Acting
Griff Rhys Jones
Born 16 November 1953 in Cardiff, Wales, UK
110 credits
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.
Known for
Acting 96
- TBAGRIFF’S SOUTHERN CHARMSeriesGriff
- 2025Douglas Adams: The Man Who Imagined Our FutureFilmSelf
- 2025Griff's Great American SouthSeriesSelf
- 2022Griff's Canadian AdventureSeriesSelf - Host
- 2022Gangsta Granny Strikes AgainFilmMr Parker
- 2022Future TXFilmFoley
- 2021Griff's Great New Zealand AdventureSeries
- 2020Griff's Great Australian Rail TripSeriesSelf - Presenter
- 2019Griff's Great Kiwi Road TripSeriesSelf
- 2017Murder on the Blackpool ExpressFilmDavid Van Der Clane
- 2016Love SomehowFilmDylan Thomas
- 2015Slow Train Through Africa with Griff Rhys JonesSeriesHimself - Presenter
- 2015The QuizeumSeriesHimself - Presenter
- 2014Under Milk WoodFilmVoice
- 2014A Great Welsh Adventure with Griff Rhys JonesSeriesHimself
- 2013Mel Smith: I've Done Some ThingsFilmSelf
- 2013Rock and Roll's Greatest Failure: Otway the MovieFilmSelf (archive footage)
- 2013Burma, My Father and the Forgotten ArmyFilmHimself
- 2012Tales of Television CentreFilmSelf
- 2012Britain's Lost Routes with Griff Rhys JonesSeriesPresenter
- 2012A Short History of Everything ElseSeries
- 2011PerspectivesSeries
- 2011Wogan on WodehouseFilmSelf
- 2010In ConfidenceSeries
- 2009Not Again: Not the Nine O'Clock NewsFilmSelf
- 2009Three Men in More Than One BoatFilmHimself
- 2009Rivers with Griff Rhys JonesSeriesSelf - Presenter
- 2008Three Men In Another BoatFilmHimself
- 2008Graham Linehan: Funny BusinessFilm
- 2008Losing It: Griff Rhys Jones On AngerSeriesHimself - Presenter
- 2008Greatest Cities of the World with Griff Rhys JonesSeries
- 2007Would I Lie to You?SeriesSelf
- 2007Charles Dickens and the Invention of ChristmasFilmHimself - Presenter
- 2007MountainSeries
- 2006Three Men in a BoatSeriesSelf
- 2006Three Men in a BoatFilmHimself
- 2006The Smith & Jones SketchbookSeries
- 2005Riot at the RiteFilmAstruc
- 2005Final Chance to SaveSeriesHimself
- 2005The Secret Life of Arthur RansomeFilmSelf / Presenter
- 2005Going to Work NakedFilmSelf - Narrator (voice)
- 2004Agatha Christie's MarpleSeriesDr David Quimper
- 2004Who Do You Think You Are?SeriesSelf
- 2004Mine All MineSeriesMax Vivaldi
- 2004The Best of Not the Nine O'Clock News Volume TwoFilm
- 2003The Best of Not the Nine O'Clock News Volume OneFilm
- 2003RestorationSeries
- 2002TimeshiftSeriesSelf - Not the Nine O'Clock News, 1980 (archive footage)
- 2002Taliesin JonesFilmCaesar
- 2002PuckoonFilmCol. Stokes
- 2000Aladdin: The ITV PantomimeFilmEmperor
- 1998Up 'n' UnderFilmRay Mason, Radio York commentator
- 1998If I Ruled the WorldSeriesHimself
- 1998Jack and the Beanstalk: The ITV PantomimeFilmBaron Wasteland
- 1997Midsomer MurdersSeriesAmbrose Deddington
- 1997Jonathan CreekSeriesJeremy Sangster
- 1996The Adventures of PinocchioFilmTino
- 1996TFI FridaySeries
- 1995Character BuildingFilmNarrator (voice)
- 1995SardinesFilmDavy Kotowski
- 1994StaggeredFilmGraham
- 1994Smith & Jones - One Night StandFilm
- 1993Shooting StarsSeriesSelf
- 1993DemobSeriesIan Deasey
- 1992FunnybonesSeries
- 1992As You Like ItFilmTouchstone
- 1992Tales from the Poop DeckSeriesNarrator (voice)
- 1991Amnesty International's Big 30FilmSelf
- 1991ExFilmPatrick
- 1990Rita RudnerSeries
- 1989Screen OneSeriesPatrick
- 1989WiltFilmHenry Wilt
- 1989Smith And Jones In Small DosesSeries
- 1989A View of Harry ClarkFilmHarry Clark
- 1988Whose Line Is It Anyway?SeriesHimself
- 1988The Play on OneSeriesHarry Clark
- 1988Comic ReliefSeriesSelf - Presenter
- 1988Jake's JourneyFilmInnkeeper
- 1988Alas Sage & OnionFilmVarious
- 1987Porterhouse BlueSeriesCornelius Carrington
- 1987Smith and Jones: The Home-Made Xmas VideoFilmDad
- 1987The World According to Smith & JonesSeriesGriff
- 1987Finland For AdultsFilmJeremy Jones
- 1986Comedians Do It On StageFilmSelf
- 1985Live AidFilmSelf
- 1985Morons from Outer SpaceFilmGraham Sweetley
- 1984Alas Smith and JonesSeries
- 1984Weekend PlayhouseSeriesMichael
- 1982The Young OnesSeriesBamber 'Bambi' Gascoigne
- 1982The Secret Policeman's Other BallFilmSelf - Various Roles
- 1982The Funny Side of ChristmasFilmTrevor
- 1979Not the Nine O'Clock NewsSeries
- 1977It’ll be Alright on the NightSeriesSelf - Host, Self - Presenter
- 1976The Secret Policeman's BallSeriesSelf
- 1974Cambridge University 1974 Footlights RevueFilmVarious
- 1967OmnibusSeries
Writing 8
- 2012A Short History of Everything ElseSeriesWriter
- 2008Greatest Cities of the World with Griff Rhys JonesSeriesWriter
- 2005The Secret Life of Arthur RansomeFilmWriter
- 1985Morons from Outer SpaceFilmWriter
- 1984Alas Smith and JonesSeriesWriter
- 1982The Funny Side of ChristmasFilmWriter
- 1979Not the Nine O'Clock NewsSeriesWriter
- 1974Cambridge University 1974 Footlights RevueFilmWriter
Created 4
Production 1
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Filmography from TMDB.