John Rhys-Davies
Michael Gray
Updated on March 13, 2026
Rhys-Davies in 2004, photo by Prphotos
Place of Birth: Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
Date of Birth: 5 May, 1944
Ethnicity: Welsh
John Rhys-Davies is a Welsh actor.
He was born in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, of Welsh descent, and was raised there, in Tanganyika, and in Ammanford, Wales. He is the son of Mary Margaretta Phyllis (Jones), a nurse, from Carmarthenshire, and Rhys Davies, a mechanical engineer and Colonial Officer.
John has a daughter with his partner, Lisa Manning, and two children with his former wife, Suzanne Wilkinson.
John’s maternal grandmother was named Sarah Emily Morris (the daughter of Rees Morris and Mary Ann). Sarah was born in Treorchy, Glamorgan, Glamorganshire, Wales.
