Griff Rhys Jones

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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

Self

The Adventures of Pinocchio

Tino

The Young Ones

Bamber 'Bambi' Gascoigne

Agatha Christie's Marple

Dr David Quimper

Would I Lie to You?

Self

Casualty

Paul Fuller

Have I Got News for You

Self

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2025	Griff's Great American South TV	Self
2025	Douglas Adams: The Man Who Imagined Our Future MOVIE	Self
2022	Gangsta Granny Strikes Again MOVIE	Mr Parker
2022	Future TX MOVIE	Foley
2022	Griff’s Canadian Adventure TV	Host
2021	Griff's Great New Zealand Adventure TV	Self
2020	Between the Covers TV	Self
2020	Griff's Great Australian Rail Trip TV	Self - Presenter
2019	Griff's Great Kiwi Road Trip TV	Self
2018	The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer TV	Self - Guest
2017	Murder on the Blackpool Express MOVIE	David Van Der Clane
2017	Richard Osman's House of Games TV	Self - Panellist
2016	Love Somehow MOVIE	Dylan Thomas
2016	Insert Name Here TV	Self - Panelist
2015	Slow Train Through Africa with Griff Rhys Jones TV	Himself - Presenter
2015	The Quizeum TV	Himself - Presenter
2014	Under Milk Wood MOVIE	Voice
2014	A Great Welsh Adventure with Griff Rhys Jones TV	Himself
2013	Mel Smith: I've Done Some Things MOVIE	Self
2013	Burma, My Father and the Forgotten Army MOVIE	Himself
2013	Rock and Roll's Greatest Failure: Otway the Movie MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2012	A Short History of Everything Else TV	Self
2012	Britain's Lost Routes with Griff Rhys Jones TV	Presenter
2012	Tales of Television Centre MOVIE	Self
2011	Wogan on Wodehouse MOVIE	Self
2011	Perspectives TV	Self
2010	In Confidence TV	Self
2009	Not Again: Not the Nine O'Clock News MOVIE	Self
2009	Rivers with Griff Rhys Jones TV	Self - Presenter
2009	Three Men in More Than One Boat MOVIE	Himself
2008	Greatest Cities of the World with Griff Rhys Jones TV	Self
2008	Losing It: Griff Rhys Jones On Anger TV	Himself - Presenter
2008	Three Men In Another Boat MOVIE	Himself
2007	Charles Dickens and the Invention of Christmas MOVIE	Himself - Presenter
2007	Mountain TV	Self
2007	Would I Lie to You? TV	Self
2006	The One Show TV	Self
2006	The One Show TV	Self - Interviewed Guest
2006	The Smith & Jones Sketchbook TV	Self
2006	The Best of Not The Nine O'Clock News Volume One MOVIE	Self
2006	Three Men in a Boat MOVIE	Himself
2006	Three Men in a Boat TV	Self
2005	Riot at the Rite MOVIE	Astruc
2005	The Secret Life of Arthur Ransome MOVIE	Self / Presenter
2005	Final Chance to Save TV	Himself
2005	8 Out of 10 Cats TV	Self
2005	Going to Work Naked MOVIE	Self - Narrator (voice)
2004	Agatha Christie's Marple TV	Dr David Quimper
2004	Mine All Mine TV	Max Vivaldi
2004	Who Do You Think You Are? TV	Self
2003	QI TV	Self
2003	Restoration TV	Self
2003	The Terry and Gaby Show TV	Self
2002	Timeshift TV	Self - Not the Nine O'Clock News, 1980 (archive footage)
2002	Taliesin Jones MOVIE	Caesar
2002	Puckoon MOVIE	Col. Stokes
2001	Friday Night with Jonathan Ross TV	Self
2000	Aladdin: The ITV Pantomime MOVIE	Emperor
1998	Jack and the Beanstalk: The ITV Pantomime MOVIE	Baron Wasteland
1998	If I Ruled the World TV	Himself
1998	Up 'n' Under MOVIE	Ray Mason, Radio York commentator
1998	Parkinson TV	Self
1997	Jonathan Creek TV	Jeremy Sangster
1997	HARDtalk TV	Self
1997	Midsomer Murders TV	Ambrose Deddington
1996	The Adventures of Pinocchio MOVIE	Tino
1995	Sardines MOVIE	Davy Kotowski
1995	Character Building MOVIE	Narrator (voice)
1994	Smith & Jones - One Night Stand MOVIE	Self
1994	Staggered MOVIE	Graham
1993	Shooting Stars TV	Self
1993	Demob TV	Ian Deasey
1992	As You Like It MOVIE	Touchstone
1992	Funnybones TV	Self
1992	Tales from the Poop Deck TV	Narrator (voice)
1991	Amnesty International's Big 30 MOVIE	Self
1991	Ex MOVIE	Patrick
1990	Have I Got News for You TV	Self
1990	Rita Rudner TV	Self
1989	Wilt MOVIE	Henry Wilt
1989	A View of Harry Clark MOVIE	Harry Clark
1988	Whose Line Is It Anyway? TV	Himself
1988	Comic Relief TV	Self - Presenter
1988	Jake's Journey MOVIE	Innkeeper
1987	Smith and Jones: The Home-Made Xmas Video MOVIE	Dad
1987	Porterhouse Blue TV	Cornelius Carrington
1987	The World According To Smith And Jones TV	Self
1987	Finland For Adults MOVIE	Reporter
1986	Casualty TV	Paul Fuller
1986	Comedians Do It On Stage MOVIE	Self
1985	Live Aid MOVIE	Self
1985	Morons from Outer Space MOVIE	Graham Sweetley
1984	Alas Smith and Jones TV	Self
1982	The Funny Side of Christmas MOVIE	Trevor
1982	The Young Ones TV	Bamber 'Bambi' Gascoigne
1982	Wogan TV	Self
1982	The Secret Policeman's Other Ball MOVIE	Self - Various Roles
1979	Not the Nine O'Clock News TV	Self
1979	Question Time TV	Self - Panellist
1978	An Audience with... TV	Self
1977	It'll be Alright on the Night TV	Self - Presenter
1977	It'll be Alright on the Night TV	Self - Host
1976	The Secret Policeman's Ball TV	Self
1974	Cambridge University 1974 Footlights Revue MOVIE	Various
1949	The BAFTA Awards TV	Host
	The Best of Not The Nine O'Clock News Volume Two MOVIE	Self
	GRIFF’S SOUTHERN CHARM TV	Griff

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