RECENT CREDITS
Dark Days in Monkey City (TV)  Mar. 3, 2009
Anacondas: Trail of Blood (TV)  Feb. 28, 2009
Fire and Ice (TV)  Oct. 18, 2008


HIGHLIGHTS
2006 Cast as Merrick, the court sorcerer in Uwe Boll's "Dungeon Siege"
2005 Starred in "The Game of Their Lives" based on the true story of the 1950 US soccer team who, against all odds, beat England in the small town of Belo Horizonte, Brazil
2004 Cast in "The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement" directed by Gary Marshall
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All Credits

Film Name / TV Show Name (Episode Name)
Role
Category

Catching Kringle   -Voice
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Prisoners of the Sun   -Masterton
Actor
Film


The Fallen Angel   -Father Victor
Actor
Film


The Sangraal   -Cast
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Spider Dance   -Cast
Actor
Film


Anacondas: Trail of Blood  2009 -Murdoch
Actor
TV


Narrator
TV
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Fire and Ice  2008 -Cast
Actor
TV


Anaconda 3  2008 -Cast
Actor
TV


One Night with the King  2006 -Mordecai
Actor
Film


Shadows in the Sun  2005 -Mr. Benton
Actor
TV


The Game of Their Lives  2005 -Bill Jeffrey
Actor
Film


Revelations  2005 -Jonah Lampley
Actor
TV
Expand


Chupacabra: Dark Seas  2005 -Cast
Actor
TV


Actor
Film


12 Days of Terror  2004 -Cap
Actor
TV


Actor
Film


La Femme Musketeer  2004 -Porthos
Actor
TV


Dragon Storm  2004 -King Fastrad
Actor
TV


The Medallion  2003 -HammerstockSmyth
Actor
Film


Helen of Troy  2003 -King Priam
Actor
TV


The Jungle Book 2  2003 -Voice of Ranjan's Father
Actor
Film


The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers  2002 -Gimli/Voice of Treebeard
Actor
Film


