
Simon Jones
Highest Rated: 85% Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983)
Lowest Rated: 11% Club Paradise (1986)
Birthday: Jul 27, 1950
Birthplace: Charlton Park, Wiltshire, England, UK
For fans of the science fiction comedy spoof "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," the BBC radio series that ran from 1978 to 2005, Simon Jones is best known for playing the unlucky protagonist, Arthur Dent. Jones first met the book's author, Douglas Adams, at Cambridge University, where both were members of the Footlights theatrical club. Adams has since stated publicly that Jones was the inspiration for the Arthur Dent character. While a member of Footlights, Jones also came in contact with John Cleese, Graham Chapman, and Eric Idle of the Monty Python comedy troupe. Because of his connection to Monty Python, Jones appeared in "Monty Python's The Meaning of Life," "Brazil," and "12 Monkeys," the latter two directed by Python member Terry Gilliam. Jones has also appeared in several Broadway plays, among them "The Fifteen-Minute Hamlet" and the Noel Coward-penned "Blithe Spirit." When he's not acting on stage or screen, Jones has lent his voice to dozens of audio books, including "Douglas Adams at the BBC."
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
Movies
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84% | 94% | Downton Abbey | King George V (Character) | $96.8M | 2019 |
No Score Yet | 75% | The Search for Simon | The Man in the Hat (Character) | - | 2013 |
60% | 65% | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | Magrathean Announcer (Character) | $51M | 2005 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Question of God: C.S. Lewis and Sigmund Freud with Dr. Armand Nicholi | Unknown (Character) | - | 2004 |
No Score Yet | 18% | Cold Harvest | Victor (Character) | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet | 18% | Operation Delta Force 3: Clear Target | Vickers (Character) | - | 1998 |
35% | 41% | The Devil's Own | Harry Sloan (Character) | - | 1997 |
No Score Yet | 20% | Merchant of Death | Detective Will `'Flash'` Gordon (Character) | - | 1997 |
No Score Yet | 21% | Operation Delta Force II: Mayday | Vickers (Character) | - | 1997 |
60% | 62% | Miracle on 34th Street | Donald Shellhammer (Character) | $17.2M | 1994 |
37% | 45% | For Love or Money | Albert (Character) | $10.4M | 1993 |
11% | 35% | Club Paradise | Toby Prooth (Character) | $11.8M | 1986 |
85% | 83% | Monty Python's The Meaning of Life | Cedric (Character) | - | 1983 |
No Score Yet | 33% | Privates on Parade | Sergeant Eric Young-Love (Character) | - | 1982 |
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68% | No Score Yet | American Idol | Executive Producer | 2003-2010 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | American Idol 2008 | Executive Producer | 2009 |
78% | 88% | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Darien Marshall (Guest Star) | 2001 |
92% | 98% | Oz | Judge Mason Kessler (Guest Star) | 2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Murder, She Wrote | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1987 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Newhart | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1987 |
No Score Yet | 100% | Black Adder | Sir Walter Raleigh (Character) | 1986 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hart to Hart | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1983 |
80% | 57% | Brideshead Revisited | Lord Brideshead (Character) | 1981 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | Arthur Dent (Character) | 1981 |
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