# Rufus Jones (actor)

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).

## Early life

Jones was born in London, and educated at Latymer Upper School and the University of Cambridge, 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 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.

### Awards and nominations

In 2005, Jones was nominated for the Perrier Award 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

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2004 | Honorable Men | Tyrone Powers | Direct-to-video |
| 2009 | Cut and Paste | Dr. Murray Sachs | Short film |
| 2014 | The Cunning Woman | Matt (voice) | Short film |
| 2014 | Channel M | Various | Short film |
| 2014 | Gutpunch | Roddy | Short film |
| 2014 | Paddington | Third Geographer | |
| 2015 | Honeysuckle | Simon | Short film |
| 2015 | Bill | Sir Walter Raleigh | |
| 2016 | Thomas & Friends: The Great Race | Flying Scotsman (voice) | UK/US versions |
| 2016 | The Ghoul | Coulson | |
| 2017 | The Foreigner | Ian Wood | |
| 2018 | Thomas & Friends: Big World! Big Adventures! | Flying Scotsman (voice) | UK/US versions |
| 2018 | Stan & Ollie | Bernard Delfont | |
| 2021 | Silent Night | Tony | |
| 2021 | Creation Stories | Bank Manager | |
| 2022 | The People We Hate at the Wedding | Tom | |
| 2023 | Wonka | Jenkins | |
| 2025 | Cleaner | Geoffrey Milton | |
| TBA | Christmas Karma | TBA | In production |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2002 | White Teeth | Crispin | 2 episodes |
| 2004 | Messiah: The Promise | TV Reporter | 2 episodes |
| 2004, 2006 | My Family | Gay Guy / Delegate | 2 episodes |
| 2005 | According to Bex | Bridegroom | Episode: "The Time Warp" |
| 2005 | ShakespeaRe-Told | Doctor | Episode: "Much Ado About Nothing" |
| 2005 | Secret Smile | David | Episode #1.1 |
| 2006 | Extras | Journalist | Series 2 episode 3 |
| 2006 | Losing It | Dr. Hall | Television film |
| 2006, 2010 | Comedy Lab | Various | 2 episodes |
| 2007 | Under One Roof | Various | Television film |
| 2007 | Lead Balloon | Brendan Carter / Vince | Episode: "Idiot" |
| 2007 | The Green Green Grass | Adrian | Episode: "Fifteen Minutes" |
| 2007 | Sold | Chris | Episode #1.6 |
| 2007–2009 | Katy Brand's Big Ass Show | | 11 episodes |
| 2008 | Doctors | Giles Hamilton-Knight | Episode: "Witness to a Wedding" |
| 2008 | Midsomer Murders | Talk Show Host | Episode: "Talking to the Dead" |
| 2008 | Thank God You're Here | Ensemble Cast | 6 episodes |
| 2008 | Love Soup | Andy | Episode: "The Menaced Assassin" |
| 2008 | Crooked House | Niggs Johnson | 2 episodes |
| 2009 | Peep Show | Peter | Episode: "Jeremy in Love" |
| 2010 | Pete versus Life | Anna's Brother | Episode: "Eco Warrior" |
| 2010 | Dani's House | Adam Twittfield | Episode: "Chat Show" |
| 2010–2011 | Mongrels | Nelson (voice) | 17 episodes |
| 2011 | Rock & Chips | Golden Egg Waiter | Episode: "The Frog and the Pussycat" |
| 2011 | Holy Flying Circus | Terry Jones / Jones the Wife / Bishop | Television film |
| 2011 | Lapland | Julian | Television film |
| 2012 | The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret | Dr. Professor Tigle | Episode: "How the Liver and the Salad Conspired to Ruin Todd's Good Deed" |
| 2012 | Pixelface | Pilot | Episode: "Come Fly with Me" |
| 2012 | Fresh Meat | Macauley | Episode #2.3 |
| 2012–2015 | Hunderby | Dr. Foggerty | 10 episodes |
| 2014 | Edge of Heaven | Prop Maartie | 5 episodes |
| 2014–2017 | Episodes | Anthony Powner Smith | 2 episodes |
| 2014–2017 | W1A | David Wilkes | Series 1: Supporting Series 2–3: Main |
| 2018 | Thomas & Friends | Flying Scotsman (voice) | UK/US versions Episode: "Confusion Without Delay" |
| 2019 | Home | Peter | Series 1 |
| 2018–2019 | Robozuna | Vermis, Sergeant Farrago, Luca (voices) | |
| 2019–2020 | 101 Dalmatian Street | Hugo, Constantin, Cuddles (voices) | 9 episodes |
| 2022 | Four Lives | John Pape | |
| 2022 | Theodore Roosevelt | Theodore Roosevelt | 2 episodes |
| 2022 | Dodger | Matthew Marshall | Episode: "Train" |
| 2023 | FDR | Theodore Roosevelt | |
| 2023 | Funny Woman | Mr Magic | Episode #1.3 |
| 2023 | Beyond Paradise | Terrance Witham | Episode #1.3 |
| 2023 | Black Ops | Inspector Scholes | Episode #1.1 |
| 2023 | Hijack | Felix Staton | Episode: "Comply Slowly" |
| 2024 | Rivals | Paul Stratton | 8 episodes |

### Video games

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2009 | Killzone 2 | Helghast | |
| 2011 | Killzone 3 | Helghast | |
| 2011 | Xenoblade Chronicles | Dunban | |
| 2014 | Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U | Dunban | Archive audio |
| 2018 | Super Smash Bros. Ultimate | Dunban | Archive audio |
| 2021 | Bravely Default II | Sir Sloan | |