
Griff Rhys Jones
Acting
Born 1953-11-16 · 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.
Known for

Alas Smith and Jones
1984 · TV

Not the Nine O'Clock News
1979 · TV

The Secret Policeman's Ball
1976 · TV

Three Men in a Boat
2006 · TV

The Quizeum
2015 · TV

Funnybones
1992 · TV

It'll be Alright on the Night
1977 · TV

Midsomer Murders
1997 · TV

Demob
1993 · TV

Griff’s Canadian Adventure
2022 · TV

Griff's Great American South
2025 · TV

A Great Welsh Adventure with Griff Rhys Jones
2014 · TV

Have I Got News for You
1990 · TV

Mine All Mine
2004 · TV

Richard Osman's House of Games
2017 · TV

Slow Train Through Africa with Griff Rhys Jones
2015 · TV

Griff's Great Australian Rail Trip
2020 · TV

Greatest Cities of the World with Griff Rhys Jones
2008 · TV

Porterhouse Blue
1987 · TV

Britain's Lost Routes with Griff Rhys Jones
2012 · TV

Mountain
2007 · TV

Rivers with Griff Rhys Jones
2009 · TV

Griff's Great Kiwi Road Trip
2019 · TV

Griff's Great New Zealand Adventure
2021 · TV

8 Out of 10 Cats
2005 · TV

Question Time
1979 · TV

Whose Line Is It Anyway?
1988 · TV

Agatha Christie's Marple
2004 · TV

Casualty
1986 · TV

Would I Lie to You?
2007 · TV

The Young Ones
1982 · TV

Losing It: Griff Rhys Jones On Anger
2008 · TV

Jonathan Creek
1997 · TV

Who Do You Think You Are?
2004 · TV

Shooting Stars
1993 · TV

Timeshift
2002 · TV

Perspectives
2011 · TV

Rita Rudner
1990 · TV

Final Chance to Save
2005 · TV

QI
2003 · TV

Wogan
1982 · TV

The One Show
2006 · TV

The BAFTA Awards
1949 · TV

HARDtalk
1997 · TV

An Audience with...
1978 · TV

The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
2018 · TV

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
2001 · TV

Insert Name Here
2016 · TV

Between the Covers
2020 · TV

Parkinson
1998 · TV