Rufus Jones (actor)

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Rufus Jones
Born (1975-05-17) 17 May 1975 (age 46)
London, England, United Kingdom
NationalityBritish
OccupationActor, writer
Years active2002–present
Notable work
Hunderby
Camping
W1A
Home
Spouse(s)Philippa Allam

Rufus Jones (born 17 May 1975) is an English actor and writer.

Early life[]

Jones was born in London, and educated at Latymer Upper School and the University of Cambridge, where he studied English.[1][2][3]

Career[]

Jones began his career as one fifth of the comedy group .[4][3]

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 TV 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.

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.[5]

His 2013 role as Nick Edwards, the slimy opposing candidate to Bob Servant, brought him recognition in the cult BBC Four[6] Neil Forsyth comedy Bob Servant.[7]

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.

He portrays entrepreneur James Reed in the reed.co.uk adverts.

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.[8]

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.[9][10] A second series was broadcast in February and March 2020.[11]

Awards and nominations[]

In 2005 Jones was nominated for the Perrier Award with sketch group .[12]

Other work[]

Rufus has appeared on a number of podcasts including The QuaranTea Break Podcast[13] with Simon Ward, Box of Delights,[14] Rule Of Three[15] and the Pilot TV Podcast.[16]

Personal life[]

He lives with Philippa Allam and their two children.

Filmography[]

Film[]

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
2014 Channel M Various Short film
2014 Gutpunch Roddy Short film
2014 Paddington Third Geographer
2016 Thomas & Friends: The Great Race Flying Scotsman (voice) UK/US versions
2017 The Foreigner Ian Wood
2018 Thomas & Friends: Big World! Big Adventures! Flying Scotsman (voice) UK/US versions
2018 Stan & Ollie Bernard Delfont

Television[]

Year Title Role Notes
2005 According to Bex Bridegroom Episode: "The Time Warp"
2008 Doctors Giles Hamilton-Knight Episode: "Witness to a Wedding"
2008 Midsomer Murders Talk Show Host Episode: "Talking to the Dead"
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"
2012–2015 Hunderby Dr. Foggerty 10 episodes
2014 Edge of Heaven Prop Maartie 5 episodes
2014–2017 Episodes Anthony Powner Smith 2 episodes
2018 Thomas & Friends Flying Scotsman (voice) UK/US versions
Episode: "Confusion Without Delay"
2019–present 101 Dalmatian Street Hugo, Constantin, Cuddles (voices) 9 episodes

References[]

  1. ^ "Latymer Upper Leads Local Tributes to Alan Rickman". www.actonw3.com. Retrieved 2020-04-06.
  2. ^ Guide, British Comedy (2019-03-04). "Rufus Jones interview - Home". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 2020-04-06.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b McGarrigle, Clyde (2019-03-10). "Rufus Jones: 'The 2007 crisis was partly my fault'". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2020-04-06.
  4. ^ "Rufus Jones Interview". www.henryarlington.com. 2014-04-24. Retrieved 2016-11-28.
  5. ^ "Lapland – Christmas Special". The British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
  6. ^ "BBC 4 Bob Servant website". Retrieved 19 February 2013.
  7. ^ "Bob Servant – Official Site". Retrieved 19 February 2013.
  8. ^ "The Dead Funny Play London, Tickets and Everything About Show". www.vaudeville-theatre.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-11-28.
  9. ^ "Rufus Jones reveals why he had to tackle the "terrifying" challenge of writing Channel 4's refugee sitcom Home". Radio Times. Retrieved 2020-04-06.
  10. ^ "Rufus Jones on why now's time for a comedy about the refugee crisis". inews.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-04-06.
  11. ^ Guide, British Comedy. "Home series and episodes list". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 2020-02-23.
  12. ^ McGarrigle, Clyde (2019-03-10). "Rufus Jones: 'The 2007 crisis was partly my fault'". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2020-04-06.
  13. ^ "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 2020-06-19.
  14. ^ "Box of Delights: Rufus Jones' Home on Apple Podcasts". Apple Podcasts. Retrieved 2020-06-19.
  15. ^ "Rule Of Three: Rufus Jones on Midnight Run on Apple Podcasts". Apple Podcasts. Retrieved 2020-06-19.
  16. ^ "Pilot TV Podcast #74: I Am Not Okay With This, Altered Carbon, And Flesh And Blood. Ft. guest host Rufus Jones". Empire. 2020-02-24. Retrieved 2020-06-19.

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