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John Rhys-Davies

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Biography

John Rhys-Davies (born 5 May 1944) is a Welsh actor and vocal artist. He is best known for playing the charismatic Arab excavator Sallah in the Indiana Jones films and the dwarf Gimli in The Lord of the Rings trilogy, in which he also voiced the ent, Treebeard. He also played Agent Michael Malone in the 1993 remake of the 1950s television series The Untouchables, Professor Maximillian Arturo in Sliders, King Richard I in Robin of Sherwood, General Leonid Pushkin in the James Bond film The Living Daylights, and Macro in I, Claudius. Additionally, he provided the voices of Cassim in Disney's Aladdin and the King of Thieves, Man Ray in SpongeBob SquarePants, and Tobias in the computer game Freelancer. He is also the narrator for the TV show Wildboyz.

Notable films

Where to start

Highlights from credits and KinoChain journeys.

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

As Gimli

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

As Gimli

The Trial of the Incredible Hulk

Appears in a KinoChain journey

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

As Gimli / Treebeard (voice)

Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom

As Brine King (voice)

Aquaman

As Brine King (voice)

Raiders of the Lost Ark

As Sallah

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

As Sallah

Chains

KinoChain journeys

Public chains that pass through their films — or name them as a bridge.

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When the Cartoon Fights Back: Slapstick Meets Liability

What happens when simulated harm, comic violence, or staged ordeals crash into real-world consequences? This collection explores the unsettling borderland where...

8 films

When Studios Marry: Films Born of Corporate Chaos

From the ashes of mergers and acquisitions come some of cinema's most fascinating experiments. This chain traces how boardroom decisions shaped the art on scree...

8 films

20 Home Video Releases Every Film Obsessive Should Own

There was a brief, glorious period in the late 1990s and early 2000s when buying a film on home video felt less like acquiring a product and more like being han...

20 films

The DVDs That Changed Everything

In the late 1990s, home video underwent a seismic shift driven by a double revolution: an unprecedented jump in technical quality, and an unprecedented access t...

10 films

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