John Rhys-Davies Explained

John Rhys-Davies
Birth Date:1944 5, df=yes
Birth Place:Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
Alma Mater:University of East Anglia
Occupation:Actor
Years Active:1964–present
Partner:Lisa Manning (2004–present)
Children:3
Signature:JohnRhysDavies.png

John Rhys-Davies (born 5 May 1944) is a Welsh actor known for portraying Sallah in the Indiana Jones franchise and Gimli in The Lord of the Rings trilogy. He has received three Screen Actors Guild Award nominations, with one win, and a Primetime Emmy Award nomination.

Rhys-Davies is also known for his performances in the films Victor/Victoria (1982), The Living Daylights (1987), (2004), Aquaman (2018) and its sequel Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (2023). He is also known for his extensive voice work including Aladdin and the King of Thieves (1996), The Jungle Book 2 (2003), Gargoyles (1995–1996), and SpongeBob SquarePants (2000–2002).

He also gained acclaim for his television roles as Macro in I, Claudius (1976), Vasco Rodrigues in Shōgun (1980), and Michael Malone in The Untouchables (1993). From 1995 to 1997, he portrayed Professor Maximillian Arturo in Sliders.

Early life

John Rhys-Davies was born in Salisbury on 5 May 1944,[1] the son of Welsh parents. His mother, Phyllis Jones, was a nurse, while his father, Rhys Davies, was a mechanical engineer and colonial officer.[2]

Due to his father's work as a colonial police officer, he was raised in Tanganyika (today part of Tanzania) before his family moved to the Welsh town of Ammanford.[1] While in Tanganyika, his family lived in places such as Dar es Salaam, Kongwa, Moshi, and Mwanza. He was educated at independent Truro School in Cornwall and then at the University of East Anglia, where he was one of the first 105 students admitted and became a co-founder of its drama club. After a stint teaching at a secondary school in Watton, Norfolk, he won a place at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London.

Career

Rhys-Davies appeared sporadically on UK television in the early 1970s, including his role as the gangster "Laughing Spam Fritter" opposite Adam Faith in Budgie. Later he played Praetorian officer Naevius Sutorius Macro in I, Claudius. He then began to appear more frequently, and not just in the UK, with roles as a Portuguese navigator Rodrigues in the 1980 television miniseries Shogun, based on the novel by James Clavell.

In 1989, he played Marvel Comics character Kingpin in The Trial of the Incredible Hulk.[3] Rhys-Davies also starred in another Clavell adaption, Noble House, set in Hong Kong, in which he plays Ian Dunross' corporate enemy, Quillan Gornt.[4] He has since appeared in numerous television shows and miniseries, including Agent Michael Malone in the 1993 remake of the 1950s television series The Untouchables[5] as well as a leading role in the television series Sliders as Professor Maximillian Arturo from 1995 to 1997.[6]

He also appeared in Reilly, Ace of Spies in 1983, made several appearances in as a holodeck version of Leonardo da Vinci,[7] starred as an ally of James Bond in The Living Daylights, and appeared in the film One Night with the King. Davies has played the character Porthos in two separate projects; a two-part episode of The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne, and the Hallmark Channel film La Femme Musketeer. He appears in the full motion video cut scenes of computer games including Ripper (as Vigo Haman) (1996), Dune 2000 (as Noree Moneo) (1998), and the Wing Commander series (as James Taggart, doubling as the voice of Thrakhath nar Kiranka in the third game of the series).

In 2004, he narrated The Privileged Planet, a documentary that makes the case for intelligent design.[8] He also provided narration in the MTV series Wildboyz around this time. In 2013, he appeared in the family history programme Coming Home, in which he discovered information about his grandfather's life in the Carmarthenshire coal mines.[9]

In 2014, he joined the cast of the television show Metal Hurlant Chronicles to play Holgarth, an immortal alchemist.[10]

In 2015, he had a role in the single-player campaign of the PC game Star Citizen alongside Mark Hamill and Gary Oldman.[11] The work consisted of full body motion capture, including facial expressions and his voice; it was recorded primarily at the Imaginarium studios in the UK.[12]

