Actor profile

Griff Rhys Jones

16th November 1953 Cardiff, Wales, UK Acting

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.

37 Movies 56 TV Shows 113 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Douglas Adams: The Man Who Imagined Our Future poster

Douglas Adams: The Man Who Imagined Our Future 20th March 2025 as Self

Gangsta Granny Strikes Again poster

Gangsta Granny Strikes Again 16th December 2022 as Mr Parker

Future TX poster

Future TX 21st October 2022 as Foley

Murder on the Blackpool Express poster

Murder on the Blackpool Express 11th November 2017 as David Van Der Clane

Love Somehow poster

Love Somehow 11th November 2016 as Dylan Thomas

Under Milk Wood poster

Under Milk Wood 5th May 2014 as Voice

Mel Smith: I've Done Some Things poster

Mel Smith: I've Done Some Things 24th December 2013 as Self

Burma, My Father and the Forgotten Army poster

Burma, My Father and the Forgotten Army 7th July 2013 as Himself

Rock and Roll's Greatest Failure: Otway the Movie poster

Rock and Roll's Greatest Failure: Otway the Movie 30th June 2013 as Self (archive footage)

Tales of Television Centre poster

Tales of Television Centre 17th May 2012 as Self

Wogan on Wodehouse poster

Wogan on Wodehouse 2nd September 2011 as Self

Not Again: Not the Nine O'Clock News poster

Not Again: Not the Nine O'Clock News 28th December 2009 as Self

Charles Dickens and the Invention of Christmas poster

Charles Dickens and the Invention of Christmas 23rd December 2007 as Himself - Presenter

Riot at the Rite poster

Riot at the Rite 18th October 2005 as Astruc

The Secret Life of Arthur Ransome poster

The Secret Life of Arthur Ransome 17th September 2005 as Self / Presenter

The Best of Not the Nine O'Clock News Volume Two poster

The Best of Not the Nine O'Clock News Volume Two 30th August 2004

The Best of Not the Nine O'Clock News Volume One poster

The Best of Not the Nine O'Clock News Volume One 18th August 2003

Puckoon poster

Puckoon 1st January 2002 as Col. Stokes

Aladdin: The ITV Pantomime poster

Aladdin: The ITV Pantomime 25th December 2000 as Emperor

Jack and the Beanstalk: The ITV Pantomime poster

Jack and the Beanstalk: The ITV Pantomime 25th December 1998 as Baron Wasteland

Up 'n' Under poster

Up 'n' Under 23rd January 1998 as Ray Mason, Radio York commentator

The Adventures of Pinocchio poster

The Adventures of Pinocchio 26th July 1996 as Tino

Sardines poster

Sardines 24th July 1995 as Davy Kotowski

Smith & Jones - One Night Stand poster

Smith & Jones - One Night Stand 3rd October 1994

Staggered poster

Staggered 8th July 1994 as Graham

As You Like It poster

As You Like It 9th October 1992 as Touchstone

Amnesty International's Big 30 poster

Amnesty International's Big 30 28th December 1991 as Self

Ex poster

Ex 29th September 1991 as Patrick

Wilt poster

Wilt 12th May 1989 as Henry Wilt

A View of Harry Clark poster

A View of Harry Clark 21st March 1989 as Harry Clark

Jake's Journey poster

Jake's Journey 1st January 1988 as Innkeeper

Smith and Jones: The Home-Made Xmas Video poster

Smith and Jones: The Home-Made Xmas Video 23rd December 1987 as Dad

Comedians Do It On Stage poster

Comedians Do It On Stage 1st February 1986 as Self

Live Aid poster

Live Aid 13th July 1985 as Self

Morons from Outer Space poster

Morons from Outer Space 29th March 1985 as Graham Sweetley

The Funny Side of Christmas poster

The Funny Side of Christmas 27th December 1982 as Trevor

The Secret Policeman's Other Ball poster

The Secret Policeman's Other Ball 1st March 1982 as Self - Various Roles

Griff's Great American South poster

Griff's Great American South 17th July 2025 as Self

Griff's Canadian Adventure poster

Griff's Canadian Adventure 30th April 2022 as Self - Host

Griff's Great New Zealand Adventure poster

Griff's Great New Zealand Adventure 19th November 2021

Between the Covers poster

Between the Covers 9th October 2020 as Self

Griff's Great Australian Rail Trip poster

Griff's Great Australian Rail Trip 21st January 2020 as Self - Presenter

Griff's Great Kiwi Road Trip poster

Griff's Great Kiwi Road Trip 10th November 2019 as Self

The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer poster

The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer 6th March 2018 as Self - Guest