Sabretooth  2002 -Anthony Bricklin
Actor
TV


Catherine the Great  2000 -Pugachev
Actor
TV


Britannic  2000 -Captain Barrett
Actor
TV


Au Pair  1999 -Nigel Kent
Actor
TV


SpongeBob SquarePants  2000-2002 -Man Ray
Voice
TV
Expand


Bloodsport III  1998 -Duvalier
Actor
TV


Body Armor  1997
Actor
Film


You Wish  1997 -Mustafa
Actor
TV


Cats Don't Dance  1997 -of Woolie
Voice
Film


Echo of Blue  1997
Actor
Film


Narrator
TV


Marquis de Sade  1996 -Inspector Marais
Actor
TV


Glory Daze  1996 -Luther
Actor
Film


Voice
TV


Arli$$  1996
Actor
TV
Expand


The Great White Hype  1996 -Johnny Windsor
Actor
Film


Star Trek: Voyager  1995 -Leonardo DaVinci
Actor
TV


Angel of Death  1994 -Zmuda
Actor
TV


Gargoyles  1994 -of Macbeth
Voice
TV


The Seventh Coin  1993 -Captain Galil
Actor
Film


The Magic Paintbrush  1993 -of Zagal
Voice
TV


Powers of the Russian Psychics  1993 -Narration
Narrator
TV


The Untouchables  1993 -Mike Malone
Actor
TV


Cyborg Cop  1993 -Joachim Kessel
Actor
Film


Ring of the Musketeers  1993 -Maurice
Actor
Film


Sunset Grill  1993
Actor
Film


The Making of Aladdin  1992 -Host
Actor
TV


Archaeology  1992 -Host, Narration
Actor, Narrator
TV


Shogun Mayeda  1992 -El Zaidan
Actor
Film


Actor
TV


Voice
TV


Spy Games  1991 -Flynn
Actor
TV


Before the Storm  1991 -Flynn
Actor
TV


Dead Wait  1991
Actor
TV


Under Cover  1991 -Flynn
Actor
TV


Under Cover  1991 -Flynn
Actor
TV


Secret Weapon  1990 -Mossad Chief
Actor
TV


Desperado: Badlands Justice  1989 -Richard Marriott
Actor
TV


Great Expectations  1989 -Joe Gargery
Actor
TV


The Gifted One  1989 -Dr Carl Boardman
Actor
TV


Actor
Film


The Trial of the Incredible Hulk  1989 -Wilson Fisk
Actor
TV


Tusks  1989
Screenplay, Actor
Film


The Goddess of Love  1988 -Zeus
Actor
TV


War and Remembrance  1988 -Sammy Mutterperl
Actor
TV


Waxwork  1988 -Anton Weber
Actor
Film


Higher Ground  1988 -Lieutenant Smight
Actor
TV


James Clavell's Noble House  1988 -Quillan Gornt
Actor
TV


The Little Match Girl  1987 -Police Chief Murphy
Actor
TV


Actor
TV


The Living Daylights  1987 -General Leonid Pushkin
Actor
Film


Firewalker  1986 -Corky Taylor
Actor
Film


King Solomon's Mines  1985 -Dogati
Actor
Film


Nairobi Affair  1984 -Simon
Actor
TV


No Man's Land  1984 -John Grimshaw
Actor
TV


Kim  1984 -Babu
Actor
TV


Sahara  1984 -Rasoul
Actor
Film


Sadat  1983 -Gamal Abdel Nasser
Actor
TV


The Quest  1982 -Sir Edward Vallier
Actor
TV


Ivanhoe  1982 -Reginald Front-de-Boeuf
Actor
TV


Victor/Victoria  1982 -Andre Cassell
Actor
Film


Raiders of the Lost Ark  1981 -Sallah
Actor
Film


Peter and Paul  1981 -Silas
Actor
TV


Sphinx  1981 -Stephanos Markoulis
Actor
Film


Shogun  1980 -Vasco Rodriguez
Actor
TV


The Nativity  1978 -Nestor
Actor
TV


Best Revenge   -Mustapha
Actor
Film


Sliders   -Maximillian Arturo, Professor Maximillian Arturo
From Story, Actor, Actor
TV


Murder, She Wrote   -Harry Mordecai, Harry Waverly, Lancaster
Actor, Actor, Actor
TV


Sinbad: Beyond the Veil Mists   -of King Chandra
Voice
Film


Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Narrator
Film


Lost Angel   -Cast
Actor
Film


Rising Storm   -Donwaldo
Actor
Film


Robot in the Family   -Eli Taki
Actor
Film


Endangered Species   -Police Lt. Wyznowski
Actor
Film


Coronado   -Presidente Ramos
Actor
Film


Canvas   -Nick
Actor
Film


In the Shadow of Kilimanjaro   -Chris Tucker
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Il Giovane Toscanini   -Claudio Rossi
Actor
Film


The Unnamable II   -Professor Harley Warren
Actor
Film


The Reef   -Voice of Thorton
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Actor
Film


The High Crusade   -Brother Parvus
Actor
Film


The Ferryman   -The Greek
Actor
Film


Wing Commander III: The Heart of the Tiger   -James "Paladin" Taggart
Actor
Film




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Highlights

2006 Cast as Merrick, the court sorcerer in Uwe Boll's "Dungeon Siege"
2005 Starred in "The Game of Their Lives" based on the true story of the 1950 US soccer team who, against all odds, beat England in the small town of Belo Horizonte, Brazil
2004 Cast in "The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement" directed by Gary Marshall
2003 Repised his role as Gimli for the third and final "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King"
2002 Reprised Gimli and voiced a tree creature in "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers"
2001 Appeared as Gimli in Peter Jackson's film adaptation of "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring"
1997 Cast as Mustafa in the short-lived ABC sitcom "Your Wish"
1997 Portrayed Leonardo Da Vinci in a two-part episode of the UPN series "Star Trek: Voyager"
1993 Appeared in the syndicated series "The Untouchables"
1991 Voiced the character of Hugo in the animated series "The Legend of Prince Valiant"
1990 Screenwriting debut, "Tusks"; also starred
1989 Reprised role of Sallah in "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade"
1988 Played Sammy Mutterperl in the ABC miniseries "War and Remembrance"
1987 Co-starred as a Russian general in the 007 film "The Living Daylights"
1983 Portrayed Egyptian President Nasser in "Sadat" (syndicated)
1982 Was a regular on the ABC series "The Quest"
1981 Breakthrough feature role as Sallah in Steven Spielberg's "Raiders of the Lost Ark"
1980 Received Emmy nomination for his supporting performance in the NBC mininseries "Shogun"
1978 American TV-movie debut, the ABC drama "The Nativity"
1977 - 1978 Spent two seasons with the Royal Shakespeare Company
1976 Had featured role in the acclaimed British series "I, Claudius"
1974 Film debut in small role of a policeman in "The Black Windmill"
1970 Debuted as a regular on the British TV series "Budgie"
1970 Garnered attention for his performance as Sebastian in "The Tempest" on the London stage
1959 Acted in school plays at Truro School (date approximate)
1955 Reportedly saw first play "Oedipus Rex" at age 11
Raised in Wales and East Africa; returned to England at age nine
Worked as a teacher for one year after graduating from university
Decided to pursue an acting career; enrolled at RADA
Co-starred in the Fox sci-fi series "Sliders"


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