Personal details
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Born
16 November 1953 (72)
Place of birth
Cardiff, Wales, UK
Also known as
Griff Rhys-Jones · Griffith 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.
Bekannt für
7.3
Series
Not the Nine O'Clock News
1979–1982
7.4
Series
Alas Smith and Jones
1984–1998
8.5
Series
Griff's Canadian Adventure
Self - Host
2022
7.2
Series
Porterhouse Blue
Cornelius Carrington
1987
8.0
Series
Mine All Mine
Max Vivaldi
2004
8.5
Series
Demob
Ian Deasey
1993
5.0
Series
Three Men in a Boat
Self
2006–
10.0
Series
The World According to Smith & Jones
Griff
1987–1988
6.3
Series
Funnybones
1992
5.7
Film
Murder on the Blackpool Express
David Van Der Clane
2017
7.0
Series
Tales from the Poop Deck
Narrator (voice)
1992
6.0
Series
Slow Train Through Africa with Griff Rhys Jones
Himself - Presenter
2015–
6.5
Series
Griff's Great American South
Self
2025–
8.3
Film
Douglas Adams: The Man Who Imagined Our Future
Self
2025
5.1
Film
Gangsta Granny Strikes Again
Mr Parker
2022
7.0
Film
Future TX
Foley
2022
6.0
Series
Britain's Lost Routes with Griff Rhys Jones
Presenter
2012–
Acting credits 17 titles
Griff's Great American South
as Self
6.5
2025–
Douglas Adams: The Man Who Imagined Our Future
as Self
8.3
2025
Griff's Canadian Adventure
as Self - Host
8.5
2022
Future TX
as Foley
7.0
2022
Gangsta Granny Strikes Again
as Mr Parker
5.1
2022
Murder on the Blackpool Express
as David Van Der Clane
5.7
2017
Slow Train Through Africa with Griff Rhys Jones
as Himself - Presenter
6.0
2015–
Britain's Lost Routes with Griff Rhys Jones
as Presenter
6.0
2012–
Three Men in a Boat
as Self
5.0
2006–
Mine All Mine
as Max Vivaldi
8.0
2004
Demob
as Ian Deasey
8.5
1993
Funnybones
6.3
1992
Tales from the Poop Deck
as Narrator (voice)
7.0
1992
The World According to Smith & Jones
as Griff
10.0
1987–1988
Porterhouse Blue
as Cornelius Carrington
7.2
1987
Alas Smith and Jones
7.4
1984–1998
Not the Nine O'Clock News
7.3
1979–1982