Rufus Jones

Rufus Jones

Born 1975-05-17 (age 51) London, England, UK
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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]

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Known For

Cleaner
Cleaner

2025

as Geoffrey Milton

Paddington
Paddington

2014

as Third Geographer

Wonka
Wonka

2023

as Jenkins

The Foreigner
The Foreigner

2017

as Ian Wood

Silent Night
Silent Night

2021

as Tony

Stan & Ollie
Stan & Ollie

2018

as Bernard Delfont

Christmas Karma
Christmas Karma

2025

as Rupert Holly

Bill
Bill

2015

as Sir Walter Raleigh

Lapland
Lapland

2011

as Julian

Creation Stories
Creation Stories

2021

as Bank Manager

The Ghoul
The Ghoul

2017

as Coulson

Thomas & Friends: Big World! Big Adventures! The Movie
Thomas & Friends: The Great Race
Thomas & Friends: The Great Race

2016

as The Flying Scotsman (voice)

Eric, Ernie and Me
Eric, Ernie and Me

2017

as John Ammonds

Holy Flying Circus
Holy Flying Circus

2011

as Terry Jones

Backstage At Live Aid
Backstage At Live Aid

2018

as Elton John

Losing It
Losing It

2006

as Dr. Hall

Rock & Chips
Rock & Chips

2010

as Golden Egg Waiter

Little Darlings
Little Darlings

2022

as Mike