Indiana Jones movies

Rhys-Davies played Sallah in the 1981 film Raiders of the Lost Ark.[13] He reprised the role of Sallah in two subsequent Indiana Jones films.[14]

The Lord of the Rings movies

Rhys-Davies appeared as the dwarf Gimli in The Lord of the Rings trilogy. The cinematography of the films was aided in that Rhys-Davies is tall – 6inchesft1inchesin (ftin), compared to the actors playing hobbits at around 5inchesft6inchesin (ftin).[15] Therefore, although his character was supposed to be short, he was properly in proportion compared to the hobbit actors. Had he been of more similar height, shots of the entire fellowship would have required three camera passes rather than two.[16]

Rhys-Davies is the only one of the nine Fellowship of the Ring actors who did not receive a tattoo of the word "nine" written in the Tengwar script; his stunt double, Brett Beattie, was offered the tattoo instead as Rhys-Davies was disinclined to get one himself and Beattie had spent so much time as his double that he almost received co-credit.[17]

Rhys-Davies suffered severe reactions to the prosthetics used during filming, and his eyes sometimes swelled shut. When asked whether he would consider returning to the role for the film version of The Hobbit, he said, "I have already completely ruled it out. There's a sentimental part of me that would love to be involved again. Really I am not sure my face can take that sort of punishment any more." He added that this time around "[t]hey've got a different set of problems... because you've got 13 dwarves, a whole band of them... You're trying to represent a whole race... You're trying to do for dwarves what The Lord of the Rings did for hobbits."[18] He offered help as a dwarf advisor in 2011, but ruled out returning as Gimli in The Hobbit because of the punishing makeup required.[19]

Voice work

In addition to voicing the Ent Treebeard in Lord of the Rings, Rhys-Davies has lent his distinctive voice to many video games and animated television series, including the role of Hades in Justice League, the original voice of Man Ray in SpongeBob SquarePants (until both roles were recast with Bob Joles), and numerous times in Gargoyles (1994–1996), as the character Macbeth. He also lent his vocal talents to the games Freelancer (as Richard Winston Tobias) and Lords of Everquest (both in 2003) and the game , which was released with his narration on a CD-ROM version in 1995. He also had a voice role on as the character Jherek, and narrated a documentary called The Glory of Macedonia. Next Generation magazine gave its Dune 2000 review 'an automatic one-star deduction for featuring John "Multimedia Whore" Rhys-Davies in the FMV.'[20]

John Rhys-Davies' voice can be heard on the 2009 documentary Reclaiming The Blade.[21] In the narration, Rhys-Davies explores swords, historical European swordsmanship and fight choreography on film, a topic very familiar to him from his experiences in The Lord of the Rings trilogy, where his character wielded an axe in many scenes.

In 2004, he was the unknowing subject of an internet prank that spread false rumours in several mainstream media sources that he was scheduled to play the role of General Grievous in Star Wars Episode III.[22]

Rhys-Davies is the narrator of The Truth & Life Dramatized audio New Testament Bible, a 22-hour, celebrity-voiced, fully dramatised audiobook version of the New Testament which uses the Revised Standard Version-Catholic Edition translation. In 2011, he presented KJB: The Book That Changed The World, which features him reading diverse snippets from the King James Version.

John Rhys-Davies’ voice work also includes voice-over work with Breathe Bible.[23]

In 2016, he provided spoken words for Voices of Fire, the sixth album by a cappella power metal band van Canto.[24]

A resident of the Isle of Man since 1988, John Rhys-Davies provides the introductory voice-over to the Island's Castle Rushen, one of the best-preserved medieval fortresses in the British Isles. In 2018, he lent his voice to the Isle of Man's tourism commercial.

Rhys-Davies voice was recorded for some of the callouts in the 1993 Williams SuperPin Indiana Jones: The Pinball Adventure.[25]

In the 2023 video game , he reprises the role of Gimli and narrates the opening scene.[26] [27] [28]

Personal life

Relationships

Rhys-Davies married Suzanne Wilkinson in December 1966, and they had two sons together. Although they legally separated in 1985, they remained married until her death from Alzheimer's disease in 2010. They remained friends, and he took care of her in her final years.[29]

In 2004, Rhys-Davies began dating Lisa Manning. They have a daughter together, and split their time between homes in the New Zealand region of Waikato[30] and on the Isle of Man.[31]

Religious views

When it comes to religion, he holds Christianity in high regard and has stated that "Christian civilisation has made the world a better place than it ever was."

