Acting · Cardiff, Wales, UK · Born November 16, 1953
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.
TVGriff's Great American South
2025
as Self
MovieDouglas Adams: The Man Who Imagined Our Future
2025
as Self
MovieGangsta Granny Strikes Again
2022
as Mr Parker
MovieFuture TX
2022
as Foley
TVGriff’s Canadian Adventure
2022
as Host
TVGriff's Great New Zealand Adventure
2021
TVBetween the Covers
2020
as Self
TVGriff's Great Australian Rail Trip
2020
as Self - Presenter
TVGriff's Great Kiwi Road Trip
2019
as Self
TVThe Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
2018
as Self - Guest
MovieMurder on the Blackpool Express
2017
as David Van Der Clane
TVRichard Osman's House of Games
2017
as Self - Panellist
MovieLove Somehow
2016
as Dylan Thomas
TVInsert Name Here
2016
as Self - Panelist
TVSlow Train Through Africa with Griff Rhys Jones
2015
as Himself - Presenter
TVThe Quizeum
2015
as Himself - Presenter
MovieUnder Milk Wood
2014
as Voice
TVA Great Welsh Adventure with Griff Rhys Jones
2014
as Himself
MovieMel Smith: I've Done Some Things
2013
as Self
MovieBurma, My Father and the Forgotten Army
2013
as Himself
MovieRock and Roll's Greatest Failure: Otway the Movie
2013
as Self (archive footage)
A Short History of Everything Else
2012
TVBritain's Lost Routes with Griff Rhys Jones
2012
as Presenter
MovieTales of Television Centre
2012
as Self
MovieWogan on Wodehouse
2011
as Self
TVPerspectives
2011
In Confidence
2010
MovieNot Again: Not the Nine O'Clock News
2009
as Self
TVRivers with Griff Rhys Jones
2009
as Self - Presenter
Three Men in More Than One Boat
2009
as Himself
TVGreatest Cities of the World with Griff Rhys Jones
2008
TVLosing It: Griff Rhys Jones On Anger
2008
as Himself - Presenter
Three Men In Another Boat
2008
as Himself
MovieCharles Dickens and the Invention of Christmas
2007
as Himself - Presenter
TVMountain
2007
TVWould I Lie to You?
2007
as Self
TVThe One Show
2006
as Self
The Smith & Jones Sketchbook
2006
Three Men in a Boat
2006
as Himself
TVThree Men in a Boat
2006
as Self
MovieRiot at the Rite
2005
as Astruc
MovieThe Secret Life of Arthur Ransome
2005
as Self / Presenter
TVFinal Chance to Save
2005
as Himself
TV8 Out of 10 Cats
2005
as Self
Going to Work Naked
2005
as Self - Narrator (voice)
TVAgatha Christie's Marple
2004
as Dr David Quimper
TVMine All Mine
2004
as Max Vivaldi
TVWho Do You Think You Are?
2004
as Self
MovieThe Best of Not the Nine O'Clock News Volume Two
2004
TVQI
2003
as Self
MovieThe Best of Not the Nine O'Clock News Volume One
2003
Restoration
2003
The Terry and Gaby Show
2003
TVTimeshift
2002
as Self - Not the Nine O'Clock News, 1980 (archive footage)
Taliesin Jones
2002
as Caesar
MoviePuckoon
2002
as Col. Stokes
TVFriday Night with Jonathan Ross
2001
as Self
MovieAladdin: The ITV Pantomime
2000
as Emperor
MovieJack and the Beanstalk: The ITV Pantomime
1998
as Baron Wasteland
If I Ruled the World
1998
as Himself
MovieUp 'n' Under
1998
as Ray Mason, Radio York commentator
TVParkinson
1998
as Self
TVJonathan Creek
1997
as Jeremy Sangster
TVHARDtalk
1997
TVMidsomer Murders
1997
as Ambrose Deddington
MovieThe Adventures of Pinocchio
1996
as Tino
MovieSardines
1995
as Davy Kotowski
Character Building
1995
as Narrator (voice)
MovieSmith & Jones - One Night Stand
1994
MovieStaggered
1994
as Graham
TVShooting Stars
1993
as Self
TVDemob
1993
as Ian Deasey
MovieAs You Like It
1992
as Touchstone
TVFunnybones
1992
Tales from the Poop Deck
1992
as Narrator (voice)
MovieAmnesty International's Big 30
1991
as Self
MovieEx
1991
as Patrick
TVHave I Got News for You
1990
as Self
TVRita Rudner
1990
Smith And Jones In Small Doses
1989
TVScreen One
1989
as Patrick
MovieWilt
1989
as Henry Wilt
MovieA View of Harry Clark
1989
as Harry Clark
TVWhose Line Is It Anyway?
1988
as Himself
Comic Relief
1988
as Self - Presenter
TVThe Play on One
1988
as Harry Clark
MovieJake's Journey
1988
as Innkeeper
MovieSmith and Jones: The Home-Made Xmas Video
1987
as Dad
TVPorterhouse Blue
1987
as Cornelius Carrington
The World According to Smith & Jones
1987
as Griff
Finland For Adults
1987
as Reporter
TVCasualty
1986
as Paul Fuller
MovieComedians Do It On Stage
1986
as Self
MovieLive Aid
1985
as Self
MovieMorons from Outer Space
1985
as Graham Sweetley
Weekend Playhouse
1984
as Michael
TVAlas Smith and Jones
1984
MovieThe Funny Side of Christmas
1982
as Trevor
TVThe Young Ones
1982
as Bamber 'Bambi' Gascoigne
TVWogan
1982
as Self
MovieThe Secret Policeman's Other Ball
1982
as Self - Various Roles
TVNot the Nine O'Clock News
1979
TVQuestion Time
1979
as Self - Panellist
TVAn Audience with...
1978
as Self
TVIt'll be Alright on the Night
1977
as Self - Presenter
TVThe Secret Policeman's Ball
1976
as Self
Cambridge University 1974 Footlights Revue
1974
as Various
TVOmnibus
1967
TVThe BAFTA Awards
1949
as Host
GRIFF’S SOUTHERN CHARM
as Griff
