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Rufus Jones

Actor, Writer, Producer, Additional CreditsBorn May 17, 1975 (49 years)
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]

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Peep Show
  • Midsomer Murders
  • Fresh Meat
  • My Family
  • Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends
  • Loaded (2017)

Known For

  • Stan & Ollie
  • The Foreigner
  • Silent Night
  • Flack
  • Mongrels
  • Home (2019)
  • The Casual Vacancy
  • Stag
  • Theodore Roosevelt
  • Four Lives
  • Holy Flying Circus
  • The Ghoul
  • Camping
  • House of Fools
  • Hunderby
  • FDR
  • Fur TV
  • School of Comedy
  • Bob Servant Independent
  • National Geographic: Situation Critical

Filmography

2025
2025
Cleaner · as Geoffrey Milton
2024
Rivals (2024) (TV Series) · as Paul Stratton
2023
Wonka · as Jenkins
2023
Hijack (TV Series) · as Felix Staton
2023
FDR (TV Series) · as Theodore Roosevelt
2023
Black Ops (2023) (TV Series) · as Inspector Scholes
2023
Beyond Paradise (TV Series) · as Terrence Witham
2022
Funny Woman (2023) (TV Series) · as Mr. Magic
2022
2022
Theodore Roosevelt (TV Series) · as Theodore Roosevelt
2022
Dodger (TV Series) · as Matthew Marshall
2022
Four Lives (TV Series) · as John Pape
2021
Silent Night · as Tony
2021
Whitstable Pearl (TV Series) · as Theo
2021
Creation Stories · as Bank Manager
2019
Frayed (TV Series) · as Wilko
2019
Sadie Sparks (TV Series)
2019
Home (2019) (TV Series) · as Peter
2019
Flack (TV Series) · as Mark
2018
Stan & Ollie · as Bernard Delfont
2018
101 Dalmatian Street (TV Series) · as Constantin
2018
Robozuna (TV Series) · as Vermis
2018
Thomas & Friends: Here Comes the Steam Team! · as Flying Scotsman (uk & Us)
2018
Thomas & Friends: Big World! Big Adventures! · as Flying Scotsman (voice)
2018
Backstage At Live Aid · as Elton John
2017
Eric, Ernie and Me · as John Ammonds
2017
2017
The Foreigner · as Ian Wood
2017
Loaded (2017) (TV Series) · as Miles
2017
Urban Myths (TV Series) · as Elton John
2016
The Ghoul · as Coulson
2016
Thomas & Friends: The Great Race · as The Flying Scotsman (voice)
2016
Camping (TV Series) · as Tom
2016
Stag (TV Series) · as Cosmo
2016
Tracey Ullman's Show (TV Series) · as Headteacher
2015
Bill · as Sir Walter Raleigh
2015
The Casual Vacancy (TV Series) · as Miles Mollison
2014
Paddington · as Third Geographer
2014
Trying Again (TV Series) · as Businessman 2
2014
W1A (TV Series) · as David Wilkes
2014
Edge Of Heaven (TV Series) · as Prop Maartie
2014
Inside No. 9 (TV Series) · as Charles
2014
House of Fools (TV Series)
2013
The Wrong Mans (TV Series) · as D.s. Brick
2013
Up the Women (TV Series)
2013
The Wright Way (TV Series)
2013
It's Kevin (TV Series) · as Various
2013
Bob Servant Independent (TV Series) · as Nick Edwards
2013
Common Ground (TV Series) · as Bill
2012
Hunderby (TV Series) · as Dr. Foggerty
2012
Toast of London (TV Series)
2011
Lapland · as Julian
2011
Holy Flying Circus · as Terry Jones
2011
Fresh Meat (TV Series) · as Macauley
2011
Episodes (TV Series) · as Anthony Powner Smith
2010
2010
Pete Versus Life (TV Series)
2010
Mongrels (TV Series) · as Nelson (voice)
2010
Rock & Chips · as Golden Egg Waiter
2010
Rock & Chips (TV Series)
2009
The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret (TV Series) · as Dr. Professor Tigle
2008
Crooked House (TV Series)
2008
Dani's House (TV Series) · as Adam Twittfield
2008
Thank God You're Here (UK) (TV Series) · as Ensemble Cast
2007
Sold (TV Series)
2007
Katy Brand's Big Ass Show (TV Series) · as Cast
2007
National Geographic: Situation Critical (TV Series) · as Narrator (voice)
2006
Little Princess (TV Series) · as Narrator
2006
Lead Balloon (TV Series)
2006
Losing It · as Dr. Hall
2005
Secret Smile (TV Series) · as David
2005
ShakespeaRe-Told (TV Series) · as Doctor
2005
Love Soup (TV Series)
2005
2005
Extras (TV Series) · as Journalist
2005
According To Bex (TV Series) · as Bridegroom
2004
Agatha Christie's Marple (TV Series) · as Horace Bindler
2004
Honorable Men · as Tyrone
2003
Peep Show (TV Series) · as Peter
2002
White Teeth (TV Series) · as Crispin
2001
Messiah (TV Series) · as Tv Reporter
2000
My Family (TV Series)
2000
Doctors (TV Series) · as Giles Hamilton-Knight
1998
Comedy Lab (TV Series) · as Various
1997
Midsomer Murders (TV Series) · as Talk Show Host
1984
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends (TV Series) · as Flying Scotsman (uk & Us)
1980
Love Again (TV Series) · as Horace Bindler

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