In February 2020, Rhys-Davies stated, "All the things that we value, the right of free speech, the right of the individual conscience, these evolved in first and second century Roman Christendom, where the individual Christian said, 'I have a right to believe, what I believe and not what the Emperor tells me.' From that our whole idea of democracy and the equality that we have has developed. We owe Christianity the greatest debt of thanks that a generation can ever have, and to slight it and to dismiss it as being irrelevant is the detritus of rather ill-read minds, I think."[32] [33]

Political views

Rhys-Davies is not a member of any political party. He was a radical leftist as a university student in the 1960s, but changed his views when he went to heckle Margaret Thatcher, who he said "shot down the first two hecklers in such brilliant fashion that [he] decided [he] ought for once to shut up and listen".

In 2004, Rhys-Davies said in an interview with World magazine: "There is a demographic catastrophe happening in Europe that nobody wants to talk about, that we daren't bring up because we are so cagey about not offending people racially. And rightly we should be. But there is a cultural thing as well. By 2020, 50% of the children in Holland under the age of 18 will be of Muslim descent."[34] In an interview with the conservative journal National Review, he said that he is opposed to Islamic extremism because he believes that it violates the Western values of equality, democracy, tolerance, and the abolition of slavery.[35]

Rhys-Davies was vocal in his support for Brexit.

