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Griff Rhys Jones
Born 1953-11-16Cardiff, 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.
Screen work
Movies & roles
Douglas Adams: The Man Who Imagined Our FutureSelfGangsta Granny Strikes AgainMr ParkerFuture TXFoleyMurder on the Blackpool ExpressDavid Van Der ClaneLove SomehowDylan ThomasUnder Milk WoodVoiceMel Smith: I've Done Some ThingsSelfBurma, My Father and the Forgotten ArmyHimselfRock and Roll's Greatest Failure: Otway the MovieSelf (archive footage)Tales of Television CentreSelfWogan on WodehouseSelfNot Again: Not the Nine O'Clock NewsSelfThree Men in More Than One BoatHimselfThree Men In Another BoatHimselfCharles Dickens and the Invention of ChristmasHimself - PresenterThree Men in a BoatHimselfRiot at the RiteAstrucThe Secret Life of Arthur RansomeSelf / PresenterGoing to Work NakedSelf - Narrator (voice)The Best of Not the Nine O'Clock News Volume TwoRoleThe Best of Not the Nine O'Clock News Volume OneRoleTaliesin JonesCaesarPuckoonCol. StokesAladdin: The ITV PantomimeEmperor