John Rhys-Davies

Actor, Film actor

1944 –

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Who is John Rhys-Davies?

John Rhys-Davies is a Welsh actor and voice actor. He is perhaps best known for playing the dwarf Gimli in The Lord of the Rings trilogy and the charismatic Arab excavator Sallah in the Indiana Jones films. He also played Agent Michael Malone in the 1993 remake of the 1950s television series The Untouchables, Pilot Vasco Rodrigues in the mini-series Shōgun, 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.

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Born
May 5, 1944
Ammanford
Also known as
  • John Rhys-Davis
  • Jonathan Rhys-Davies
  • John Rhys Davies
  • Rhys-Davies
  • Henry John Davies
Parents
Spouses
Children
Ethnicity
  • Welsh people
Nationality
  • United Kingdom
Profession
Education
  • University of East Anglia
  • Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
  • Truro School
Lived in
  • Ammanford
  • Huntly

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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