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John Rhys-Davies (born May 5, 1944) is a
Wales|Welsh actor. Although he has dozens of films
to his credit, Rhys-Davies is probably best known
for his characters in two blockbuster franchises:
"Sallah" in the Indiana Jones films and the dwarf
"Gimli (Middle-earth)|Gimli" in the Lord of the
Rings (movies)|Lord of the Rings films (in which
he also voiced "Treebeard").  He also had a lead
role in the television series Sliders as Professor
Maximillian Arturo from 1995 to 1997.

He has appeared in numerous other television shows
and TV miniseries, and has lent his distinctive
deep, gruff voice to numerous video games and
animation|animated TV shows, including Gargoyles
(animated series)|Gargoyles. He appears in the
full motion video cut scenes of computer games
including Dune 2000 and the Wing Commander
(computer game)|Wing Commander series. He also
made several appearances on Star Trek: Voyager as
a holodeck version of Leonardo Da Vinci.

Rhys-Davies is a member of the United Kingdom's
Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party, though
most Hollywood actors are liberals.  As a
university student in the '60s he was a radical
leftist, but he started to change his views around
when he went to heckle a young local member of
parliament, Margaret Thatcher. Rhys-Davies says
that "she shot down the first two hecklers in such
brilliant fashion that I decided I ought for once
to shut up and listen."

== Filmography ==
* The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004)
* The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
(film)|The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the
King (2003)
* Coronado (movie)|Coronado (2003)
* The Medallion (2003) 
* Vlad (2003) 
* The Jungle Book 2 (2003) (voice)
* Endangered Species (movie)|Endangered Species
(2002)
* The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (film)|The
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
* Sabretooth (movie)|Sabretooth  (2002)
* Scorcher  (2002)
* The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the
Ring (film)|The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship
of the Ring (2001)
* The Gold Cross  (2000)
* Sinbad: Beyond the Veil of Mists  (2000) (voice)
* Delta Force One: The Lost Patrol  (1999)
* Secret of the Andes  (1999)
* The Protector  (1997) 
* Cats Don't Dance  (1997) (voice)
* Bloodsport 3  (1996) 
* Echo of Blue  (1996)
* Dark Prince  (1996)
* Glory Daze  (1996) 
* The Great White Hype  (1996) 
* Quest for Glory|Quest for Glory IV: Shadows of
Darkness (Video Game)   (1994)
* Blood of the Innocent  (1994)
* Robot in the Family  (1994) 
* The High Crusade  (1994)
* Sunset Grill  (1993) 
* The Unnamable II: The Statement of Randolph
Carter (1993) 
* Cyborg Cop  (1993)
* The Seventh Coin  (1993)
* Canvas (movie)|Canvas  (1992)
* The Double 0 Kid (1992) 
* Journey of Honor (1992)
* The Lost World (Arthur Conan Doyle)|The Lost
World  (1992)
* Return to the Lost World (1992)  
* South Beach (1992)
* Rebel Storm (1990) 
* Tusks  (1990)
* Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
* Il Giovane Toscanini (1988)
* Waxwork (1988)
* The Living Daylights (1987) 
* Firewalker (1986) 
* In the Shadow of Kilimanjaro  (1986) 
* King Solomon's Mines  (1985)
* Sahara (1983 movie)|Sahara  (1983) 
* Best Revenge (1982)
* Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain
and the Green Knight  (1982)
* Victor/Victoria (1982) 
* Ivanhoe (1982)
* Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
* Sphinx (movie)|Sphinx (1981) 
* A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square (1979)
* I, Claudius (1976)

== External links ==
*imdb name|id=0722636|name=John Rhys-Davies
*Andrew Leigh,
"http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/leigh200403
051052.asp No Sean Penn". National Review. March
5, 2004.