Griff Rhys Jones
Known for: Acting
Born: November 16, 1953
Place of birth: Cardiff, Wales, UK
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.
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Filmography
47 movies · 67 TV shows, newest first
6.5
Griff's Great American South
2025
8.0
Douglas Adams: The Man Who Imagined Our Future
2025
5.1
Gangsta Granny Strikes Again
2022
7.0
Future TX
2022
8.5
Griff's Canadian Adventure
2022
NR
Griff's Great New Zealand Adventure
2021
5.5
Between the Covers
2020
7.0
Griff's Great Australian Rail Trip
2020
7.0
Griff's Great Kiwi Road Trip
2019
7.1
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
2018
5.7
Murder on the Blackpool Express
2017
6.1
Richard Osman's House of Games
2017
NR
Love Somehow
2016
6.8
Insert Name Here
2016
6.0
Slow Train Through Africa with Griff Rhys Jones
2015
NR
The Quizeum
2015
NR
National Treasures of Wales
2014
6.0
Under Milk Wood
2014
5.1
A Poet in New York
2014
NR
A Great Welsh Adventure with Griff Rhys Jones
2014
4.0
Mel Smith: I've Done Some Things
2013
NR
Burma, My Father and the Forgotten Army
2013
5.5
Rock and Roll's Greatest Failure: Otway the Movie
2013NR
A Short History of Everything Else
2012
6.0
Britain's Lost Routes with Griff Rhys Jones
2012
8.0
Tales of Television Centre
2012
NR
Wogan on Wodehouse
2011
NR
Perspectives
2011NR
In Confidence
2010
6.0
Not Again: Not the Nine O'Clock News
2009
NR
Rivers with Griff Rhys Jones
2009NR
Three Men in More Than One Boat
2009
NR
Greatest Cities of the World with Griff Rhys Jones
2008
NR
Losing It: Griff Rhys Jones On Anger
20084.0
Three Men In Another Boat
2008
6.0
Charles Dickens and the Invention of Christmas
2007
NR
Mountain
2007
7.8
Would I Lie to You?
2007
4.4
The One Show
2006NR
The Smith & Jones Sketchbook
20065.8
Three Men in a Boat
2006
5.0
Three Men in a Boat
2006
8.0
Riot at the Rite
2005
NR
The Secret Life of Arthur Ransome
2005
NR
Final Chance to Save
2005
7.2
8 Out of 10 Cats
2005NR
Going to Work Naked
2005
7.8
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004
8.0
Mine All Mine
2004
7.0
Who Do You Think You Are?
2004
NR
The Best of Not the Nine O'Clock News Volume Two
2004
7.9
QI
2003
6.5
The Best of Not the Nine O'Clock News Volume One
2003NR
Restoration
20037.0
The Terry and Gaby Show
2003
7.0
Timeshift
20027.0
Taliesin Jones
2002
6.3
Puckoon
2002
6.1
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
2001
9.0
Aladdin: The ITV Pantomime
2000
7.0
Jack and the Beanstalk: The ITV Pantomime
19987.5
If I Ruled the World
1998
5.2
Up 'n' Under
1998
NR
Parkinson
1998
7.6
Jonathan Creek
1997
8.7
HARDtalk
1997
7.5
Midsomer Murders
1997
5.3
The Adventures of Pinocchio
1996
7.1
TFI Friday
1996
NR
Sardines
1995NR
Character Building
1995
8.0
Smith & Jones - One Night Stand
1994
5.3
Staggered
1994
7.7
Shooting Stars
1993
8.5
Demob
1993
6.0
As You Like It
1992
6.3
Funnybones
19927.0
Tales from the Poop Deck
1992
4.0
Amnesty International's Big 30
1991
10.0
Ex
1991
7.2
Have I Got News for You
1990
NR
Rita Rudner
19908.0
Smith And Jones In Small Doses
1989
7.2
Screen One
1989
6.4
Wilt
1989
NR
A View of Harry Clark
1989
NR
Alas Sage & Onion
1988
7.7
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
19886.0
Comic Relief
1988
6.0
The Play on One
1988
7.0
Jake's Journey
1988
8.2
Smith and Jones: The Home-Made Xmas Video
1987
7.2
Porterhouse Blue
198710.0
The World According to Smith & Jones
1987
NR
Finland For Adults
1987
6.2
Casualty
1986
NR
Comedians Do It On Stage
1986
7.9
Live Aid
1985
4.9
Morons from Outer Space
1985NR
Weekend Playhouse
1984
7.3
Alas Smith and Jones
1984
NR
The Funny Side of Christmas
1982
7.9
The Young Ones
1982
5.3
Wogan
1982
6.3
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
1982
7.3
Not the Nine O'Clock News
1979
5.9
Question Time
1979
5.3
An Audience with...
1978
7.2
It’ll be Alright on the Night
1977
5.0
The Secret Policeman's Ball
1976NR
Cambridge University 1974 Footlights Revue
1974
7.2
Omnibus
1967
10.0
The BAFTA Awards
1949NR
GRIFF’S SOUTHERN CHARM
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