
Griff Rhys Jones
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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
Credits

Live Aid (1985)
as Self

The Adventures of Pinocchio (1996)
as Tino
Taliesin Jones (2002)
as Caesar

Riot at the Rite (2005)
as Astruc

Amnesty International's Big 30 (1991)
as Self

Up 'n' Under (1998)
as Ray Mason, Radio York commentator

Under Milk Wood (2014)
as Voice

Wilt (1989)
as Henry Wilt

Murder on the Blackpool Express (2017)
as David Van Der Clane

Morons from Outer Space (1985)
as Graham Sweetley

As You Like It (1992)
as Touchstone

The Secret Policeman's Other Ball (1982)
as Self - Various Roles

The Funny Side of Christmas (1982)
as Trevor

Staggered (1994)
as Graham

Tales of Television Centre (2012)
as Self

Mel Smith: I've Done Some Things (2013)
as Self

Jack and the Beanstalk: The ITV Pantomime (1998)
as Baron Wasteland

Jake's Journey (1988)
as Innkeeper

Aladdin: The ITV Pantomime (2000)
as Emperor

Sardines (1995)
as Davy Kotowski

Charles Dickens and the Invention of Christmas (2007)
as Himself - Presenter

Douglas Adams: The Man Who Imagined Our Future (2025)
as Self

Ex (1991)
as Patrick

Wogan on Wodehouse (2011)
as Self

Gangsta Granny Strikes Again (2022)
as Mr Parker

Puckoon (2002)
as Col. Stokes
Character Building (1995)
as Narrator (voice)

Comedians Do It On Stage (1986)
as Self

Not Again: Not the Nine O'Clock News (2009)
as Self

Rock and Roll's Greatest Failure: Otway the Movie (2013)
as Self (archive footage)
Three Men in a Boat (2006)
as Himself

The Best of Not the Nine O'Clock News Volume One (2003)
Actor

Future TX (2022)
as Foley

A View of Harry Clark (1989)
as Harry Clark
Three Men In Another Boat (2008)
as Himself

The Secret Life of Arthur Ransome (2005)
as Self / Presenter

Smith and Jones: The Home-Made Xmas Video (1987)
as Dad

Burma, My Father and the Forgotten Army (2013)
as Himself

Smith & Jones - One Night Stand (1994)
Actor

The Best of Not the Nine O'Clock News Volume Two (2004)
Actor
Cambridge University 1974 Footlights Revue (1974)
as Various
Finland For Adults (1987)
as Reporter

Love Somehow (2016)
as Dylan Thomas
Going to Work Naked (2005)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Three Men in More Than One Boat (2009)
as Himself




