Person
Griff Rhys Jones
Acting · Born 1953-11-16 · Cardiff, Wales, UK
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.
Known for
Midsomer Murders
Ambrose Deddington
Casualty
Paul Fuller
The One Show
Self
Question Time
Self - Panellist
Have I Got News for You
Self
Omnibus
1967
Agatha Christie's Marple
Dr David Quimper
Wogan
Self
QI
Self
Richard Osman's House of Games
Self - Panellist
Filmography
- 2025Griff's Great American SouthSelf
- 2025Douglas Adams: The Man Who Imagined Our FutureSelf
- 2022Gangsta Granny Strikes AgainMr Parker
- 2022Future TXFoley
- 2022Griff’s Canadian AdventureHost
- 2021Griff's Great New Zealand Adventure
- 2020Between the CoversSelf
- 2020Griff's Great Australian Rail TripSelf - Presenter
- 2019Griff's Great Kiwi Road TripSelf
- 2018The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To CancerSelf - Guest
- 2017Murder on the Blackpool ExpressDavid Van Der Clane
- 2017Richard Osman's House of GamesSelf - Panellist
- 2016Love SomehowDylan Thomas
- 2016Insert Name HereSelf - Panelist
- 2015Slow Train Through Africa with Griff Rhys JonesHimself - Presenter
- 2015The QuizeumHimself - Presenter
- 2014National Treasures of WalesPresenter
- 2014Under Milk WoodVoice
- 2014A Poet in New YorkExecutive Producer
- 2014A Great Welsh Adventure with Griff Rhys JonesHimself
- 2013Mel Smith: I've Done Some ThingsSelf
- 2013Burma, My Father and the Forgotten ArmyHimself
- 2013Rock and Roll's Greatest Failure: Otway the MovieSelf (archive footage)
- 2012A Short History of Everything Else
- 2012Britain's Lost Routes with Griff Rhys JonesPresenter
- 2012Tales of Television CentreSelf
- 2011Wogan on WodehouseSelf
- 2011Perspectives
- 2010In Confidence
- 2009Not Again: Not the Nine O'Clock NewsSelf
- 2009Rivers with Griff Rhys JonesSelf - Presenter
- 2009Three Men in More Than One BoatHimself
- 2008Greatest Cities of the World with Griff Rhys Jones
- 2008Losing It: Griff Rhys Jones On AngerHimself - Presenter
- 2008Three Men In Another BoatHimself
- 2007Charles Dickens and the Invention of ChristmasHimself - Presenter
- 2007Mountain
- 2007Would I Lie to You?Self
- 2006The One ShowSelf
- 2006The Smith & Jones Sketchbook
- 2006Three Men in a BoatHimself
- 2006Three Men in a BoatSelf
- 2005Riot at the RiteAstruc
- 2005The Secret Life of Arthur RansomeSelf / Presenter
- 2005Final Chance to SaveHimself
- 20058 Out of 10 CatsSelf
- 2005Going to Work NakedSelf - Narrator (voice)
- 2004Agatha Christie's MarpleDr David Quimper
- 2004Mine All MineMax Vivaldi
- 2004Who Do You Think You Are?Self
- 2004The Best of Not the Nine O'Clock News Volume Two
- 2003QISelf
- 2003The Best of Not the Nine O'Clock News Volume One
- 2003Restoration
- 2003The Terry and Gaby Show
- 2002TimeshiftSelf - Not the Nine O'Clock News, 1980 (archive footage)
- 2002Taliesin JonesCaesar
- 2002PuckoonCol. Stokes
- 2001Friday Night with Jonathan RossSelf
- 2000Aladdin: The ITV PantomimeEmperor
- 1998Jack and the Beanstalk: The ITV PantomimeBaron Wasteland
- 1998If I Ruled the WorldHimself
- 1998Up 'n' UnderRay Mason, Radio York commentator
- 1998ParkinsonSelf
- 1997Jonathan CreekJeremy Sangster
- 1997HARDtalk
- 1997Midsomer MurdersAmbrose Deddington
- 1996The Adventures of PinocchioTino
- 1996TFI Friday
- 1995SardinesDavy Kotowski
- 1995Character BuildingNarrator (voice)
- 1994Smith & Jones - One Night Stand
- 1994StaggeredGraham
- 1993Shooting StarsSelf
- 1993DemobIan Deasey
- 1992As You Like ItTouchstone
- 1992Funnybones
- 1992Tales from the Poop DeckNarrator (voice)
- 1991Amnesty International's Big 30Self
- 1991ExPatrick
- 1990Have I Got News for YouSelf
- 1990Rita Rudner
- 1989Smith And Jones In Small Doses
- 1989Screen OnePatrick
- 1989WiltHenry Wilt
- 1989A View of Harry ClarkHarry Clark
- 1988Whose Line Is It Anyway?Himself
- 1988Comic ReliefSelf - Presenter
- 1988The Play on OneHarry Clark
- 1988Jake's JourneyInnkeeper
- 1987Smith and Jones: The Home-Made Xmas VideoDad
- 1987Porterhouse BlueCornelius Carrington
- 1987The World According to Smith & JonesGriff
- 1987Finland For AdultsReporter
- 1986CasualtyPaul Fuller
- 1986Comedians Do It On StageSelf
- 1985Live AidSelf
- 1985Morons from Outer SpaceGraham Sweetley
- 1984Weekend PlayhouseMichael
- 1984Alas Smith and Jones
- 1982The Funny Side of ChristmasTrevor
- 1982The Young OnesBamber 'Bambi' Gascoigne
- 1982WoganSelf
- 1982The Secret Policeman's Other BallSelf - Various Roles
- 1979Not the Nine O'Clock News
- 1979Question TimeSelf - Panellist
- 1978An Audience with...Self
- 1977It'll be Alright on the NightSelf - Presenter
- 1976The Secret Policeman's BallSelf
- 1974Cambridge University 1974 Footlights RevueVarious
- 1967Omnibus
- 1949The BAFTA AwardsHost
- —GRIFF’S SOUTHERN CHARMGriff
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