Richard Osman's House of Games poster

Richard Osman's House of Games 4th September 2017 as Self - Panellist

Insert Name Here poster

Insert Name Here 4th January 2016 as Self - Panelist

Slow Train Through Africa with Griff Rhys Jones poster

Slow Train Through Africa with Griff Rhys Jones 10th April 2015 as Himself - Presenter

The Quizeum poster

The Quizeum 25th March 2015 as Himself - Presenter

A Great Welsh Adventure with Griff Rhys Jones poster

A Great Welsh Adventure with Griff Rhys Jones 6th January 2014 as Himself

Britain's Lost Routes with Griff Rhys Jones poster

Britain's Lost Routes with Griff Rhys Jones 31st May 2012 as Presenter

Perspectives poster

Perspectives 24th April 2011

Rivers with Griff Rhys Jones poster

Rivers with Griff Rhys Jones 26th July 2009 as Self - Presenter

Greatest Cities of the World with Griff Rhys Jones poster

Greatest Cities of the World with Griff Rhys Jones 8th October 2008

Losing It: Griff Rhys Jones On Anger poster

Losing It: Griff Rhys Jones On Anger 23rd September 2008 as Himself - Presenter

Mountain poster

Mountain 29th July 2007

Would I Lie to You? poster

Would I Lie to You? 16th June 2007 as Self

The One Show poster

The One Show 14th August 2006 as Self

The One Show poster

The One Show 14th August 2006 as Self - Interviewed Guest

Three Men in a Boat poster

Three Men in a Boat 3rd January 2006 as Self

Final Chance to Save poster

Final Chance to Save 3rd September 2005 as Himself

8 Out of 10 Cats poster

8 Out of 10 Cats 3rd June 2005 as Self

Agatha Christie's Marple poster

Agatha Christie's Marple 12th December 2004 as Dr David Quimper

Mine All Mine poster

Mine All Mine 25th November 2004 as Max Vivaldi

Who Do You Think You Are? poster

Who Do You Think You Are? 12th October 2004 as Self

QI poster

QI 11th September 2003 as Self

Timeshift poster

Timeshift 10th October 2002 as Self - Not the Nine O'Clock News, 1980 (archive footage)

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross poster

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross 2nd November 2001 as Self

Parkinson poster

Parkinson 9th January 1998 as Self

Jonathan Creek poster

Jonathan Creek 9th May 1997 as Jeremy Sangster

HARDtalk poster

HARDtalk 1st April 1997

Midsomer Murders poster

Midsomer Murders 23rd March 1997 as Ambrose Deddington

TFI Friday poster

TFI Friday 9th February 1996

Shooting Stars poster

Shooting Stars 27th December 1993 as Self

Demob poster

Demob 15th October 1993 as Ian Deasey

Funnybones poster

Funnybones 29th September 1992

Have I Got News for You poster

Have I Got News for You 28th September 1990 as Self

Rita Rudner poster

Rita Rudner 18th September 1990

Screen One poster

Screen One 10th September 1989 as Patrick

Whose Line Is It Anyway? poster

Whose Line Is It Anyway? 23rd September 1988 as Himself

The Play on One poster

The Play on One 19th January 1988 as Harry Clark

Porterhouse Blue poster

Porterhouse Blue 3rd June 1987 as Cornelius Carrington

Casualty poster

Casualty 6th September 1986 as Paul Fuller

Alas Smith and Jones poster

Alas Smith and Jones 31st January 1984

The Young Ones poster

The Young Ones 9th November 1982 as Bamber 'Bambi' Gascoigne

Wogan poster

Wogan 4th May 1982 as Self

Not the Nine O'Clock News poster

Not the Nine O'Clock News 16th October 1979

Question Time poster

Question Time 25th September 1979 as Self - Panellist

An Audience with... poster

An Audience with... 8th January 1978 as Self

It'll be Alright on the Night poster

It'll be Alright on the Night 18th September 1977 as Self - Presenter

It'll be Alright on the Night poster

It'll be Alright on the Night 18th September 1977 as Self - Host

The Secret Policeman's Ball poster

The Secret Policeman's Ball 1st April 1976 as Self

Omnibus poster

Omnibus 13th October 1967

The BAFTA Awards poster

The BAFTA Awards 29th May 1949 as Host