John Rhys-Davies  

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John Rhys-Davies (born 5 May 1944) is a British actor and vocal artist. He is perhaps 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, as well as portraying Professor Maximillian Arturo in Sliders, 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 was recently seen in TV comedy Kröd Mändoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire.

Filmography

• The Black Windmill (1974)
• Fall of Eagles (1974)
• The Naked Civil Servant (1975)
• I, Claudius (1976)
• 1990 (1976) (TV)
• The Nativity (1978) (TV)
• A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square (1979)
• Shōgun (1980)
• Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
• Ivanhoe (1982)
• Victor/Victoria (1982)
• Sahara (1983)
• Sadat (1983)
• Reilly, Ace of Spies(1983)
• King Solomon's Mines (1985)
• The Living Daylights (1987)
• Waxwork (1988)
• Noble House (1988)
• War and Remembrance (1988)
• Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
• The Trial of the Incredible Hulk (1989)
• Great Expectations (1989)
• The Unnamable Returns (1991)
• The Double 0 Kid (1992)
• The Lost World (1992)
• Return to the Lost World (1992)
• Sunset Grill (1993)
• Cyborg Cop (1993)
• The Seventh Coin (1993)
• The Unnamable II: The Statement of Randolph Carter (1993)
• The Untouchables (TV series, 1993-1994)
• The High Crusade (1994)
• Quest for Glory IV: Shadows of Darkness (1994)
• Sliders (1995–1997)
• Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm (1996)
• The Great White Hype (1996)
• Glory Daze (1996)
• Aladdin and the King of Thieves (1996) (voice)
• Marquis de Sade (1996)
• Cats Don't Dance (1997) (voice)
• Bloodsport III (1997)
• Secret Of The Andes (1998)
• Dune 2000 (1999)
• Au Pair (1999)
• Britannic (2000)
• The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
• Never Say Never Mind: The Swedish Bikini Team (2001)
• Sabretooth (2002)
• The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) (dual role)
• Endangered Species (2002)
• Scorcher (2002)
• Coronado (2003)
• Freelancer (2003) (voice)
• Helen of Troy as King Priam (2003)
• The Jungle Book 2 (2003) (voice)
• The Medallion (2003)
• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) (dual role)
• 12 Days of Terror (2004)
• The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004)
• La Femme Musketeer (2004)
• The Lost Angel (2004)
• The Privileged Planet (2004) (voice of Narrator)
• Dragon Storm (2004 TV Movie)
• The Game of Their Lives (DVD title: The Miracle Match) (2005)
• Chupacabra: Dark Seas (DVD title: Chupacabra Terror) (2005)
• The King Maker (2005)
• One Night with the King (2006)
• The Legend of Sasquatch (2006)
• In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale (2007)
• The Ferryman (2007)
• Catching Kringle (Short Film; 2007) (voice)
• Anaconda 3: Offspring (2008)
• Fire & Ice: The Dragon Chronicles (2008)
• Prisoners of the Sun (2009)
• Anacondas: Trail of Blood (2009)
• Kröd Mändoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire (TV Series 2009)
• Reclaiming the Blade (2009)
• 31north62east (2009)
• Legend of the Seeker (2010)