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Rufus Jones (born 17 May 1975) is an English actor.


Early life

Jones was born in
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, and educated at
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and the
University of Cambridge The University of Cambridge is a public collegiate research university in Cambridge, England. Founded in 1209 and granted a royal charter by Henry III in 1231, Cambridge is the world's third oldest surviving university and one of its most pr ...
, where he studied English.


Career

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 ''
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,'' and Miles Mollison in the BBC television mini series ''
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''. He also played
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in the BBC Four BAFTA-nominated ''
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,'' Cosmo in comedy-drama ''Stag,'' and Tom in Julia Davis's ''
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.'' In 2006, Jones appeared as the journalist in series 2 episode 3 of the BBC comedy '' Extras''. Other credits include ''
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'' (in which he voiced Nelson The Fox), ''William & Sinclair'' for Sky Atlantic's ''Common Ground'' season, ''
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'', '' It's Kevin'', '' The Wrong Mans'', '' Fresh Meat'' (series 2), '' Toast of London'', '' House of Fools'', '' Extras'', '' Lead Balloon'', ''
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'', ''Crooked House'', '' The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret'', ''Love Soup'', ''Katy Brand's Big Ass Show'', ''Green Green Grass'', ''
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'', ''Losing It'', ''Secret Smile'', '' White Teeth'', and '' Edge of Heaven''. In 2011, Jones starred in the one-off
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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 ''
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'', Jon Culshaw and many others. He was script consultant on E4's '' Cardinal Burns''. He portrays entrepreneur James Reed in the reed.co.uk adverts. As a voiceover artist, Jones has worked on numerous commercials, as well as games such as ''
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'', ''
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'' and '' Xenoblade Chronicles''. In 2016, he joined the voice cast of ''
Thomas & Friends ''Thomas & Friends'' (originally known as ''Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends'' and later ''Thomas & Friends: Big World! Big Adventures!'') is a British children's television series that aired across 24 series from 1984 to 2021. Based on ''The ...
'', as the voice of Flying Scotsman. Most recently, he has voiced Vermis in '' Robozuna'' for ITV/
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, various characters in ''
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'' for Disney, Constantin in ''
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'' 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 ''
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'' and Woody in '' The Foreigner'' with
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and Pierce Brosnan. He also played
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in ''
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'' with Steve Coogan and
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, 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
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, that he also wrote, which began airing in March 2019. A second series was broadcast in February and March 2020.


Awards and nominations

In 2005, Jones was nominated for the
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with sketch group Dutch Elm Conservatoire.


Other work

Rufus has appeared on a number of podcasts including The QuaranTea Break Podcast with Simon Ward, Box of Delights, Rule Of Three and the Pilot TV Podcast.


Filmography


Film


Television


Video games


References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jones, Rufus Living people 1975 births 20th-century English male actors 21st-century English male actors Alumni of the University of Cambridge English male comedians English male film actors English male television actors English male voice actors Male actors from London People educated at Latymer Upper School