Griff Rhys Jones

Griff Rhys Jones

Birthday: 1953-11-16
Place of birth: Cardiff, Wales, UK
Also know as: Griff Rhys-Jones

Bio

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.

Movies with Griff Rhys Jones

Riot at the Rite

2005
As Astruc
Rock and Roll's Greatest Failure: Otway the Movie

2013
As Self (archive footage)
Morons from Outer Space

1985
As Graham Sweetley
Taliesin Jones

2002
As Caesar
Wilt

1989
As Henry Wilt
Ex

1991
As Patrick
Up 'n' Under

1998
As Ray Mason, Radio York commentator
Puckoon

2002
As Col. Stokes
Three Men in a Boat

2006
As Himself
Three Men In Another Boat

2008
As Himself
The Secret Life of Arthur Ransome

2005
As Self / Presenter
As You Like It

1992
As Touchstone
Under Milk Wood

2014
As Voice
The Adventures of Pinocchio

1996
As Tino
Not Again: Not the Nine O'Clock News

2009
As Self
Amnesty International's Big 30

1991
As Self
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball

1982
As Self - Various Roles
Future TX

2022
As Foley
Gangsta Granny Strikes Again

2022
As Mr Parker
Tales of Television Centre

2012
As Self
Charles Dickens and the Invention of Christmas

2007
As Himself - Presenter
Smith & Jones - One Night Stand

1994
As
Staggered

1994
As Graham
Three Men in More Than One Boat

2009
As Himself
Comedians Do It On Stage

1986
As Self
Jake's Journey

1988
As Innkeeper
The Best of Not The Nine O'Clock News Volume One

2006
As
A View of Harry Clark

1989
As Harry Clark
Burma, My Father and the Forgotten Army

2013
As Himself
Murder on the Blackpool Express

2017
As David Van Der Clane
Finland For Adults

1987
As Reporter
Wogan on Wodehouse

2011
As Self
Live Aid

1985
As Self
Smith and Jones: The Home-Made Xmas Video

1987
As Dad
Mel Smith: I've Done Some Things

2013
As Self
Love Somehow

2016
As Dylan Thomas
Aladdin: The ITV Pantomime

2000
As Emperor
Jack and the Beanstalk: The ITV Pantomime

1998
As Baron Wasteland
Douglas Adams: The Man Who Imagined Our Future

2025
As Self
The Best of Not The Nine O'Clock News Volume Two

0000
As
Cambridge University 1974 Footlights Revue

1974
As Various
The Funny Side of Christmas

1982
As Trevor
Character Building

1995
As Narrator (voice)
Going to Work Naked

2005
As Self - Narrator (voice)
Sardines

1995
As Davy Kotowski

TV Shows with Griff Rhys Jones

Shooting Stars

1993
As Self
Alas Smith and Jones

1984
As
The One Show

2006
As Self
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross

2001
As Self
Jonathan Creek

1997
As Jeremy Sangster
The Terry and Gaby Show

2003
As
The Secret Policeman's Ball

1976
As Self
Midsomer Murders

1997
As Ambrose Deddington
8 Out of 10 Cats

2005
As Self
Not the Nine O'Clock News

1979
As
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer

2018
As Self - Guest
The Young Ones

1982
As Bamber 'Bambi' Gascoigne
Funnybones

1992
As
The BAFTA Awards

1949
As Host
Between the Covers

2020
As Self
The World According To Smith And Jones

1987
As
It'll be Alright on the Night

1977
As
Agatha Christie's Marple

2004
As Dr David Quimper
Restoration

2003
As
Wogan

1982
As Self
Mountain

2007
As
If I Ruled the World

1998
As Himself
The Smith & Jones Sketchbook

2006
As
Rivers with Griff Rhys Jones

2009
As Self - Presenter
Greatest Cities of the World with Griff Rhys Jones

2008
As
A Short History of Everything Else

2012
As
Britain's Lost Routes with Griff Rhys Jones

2012
As Presenter
Porterhouse Blue

1987
As Cornelius Carrington
Timeshift

2002
As Self - Not the Nine O'Clock News, 1980 (archive footage)
Would I Lie to You?

2007
As Self
Who Do You Think You Are?

2004
As Self
Slow Train Through Africa with Griff Rhys Jones

2015
As Himself - Presenter
Griff's Great New Zealand Adventure

2021
As
A Great Welsh Adventure with Griff Rhys Jones

2014
As Himself
An Audience with...

1978
As Self
Demob

1993
As Ian Deasey
Casualty

1986
As Paul Fuller
Rita Rudner

1990
As
Griff’s Canadian Adventure

2022
As Host
The Quizeum

2015
As Himself - Presenter
Losing It: Griff Rhys Jones On Anger

2008
As Himself - Presenter
Insert Name Here

2016
As Self - Panelist
Comic Relief

1988
As Self - Presenter
Question Time

1979
As Self - Panellist
Griff's Great Kiwi Road Trip

2019
As Self
Final Chance to Save

2005
As Himself
Griff's Great Australian Rail Trip

2020
As Self - Presenter
Perspectives

2011
As
Whose Line Is It Anyway?

1988
As Himself
Three Men in a Boat

2006
As Self
The One Show

2006
As Self - Interviewed Guest
Parkinson

1998
As Self
Have I Got News for You

1990
As Self
GRIFF’S SOUTHERN CHARM

0000
As Griff
Griff's Great American South

2025
As Self
Mine All Mine

2004
As Max Vivaldi
QI

2003
As Self
Tales from the Poop Deck

1992
As Narrator (voice)

Production Credits

Morons from Outer Space

1985
As Writer
The Secret Life of Arthur Ransome

2005
As Writer
A Poet in New York

2014
As Executive Producer
Cambridge University 1974 Footlights Revue

1974
As Writer