Griff Rhys Jones
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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Acting History
2025
Griff's Great American South as Self
2025Douglas Adams: The Man Who Imagined Our Future as Self
2022Gangsta Granny Strikes Again as Mr Parker
2022Future TX as Foley
2022Griff’s Canadian Adventure as Host
2021Griff's Great New Zealand Adventure
2020Between the Covers as Self
2020Griff's Great Australian Rail Trip as Self - Presenter
2019Griff's Great Kiwi Road Trip as Self
2018The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer as Self - Guest
2017Murder on the Blackpool Express as David Van Der Clane
2016Love Somehow as Dylan Thomas
2016Insert Name Here as Self - Panelist
2015Slow Train Through Africa with Griff Rhys Jones as Himself - Presenter
2015The Quizeum as Himself - Presenter
2014Under Milk Wood as Voice
2014A Great Welsh Adventure with Griff Rhys Jones as Himself
2013Mel Smith: I've Done Some Things as Self
2013Burma, My Father and the Forgotten Army as Himself
2013Rock and Roll's Greatest Failure: Otway the Movie as Self (archive footage)
2012A Short History of Everything Else
2012Britain's Lost Routes with Griff Rhys Jones as Presenter
2012Tales of Television Centre as Self
2011Wogan on Wodehouse as Self
2011Perspectives
2009Not Again: Not the Nine O'Clock News as Self
2009Rivers with Griff Rhys Jones as Self - Presenter
2009Three Men in More Than One Boat as Himself
2008Greatest Cities of the World with Griff Rhys Jones
2008Losing It: Griff Rhys Jones On Anger as Himself - Presenter
2008Three Men In Another Boat as Himself
2007Charles Dickens and the Invention of Christmas as Himself - Presenter
2007Mountain
2007Would I Lie to You? as Self
2006The One Show as Self
2006The One Show as Self - Interviewed Guest
2006The Smith & Jones Sketchbook
2006The Best of Not The Nine O'Clock News Volume One
2006Three Men in a Boat as Himself
2006Three Men in a Boat as Self
2005Riot at the Rite as Astruc
2005The Secret Life of Arthur Ransome as Self / Presenter
2005Final Chance to Save as Himself
20058 Out of 10 Cats as Self
2005Going to Work Naked as Self - Narrator (voice)
2004Agatha Christie's Marple as Dr David Quimper
2004Mine All Mine as Max Vivaldi
2004Who Do You Think You Are? as Self
2003QI as Self
2003Restoration
2003The Terry and Gaby Show
2002Timeshift as Self - Not the Nine O'Clock News, 1980 (archive footage)
2002Taliesin Jones as Caesar
2002Puckoon as Col. Stokes
2001Friday Night with Jonathan Ross as Self
2000Aladdin: The ITV Pantomime as Emperor
1998Jack and the Beanstalk: The ITV Pantomime as Baron Wasteland
1998If I Ruled the World as Himself
1998Up 'n' Under as Ray Mason, Radio York commentator
1998Parkinson as Self
1997Jonathan Creek as Jeremy Sangster
1997Midsomer Murders as Ambrose Deddington
1996The Adventures of Pinocchio as Tino
1995Sardines as Davy Kotowski
1995Character Building as Narrator (voice)
1994Smith & Jones - One Night Stand
1994Staggered as Graham
1993Shooting Stars as Self
1993Demob as Ian Deasey
1992As You Like It as Touchstone
1992Funnybones
1992Tales from the Poop Deck as Narrator (voice)
1991Amnesty International's Big 30 as Self
1991Ex as Patrick
1990Have I Got News for You as Self
1990Rita Rudner
1989Wilt as Henry Wilt
1989A View of Harry Clark as Harry Clark
1988Whose Line Is It Anyway? as Himself
1988Comic Relief as Self - Presenter
1988Jake's Journey as Innkeeper
1987Smith and Jones: The Home-Made Xmas Video as Dad
1987Porterhouse Blue as Cornelius Carrington
1987The World According To Smith And Jones
1987Finland For Adults as Reporter
1986Casualty as Paul Fuller
1986Comedians Do It On Stage as Self
1985Live Aid as Self
1985Morons from Outer Space as Graham Sweetley
1984Alas Smith and Jones
1982The Funny Side of Christmas as Trevor
1982The Young Ones as Bamber 'Bambi' Gascoigne
1982Wogan as Self
1982The Secret Policeman's Other Ball as Self - Various Roles
1979Not the Nine O'Clock News
1979Question Time as Self - Panellist
1978An Audience with... as Self
1977It'll be Alright on the Night
1976The Secret Policeman's Ball as Self
1974Cambridge University 1974 Footlights Revue as Various
1949The BAFTA Awards as Host
—The Best of Not The Nine O'Clock News Volume Two
—GRIFF’S SOUTHERN CHARM as Griff