Filmography

Film

YearFilmRoleNotes
1973Penny GoldRugby Player
1974data-sort-value="Black Windmill, The" The Black WindmillFake Military PolicemanUncredited
1975data-sort-value="Naked Civil Servant, The" The Naked Civil ServantBarndoor
1979data-sort-value="Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square, A" A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley SquareSolicitor
1981Raiders of the Lost ArkSallah
1982Best RevengeMustapha
Victor/Victoria Andre Cassell
data-sort-value="Island of Adventure, The" The Island of AdventureSmith
1983Sahara Rasoul
Sadat Gamal Abdel Nasser
1984Sword of the ValiantBaron Fortinbras
KimBabu
1985King Solomon's MinesDogati
1986Firewalker"Corky" Taylor
1987data-sort-value="Living Daylights, The" The Living Daylights General Leonid Pushkin
1988Waxwork Werewolf
1989Indiana Jones and the Last CrusadeSallah
Rising StormDonwaldo
1992data-sort-value="Double 0 Kid, The" The Double 0 Kid Rudi Von Keseenbaum
data-sort-value="Lost World, The" The Lost World Professor Challenger
Return to the Lost World Professor Challenger
1993Sunset Grill Stockton
Cyborg Cop Kessel
data-sort-value="Seventh Coin, The" The Seventh Coin Captain Galil
data-sort-value="Unnamable II: The Statement of Randolph Carter, The" Professor Warren
1994data-sort-value="High Crusade, The" The High Crusade Bruder Parvus
Robot in the Family Eli Taki / Rashmud / Sashri
Blood of the InnocentCaptain Shmuda
1996data-sort-value="Great White Hype, The" The Great White HypeJohnny Windsor
Glory Daze Luther
Aladdin and the King of Thieves CassimVoice, direct-to-video[36]
Marquis de Sade Inspector Marais
1997Cats Don't DanceWoolie the MammothVoice
Bloodsport IIIJacques Duvalier
data-sort-value="Protector, The" The ProtectorRasheed
1999Secret of the Andes Father Claver
2000King Akron, Baraka Voice
Delta Force One: The Lost PatrolIvan
2001 Hakim
data-sort-value="Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The" Gimli, Gloin
2002Sabretooth Anthony Bricklin
Endangered Species Lieutenant Wyznowski
Scorcher Matthew Sallin
data-sort-value="Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The" Gimli, Treebeard
2003data-sort-value="Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The"
Coronado President Hugo Luis Ramos
data-sort-value="Jungle Book 2, The" The Jungle Book 2 Ranjan's FatherVoice
data-sort-value="Medallion, The" The MedallionCommander Hammerstock-Smythe
200412 Days of TerrorCaptain
data-sort-value="Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement, The" Viscount Mabrey
La Femme Musketeer Porthos
data-sort-value="Lost Angel, The" The Lost Angel Father Kevin
data-sort-value="Privileged Planet, The" The Privileged Planet The NarratorVoice
2005data-sort-value="Game of Their Lives, The" The Game of Their LivesBill Jeffrey
Chupacabra TerrorCaptain Randolph
data-sort-value="King Maker, The" The King MakerPhillippe
2006Shark BaitThortonVoice, English dub
One Night with the KingMordecai
data-sort-value="Legend of Sasquatch, The" The Legend of Sasquatch Ranger SteveVoice
2007Merick
data-sort-value="Ferryman, The" The Ferryman The Greek
Catching KringleSantaVoice
2009Reclaiming the BladeThe Narrator
31 North 62 East John Hammond
2010Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes Voice, direct-to-video
2011Self / Presenter
Sophie and ShebaAlistair Winston
Treasure HuntersNathan Pickett
Ferocious PlanetSenator Jackson Crenshaw
2012EscapeMalcolm Andrews
2013100 Degrees Below ZeroRalph Dillard
Pirate Gnarlybeard Voice, direct-to-video
Prisoners of the Sun Professor Hayden Masterton
2014Apocalypse PompeiiColonel Carlo Dillard
Caiphas
data-sort-value="Prophet, The" The ProphetYousefVoice
Time Lapse[37] Mr. Bezzerides
2015Beyond the Mask[38] Charles Kemp
2016data-sort-value="Apostle Peter: Redemption, The" The Apostle Peter: RedemptionSaint Peter
2017Camera Store"Pinky" Steuben
2018ShemiraMyer
AquamanBrine KingVoice
2019data-sort-value="Pilgrim's Progress, The" The Pilgrim's ProgressEvangelist
Valley of the GodsDr. Herrmann
Santa FakeJoe O'Brian
MosleyWarnieVoice
2020Karl BouchardReleased as "The Concert"; filmed in 1983
TaintedVladimir
Shadowtown Einar
I Am Patrick: The Patron Saint of Ireland Old PatrickDocumentary
G-Loc Henry
Moments in SpacetimeMason
Silent Night: A Song for the WorldGeneral Haig
2021Prick'dArchie
2022KingslayerWilliam Marshal
2023Indiana Jones and the Dial of DestinySallah
Aquaman and the Lost KingdomBrine King Voice
Little Brown BirdDadShort Film

