John Rhys-Davies

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actor film actor human television actor voice actor

John Rhys-Davies is a Welsh actor best known for his role as the dwarf Gimli (and the voice of Treebeard) in Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, as well as for appearances in the Indiana Jones series.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf actor ⓘ
film actor ⓘ
human ⓘ
television actor ⓘ
voice actor ⓘ
awardReceived Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture ⓘ
awardReceivedFor The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring ⓘ
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King ⓘ
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers ⓘ
characterPortrayed General Leonid Pushkin ⓘ
Gimli ⓘ
Professor Maximilian Arturo ⓘ
Sallah ⓘ
Treebeard (voice) ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1944-05-05 ⓘ
educatedAt Trinity College Dublin ⓘ
surface form: Trinity College, Dublin
ethnicGroup Welsh ⓘ
familyName Rhys-Davies ⓘ
genre adventure film ⓘ
fantasy film ⓘ
science fiction television ⓘ
givenName John ⓘ
hasChild Tom Rhys-Davies ⓘ
surface form: Ben Rhys-Davies

Mai Rhys-Davies ⓘ
Tom Rhys-Davies ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
name John Rhys-Davies self-link ⓘ
nationality Welsh ⓘ
notableFor portraying Gimli in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy ⓘ
portraying Sallah in the Indiana Jones film series ⓘ
voicing Treebeard in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy ⓘ
notableWork Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade ⓘ
Raiders of the Lost Ark ⓘ
Shogun ⓘ
Sliders ⓘ
The Living Daylights ⓘ
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring ⓘ
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King ⓘ
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers ⓘ
occupation actor ⓘ
placeOfBirth Salisbury, Wiltshire, England ⓘ
residence Isle of Man (crown dependency) ⓘ
surface form: Isle of Man
spouse Suzan Farmer ⓘ
workedOn Indiana Jones franchise ⓘ
surface form: Indiana Jones film series

Shogun (1980 miniseries) ⓘ
Sliders ⓘ
surface form: Sliders (TV series)

The Living Daylights ⓘ
surface form: The Living Daylights (1987 film)

The Lord of the Rings film trilogy ⓘ
yearsActive 1960s–present ⓘ

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Raiders of the Lost Ark → castMember → John Rhys-Davies ⓘ
John Rhys-Davies → name → John Rhys-Davies self-link ⓘ
Gimli → portrayedBy → John Rhys-Davies ⓘ