Griff Rhys Jones
Known for: 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.
Filmography
Series
Midsomer Murders
Ambrose Deddington
1997
Series
Casualty
Paul Fuller
1986
Series
Have I Got News for You
Self
1990
Series
Wogan
Self
1982
Series
QI
Self
2003
Series
Agatha Christie's Marple
Dr David Quimper
2004
Series
The One Show
Self
2006
Series
The One Show
Self - Interviewed Guest
2006
Series
Parkinson
Self
1998
Series
Omnibus
1967
Series
Question Time
Self - Panellist
1979
Series
Would I Lie to You?
Self
2007
Series
Who Do You Think You Are?
Self
2004
Series
8 Out of 10 Cats
Self
2005
Series
Shooting Stars
Self
1993
Series
The BAFTA Awards
Host
1949
Series
TFI Friday
1996
Series
Richard Osman's House of Games
Self - Panellist
2017
Series
An Audience with...
Self
1978
Series
Jonathan Creek
Jeremy Sangster
1997
Series
Timeshift
Self - Not the Nine O'Clock News, 1980 (archive footage)
2002
Series
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
Self - Guest
2018
Series
The Young Ones
Bamber 'Bambi' Gascoigne
1982
Series
HARDtalk
1997
Series
Screen One
Patrick
1989
Series
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
Himself
1988
Series
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Self
2001
Series
The Play on One
Harry Clark
1988
The Terry and Gaby Show
2003
Series
It'll be Alright on the Night
Self - Presenter
1977
Series
It'll be Alright on the Night
Self - Host
1977
Restoration
2003
Series
Not the Nine O'Clock News
1979
Series
Between the Covers
Self
2020
Series
Alas Smith and Jones
1984
Series
The Secret Policeman's Ball
Self
1976
Series
Perspectives
2011
Series
Insert Name Here
Self - Panelist
2016
Comic Relief
Self - Presenter
1988
Series
Slow Train Through Africa with Griff Rhys Jones
Himself - Presenter
2015
Film
The Adventures of Pinocchio
Tino
1996
Film
Live Aid
Self
1985
The World According to Smith & Jones
Griff
1987
Weekend Playhouse
Michael
1984
In Confidence
2010
Series
Demob
Ian Deasey
1993
Series
Three Men in a Boat
Self
2006
Film
Amnesty International's Big 30
Self
1991
Series
Porterhouse Blue
Cornelius Carrington
1987
Series
Final Chance to Save
Himself
2005
Series
Griff's Canadian Adventure
Self - Host
2022
Series
Rita Rudner
1990
Series
Funnybones
1992
Film
Under Milk Wood
Voice
2014
Series
Griff's Great Australian Rail Trip
Self - Presenter
2020
Series
Mine All Mine
Max Vivaldi
2004
Film
Murder on the Blackpool Express
David Van Der Clane
2017
Film
Wilt
Henry Wilt
1989
Series
Losing It: Griff Rhys Jones On Anger
Himself - Presenter
2008
Series
The Quizeum
Himself - Presenter
2015
If I Ruled the World
Himself
1998
Film
Morons from Outer Space
Graham Sweetley
1985
Film
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
Self - Various Roles
1982
Film
The Funny Side of Christmas
Trevor
1982
Series
Rivers with Griff Rhys Jones
Self - Presenter
2009
Series
Griff's Great Kiwi Road Trip
Self
2019
Tales from the Poop Deck
Narrator (voice)
1992
Series
Griff's Great American South
Self
2025
Film
Staggered
Graham
1994
Film
As You Like It
Touchstone
1992
Film
Jack and the Beanstalk: The ITV Pantomime
Baron Wasteland
1998
Series
Mountain
2007
Film
Not Again: Not the Nine O'Clock News
Self
2009
Film
Jake's Journey
Innkeeper
1988
Film
Aladdin: The ITV Pantomime
Emperor
2000
A Short History of Everything Else
2012
Film
Rock and Roll's Greatest Failure: Otway the Movie
Self (archive footage)
2013
Film
Gangsta Granny Strikes Again
Mr Parker
2022
Taliesin Jones
Caesar
2002
Film
Tales of Television Centre
Self
2012
Finland For Adults
Reporter
1987
Film
Puckoon
Col. Stokes
2002
The Smith & Jones Sketchbook
2006
Film
Mel Smith: I've Done Some Things
Self
2013
Smith And Jones In Small Doses
1989
Film
Up 'n' Under
Ray Mason, Radio York commentator
1998
Film
Charles Dickens and the Invention of Christmas
Himself - Presenter
2007
Series
Greatest Cities of the World with Griff Rhys Jones
2008
Series
A Great Welsh Adventure with Griff Rhys Jones
Himself
2014
Going to Work Naked
Self - Narrator (voice)
2005
Film
Sardines
Davy Kotowski
1995
Film
Riot at the Rite
Astruc
2005
Character Building
Narrator (voice)
1995
Series
Griff's Great New Zealand Adventure
2021
Film
Comedians Do It On Stage
Self
1986
Film
Ex
Patrick
1991
Series
Britain's Lost Routes with Griff Rhys Jones
Presenter
2012
Film
Future TX
Foley
2022
Film
A View of Harry Clark
Harry Clark
1989
GRIFF’S SOUTHERN CHARM
Griff
Three Men In Another Boat
Himself
2008
Film
Douglas Adams: The Man Who Imagined Our Future
Self
2025
Film
Smith and Jones: The Home-Made Xmas Video
Dad
1987
Film
The Best of Not the Nine O'Clock News Volume Two
2004
Three Men in a Boat
Himself
2006
Film
Love Somehow
Dylan Thomas
2016
Film
Wogan on Wodehouse
Self
2011
Film
The Best of Not the Nine O'Clock News Volume One
2003
Three Men in More Than One Boat
Himself
2009
Film
Smith & Jones - One Night Stand
1994
Cambridge University 1974 Footlights Revue
Various
1974
Film
The Secret Life of Arthur Ransome
Self / Presenter
2005
Film
Burma, My Father and the Forgotten Army
Himself
2013