John Rhys-Davies

John Rhys-Davies (born May 5, 1944 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England) is a Welsh actor. Although he has dozens of films to his credit, Rhys-Davies is probably best known for his characters in two blockbuster franchises: "Sallah" in the Indiana Jones films and the dwarf "Gimli" in the Lord of the Rings films (in which he also voiced "Treebeard"). He also had a lead role in the television series Sliders as Professor Maximillian Arturo from 1995 to 1997.

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• Andrew Leigh, "No Sean Penn". National Review. March 5, 2004.