See also: Davis

John Rhys-Davies is a British actor , more precisely of the Welsh, born the May 5th 1944 with Salisbury.

Its interpretation of the role of Gimli was worth the reward of the to him Screen Actors Guild Award of best overall interpretation, than it divides with his companions actors of the Seigneur of the Rings .

Beginnings of the actor: the theater

John Rhys-Davies takes his first steps on the boards at the 13 years age, whereas it incarnates the characters of Shakespeare for the spectacles of its school, Truro School de Cornouailles. He off follows then courses in University East Anglia, where he founds off Dramatic Society UEA Norwich. He chooses celebrates it Maddermarket Theater (of Norwich) to start his career, where he teaches during one year before preparing off his diploma of Royal Academy Dramatic Arts (SPLIT), which he obtains in 1969. He plays then in more than one hundred of parts in British theaters of repertory, including 26 of Shakespeare where he will incarnate all the characters, of Othello to Macbeth while passing by Claudius or Falstaff. He plays also several seasons in Royal Shakespeare Company.

The actor with the cinema

John Rhys-Davies begins with the cinema with Against a handle from diamonds from Don Siegel at the sides from Michael Caine. It will be a short role since its character dies before the credits of beginning, but this first film will be the beginning of long series of small characters who will allow him to be illustrated in nearly 80 films including two episodes of Indiana Jones , a James Bond , but also Mystère in Buffalo of Alan Rudolf, Sabretooth of James Hickox or Delta Forces One: the Lost Patrol of Joseph Zito.

The actor on television

John Rhys-Davies has played in many television serials and televised series like Sliders, worlds parallel , in role of Professor Maximilien Arthuro or Shogun (role for which it was quoted in Emmy Awards), Me Claude emperor , Helen off Troy , Britannic . It appears out of guest-star, following the success of the Seigneur of the Rings , in Airliss , The Justice League , Star Trek: To travel and Tales of the Crypt . It even took part in a parody of the Seigneur of the Rings , Lord off the Piercing , a film (realized by an American chain televised) which was not diffused yet in France. He also played in Sliders, the parallel worlds, series, of 1995 to 2000

When John Rhys-Davies becomes dwarf

In spite of its many films and its collaboration on several occasions with Spielberg, the real success of John Rhys-Davies remains the film adaptation of the Seigneur of the Rings .

For the anecdote, one will note that John Rhys-Davies had the last phalange of the major right divided following an accident (well before turning). Consequently, when it arrived on the plate of the Seigneur of the Rings , it asked the make-up men to make a latex prosthesis to him to replace the missing phalange.

Catalog of films

Simple: John Rhys-Davies

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