Actor
John Rhys-Davies
82 years · Ammanford, Wales, UK · 195 films
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.
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Best known for
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2001 · Gimli
On TNT
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2003 · Gimli
On TNT
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2002 · Gimli / Treebeard (voice)
On TNT
Aquaman
2018 · Brine King (voice)
On HBO Max
Raiders of the Lost Ark
1981 · Sallah
On fuboTV
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
1989 · Sallah
On fuboTV
Filmography 189
Bone Keeper
2026 · Professor Harisson
Starbright
2026 · Raphael
Amazing Grace: The Untold Story
2025 · Old John Newton
On Hoopla
Machine Heart
2025 · Narrator
I AM ISRAEL: The Mountain of the King
2025 · Narrator
The Gates
2024 · Frederick Ladbroke
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
2023 · Brine King (voice)
On HBO Max
Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones and Harrison Ford
2023 · Self
On Disney Plus
The Making of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
2023 · Self
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
2023 · Sallah
Kingslayer
2022 · Guillaume Maréchal
On Plex
Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age
2021 · Self - Actor (archive footage)
Bad Cupid
2021 · Archie
On Plex
Moments in Spacetime
2020 · Mason
Valley of the Gods
2020 · Dr. Hermann
On Plex
G-Loc
2020 · Henry
On Plex
Tainted
2020 · Vladimir
I Am Patrick: The Patron Saint of Ireland
2020 · Old Patrick
Shadowtown
2020 · Einar
On Runtime
Grizzly II: Revenge
2020 · Bouchard
On Plex
Mosley
2019 · Warnie (voice)
Santa Fake
2019 · Jow
The Pilgrim's Progress
2019 · Evangelist (voice)
Silent Night: A Song for the World
2018 · Douglas Haig
On Plex