Griff Rhys Jones
0.3Acting

Griff Rhys Jones

Nov 16, 1953 - 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.

Credits

Cast

Media
Movie2005Riot at the RiteAstruc
Movie2013Rock and Roll's Greatest Failure: Otway the MovieSelf (archive footage)
Movie1985Morons from Outer SpaceGraham Sweetley
Movie2002Taliesin JonesCaesar
Movie1989WiltHenry Wilt
Movie1991ExPatrick
Movie1998Up 'n' UnderRay Mason, Radio York commentator
Movie2002PuckoonCol. Stokes
Movie2006Three Men in a BoatHimself
Movie2008Three Men In Another BoatHimself
Movie2005The Secret Life of Arthur RansomeSelf / Presenter
Movie1992As You Like ItTouchstone
Movie2014Under Milk WoodVoice
Movie1996The Adventures of PinocchioTino
Movie2009Not Again: Not the Nine O'Clock NewsSelf
Movie1991Amnesty International's Big 30Self
Movie1982The Secret Policeman's Other BallSelf - Various Roles
Movie2022Future TXFoley
Movie2022Gangsta Granny Strikes AgainMr Parker
Movie2012Tales of Television CentreSelf
Movie2007Charles Dickens and the Invention of ChristmasHimself - Presenter
Movie1994Smith & Jones - One Night Stand
Movie1994StaggeredGraham
Movie2009Three Men in More Than One BoatHimself
Movie1986Comedians Do It On StageSelf
Movie1988Jake's JourneyInnkeeper
Movie2006The Best of Not The Nine O'Clock News Volume One
Movie1989A View of Harry ClarkHarry Clark
Movie2013Burma, My Father and the Forgotten ArmyHimself
Movie2017Murder on the Blackpool ExpressDavid Van Der Clane
Movie1987Finland For AdultsReporter
Movie2011Wogan on WodehouseSelf
Movie1985Live AidSelf
Movie1987Smith and Jones: The Home-Made Xmas VideoDad
Movie2013Mel Smith: I've Done Some ThingsSelf
Movie2016Love SomehowDylan Thomas
Movie1998Jack and the Beanstalk: The ITV PantomimeBaron Wasteland
Movie2000Aladdin: The ITV PantomimeEmperor
Movie2025Douglas Adams: The Man Who Imagined Our FutureSelf
MovieN/AThe Best of Not The Nine O'Clock News Volume Two
MovieN/ACambridge University 1974 Footlights RevueVarious
TV Show1993Shooting StarsSelf1
TV Show1984Alas Smith and Jones62
TV Show2006The One ShowSelf1
TV Show2001Friday Night with Jonathan RossSelf1
TV Show1997Jonathan CreekJeremy Sangster1
TV Show2003The Terry and Gaby Show1
TV Show1976The Secret Policeman's BallSelf15
TV Show1997Midsomer MurdersAmbrose Deddington1
TV Show20058 Out of 10 CatsSelf2
TV Show1979Not the Nine O'Clock News27
TV Show2018The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To CancerSelf - Guest1
TV Show2004Mine All Mine5
TV Show1982The Young OnesBamber 'Bambi' Gascoigne1
TV Show1992Funnybones12
TV Show1949The BAFTA AwardsHost1
TV Show2020Between the CoversSelf1
TV Show1987The World According To Smith And Jones12
TV Show1977It'll be Alright on the Night61
TV Show2004Agatha Christie's MarpleDr David Quimper1
TV Show2003Restoration21
TV Show2007Mountain5
TV Show1982WoganSelf1
TV Show1998If I Ruled the WorldHimself1
TV Show2006The Smith & Jones Sketchbook6
TV Show2009Rivers with Griff Rhys JonesSelf - Presenter5
TV Show2008Greatest Cities of the World with Griff Rhys Jones6
TV Show2012A Short History of Everything Else6
TV Show2012Britain's Lost Routes with Griff Rhys JonesPresenter4
TV Show1987Porterhouse BlueCornelius Carrington4
TV Show2002TimeshiftSelf - Not the Nine O'Clock News, 1980 (archive footage)1
TV Show2007Would I Lie to You?Self1
TV Show2004Who Do You Think You Are?Self1
TV Show2015Slow Train Through Africa with Griff Rhys JonesHimself - Presenter5
TV Show2006The One ShowSelf - Guest1
TV Show2021Griff's Great New Zealand Adventure4
TV Show2014A Great Welsh Adventure with Griff Rhys JonesHimself8
TV Show1978An Audience with...Self1
TV Show1990Have I Got News for YouHimself2
TV Show1993DemobIan Deasey6
TV Show1986CasualtyPaul Fuller1
TV Show1990Rita Rudner1
TV Show2022Griff’s Canadian AdventureHost6
TV Show2015The QuizeumHimself - Presenter16
TV Show2008Losing It: Griff Rhys Jones On AngerHimself - Presenter2
TV Show2016Insert Name HereSelf - Panelist1
TV Show1988Comic ReliefSelf - Presenter2
TV Show1979Question TimeSelf - Panellist2
TV Show2019Griff's Great Kiwi Road TripSelf4
TV Show2005Final Chance to SaveHimself1
TV Show1992Funny Bones(voice)12
TV Show2020Griff's Great Australian Rail TripSelf - Presenter6
TV Show2011Perspectives1
TV Show1988Whose Line Is It Anyway?Himself2
TV Show2006Three Men in a BoatSelf14
TV Show2006The One ShowSelf - Interviewed Guest1
TV Show1998ParkinsonSelf1
TV Show1990Have I Got News for YouSelf2
TV ShowN/AGRIFF’S SOUTHERN CHARMGriff1
TV Show2025Griff's Great American SouthSelf6

Crew

Media
Movie1985Morons from Outer SpaceWriterWriting
Movie2005The Secret Life of Arthur RansomeWriterWriting
Movie2014A Poet in New YorkExecutive ProducerProduction
MovieN/ACambridge University 1974 Footlights RevueWriterWriting
TV Show1984Alas Smith and JonesWriterWriting
TV Show1979Not the Nine O'Clock NewsWriterWriting
TV Show2012A Short History of Everything ElseWriterWriting
TV Show2008Greatest Cities of the World with Griff Rhys JonesWriterWriting
TV Show2014National Treasures of WalesPresenterCrew
TV Show1984Alas Smith and JonesCreatorCreator
TV Show2007MountainCreatorCreator
TV Show2006The Smith & Jones SketchbookCreatorCreator