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.

Filmography

• 2026Bone Keeper — Professor Harisson
• 2026Starbright — Raphael
• 2025Amazing Grace: The Untold Story — Old John Newton
• 2025I AM ISRAEL: The Mountain of the King — Narrator
• 2025Machine Heart — Narrator
• 2024The Gates — Frederick Ladbroke
• 2023Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom — Brine King (voice)
• 2023Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny — Sallah
• 2022Kingslayer — Guillaume Maréchal
• 2021Bad Cupid — Archie
• 2020G-Loc — Henry
• 2020Grizzly II: Revenge — Bouchard
• 2020I Am Patrick: The Patron Saint of Ireland — Old Patrick
• 2020Moments in Spacetime — Mason
• 2020Shadowtown — Einar
• 2020Tainted — Vladimir
• 2020Valley of the Gods — Dr. Hermann
• Wizards: Tales of Arcadia — Galahad / Old Galahad (voice)
• 2019Mosley — Warnie (voice)
• 2019Santa Fake — Jow
• 2019The Pilgrim's Progress — Evangelist (voice)
• 2018Aquaman — Brine King (voice)
• 2018Aux — Jack
• 2018Fragments of Truth — Narrator (voice)
• 2018Silent Night: A Song for the World — Douglas Haig
• 2017I AM ISRAEL — Narrator
• 2016Camera Store — Pinky Steuben
• 2016The Apostle Peter: Redemption — Peter
• 2016The Blue Mauritius — Hanson
• The Shannara Chronicles — Eventine
• 2016Winter Thaw — Martin Avdeitch
• 2015Beyond the Mask — Charles Kemp
• Documentary Now! — Garth Davies-Gruffudd
• 2015Golden Shoes — Burt
• Harvey Beaks — Elder Bug (voice)
• 2015Killing Jesus — Annas
• 2015Many Beautiful Things — John Ruskin (voice)
• The Adventures of Puss in Boots — Goodsword (voice)
• 2015The Watchmaker's Apprentice — Narrator
• 2014Apocalypse Pompeii — Colonel Carlos Dillard
• 2014Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet — Yousef (voice)
• 2014Saul: The Journey to Damascus — Caiphas
• 2014Time Lapse — Mr. Bezzeredes
• 2014Under Milk Wood — Voice
• 2013100 Degrees Below Zero — Ralph Dillard
• 2013Concrete Blondes — Kostas Jakobatos
• Die schlechtesten Filme aller Zeiten — Bouchard (archive footage)
• 2013Prisoners of the Sun — Professor Hayden Masterton
• Rick and Morty — BugAnne's Father (voice)
• 2013Scooby-Doo! Adventures: The Mystery Map — Gnarlybeard (voice)
• 2013Smokin' — Doctor
• 2012Escape — Malcom Andrews
• Metal Hurlant Chronicles — L'alchimiste
• 2012Missing Christmas — Narrator / Santa (voice)
• 2011Ferocious Planet — Senator Jackson Crenshaw
• 2011KJB: The Book That Changed the World — Himeself (Narrator), Writer
• Once Upon a Time — Grand Pabbie (voice)
• 2011Return to the Hiding Place — Eusi
• 2011Treasure Hunters
• Fish Hooks — Magic Apple (voice)
• 2010Medium Raw — Elliot Carbon
• 2010Three Wise Women — Green
• 2010Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes — Dr. Watson (voice)
• 200931 North 62 East — John Hammond
• 2009Anacondas: Trail of Blood — Peter "J.D." Murdoch
• Krod Mandoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire
• 2009Reclaiming the Blade — Narrator (voice)
• 2008Anaconda 3: Offspring — Peter "J.D." Murdoch
• 2008Fire and Ice: The Dragon Chronicles — Sangimel
• 2008Kiss Me Deadly — Yale Ericson
• Legend of the Seeker — Horace
• 2008The Search for the Ark of the Covenant — Narrator
• 2007In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale — Merick
• 2007The Ferryman — The Greek
• 2007The Legend of Sasquatch — Ranger Steve
• 2006One Night with the King — Mordecai
• Psych — Curator
• 2006Shark Bait — Thorton (voice)
• 2005Chupacabra Terror — Captain Randolph
• Revelations — Professor Lampley
• 2005Shadows in the Sun — Mr. Andrew Benton
• 2005The Game of Their Lives — Bill Jeffrey
• 2005The King Maker — Phillippe
• 2005The Lost Angel — Father Kevin
• 200412 Days of Terror — Captain
• 2004Catching Kringle — Santa
• 2004Dragon Storm — King Fastrad
• 2004Stars of the Pharaohs — Narrator
• Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!
