll's Greatest Failure: Otway the MovieSelf (archive footage)
2013Burma, My Father and the Forgotten ArmyHimself
2013Mel Smith: I've Done Some ThingsSelf
2013Tales of Television CentreSelf
2012Wogan on WodehouseSelf
2011Not Again: Not the Nine O'Clock NewsSelf
2009Three Men in More Than One BoatHimself
2009Three Men In Another BoatHimself
2008Charles Dickens and the Invention of ChristmasHimself - Presenter
2007Three Men in a BoatHimself
2006The Best of Not The Nine O'Clock News
2006Riot at the RiteAstruc
2005The Secret Life of Arthur RansomeSelf / Presenter
2005Taliesin JonesCaesar
2002PuckoonCol. Stokes
2002Aladdin: The ITV PantomimeEmperor
2000Up 'n' UnderRay Mason, Radio York commentator
1998Jack and the Beanstalk: The ITV PantomimeBaron Wasteland
1998The Adventures of PinocchioTino
1996Smith & Jones - One Night Stand
1994StaggeredGraham
1994As You Like ItTouchstone
1992ExPatrick
1991Amnesty International's Big 30Self
1991WiltHenry Wilt
1989A View of Harry ClarkHarry Clark
1989Jake's JourneyInnkeeper
1988Finland For AdultsReporter
1987Smith and Jones: The Home-Made Xmas VideoDad
1987Comedians Do It On StageSelf
1986Morons from Outer SpaceGraham Sweetley
1985Live AidSelf
1985The Secret Policeman's Other BallSelf - Various Roles
1982Tv
Griff’s Canadian AdventureHost
2022Griff's Great New Zealand Adventure
2021Between the CoversSelf
2020Griff's Great Australian Rail TripSelf - Presenter
2020Griff's Great Kiwi Road TripSelf
2019The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To CancerSelf - Guest
2018Insert Name HereSelf - Panelist
2016Slow Train Through Africa with Griff Rhys JonesHimself - Presenter
2015The QuizeumHimself - Presenter
2015A Great Welsh Adventure with Griff Rhys JonesHimself
2014A Short History of Everything Else
2012Britain's Lost Routes with Griff Rhys JonesPresenter
2012Perspectives
2011Rivers with Griff Rhys JonesSelf - Presenter
2009Greatest Cities of the World with Griff Rhys Jones
2008Losing It: Griff Rhys Jones On AngerHimself - Presenter
2008Mountain
2007Would I Lie to You?Self
2007The One ShowSelf
2006The Smith & Jones Sketchbook
2006The One ShowSelf - Guest
2006Three Men in a BoatSelf
2006The One ShowSelf - Interviewed Guest
20068 Out of 10 CatsSelf
2005Final Chance to SaveHimself
2005Mine All Mine
2004Agatha Christie's MarpleDr David Quimper
2004Who Do You Think You Are?Self
2004The Terry and Gaby Show
2003Restoration
2003TimeshiftSelf - Not the Nine O'Clock News, 1980 (archive footage)
2002Friday Night with Jonathan RossSelf
2001If I Ruled the WorldHimself
1998ParkinsonSelf
1998Jonathan CreekJeremy Sangster
1997Midsomer MurdersAmbrose Deddington
1997Shooting StarsSelf
1993DemobIan Deasey
1993Funnybones
1992Funny Bones(voice)
1992Have I Got News for YouHimself
1990Rita Rudner
1990Have I Got News for YouSelf
1990Comic Relief
1988Comic ReliefSelf - Presenter
1988Whose Line Is It Anyway?Himself
1988The World According To Smith And Jones
1987Porterhouse BlueCornelius Carrington
1987CasualtyPaul Fuller
1986Alas Smith and Jones
1984The Young OnesBamber 'Bambi' Gascoigne
1982WoganSelf
1982Not the Nine O'Clock News
1979Question TimeSelf - Panellist
1979An Audience with...Self
1978It'll be Alright on the Night
1977The Secret Policeman's BallSelf
1976The BAFTA AwardsHost
1949GRIFF’S SOUTHERN CHARMGriff
Writer (6 credits)
Producer (2 credits)
