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Rufus Jones
Jones in 2011
Born1975 or 1976 (age 48–49)[1]
London, England
OccupationActor
Years active2002–present
Notable workHunderby
Camping
W1A
Home

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).

Early life

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Jones was born in London, and educated at Latymer Upper School and the University of Cambridge, where he studied English.[2][3][4]

Career

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Jones began his career as one fifth of the comedy group Dutch Elm Conservatoire.[5][4]

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.[6]

His 2013 role as Nick Edwards, the slimy opposing candidate to Bob Servant, brought him recognition in the cult BBC Four[7] Neil Forsyth comedy Bob Servant.[8]

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.[9]

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.[10]

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.[11][12] A second series was broadcast in February and March 2020.[13]

Awards and nominations

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In 2005, Jones was nominated for the Perrier Award with sketch group Dutch Elm Conservatoire.[14]

Other work

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Rufus has appeared on a number of podcasts including The QuaranTea Break Podcast[15] with Simon Ward, Box of Delights,[16] Rule Of Three[17] and the Pilot TV Podcast.[18]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2004 Honorable Men Tyrone Powers Direct-to-video
2009 Cut and Paste Dr. Murray Sachs Short film
2014 The Cunning Woman Matt (voice) Short film
Channel M Various Short film
Gutpunch Roddy Short film
Paddington Third Geographer
2015 Honeysuckle Simon Short film
Bill Sir Walter Raleigh
2016 Thomas & Friends: The Great Race Flying Scotsman (voice) UK/US versions
The Ghoul Coulson
2017 The Foreigner Ian Wood
2018 Thomas & Friends: Big World! Big Adventures! Flying Scotsman (voice) UK/US versions
Stan & Ollie Bernard Delfont
2021 Silent Night Tony
Creation Stories Bank Manager
2022 The People We Hate at the Wedding Tom
2023 Wonka Jenkins
TBA Cleaner Geoffrey Milton Post-production
TBA Christmas Karma TBA In production[19]

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2002 White Teeth Crispin 2 episodes
2004 Messiah: The Promise TV Reporter 2 episodes
2004, 2006 My Family Gay Guy / Delegate 2 episodes
2005 According to Bex Bridegroom Episode: "The Time Warp"
ShakespeaRe-Told Doctor Episode: "Much Ado About Nothing"
Secret Smile David Episode #1.1
2006 Extras Journalist Series 2 episode 3
Losing It Dr. Hall Television film
2006, 2010 Comedy Lab Various 2 episodes
2007 Under One Roof Various Television film
Lead Balloon Brendan Carter / Vince Episode: "Idiot"
The Green Green Grass Adrian Episode: "Fifteen Minutes"
Sold Chris Episode #1.6
2007–2009 Katy Brand's Big Ass Show 11 episodes
2008 Doctors Giles Hamilton-Knight Episode: "Witness to a Wedding"
Midsomer Murders Talk Show Host Episode: "Talking to the Dead"
Thank God You're Here Ensemble Cast 6 episodes
Love Soup Andy Episode: "The Menaced Assassin"
Crooked House Niggs Johnson 2 episodes
2009 Peep Show Peter Episode: "Jeremy in Love"
2010 Pete versus Life Anna's Brother Episode: "Eco Warrior"
Dani's House Adam Twittfield Episode: "Chat Show"
2010–2011 Mongrels Nelson (voice) 17 episodes
2011 Rock & Chips Golden Egg Waiter Episode: "The Frog and the Pussycat"
Holy Flying Circus Terry Jones / Jones the Wife / Bishop Television film
Lapland Julian Television film
2012 The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret Dr. Professor Tigle Episode: "How the Liver and the Salad Conspired to Ruin Todd's Good Deed"
Pixelface Pilot Episode: "Come Fly with Me"
Fresh Meat Macauley Episode #2.3
2012–2015 Hunderby Dr. Foggerty 10 episodes
2014 Edge of Heaven Prop Maartie 5 episodes
2014–2017 Episodes Anthony Powner Smith 2 episodes
W1A David Wilkes Series 1: Supporting
Series 2–3: Main
2018 Thomas & Friends Flying Scotsman (voice) UK/US versions
Episode: "Confusion Without Delay"
2019 Home Peter Series 1
2018–2019 Robozuna Vermis, Sergeant Farrago, Luca (voices) [20]
2019–2020 101 Dalmatian Street Hugo, Constantin, Cuddles (voices) 9 episodes
2022 Four Lives John Pape
Theodore Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt 2 episodes[21][22][23]
Dodger Matthew Marshall Episode: "Train"
2023 FDR Theodore Roosevelt
Funny Woman Mr Magic Episode #1.3
Beyond Paradise Terrance Witham Episode #1.3
Black Ops Inspector Scholes Episode #1.1
Hijack Felix Staton Episode: "Comply Slowly"
2024 Rivals Paul Stratton 8 episodes[24]