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1974ZodiacAikmanEpisode: "Death of a Crab"
1974Fall of EaglesGrigory ZinovievEpisode: "The Secret War"
1975data-sort-value="Sweeney, The" The SweeneyRon BrettEpisode: "Poppy"
1976I, ClaudiusNaevius Sutorius Macro2 episodes
WarshipCPO Cook MantellEpisode: "Heart of Oak"
19771990Ivor GriffithEpisode: "Health Farm"
Just WilliamAuthority Episode: "William and the Wonderful Present"
1978Z Cars Terry Larkin Episode: "Fat Freddie B.A."
data-sort-value="Nativity, The" The NativityNestor Television film
1979–1980BBC Television ShakespeareEustace Chapuys / Salerio2 episodes
1979data-sort-value="Danedyke Mystery, The" The Danedyke MysteryArmchair6 episodes
1980ShōgunVasco RodriguesMiniseries
1981Peter and PaulTelevision film
1982CHiPsNakura Episode: "Force Seven"
Ivanhoe Front-de-BoeufTelevision film
data-sort-value="Quest, The" The QuestSir EdwardTV series (9 episodes, 4 unaired)
1983Reilly, Ace of Spies TanyatosEpisode: "An Affair with a Married Woman"
1984Robin of SherwoodKing RichardEpisode: "The King's Fool"[39]
Scarecrow and Mrs. KingLord BromfieldEpisode: "Affair at Bromfield Hall"
1987Marjorie and the Preacher Man[40] SeymourTelevision drama
data-sort-value="Little Match Girl, The" The Little Match GirlPolice Chief MurphyTelevision film
Perry Mason Edward TremayneEpisode: "The Case of the Murdered Madam"
1988–1994Murder, She WroteHarry Mordecai
Harry Waverly
Lancaster
3 episodes
1988Noble HouseQuillan GorntMiniseries
War and RemembranceSammy Mutterperl
Goddess of LoveZeusTelevision film
1989data-sort-value="Trial of the Incredible Hulk, The" The Trial of the Incredible Hulk Wilson Fisk/Kingpin
Great Expectations Joe GargeryMiniseries
1991 data-sort-value="Mystery of the Black Jungle, The" The Mystery of the Black JungleO'Connor
Tales from the CryptDuvalEpisode: "Dead Wait"
data-sort-value="Strauss Dynasty, The" The Strauss DynastyGribovMiniseries
1992 Waclaw Jozek / BaronVoice, episode: "The Cape and Cowl Conspiracy"
Perry Mason Phillip GraffEpisode: "The Case of the Fatal Framing"
Archaeology: Voyages of the VikingsThe NarratorDocumentary series (TLC)
Ring of the MusketeersMaurice TrevilleTelevision film
data-sort-value="Making of Aladdin: A Whole New World, The" The Making of Aladdin: A Whole New WorldHostDocumentary
1992–1993data-sort-value="Legend of Prince Valiant, The" The Legend of Prince Valiant King Hugo / King DonovanVoice, 8 episodes
1993–1994data-sort-value="Untouchables, The" The UntouchablesAgent Malone15 episodes
1993AnimaniacsTympanniniVoice, episode: "Piano Rag"
1994data-sort-value="Flintstones Christmas Carol, A" A Flintstones Christmas CarolCharles BrickensVoice, television special
1995–1996GargoylesMacbeth, Arthur Morwood-Smythe, FindleachVoice, 13 episodes
1995–1997SlidersProfessor Maximillian Arturo40 episodes
1995Fantastic Four ThorVoice, 2 episodes
Archaeology: Florida's Lost EmpireHostDocumentary series (TLC)
1996data-sort-value="Incredible Hulk, The" The Incredible HulkThorVoice, episode: "Mortal Bounds"
Boo to You Too! Winnie the PoohThe NarratorVoice, television special
AsgarthEpisode: "Overthrown"
1997Freakazoid!Professor BeastheadVoice, episode: "Tomb of Invisibo"
You Wish"Madman" Mustapha3 episodes
Leonardo da Vinci2 episodes
1999Au PairNigel KentTelevision film
2000Britannic
2002Justice LeagueHadesVoice, episode: "Paradise Lost"
data-sort-value="Zeta Project, The" The Zeta ProjectEdgar MandragoraVoice, episode: "Ro's Gift"
2000–2002SpongeBob SquarePantsMan RayVoice
2002Fillmore!LennyVoice, episode: "Ingrid Third, Public Enemy #1"
2003Helen of TroyKing PriamMiniseries
2004Dragon StormKing FastradTelevision film
2005Revelations (Omnium Finis Imminet)Professor Jonah LampleyMiniseries
2006Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!Captain ProteusVoice, episode: "Demon of the Deep"
2008 MurdochTelevision film
Fire & Ice: The Dragon Chronicles Sangimel
Kiss Me DeadlyYale Ericson
2009Dark Days in Monkey CityThe Narrator4 episodes
MurdochTelevision film
Kröd Mändoon and the Flaming Sword of FireGrimshank3 episodes
2010 Legend of the SeekerHoraceEpisode: "Vengeance"
Three Wise WomenArchangel GreenTelevision film
Elliot Carbon
2012PsychMuseum CuratorEpisode: "Indiana Shawn and the Temple of the Kinda Crappy, Rusty Old Dagger"
Missing ChristmasThe Narrator / Santa ClausVoice, television special
2014Let The Season InThe NarratorMormon Tabernacle Choir Christmas Concert Special (filmed in 2013)
Once Upon a TimeGrand PabbieVoice, 3 episodes
2015Killing JesusAnnasTelevision film
data-sort-value="Adventures of Puss in Boots, The" The Adventures of Puss in BootsGoodswordVoice, episode: "Sword"
2015–2016TripTankVarious Voices7 episodes
2016data-sort-value="Shannara Chronicles, The" The Shannara ChroniclesEventine Elessedil7 episodes
Winter ThawMartin AvdeitchTelevision film
data-sort-value="Lion Guard, The" The Lion GuardKing SokweVoice, episode: "The Lost Gorillas"
2018data-sort-value="Dickens Christmas" A Dickens ChristmasThe NarratorMormon Tabernacle Choir Christmas Concert Special
2019Fresh EggsCutter Anderson[41] 6 episodes
2020GalahadVoice, 7 episodes
2022Documentary Now!Garth Davies-GruffuddEpisode: "How They Threw Rocks"

