Actor · Writer

Griff Rhys Jones

38 credited titles on WatchWise

Griff Rhys Jones is a Welsh actor and writer. He was born in 1953 in Cardiff gut the family later moved to Essex, England. Educated at Brentwood School in Essex, he won an exhibition to Emmanuel College, Cambridge to read History, transferring later to English. He joined the Footlights Club, becoming its vice president in 1976.

Griff Rhys Jones in one minute

Strongest genre

Comedy

$13M · 50% hit rate

Biggest hit

Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

$68M

Standout efficiency

4.1x

Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery · gross ÷ budget

Commercial performance

Associated lifetime gross

$16M

Combined reported budget

$9.8M

Gross / budget

1.6x

Bankability Index

18 / 100

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