Video games

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Year Title Role Notes
2009 Killzone 2 Helghast [20]
2011 Killzone 3 Helghast [20]
2011 Xenoblade Chronicles Dunban [20]
2014 Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U Dunban Archive audio
2018 Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Dunban Archive audio
2021 Bravely Default II Sir Sloan [20]

References

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  1. ^ McGarrigle, Clyde (10 March 2019). "Rufus Jones: 'The 2007 crisis was partly my fault'". The Telegraph. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  2. ^ "Latymer Upper Leads Local Tributes to Alan Rickman". actonw3.com. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
  3. ^ "Rufus Jones interview - Home". British Comedy Guide. 4 March 2019. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
  4. ^ a b McGarrigle, Clyde (10 March 2019). "Rufus Jones: 'The 2007 crisis was partly my fault'". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
  5. ^ "Rufus Jones Interview". henryarlington.com. 24 April 2014. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  6. ^ "Lapland – Christmas Special". The British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
  7. ^ "BBC 4 Bob Servant website". Retrieved 19 February 2013.
  8. ^ "Bob Servant – Official Site". Retrieved 19 February 2013.
  9. ^ "Reed.co.uk rockets team to space in 'Love Mondays' spot". Campaign. 28 September 2012.
  10. ^ "The Dead Funny Play London, Tickets and Everything About Show". vaudeville-theatre.co.uk. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  11. ^ "Rufus Jones reveals why he had to tackle the "terrifying" challenge of writing Channel 4's refugee sitcom Home". Radio Times. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
  12. ^ "Rufus Jones on why now's time for a comedy about the refugee crisis". inews.co.uk. 4 March 2019. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
  13. ^ "Home series and episodes list". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
  14. ^ McGarrigle, Clyde (10 March 2019). "Rufus Jones: 'The 2007 crisis was partly my fault'". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
  15. ^ "The QuaranTea Break Podcast: Ep 2: Rufus Jones – talking Channel 4's Home series 3, getting naked on TV and lockdown home schooling on Apple Podcasts". Apple Podcasts. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  16. ^ "Box of Delights: Rufus Jones' Home on Apple Podcasts". Apple Podcasts. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  17. ^ "Rule Of Three: Rufus Jones on Midnight Run on Apple Podcasts". Apple Podcasts. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  18. ^ "Pilot TV Podcast #74: I Am Not Okay With This, Altered Carbon, And Flesh And Blood. Ft. guest host Rufus Jones". Empire. 24 February 2020. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  19. ^ Lattila, Maria (18 April 2024). "Kunal Nayyar to lead the ensemble cast for Gurinder Chadha's Christmas Karma". filmstories.co.uk. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  20. ^ a b c d e "Rufus Jones (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 28 February 2022. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  21. ^ "Theodore Roosevelt Two-Night Event Premieres Memorial Day at 8/7c". history.com.
  22. ^ Jeffrey, Andrew (11 February 2022). "History sets air date for presidential miniseries on Theodore Roosevelt". Realscreen. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
  23. ^ White, Peter (7 May 2020). "'Lincoln' & 'Theodore Roosevelt' Miniseries Lead History Slate As A+E Networks Expands Relationship With Leonardo DiCaprio & Doris Kearns Goodwin". Deadline. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
  24. ^ "Victoria Smurfit and Aidan Turner star in adaptation of racy Jilly Cooper novel". Independent.ie. 21 March 2023.
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