• The Lady Musketeer — Porthos
• 2004The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement — Viscount Mabrey
• 2004The Privileged Planet — Narrator
• 2004Vlad — Narrator
• 2003Coronado — Presidente Hugo Luis Ramos
• Helen of Troy — King Priam of Troy
• 2003Justice League: Paradise Lost — Lord Hades (voice)
• 2003Never Say Never Mind
• 2003The Jungle Book 2 — Ranjan's Father (voice)
• 2003The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King — Gimli
• 2003The Making of 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea — Narrator (voice)
• 2003The Making of Shōgun
• 2003The Medallion — Cmdr. Hammerstock-Smythe
• 2003The Search for the Real Mt. Sinai — Narrator
• 2002Endangered Species — Police Lt. Wyznowski
• Fillmore!
• 2002Sabretooth — Anthony Bricklin
• 2002Scorcher — Dr. Matthew Sallin
• 2002The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers — Gimli / Treebeard (voice)
• 2001Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring — Narrator (voice)
• Disney's House of Mouse — Oberon (voice)
• Justice League — Lord Hades (voice)
• 2001The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring — Gimli
• The Zeta Project — Edgar Mandragora (voice)
• 2000Britannic — Captain Barrett
• 2000Delta Force One: The Lost Patrol — Ivan
• 2000Sinbad: Beyond the Veil of Mists — King Akron
• 2000Star Trek: Voyager - Scorpion — Leonardo da Vinci
• 2000The Gold Cross — Rodrigues
• The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne
• 1999Au Pair — Nigel Kent
• Mickey Mouse Works — Oberon (voice)
• 1999Secret of the Andes — Father Claver
• SpongeBob SquarePants — Man Ray (voice)
• 1997Cats Don't Dance — Woolie Mammoth (voice)
• 1997The Protector — Rasheed
• You Wish — Mustafa
• 1996Aladdin and the King of Thieves — Cassim (voice)
• Arli$$ — Davey Owen Jones
• 1996Bloodsport III — Jacques Duvalier
• 1996Boo to You Too! Winnie the Pooh — Narrator (voice)
• Bruno the Kid
• 1996Catherine the Great — Pugachev
• 1996Echo of Blue
• 1996Marquis de Sade — Inspector Marais
• Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm — Asgarth (voice)
• 1996The Great White Hype — Johnny Windsor
• Freakazoid! — Professor Beasthead (voice)
• 1995Glory Daze — Luther
• Pinky and the Brain
• Sliders — Maximillian Arturo, Story
• Star Trek: Voyager — Leonardo da Vinci
• 1994A Flintstones Christmas Carol — Charles Brickens (voice)
• A Mind to Kill
• Aaahh!!! Real Monsters — Head Judge / Zifdo (voice)
• 1994Blood of the Innocent — Shmuda
• Duckman — The Sultan of Dendron (voice)
• Fantastic Four — Thor (voice)
• Gargoyles — Macbeth/Demona's Second (voice), Findlaech (voice), Macbeth (voice), Arthur Morwood-Smyth (voice)
• 1994Robot in the Family — Eli Taki / Rashmud / Sashri
• 1994The High Crusade — Bruder Parvus
• Animaniacs — Tympannini (voice)
• 1993Cyborg Cop — Kessel
• Peak Practice — Mike King
• 1993South Beach
• 1993Sunset Grill — Stockton
• 1993The Magic Paintbrush — Zagal (voice)
• 1993The Seventh Coin — Captain Galil
• The Untouchables — Michael Malone
• Batman: The Animated Series — 'Baron' Waclaw Jozek (voice)
• 1992Canvas — Nick
• 1992Perry Mason: The Case of the Fatal Framing — Phillip Graff
• 1992Return to the Lost World — Professor George Challenger
• Ring of the Musketeers — Maruice Treville
• 1992The Double 0 Kid — Rudi Von Kseenbaum
• 1992The Lost World — Challanger
• 1992The Making of Aladdin: A Whole New World — Host
• 1992The Unnamable II: The Statement of Randolph Carter — Professor Warren
• Archaeology — Host
• 1991Before the Storm — Flynn
• I Misteri Della Giungla Nera — O'Connor
• 1991Journey of Honor — El Zaidan
• The Legend of Prince Valiant
• 1991The Strauss Dynasty — Gribov
• The Strauss Dynasty — Gribov
• 1991Under Cover — Flynn
• Under Cover — Flynn
• 1990Secret Weapon — Mossad Chief
• 1989Desperado: Badlands Justice — Richard Marriott
• Great Expectations — Joe Gargery
• 1989Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade — Sallah
• 1989Rising Storm — Donwaldo
• Tales from the Crypt — Duval
• 1989The Gifted One — Carl Boardman
