Rufus Jones
Rufus Jones
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]
Known For
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
71
Gender
Male
Birthday
1975-05-17 (49 years old)
Place of Birth
London, England, UK
Acting

2025

Cleaner as Geoffrey Milton

2025

Christmas Karma as Not available

2024

Rivals as Paul Stratton

2024

My Sexual Abuse: The Sitcom as Self / Dad

2023

Wonka as Jenkins

2023

Hijack as Felix Staton

2023

Beyond Paradise as Terrence Witham

2023

FDR as Theodore Roosevelt

2022

Four Lives as John Pape

2022

Little Darlings as Mike

2022

Theodore Roosevelt as Theodore Roosevelt

2021

Silent Night as Tony

2021

Creation Stories as Bank Manager

2019

Flack as Mark

2019

Frayed as Wilko

2019

Sadie Sparks as Not available

2019

Home as Peter

2018

Stan & Ollie as Bernard Delfont

2018

Backstage At Live Aid as Elton John

2017

The Foreigner as Ian Wood

2017

Urban Myths as Elton John

2017

Eric, Ernie and Me as John Ammonds

2017

The Ghoul as Coulson

2016

Thomas & Friends: The Great Race as The Flying Scotsman (voice)

2016

Camping as Tom

2016

Stag as Cosmo

2015

Bill as Sir Walter Raleigh

2015

The Casual Vacancy as Miles Mollison

2014

Inside No. 9 as Charles

2014

Paddington as Third Geographer

2014

W1A as David Wilkes

2014

House of Fools as Not available

2014

Original Comedy Shorts as Not available

2014

Edge of Heaven as Prop Maartie

2014

Honeysuckle as Simon

2013

Toast of London as Not available

2013

The Wrong Mans as D.S. Brick

2013

Up the Women as Not available

2013

It's Kevin as Various

2013

Bob Servant as Nick Edwards

2013

The Wright Way as Not available

2012

Hunderby as Dr. Foggerty

2011

Fresh Meat as Macauley

2011

Episodes as Anthony Powner Smith

2011

Holy Flying Circus as Terry Jones

2011

Lapland as Julian

2010

Mongrels as Nelson (voice)

2010

Pete versus Life as Not available

2010

Rock & Chips as Golden Egg Waiter

2010

Rock & Chips as Not available

2008

Crooked House as Not available

2007

Sold as Not available

2006

Lead Balloon as Not available

2006

Losing It as Dr. Hall

2005

Extras as Journalist

2005

The Green Green Grass as Not available

2005

Love Soup as Not available

2004

Agatha Christie's Marple as Horace Bindler

2004

Honorable Men as Tyrone Powers

2003

Peep Show as Peter

2003

Bedsitcom as Not available

2002

White Teeth as Crispin

2001

Messiah as TV Reporter

2000

My Family as Not available

1997

Midsomer Murders as Talk Show Host