Rufus Jones

Born

May 17, 1975 (50 years old)

Known For

Acting

Place of Birth

London, England, UK

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]

Christmas Karma

0.0

2025

Cleaner

Cleaner

Geoffrey Milton

6.5

2025

Rivals

Rivals

Paul Stratton · (8 episodes)

7.2

2024

My Sexual Abuse: The Sitcom

My Sexual Abuse: The Sitcom

Self / Dad

0.0

2024

My Sexual Abuse: The Sitcom (The Actual Sitcom)

Dad

0.0

2024

Wonka

Wonka

Jenkins

7.1

2023

Hijack

Hijack

Felix Staton · (1 episode)

7.7

2023

FDR

FDR

Theodore Roosevelt · (3 episodes)

6.8

2023

Beyond Paradise

Beyond Paradise

Terrence Witham · (1 episode)

6.6

2023

The People We Hate at the Wedding

The People We Hate at the Wedding

Tom

6.3

2022

Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt · (2 episodes)

7.5

2022

Little Darlings

Little Darlings

Mike

0.0

2022

Four Lives

Four Lives

John Pape · (3 episodes)

6.5

2022

Silent Night

Silent Night

Tony

5.9

2021

Creation Stories

Creation Stories

Bank Manager

5.8

2021

Frayed

Frayed

Wilko · (1 episode)

7.5

2019

Sadie Sparks

Sadie Sparks

(59 episodes)

8.0

2019

Home

Home

Peter · (12 episodes)

6.9

2019

Flack

Flack

Mark · (12 episodes)

7.0

2019

Stan & Ollie

Stan & Ollie

Bernard Delfont

7.0

2018

Thomas & Friends: Big World! Big Adventures! The Movie

Thomas & Friends: Big World! Big Adventures! The Movie

Flying Scotsman (voice)

7.4

2018

Backstage At Live Aid

Backstage At Live Aid

Elton John

0.0

2018

Eric, Ernie and Me

Eric, Ernie and Me

John Ammonds

8.0

2017

The Foreigner

The Foreigner

Ian Wood

7.0

2017

The Ghoul

The Ghoul

Coulson

6.0

2017

Urban Myths

Urban Myths

Elton John · (1 episode)

7.5

2017

Thomas & Friends: The Great Race

Thomas & Friends: The Great Race

The Flying Scotsman (voice)

5.5

2016

Camping

Camping

Tom · (6 episodes)

6.8

2016

Stag

Stag

Cosmo · (3 episodes)

6.0

2016

Bill

Bill

Sir Walter Raleigh

6.8

2015

The Casual Vacancy

The Casual Vacancy

Miles Mollison · (3 episodes)

6.2

2015

Paddington

Paddington

Third Geographer

7.1

2014

Original Comedy Shorts

(1 episode)

6.0

2014

W1A

W1A

David Wilkes · (14 episodes)

7.8

2014

Edge of Heaven

Edge of Heaven

Prop Maartie · (6 episodes)

0.0

2014

Inside No. 9

Inside No. 9

Charles · (1 episode)

8.0

2014

House of Fools

House of Fools

(2 episodes)

6.6

2014

Honeysuckle

Simon

0.0

2014

Toast of London

Toast of London

(1 episode)

7.5

2013

The Wrong Mans

The Wrong Mans

D.S. Brick · (2 episodes)

7.3

2013

Up the Women

Up the Women

(1 episode)

6.3

2013

The Wright Way

(1 episode)

5.2

2013

It's Kevin

It's Kevin

Various · (2 episodes)

7.3

2013

Bob Servant

Bob Servant

Nick Edwards · (6 episodes)

6.3

2013

Hunderby

Hunderby

Dr. Foggerty · (10 episodes)

7.6

2012

Lapland

Lapland

Julian

0.0

2011

Holy Flying Circus

Holy Flying Circus

Terry Jones

6.4

2011

Fresh Meat

Fresh Meat

Macauley · (1 episode)

7.2

2011

Episodes

Episodes

Anthony Powner Smith · (1 episode)

7.2

2011

Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge

Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge

(1 episode)

6.8

2010

The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret

The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret

Dr. Professor Tigle · (1 episode)

6.8

2010

Pete versus Life

Pete versus Life

(1 episode)

6.3

2010

Mongrels

Mongrels

Nelson (voice) · (17 episodes)

7.7

2010

Rock & Chips

Rock & Chips

Golden Egg Waiter

6.2

2010

Rock & Chips

Rock & Chips

(1 episode)

8.2

2010

Crooked House

Crooked House

(1 episode)

6.8

2008

Sold

(1 episode)

1.0

2007

National Geographic: Situation Critical

National Geographic: Situation Critical

Narrator (voice) · (1 episode)

9.0

2007

National Geographic: Situation Critical

National Geographic: Situation Critical

Narrator (Voice) · (1 episode)

9.0

2007

Lead Balloon

Lead Balloon

(1 episode)

7.6

2006

Losing It

Losing It

Dr. Hall

0.0

2006

Love Soup

Love Soup

(1 episode)

8.0

2005

The Green Green Grass

The Green Green Grass

(1 episode)

6.7

2005

Extras

Extras

Journalist · (1 episode)

7.8

2005

Agatha Christie's Marple

Agatha Christie's Marple

Horace Bindler · (1 episode)

7.7

2004

Honorable Men

Honorable Men

Tyrone Powers

1.0

2004

Bedsitcom

(8 episodes)

0.0

2003

Peep Show

Peep Show

Peter · (1 episode)

8.0

2003

White Teeth

White Teeth

Crispin · (4 episodes)

7.0

2002

Messiah

Messiah

TV Reporter · (2 episodes)

7.2

2001

My Family

My Family

(2 episodes)

7.0

2000

Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders

Talk Show Host · (1 episode)

7.5

1997