Video games

YearTitleRoleNotes
1994NarratorVoice actor
Prince Thrakhath
1996James Taggart
RipperVigo HamanActor
1998Dune 2000Noree Moneo
2001Forgotten Realms: Baldur's Gate – Dark AllianceJherekVoice actor
2002data-sort-value="Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The" The Lord of the Rings: The Two TowersTreebeard
2003data-sort-value="Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The" The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the KingGimli / Treebeard
Freelancer Richard Winston Tobias
2004data-sort-value="Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth, The" Gimli / Treebeard (archive audio)archive audio
2006data-sort-value="Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II, The"
2009RisenDon EstebanVoice actor
2012LEGO The Lord of the RingsGimli archive audio
2015LEGO Dimensions
2023GimliVoice actor

Awards and nominations

YearAssociationCategoryProjectResult
1980 Shōgun
2001
Phoenix Film Critics Society Award Best Cast
2002
Phoenix Film Critics Society Award Best Cast
2003
Phoenix Film Critics Society Award Best Cast

Audio work

Audiobooks

Podcasts

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hollywood actor John Rhys-Davies: 'I'm very proud of being a Welshman' . 23 November 2013 . Wales Online . 12 August 2015.
  2. Web site: John Rhys-Davis . Ntz.info. 27 May 2009.
  3. https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/tv/a34282/daredevil-incredible-hulk-1989-movie/ "Revisiting the Awesomely Cheesy 1989 Hulk TV Movie Featuring Daredevil"
  4. https://www.nytimes.com/1988/02/20/arts/tv-noble-house-four-part-mini-series.html "TV: 'Noble House,' Four-Part Mini-Series"
  5. "Untouchable Tom" by Eirik Knutzen, Toronto Star (24 July 1993) [SA2 Edition] Retrieved from
  6. "Sliders is back after six months in limbo" by Ray Chatelin, The Province (29 Feb, 1996) [Final Edition] Retrieved from
  7. https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1997-05-08-9705080365-story.html "John Rhys-Davies Slides Into `Voyager' Guest Spot"
  8. Web site: The Privileged Planet: John Rhys-Davies, Lad Allen: Movies & TV. Amazon.com. 29 September 2010 . 30 June 2014.
  9. Web site: BBC One – Coming Home, Series 8, John Rhys-Davies. 5 January 2014.
  10. Web site: Exclu: de nouvelles photos de la saison 2 de "Metal Hurlant" [PHOTOS]]. AlloCiné. 18 September 2013 . 2 December 2015.
  11. Web site: Star Citizen features Gary Oldman, Gillian Anderson, Mark Hamill . PC Gamer . 10 October 2015 . 30 November 2015. Sykes . Tom .
  12. Web site: Video Shows How Star Citizen intends to Use Motion Capture . Load the Game . 30 November 2015 . Kieran . Mackintosh.
  13. https://ottawacitizen.com/entertainment/local-arts/john-rhys-davis-on-his-fondness-for-gimli-and-his-fans "John Rhys-Davis on his fondness for Gimli, and his fans"
  14. "Movie Review; Mr. Jones' Last Raid; Harrison Ford is back for a final round as the archaeologist-adventure hero in the messy but poignant 'Dial of Destiny.'" by Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times (30 June 2023) Retrieved from
  15. Web site: John Rhys-Davies celebrity. Mooviees.com . 27 May 2009 .
  16. Fellowship of the Rings Extended Edition DVD
  17. Web site: Grebey. James. 16 June 2021. Lord of the Rings' uncredited Gimli double finally tells his tale. 23 January 2022. Polygon. en-US.
  18. Exclusive: Rhys-Davies On The Hobbit . 30 October 2009 . O'Hara . Helen . . 28 September 2020.
