Griff Rhys Jones
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
Nov 16, 1953 (72 years old)
Place of Birth
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
| 2025 | Douglas Adams: The Man Who Imagined Our FutureSelf | |
| 2025 | Griff's Great American SouthSelf | |
| 2022 | Future TXFoley | |
| 2022 | Gangsta Granny Strikes AgainMr Parker | |
| 2022 | Griff’s Canadian AdventureHost | |
| 2021 | Griff's Great New Zealand Adventure | |
| 2020 | Between the CoversSelf | |
| 2020 | Griff's Great Australian Rail TripSelf - Presenter | |
| 2019 | Griff's Great Kiwi Road TripSelf | |
| 2018 | The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To CancerSelf - Guest | |
| 2017 | Murder on the Blackpool ExpressDavid Van Der Clane | |
| 2017 | Richard Osman's House of GamesSelf - Panellist | |
| 2016 | Love SomehowDylan Thomas | |
| 2016 | Insert Name HereSelf - Panelist | |
| 2015 | Slow Train Through Africa with Griff Rhys JonesHimself - Presenter | |
| 2015 | The QuizeumHimself - Presenter | |
| 2014 | Under Milk WoodVoice | |
| 2014 | A Great Welsh Adventure with Griff Rhys JonesHimself | |
| 2013 | Rock and Roll's Greatest Failure: Otway the MovieSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2013 | Burma, My Father and the Forgotten ArmyHimself | |
| 2013 | Mel Smith: I've Done Some ThingsSelf | |
| 2012 | Tales of Television CentreSelf | |
| 2012 | A Short History of Everything Else | |
| 2012 | Britain's Lost Routes with Griff Rhys JonesPresenter | |
| 2011 | Wogan on WodehouseSelf | |
| 2011 | Perspectives | |
| 2010 | In Confidence | |
| 2009 | Not Again: Not the Nine O'Clock NewsSelf | |
| 2009 | Three Men in More Than One BoatHimself | |
| 2009 | Rivers with Griff Rhys JonesSelf - Presenter | |
| 2008 | Three Men In Another BoatHimself | |
| 2008 | Greatest Cities of the World with Griff Rhys Jones | |
| 2008 | Losing It: Griff Rhys Jones On AngerHimself - Presenter | |
| 2007 | Charles Dickens and the Invention of ChristmasHimself - Presenter | |
| 2007 | Mountain | |
| 2007 | Would I Lie to You?Self | |
| 2006 | Three Men in a BoatHimself | |
| 2006 | The Best of Not The Nine O'Clock News Volume One | |
| 2006 | The One ShowSelf | |
| 2006 | The Smith & Jones Sketchbook | |
| 2006 | Three Men in a BoatSelf | |
| 2006 | The One ShowSelf - Interviewed Guest | |
| 2005 | Riot at the RiteAstruc | |
| 2005 | The Secret Life of Arthur RansomeSelf / Presenter | |
| 2005 | Going to Work NakedSelf - Narrator (voice) | |
| 2005 | 8 Out of 10 CatsSelf | |
| 2005 | Final Chance to SaveHimself | |
| 2004 | Agatha Christie's MarpleDr David Quimper | |
| 2004 | Who Do You Think You Are?Self | |
| 2004 | Mine All MineMax Vivaldi | |
| 2003 | The Terry and Gaby Show | |
| 2003 | Restoration | |
| 2003 | QISelf | |
| 2002 | Taliesin JonesCaesar | |
| 2002 | PuckoonCol. Stokes | |
| 2002 | TimeshiftSelf - Not the Nine O'Clock News, 1980 (archive footage) | |
| 2001 | Friday Night with Jonathan RossSelf | |
| 2000 | Aladdin: The ITV PantomimeEmperor | |
| 1998 | Up 'n' UnderRay Mason, Radio York commentator | |
| 1998 | Jack and the Beanstalk: The ITV PantomimeBaron Wasteland | |
| 1998 | If I Ruled the WorldHimself | |
| 1998 | ParkinsonSelf | |
| 1997 | Jonathan CreekJeremy Sangster | |
| 1997 | Midsomer MurdersAmbrose Deddington | |
| 1997 | HARDtalk | |
| 1996 | The Adventures of PinocchioTino | |
| 1995 | Character BuildingNarrator (voice) | |
| 1995 | SardinesDavy Kotowski | |
| 1994 | Smith & Jones - One Night Stand | |
| 1994 | StaggeredGraham | |
| 1993 | Shooting StarsSelf | |
| 1993 | DemobIan Deasey | |
| 1992 | As You Like ItTouchstone | |
| 1992 | Funnybones | |
| 1992 | Tales from the Poop DeckNarrator (voice) | |
| 1991 | ExPatrick | |
| 1991 | Amnesty International's Big 30Self | |
| 1990 | Rita Rudner | |
| 1990 | Have I Got News for YouSelf | |
| 1989 | WiltHenry Wilt | |
| 1989 | A View of Harry ClarkHarry Clark | |
| 1988 | Jake's JourneyInnkeeper | |
| 1988 | Comic ReliefSelf - Presenter | |
| 1988 | Whose Line Is It Anyway?Himself | |
| 1987 | Finland For AdultsReporter | |
| 1987 | Smith and Jones: The Home-Made Xmas VideoDad | |
| 1987 | The World According To Smith And Jones | |
| 1987 | Porterhouse BlueCornelius Carrington | |
| 1986 | Comedians Do It On StageSelf | |
| 1986 | CasualtyPaul Fuller | |
| 1985 | Morons from Outer SpaceGraham Sweetley | |
| 1985 | Live AidSelf | |
| 1984 | Alas Smith and Jones | |
| 1982 | The Secret Policeman's Other BallSelf - Various Roles | |
| 1982 | The Funny Side of ChristmasTrevor | |
| 1982 | The Young OnesBamber 'Bambi' Gascoigne | |
| 1982 | WoganSelf | |
| 1979 | Not the Nine O'Clock News | |
| 1979 | Question TimeSelf - Panellist | |
| 1978 | An Audience with...Self | |
| 1977 | It'll be Alright on the NightSelf - Presenter | |
| 1977 | It'll be Alright on the NightSelf - Host | |
| 1976 | The Secret Policeman's BallSelf | |
| 1974 | Cambridge University 1974 Footlights RevueVarious | |
| 1949 | The BAFTA AwardsHost | |
| - | The Best of Not The Nine O'Clock News Volume Two | |
| - | GRIFF’S SOUTHERN CHARMGriff |
| 2014 | A Poet in New YorkExecutive Producer |
| 2012 | A Short History of Everything ElseWriter | |
| 2008 | Greatest Cities of the World with Griff Rhys JonesWriter | |
| 2005 | The Secret Life of Arthur RansomeWriter | |
| 1985 | Morons from Outer SpaceWriter | |
| 1984 | Alas Smith and JonesWriter | |
| 1982 | The Funny Side of ChristmasWriter | |
| 1979 | Not the Nine O'Clock NewsWriter | |
| 1974 | Cambridge University 1974 Footlights RevueWriter |
| 2014 | National Treasures of WalesPresenter |