Name
Rufus Jones
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1975-05-17 (51 years old)
Place of Birth
London, England, UK
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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- 2022 Little Darlings as Mike
- 2016 Thomas & Friends: The Great Race as The Flying Scotsman (voice)
- 2023 Wonka as Jenkins
- 2025 Cleaner as Geoffrey Milton
- 2022 The People We Hate at the Wedding as Tom
- 2025 Christmas Karma as Rupert Holly
- 2024 My Sexual Abuse: The Sitcom as Self / Dad
- 2017 The Ghoul as Coulson
- 2015 Bill as Sir Walter Raleigh
- 2014 Paddington as Third Geographer
- 2014 Honeysuckle as Simon
- 2011 Lapland as Julian
- 2011 Holy Flying Circus as Terry Jones
- 2006 Losing It as Dr. Hall
- 2017 The Foreigner as Ian Wood
- 2017 Eric, Ernie and Me as John Ammonds
- 2018 Stan & Ollie as Bernard Delfont
- 2010 Rock & Chips as Golden Egg Waiter
- 2004 Honorable Men as Tyrone Powers
- 2021 Silent Night as Tony
- 2018 Backstage At Live Aid as Elton John
- 2018 Thomas & Friends: Big World! Big Adventures! The Movie as Flying Scotsman (voice)
- 2021 Creation Stories as Bank Manager
- 2024 My Sexual Abuse: The Sitcom (The Actual Sitcom) as Dad
- 2000 My Family ( 2 episodes )
- 2019 Frayed ( 1 episode ) as Wilko
- 2014 Edge of Heaven ( 6 episodes ) as Prop Maartie
- 2001 Messiah ( 2 episodes ) as TV Reporter
- 2024 Rivals ( 14 episodes ) as Paul Stratton
- 2003 Bedsitcom ( 8 episodes )
- 2010 Mongrels ( 17 episodes ) as Nelson (voice)
- 2023 FDR ( 3 episodes ) as Theodore Roosevelt
- 2023 Hijack ( 1 episode ) as Felix Staton
- 2013 The Wrong Mans ( 2 episodes ) as D.S. Brick
- 2013 Up the Women ( 1 episode )
- 2012 Hunderby ( 10 episodes ) as Dr. Foggerty
- 2013 The Wright Way ( 1 episode )
- 2010 Pete versus Life ( 1 episode )
- 2015 The Casual Vacancy ( 3 episodes ) as Miles Mollison
- 2010 The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Professor Tigle
- 2014 House of Fools ( 2 episodes )
- 2016 Camping ( 6 episodes ) as Tom
- 2010 Rock & Chips ( 1 episode )
- 2013 Toast of London ( 1 episode )
- 2003 Peep Show ( 1 episode ) as Peter
- 2005 Love Soup ( 1 episode )
- 2007 Sold ( 1 episode )
- 2006 Lead Balloon ( 1 episode )
- 1997 Midsomer Murders ( 1 episode ) as Talk Show Host
- 2005 Extras ( 1 episode ) as Journalist
- 2005 The Green Green Grass ( 1 episode )
- 2010 Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge ( 1 episode )
- 2014 W1A ( 14 episodes ) as David Wilkes
- 2022 Four Lives ( 3 episodes ) as John Pape
- 2014 Original Comedy Shorts ( 1 episode )
- 2013 Bob Servant ( 6 episodes ) as Nick Edwards
- 2017 Urban Myths ( 1 episode ) as Elton John
- 2011 Episodes ( 1 episode ) as Anthony Powner Smith
- 2004 Agatha Christie's Marple ( 1 episode ) as Horace Bindler
- 2019 Sadie Sparks ( 59 episodes )
- 2019 Flack ( 12 episodes ) as Mark
- 2022 Theodore Roosevelt ( 2 episodes ) as Theodore Roosevelt
- 2019 Home ( 12 episodes ) as Peter
- 2023 Beyond Paradise ( 1 episode ) as Terrence Witham
- 2014 Inside No. 9 ( 1 episode ) as Charles
- 2013 It's Kevin ( 2 episodes ) as Various
- 2021 Whitstable Pearl ( 1 episode ) as Theo
- 2011 Comedy Blaps ( 1 episode ) as Ralph Michaels
- 2008 Crooked House ( 1 episode ) as Niggs
- 2025 I Fought the Law ( 2 episodes ) as Lord Goldsmith
- 2024 Boarders ( 2 episodes ) as George Tramley
- 2007 National Geographic: Situation Critical ( 13 episodes ) as Narrator
- 2011 Fresh Meat ( 1 episode ) as Macaulay
- 2016 Stag ( 3 episodes ) as Cosmo
- 2026 Rivals: The Official Podcast ( 1 episode ) as Self