• 1989The Trial of the Incredible Hulk — Wilson Fisk
• 1988Goddess of Love — Zeus
• 1988Higher Ground
• Noble House — Quillan Gornt
• 1988Tusks — Roger Singh, Writer
• War and Remembrance — Sammy Mutterperl
• 1988Waxwork — Werewolf
• 1988Young Toscanini — Rossi
• 1987Perry Mason: The Case of the Murdered Madam — Edward Tremaine
• 1987The Little Match Girl — Chief Murphy
• 1987The Living Daylights — General Leonid Pushkin
• 1986Firewalker — Corky Taylor
• 1986In the Shadow of Kilimanjaro — Chris Tucker
• 1985King Solomon's Mines — Dogati
• 1984Best Revenge — Mustapha
• 1984Kim — Babu
• Murder, She Wrote — Harry Waverly, Lancaster, Harry Mordecai
• 1984Nairobi Affair — Simon
• 1984No Man's Land — Grimshaw
• Robin of Sherwood — King Richard
• 1984Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight — Baron Fortinbras
• Reilly: Ace of Spies — Tanyatos
• Sadat — Gamal Abdel Nasser
• 1983Sahara — Rasoul
• Scarecrow and Mrs. King
• 1982Ivanhoe — Front de Boeuf
• 1982Victor/Victoria — André Cassell
• Peter and Paul — Silas
• 1981Raiders of the Lost Ark — Sallah
• 1981Sphinx — Stephanos Markoulis
• 1981The Island of Adventure — Smith
• 1980A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square — Solicitor
• 1980Fox — Warleigh
• 1980Shogun — Vasco Rodrigues
• Shōgun — Vasco Rodrigues
• 1980The Merchant of Venice — Salerio
• 1979Henry VIII — Capucius, Ambassador from Emperor Charles V
• 1979The Danedyke Mystery — Armchair
• Enemy at the Door — George Trenett
• 1978Fearless Frank
• Hazell — Graves
• The BBC Television Shakespeare — Salerio
• 1978The Nativity — Nestor
• 1990
• BBC2 Play of the Week — Guy de Maupassant
• CHiPs — Nakura (as John Rhys Davies)
• Target — Hecht
• Beasts — Peter Newell
• 1976Beasts: During Barty's Party — Peter Newell
• I, Claudius — Macro
• Quiller — Leindorf
• 1975The Naked Civil Servant — Barndoor
• The Sweeney — Ron Brett
• Fall of Eagles — Zinoviev
• Zodiac — Aikman
• 1973Penny Gold — Rugby Player
• Warship
• New Scotland Yard — DS Hill
• 1972The Incredible Robert Baldick: Never Come Night — Caleb Selling
• Budgie — Laughing Spam Fritter
• The Guardians — First Guardian
• Z-Cars
• Dixon of Dock Green — Dunlop
• DragonMan: The Adventures of Luke Starr — Jarred Starr
• Ellston Bay — Father
• Heart of Aldoria — Theron
• Nameless — Barnaby
• Seniors
• Solomon Quinn
• The Sword of Thyrus — King Athol
• The Way of the Wind — Uriah the Chief Elder

Appearances as themselves (27)

• 2023The Making of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny — Self
• 2023Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones and Harrison Ford — Self
• 2021Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age — Self - Actor (archive footage)
• Josh Gates Tonight — Self
• Reunited Apart — Self
• 2015Raiders!: The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made — Self
• 2014Let The Season In — Self / Narrator
• Face Off — Self - Guest Judge
• 2006The Making of 'The Fellowship of the Ring' — Self
• 2006The Making of 'The Return of the King' — Self
• 2006The Making of 'The Two Towers' — Self
• 2005Collectormania 7 — Self
• 2005Prophecies of the Passion — Self
• 2005Ringers: Lord of the Fans — Self
• 2004A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King' — Self
• 2003Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King — Self / Narrator
• 2003Indiana Jones: Making the Trilogy — self
• 2003J.R.R. Tolkien: Origins of Middle-Earth — Self
• 2002The Fellowship of the Ring: Cameras in Middle-earth — Self
• 2002The Fellowship of the Ring: Designing and Building Middle-earth + Weta Workshop + Costume Design — Self
• 2002The Fellowship of the Ring: From Book to Script — Self
• 2002The Fellowship of the Ring: Scale — Self
• 2002The Fellowship of the Ring: The Fellowship of the Cast — Self
• 2001Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings' — Self
• 2001Quest for the Ring — Self
• 1981The Making of 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' — Self
• Question Time — Self - Panellist