Rufus Jones
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
Credits
- 2025 · Christmas Karma as
- 2025 · Cleaner as Geoffrey Milton
- 2024 · Rivals as Paul Stratton
- 2024 · My Sexual Abuse: The Sitcom as Self / Dad
- 2023 · Wonka as Jenkins
- 2023 · Hijack as Felix Staton
- 2023 · FDR as Theodore Roosevelt
- 2023 · Beyond Paradise as Terrence Witham
- 2022 · The People We Hate at the Wedding as Tom
- 2022 · Theodore Roosevelt as Theodore Roosevelt
- 2022 · Little Darlings as Mike
- 2022 · Four Lives as John Pape
- 2021 · Silent Night as Tony
- 2021 · Creation Stories as Bank Manager
- 2019 · Frayed as Wilko
- 2019 · Sadie Sparks as
- 2019 · Home as Peter
- 2019 · Flack as Mark
- 2018 · Stan & Ollie as Bernard Delfont
- 2018 · Thomas & Friends: Big World! Big Adventures! The Movie as Flying Scotsman (voice)
- 2018 · Backstage At Live Aid as Elton John
- 2017 · Eric, Ernie and Me as John Ammonds
- 2017 · The Foreigner as Ian Wood
- 2017 · The Ghoul as Coulson
- 2017 · Urban Myths as Elton John
- 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 · Paddington as Third Geographer
- 2014 · Original Comedy Shorts as
- 2014 · W1A as David Wilkes
- 2014 · Edge of Heaven as Prop Maartie
- 2014 · Inside No. 9 as Charles
- 2014 · House of Fools as
- 2014 · Honeysuckle as Simon
- 2013 · Toast of London as
- 2013 · The Wrong Mans as D.S. Brick
- 2013 · Up the Women as
- 2013 · The Wright Way as
- 2013 · Bob Servant as Nick Edwards
- 2012 · Hunderby as Dr. Foggerty
- 2011 · Lapland as Julian
- 2011 · Holy Flying Circus as Terry Jones
- 2011 · Fresh Meat as Macauley
- 2011 · Episodes as Anthony Powner Smith
- 2010 · Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge as
- 2010 · The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret as Dr. Professor Tigle
- 2010 · Pete versus Life as
- 2010 · Mongrels as Nelson (voice)
- 2010 · Rock & Chips as
- 2010 · Rock & Chips as Golden Egg Waiter
- 2008 · Crooked House as
- 2007 · Sold as
- 2007 · National Geographic: Situation Critical as Narrator (voice)
- 2007 · National Geographic: Situation Critical as Narrator (Voice)
- 2006 · Lead Balloon as
- 2006 · Losing It as Dr. Hall
- 2005 · Love Soup as
- 2005 · The Green Green Grass as
- 2005 · Extras as Journalist
- 2004 · Agatha Christie's Marple as Horace Bindler
- 2004 · Honorable Men as Tyrone
- 2003 · Bedsitcom as
- 2003 · Peep Show as Peter
- 2002 · White Teeth as Crispin
- 2001 · Messiah as TV Reporter
- 2000 · My Family as
- 1997 · Midsomer Murders as Talk Show Host