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