Rufus Jones
Born: 1975-05-17 in London, England, UK
Known For: Acting
Biography
Rufus Jones (born 1975) is an English actor known for his appearances on television which include David Wilkes in W1A, Dr. Foggerty in Hunderby, Tom in Camping, and Peter in Home (which he also wrote). Jones began his career as one fifth of the comedy group Dutch Elm Conservatoire. On television, he is known for playing Doctor Foggerty in Julia Davis's award-winning dark comedy Hunderby, producer David Wilkes in W1A, and Miles Mollison in the BBC television mini series The Casual Vacancy. He also played Terry Jones in the BBC Four BAFTA-nominated Holy Flying Circus, Cosmo in comedy-drama Stag, and Tom in Julia Davis's Camping. In 2006, Jones appeared as the journalist in series 2 episode 3 of the BBC comedy Extras. Other credits include Mongrels (in which he voiced Nelson the fox), William & Sinclair for Sky Atlantic's Common Ground season, Episodes, It's Kevin, The Wrong Mans, Fresh Meat (series 2), Toast of London, House of Fools, Extras, Lead Balloon, Peep Show, Crooked House, The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret, Love Soup, Katy Brand's Big Ass Show, Green Green Grass, My Family, Losing It, Secret Smile, White Teeth, and Edge of Heaven. In 2011, Jones starred in the one-off BBC Christmas show Lapland. His 2013 role as Nick Edwards, the slimy opposing candidate to Bob Servant, brought him recognition in the cult BBC Four Neil Forsyth comedy Bob Servant. Jones has written for Angelos Epithemiou, Mitchell & Webb, the MTV series Fur TV, Jon Culshaw and many others. He was script consultant on E4's Cardinal Burns. In 2012, he began portraying entrepreneur James Reed in adverts for reed.co.uk. As a voiceover artist, Jones has worked on numerous commercials, as well as games such as Fable III, Killzone and Xenoblade Chronicles. In 2016, he joined the voice cast of Thomas & Friends, as the voice of Flying Scotsman. Most recently, he has voiced Vermis in Robozuna for ITV/Netflix, various characters in Sadie Sparks for Disney, Constantin in 101 Dalmatian Street for Disney, and is the narrator for the Little Princess. In 2016, he played Coulson in the BAFTA nominated psychological thriller The Ghoul (directed by Gareth Tunley), and starred as Richard in the West End production of Dead Funny at the Vaudeville Theatre in London. More recent film work includes Paddington and Woody in The Foreigner with Jackie Chan and Pierce Brosnan. He also played Bernard Delfont in Stan & Ollie with Steve Coogan and John C. Reilly, released in January 2019. In 2018, Jones starred with Anna Paquin in Flack for Pop/W channel, released in February 2019. He also filmed Home, a 6 part series for Channel 4, that he also wrote, which began airing in March 2019. A second series was broadcast in February and March 2020.[13]
Filmography
2026
- Rivals: The Official Podcast as Self
2025
- I Fought the Law as Lord Goldsmith
- Cleaner as Geoffrey Milton
- Christmas Karma as Rupert Holly
2024
- Rivals as Paul Stratton
- Boarders as George Tramley
- My Sexual Abuse: The Sitcom as Self / Dad
- My Sexual Abuse: The Sitcom (The Actual Sitcom) as Dad
2023
- Hijack as Felix Staton
- Beyond Paradise as Terrence Witham
- Wonka as Jenkins
- FDR as Theodore Roosevelt
2022
- Four Lives as John Pape
- Little Darlings as Mike
- Theodore Roosevelt as Theodore Roosevelt
- The People We Hate at the Wedding as Tom
2021
- Whitstable Pearl as Theo
- Silent Night as Tony
- Creation Stories as Bank Manager
2019
- Flack as Mark
- Frayed as Wilko
- Sadie Sparks
- Home as Peter
2018
- Stan & Ollie as Bernard Delfont
- Thomas & Friends: Big World! Big Adventures! The Movie as Flying Scotsman (voice)
- Backstage At Live Aid as Elton John
2017
- The Foreigner as Ian Wood
- Urban Myths as Elton John
- Eric, Ernie and Me as John Ammonds
- The Ghoul as Coulson
2016
- Camping as Tom
- Thomas & Friends: The Great Race as The Flying Scotsman (voice)
- Stag as Cosmo
2015
- The Casual Vacancy as Miles Mollison
- Bill as Sir Walter Raleigh
2014
- Inside No. 9 as Charles
- Paddington as Third Geographer
- W1A as David Wilkes
- House of Fools
- Edge of Heaven as Prop Maartie
- Original Comedy Shorts
- Honeysuckle as Simon
2013
- Toast of London
- The Wrong Mans as D.S. Brick
- Bob Servant as Nick Edwards
- Up the Women
- It's Kevin as Various
- The Wright Way
2012
- Hunderby as Dr. Foggerty
2011
- Episodes as Anthony Powner Smith
- Comedy Blaps as Ralph Michaels
- Fresh Meat as Macaulay
- Lapland as Julian
- Holy Flying Circus as Terry Jones
2010
- Mongrels as Nelson (voice)
- Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge
- Rock & Chips
- The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret as Dr. Professor Tigle
- Pete versus Life
- Rock & Chips as Golden Egg Waiter
2008
- Crooked House as Niggs
2007
- National Geographic: Situation Critical as Narrator
- Sold
2006
- Lead Balloon
- Losing It as Dr. Hall
2005
- Extras as Journalist
- The Green Green Grass
- Love Soup
2004
- Agatha Christie's Marple as Horace Bindler
- Honorable Men as Tyrone Powers
2001
- Messiah as TV Reporter
2000
1997
- Midsomer Murders as Talk Show Host