John Rhys-Davies (born 5 May 1944) is a Welsh actor known for portraying Gimli in The Lord of the Rings trilogy and Sallah in the Indiana Jones franchise. He has received three Screen Actors Guild …

John Rhys-Davies. Actor: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. Welsh actor John Rhys-Davies was born in Ammanford, Carmarthenshire, Wales, to Mary Margaretta Phyllis (nee Jones), a nurse, …

John Rhys-Davies. Actor: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. Welsh actor John Rhys-Davies was born in Ammanford, Carmarthenshire, Wales, to Mary Margaretta Phyllis (nee Jones), a nurse, …

John Rhys-Davies (born 5 May 1944) is a Welsh actor and vocal artist. He is best known for playing the charismatic Arab excavator Sallah in the Indiana Jones films and the dwarf Gimli in The Lord of the …

Gimli is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien 's Middle-earth, appearing in The Lord of the Rings. A dwarf warrior, he is the son of Glóin, a member of Thorin 's company in Tolkien's earlier book The …

Oct 26, 2025 · British actor John Rhys-Davies (born 1944) played Gimli and provided the voice for Treebeard in The Lord of the Rings film series. He had originally auditioned for...

Jan 11, 2025 · Welsh actor John Rhys-Davies has played several iconic roles over the years. Before the turn of the millennium, he was best known in the pop-cultural zeitgeist as Sallah from the Indiana …

Jun 16, 2021 · John Rhys-Davies famously played the role of the dwarf warrior Gimli in Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings movies. But when a skin allergy made it very uncomfortable for the actor to spend …

Jun 18, 2021 · Lord of the Rings Gimli ‘star’ breaks silence and ‘apologises’ to cast members John Rhys-Davis’ stunt double stood in for the majority of his scenes – but received no acting credit

Mar 21, 2024 · Gimli actor John Rhys-Davies reflects on not getting a matching tattoo with the rest of The Lord of the Rings trilogy cast after production had wrapped. Gimli was the Fellowship's Dwarf …