1944 - Today
John Rhys-Davies (born 5 May 1944) is a Welsh actor best known for portraying Sallah in the Indiana Jones franchise and Gimli in The Lord of the Rings trilogy. His other roles include Michael Malone in the 1993 series The Untouchables, Vasco Rodrigues in the miniseries Shōgun, Professor Maximillian Arturo in Sliders, King Richard I in Robin of Sherwood, General Leonid Pushkin in the James Bond film The Living Daylights, and Macro in I, Claudius. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Rhys-Davies has received more than 7,999,741 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). John Rhys-Davies is the 468th most popular actor (up from 535th in 2019), the 611th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 711th in 2019) and the 71st most popular British Actor.
John Rhys-Davies is most famous for his role as Sallah in the Indiana Jones film Raiders of the Lost Ark.
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Among actors, John Rhys-Davies ranks 468 out of 9,996. Before him are Raul Julia, Jack Palance, Lex Barker, Mae West, Jean Harlow, and Tom Hardy. After him are Halle Berry, Jonathan Pryce, Meg Ryan, Tilda Swinton, Bill Nighy, and Ken Watanabe.
1940 - 1994
HPI: 63.15
Rank: 462
1919 - 2006
HPI: 63.13
Rank: 463
1919 - 1973
HPI: 63.13
Rank: 464
1893 - 1980
HPI: 63.12
Rank: 465
1911 - 1937
HPI: 63.12
Rank: 466
1977 - Present
HPI: 63.09
Rank: 467
1944 - Present
HPI: 63.06
Rank: 468
1966 - Present
HPI: 63.04
Rank: 469
1947 - Present
HPI: 63.02
Rank: 470
1961 - Present
HPI: 63.02
Rank: 471
1960 - Present
HPI: 63.01
Rank: 472
1949 - Present
HPI: 62.96
Rank: 473
1959 - Present
HPI: 62.92
Rank: 474
Among people born in 1944, John Rhys-Davies ranks 51. Before him are Yoweri Museveni, Larry Ellison, Sylvie Vartan, Nguyễn Phú Trọng, Nebahat Çehre, and Nick Mason. After him are Nǃxau ǂToma, Jane Hawking, Kunishige Kamamoto, François Cevert, Jean-Pierre Léaud, and Luigi Riva.
1944 - Present
HPI: 64.17
Rank: 45
1944 - Present
HPI: 63.94
Rank: 46
1944 - Present
HPI: 63.68
Rank: 47
1944 - Present
HPI: 63.43
Rank: 48
1944 - Present
HPI: 63.40
Rank: 49
1944 - Present
HPI: 63.16
Rank: 50
1944 - Present
HPI: 63.06
Rank: 51
1944 - 2003
HPI: 62.62
Rank: 52
1944 - Present
HPI: 62.54
Rank: 53
1944 - Present
HPI: 62.42
Rank: 54
1944 - 1973
HPI: 62.37
Rank: 55
1944 - Present
HPI: 62.26
Rank: 56
1944 - Present
HPI: 62.17
Rank: 57
Among people born in United Kingdom, John Rhys-Davies ranks 611 out of 7,765. Before him are Tony Iommi (1948), Tom Hardy (1977), Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence (1388), William Dampier (1651), John Flamsteed (1646), and Henry the Young King (1155). After him are William Wilberforce (1759), James Hargreaves (1720), Douglas Adams (1952), Jonathan Pryce (1947), Tilda Swinton (1960), and Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868).
1948 - Present
HPI: 63.09
Rank: 605
1977 - Present
HPI: 63.09
Rank: 606
1388 - 1421
HPI: 63.09
Rank: 607
1651 - 1715
HPI: 63.09
Rank: 608
1646 - 1719
HPI: 63.08
Rank: 609
1155 - 1183
HPI: 63.07
Rank: 610
1944 - Present
HPI: 63.06
Rank: 611
1759 - 1833
HPI: 63.06
Rank: 612
1720 - 1778
HPI: 63.04
Rank: 613
1952 - 2001
HPI: 63.03
Rank: 614
1947 - Present
HPI: 63.02
Rank: 615
1960 - Present
HPI: 63.01
Rank: 616
1868 - 1928
HPI: 63.00
Rank: 617
Among actors born in United Kingdom, John Rhys-Davies ranks 71. Before him are Gerard Butler (1969), Catherine Zeta-Jones (1969), Sean Bean (1959), Dirk Bogarde (1921), Leslie Howard (1893), and Tom Hardy (1977). After him are Jonathan Pryce (1947), Tilda Swinton (1960), Bill Nighy (1949), Julie Walters (1950), Jane Seymour (1951), and Tim Curry (1946).
1969 - Present
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 65
1969 - Present
HPI: 63.43
Rank: 66
1959 - Present
HPI: 63.43
Rank: 67
1921 - 1999
HPI: 63.26
Rank: 68
1893 - 1943
HPI: 63.24
Rank: 69
1977 - Present
HPI: 63.09
Rank: 70
1944 - Present
HPI: 63.06
Rank: 71
1947 - Present
HPI: 63.02
Rank: 72
1960 - Present
HPI: 63.01
Rank: 73
1949 - Present
HPI: 62.96
Rank: 74
1950 - Present
HPI: 62.89
Rank: 75
1951 - Present
HPI: 62.85
Rank: 76
1946 - Present
HPI: 62.79
Rank: 77