John Rhys-Davies Biography

Fast Facts

• In 2012, he received the Burke Medal for Outstanding Contribution to Public Discourse through the Arts from the Trinity College Historical Society
• Is a member of the Advisory Council of The Planetary Society
• Won a place to become a member of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
• While attending the University of East Anglia, he founded the Dramatic Society at the school
• Quote: "The context of being a dangerous actor is in drama․ You should feel that a person is capable of doing dangerous things to you or to the other characters․"
• Widely recognized for his distinctively deep voice
• Although he portrays a dwarf in "The Lord of the Rings," he is actually taller than any of his co-stars in the films
• Develops a new hobby every time he starts shooting a new film
• Is the only one of the nine "Fellowship of the Ring" main cast members to not get a tattoo of the word "nine․"
• Changed his political view to conservative after being impressed by a young Margaret Thatcher, who shot down a series of hecklers during a speech