# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/griff-rhys-jones
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:44:18.278Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/griff-rhys-jones"
name: "Griff Rhys Jones"
slug: "griff-rhys-jones"
description: "Griffith Rhys Jones is a Welsh actor, comedian, writer and television presenter. He starred in a number of television series with his comedy partner, Mel Smith. He and Smith came to national attention in the 1980s for their work in the BBC television comedy sketch shows Not the Nine O'Clock News and Alas Smith and Jones."
tagline: "Welsh comedian, writer, actor, and television presenter"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Griff_Rhys_Jones_2019.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1953-11-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           53.8
  momentum:             6.838427947598253
  historical:           11.389268
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0722619/"
    handle:    "nm0722619"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.griff-rhysjones.co.uk/"
sources:
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
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    title: "جريف ريس چونيس"
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    title: "Griff Rhys Jones"
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  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Griff_Rhys_Jones"
    title: "Griff Rhys Jones"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Griff_Rhys_Jones"
    title: "Griff Rhys Jones"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Griff_Rhys_Jones"
    title: "Griff Rhys Jones"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Griff_Rhys_Jones"
    title: "Griff Rhys Jones"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Griff_Rhys_Jones"
    title: "Griff Rhys Jones"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Griff_Rhys_Jones"
    title: "Griff Rhys Jones"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Griff Rhys Jones"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Griff_Rhys_Jones"
    title: "Griff Rhys Jones"
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  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Griff_Rhys_Jones"
    title: "Wikiquote"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Griff Rhys Jones"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump