Acting
Griff Rhys Jones
Acting · Born 1953-11-16 · Cardiff, Wales, UK
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.
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Griff's Great American South
2025 · Self
FilmDouglas Adams: The Man Who Imagined Our Future
2025 · Self
FilmGangsta Granny Strikes Again
2022 · Mr Parker
FilmFuture TX
2022 · Foley
Griff's Canadian Adventure
2022 · Self - Host
Griff's Great New Zealand Adventure
2021
Between the Covers
2020 · Self
Griff's Great Australian Rail Trip
2020 · Self - Presenter
Griff's Great Kiwi Road Trip
2019 · Self
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
2018 · Self - Guest
FilmMurder on the Blackpool Express
2017 · David Van Der Clane
Richard Osman's House of Games
2017 · Self - Panellist
Insert Name Here
2016 · Self - Panelist
Slow Train Through Africa with Griff Rhys Jones
2015 · Himself - Presenter
The Quizeum
2015 · Himself - Presenter
National Treasures of Wales
2014 · Presenter
FilmUnder Milk Wood
2014 · Voice
FilmA Poet in New York
2014 · Executive Producer
A Great Welsh Adventure with Griff Rhys Jones
2014 · Himself
FilmMel Smith: I've Done Some Things
2013 · Self
FilmRock and Roll's Greatest Failure: Otway the Movie
2013 · Self (archive footage)
A Short History of Everything Else
A Short History of Everything Else
2012 · Writer
Britain's Lost Routes with Griff Rhys Jones
2012 · Presenter
FilmTales of Television Centre
2012 · Self
Perspectives
2011
In Confidence
In Confidence
2010
FilmNot Again: Not the Nine O'Clock News
2009 · Self
Rivers with Griff Rhys Jones
2009 · Self - Presenter
Greatest Cities of the World with Griff Rhys Jones
2008 · Writer
Losing It: Griff Rhys Jones On Anger
2008 · Himself - Presenter
Three Men In Another Boat
FilmThree Men In Another Boat
2008 · Himself
FilmCharles Dickens and the Invention of Christmas
2007 · Himself - Presenter
Mountain
2007 · Creator
Would I Lie to You?
2007 · Self
The One Show
2006 · Self
The Smith & Jones Sketchbook
The Smith & Jones Sketchbook
2006 · Creator
Three Men in a Boat
FilmThree Men in a Boat
2006 · Himself
Three Men in a Boat
2006 · Self
FilmRiot at the Rite
2005 · Astruc
Final Chance to Save
2005 · Himself
8 Out of 10 Cats
2005 · Self
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004 · Dr David Quimper
Mine All Mine
2004 · Max Vivaldi
Who Do You Think You Are?
2004 · Self
QI
2003 · Self
FilmThe Best of Not the Nine O'Clock News Volume One
2003
Restoration
Restoration
2003
The Terry and Gaby Show
The Terry and Gaby Show
2003
Timeshift
2002 · Self - Not the Nine O'Clock News, 1980 (archive footage)
Taliesin Jones
FilmTaliesin Jones
2002 · Caesar
FilmPuckoon
2002 · Col. Stokes
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
2001 · Self
FilmAladdin: The ITV Pantomime
2000 · Emperor
FilmJack and the Beanstalk: The ITV Pantomime
1998 · Baron Wasteland
If I Ruled the World
If I Ruled the World
1998 · Himself
FilmUp 'n' Under
1998 · Ray Mason, Radio York commentator
Parkinson
1998 · Self
Jonathan Creek
1997 · Jeremy Sangster
HARDtalk
1997
Midsomer Murders
1997 · Ambrose Deddington
FilmThe Adventures of Pinocchio
1996 · Tino
TFI Friday
1996
FilmSmith & Jones - One Night Stand
1994
FilmStaggered
1994 · Graham
Shooting Stars
1993 · Self
Demob
1993 · Ian Deasey
FilmAs You Like It
1992 · Touchstone
Funnybones
1992
Tales from the Poop Deck
Tales from the Poop Deck
1992 · Narrator (voice)
FilmAmnesty International's Big 30
1991 · Self
FilmEx
1991 · Patrick
Have I Got News for You
1990 · Self
Rita Rudner
1990
Smith And Jones In Small Doses
Smith And Jones In Small Doses
1989
Screen One
1989 · Patrick
FilmWilt
1989 · Henry Wilt
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
1988 · Himself
Comic Relief
Comic Relief
1988 · Self - Presenter
The Play on One
1988 · Harry Clark
FilmJake's Journey
1988 · Innkeeper
FilmSmith and Jones: The Home-Made Xmas Video
1987 · Dad
Porterhouse Blue
1987 · Cornelius Carrington
The World According to Smith & Jones
The World According to Smith & Jones
1987 · Griff
Casualty
1986 · Paul Fuller
FilmLive Aid
1985 · Self
FilmMorons from Outer Space
1985 · Graham Sweetley
Weekend Playhouse
Weekend Playhouse
1984 · Michael
Alas Smith and Jones
1984 · Writer
The Young Ones
1982 · Bamber 'Bambi' Gascoigne
Wogan
1982 · Self
FilmThe Secret Policeman's Other Ball
1982 · Self - Various Roles
Not the Nine O'Clock News
1979 · Writer
Question Time
1979 · Self - Panellist
An Audience with...
1978 · Self
It’ll be Alright on the Night
1977 · Self - Presenter
The Secret Policeman's Ball
1976 · Self
Omnibus
1967
The BAFTA Awards
1949 · Host
GRIFF’S SOUTHERN CHARM
GRIFF’S SOUTHERN CHARM
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