  19. Web site: John nRhys-Davies offers help as 'dwarf advisor' . Stuff/Fairfax . 8 April 2011.
  20. Dune 2000 (PC). Next Generation. Imagine Media. 48. December 1998. 134. 5 April 2021.
  21. Web site: John Rhys-Davies Signs on as Narrator . Reclaiming the Blade . 30 June 2014.
  22. Web site: John Rhys-Davies in Star Wars Episode III: A Grievous Media Hoax . The Rubber Chicken . 27 May 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090806072302/http://www.thatchickensite.com/?p=1186 . 6 August 2009 .
  23. http://breathebible.com/voices/john-rhys-davies/ John Rhys-Davies, Narrator
  24. Web site: Van Canto: Audio Samples Of Entire 'Voices Of Fire' Album. Blabbermouth.net. 7 April 2016. 8 March 2016.
  25. Web site: Internet Pinball Machine Database: Williams 'Indiana Jones: The Pinball Adventure'. Ipdb.org.
  26. Web site: October 17, 2023 . The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria™ - Opening Cinematic . 2023-10-25 . YouTube.
  27. News: 2023-10-17 . Gimli actor to reprise role for The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria . en . Eurogamer.net . 2023-10-25.
  28. Web site: Ben Sledge . 2023-10-24 . Return To Moria's Old Man Gimli Is The Best Kind Of Fan Service . 2023-10-25 . TheGamer . en.
  29. Web site: John Rhys-Davies tells of his family's Alzheimer's agony. Rachel. Mainwaring. 20 June 2009. Walesonline.co.uk.
  30. Web site: Lord of the Rings star John Rhys-Davies says New Zealand show Fresh Eggs is a hoot. Thisnzlife.co.nz. 3 March 2019.
  31. Web site: Lord of the Rings star wants EU vote. 29 January 2016. Bbc.co.uk.
  32. Web site: Hollywood actor John Rhys-Davies says Christianity's not irrelevant, has made the world better. Jeannie. Law. Christian Post. 4 February 2020. 13 February 2020.
  33. Web site: Lord of the Rings Star Says the World Owes Christianity 'the Greatest Debt of Thanks'. Lori. Arnold. ChristianHeadlines.com. 13 February 2020. 13 February 2020.
  34. News: Lucy. Ballinger. Welsh star in race row. 27 May 2009. Wales on Sunday. 18 January 2004. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130521003641/http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/welsh-star-in-race-row-2453957. 21 May 2013.
  35. News: No Sean Penn . 27 May 2009 . . Andrew . Leigh . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121005133505/http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/209781/no-sean-penn/andrew-leigh . 5 October 2012.
  36. Web site: John Rhys Davies (visual voices guide) . October 1, 2023 . Behind The Voice Actors. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information.
  37. Web site: Review: 'Time Lapse' an unsettling trip to the future . . 23 April 2023 . 14 May 2015.
  38. http://beyondthemaskmovie.com Beyond the Mask – Official Website
  39. Web site: The King's Fool . https://web.archive.org/web/20140929040405/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b7639ed9a . dead . 29 September 2014 . BFI Film Forever . British Film Institute . 7 April 2014.
  40. Web site: Marjorie and the Preacherman (1987) | BFI . https://web.archive.org/web/20090601053336/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/276513 . dead . 1 June 2009 . Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk . 30 June 2014.
  41. News: John Rhys-Davies on Gimli, Brexit and rural hell. 15 February 2019. RNZ National.