Griff Rhys Jones
Born in Cardiff, Wales, UK — Nov 16 1953
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Biography
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 Rhys Jones's Credits
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Midsomer Murders
Ambrose Deddington
Casualty
Paul Fuller
Agatha Christie's Marple
Dr David Quimper
Would I Lie to You?
Self
Who Do You Think You Are?
Self
Shooting Stars
Self
Timeshift
Self - Not the Nine O'Clock News, 1980 (archive footage)
Jonathan Creek
Jeremy Sangster
The Young Ones
Bamber 'Bambi' Gascoigne
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
Himself
The BAFTA Awards
Host
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
Self - Guest
Insert Name Here
Self - Panelist
Comic Relief
Self - Presenter
The Secret Policeman's Ball
Self
Perspectives
Not the Nine O'Clock News
Mine All Mine
Max Vivaldi
Rita Rudner
Live Aid
Self
Alas Smith and Jones
Wilt
Henry Wilt
Amnesty International's Big 30
Self
The Adventures of Pinocchio
Tino
Porterhouse Blue
Cornelius Carrington
Restoration
Under Milk Wood
Voice
Riot at the Rite
Astruc
Jake's Journey
Innkeeper
Demob
Ian Deasey
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
Self - Various Roles
Three Men in a Boat
Self
It'll be Alright on the Night
Self - Presenter
Taliesin Jones
Caesar
Final Chance to Save
Himself
As You Like It
Touchstone
Staggered
Graham
A Poet in New York
Production
Tales from the Poop Deck
Narrator (voice)
The Funny Side of Christmas
Trevor
Puckoon
Col. Stokes
Aladdin: The ITV Pantomime
Emperor
If I Ruled the World
Himself
A View of Harry Clark
Harry Clark
Sardines
Davy Kotowski
Tales of Television Centre
Self
Ex
Patrick
The Smith & Jones Sketchbook
Murder on the Blackpool Express
David Van Der Clane
Comedians Do It On Stage
Self
Mel Smith: I've Done Some Things
Self
Not Again: Not the Nine O'Clock News
Self
Mountain
Morons from Outer Space
Graham Sweetley
Gangsta Granny Strikes Again
Mr Parker
Future TX
Foley
Douglas Adams: The Man Who Imagined Our Future
Self
Rivers with Griff Rhys Jones
Self - Presenter
The Best of Not The Nine O'Clock News Volume One
A Short History of Everything Else
Wogan on Wodehouse
Self
Rock and Roll's Greatest Failure: Otway the Movie
Self (archive footage)
Smith and Jones: The Home-Made Xmas Video
Dad
Griff's Great Australian Rail Trip
Self - Presenter
Slow Train Through Africa with Griff Rhys Jones
Himself - Presenter
Smith & Jones - One Night Stand
Character Building
Narrator (voice)
Griff’s Canadian Adventure
Host
Jack and the Beanstalk: The ITV Pantomime
Baron Wasteland
Up 'n' Under
Ray Mason, Radio York commentator
Charles Dickens and the Invention of Christmas
Himself - Presenter
Griff's Great Kiwi Road Trip
Self
The World According To Smith And Jones
National Treasures of Wales
Crew
Finland For Adults
Reporter
Love Somehow
Dylan Thomas
The Best of Not The Nine O'Clock News Volume Two
Losing It: Griff Rhys Jones On Anger
Himself - Presenter
A Great Welsh Adventure with Griff Rhys Jones
Himself
Funnybones
Greatest Cities of the World with Griff Rhys Jones
Burma, My Father and the Forgotten Army
Himself
Cambridge University 1974 Footlights Revue
Various
Three Men In Another Boat
Himself
Three Men in a Boat
Himself
The Secret Life of Arthur Ransome
Self / Presenter
Griff's Great American South
Self
Britain's Lost Routes with Griff Rhys Jones
Presenter
Going to Work Naked
Self - Narrator (voice)
GRIFF’S SOUTHERN CHARM
Griff
Three Men in More Than One Boat
Himself
Griff's Great New Zealand Adventure