John Rhys-Davies

Award won Role or nomination

1. 1944 age 0

   Born

2. 1981 age 37

   CreditRaiders of the Lost Ark

3. 1982 age 38

   CreditVictor/Victoria

4. 1987 age 43

   CreditThe Living Daylights

5. 1989 age 45

   CreditIndiana Jones and the Last Crusade

6. 2001 age 57

   CreditThe Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

7. 2002 age 58

   CreditThe Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

8. 2003 age 59

   CreditThe Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

   CreditThe Medallion

9. 2004 age 60

   CreditThe Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement

10. 2007 age 63

    CreditIn the Name of the King

11. 2023 age 79

    CreditIndiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

• BDBrad Dourif4 titles
• SBSean Bean3 titles
• HWHugo Weaving3 titles
• BOBarrie M. Osborne3 titles
• SSSteven Spielberg3 titles
• HSHoward Shore3 titles
• JWJohn Williams3 titles
• PJPeter Jackson3 titles
• FWFran Walsh3 titles
• PBPhilippa Boyens3 titles

• There is a demographic catastrophe happening in Europe that nobody wants to talk about, that we daren't bring up because we are so cagey about not offending people racially. And rightly we should be. But there is a cultural thing as well. By 2020, 50 per cent of the children in Holland under the age of 18 will be of Muslim descent. I think that Tolkien says that some generations will be challenged. And if they do not rise to meet that challenge, they will lose their civilisation. That does have a real resonance with me.

  John Rhys-Davies, CC BY-SA 4.0

• Many do not understand how precarious Western civilisation is and what a joy it is. From it, we get real democracy. From it, we get the sort of intellectual tolerance that allows me to propound something that may be completely alien to you. I'm burying my career so substantially in these interviews that it's painful. But I think there are some questions that demand honest answers.

  John Rhys-Davies, CC BY-SA 4.0

• Western Christianised Europe has values and experience that is worth defending.

  John Rhys-Davies, CC BY-SA 4.0

• It's easy to lose a civilization. The values of Western civilization have brought so much good to the world: the notions of equality, democracy, tolerance, abolition of slavery... Tolkien knew that civilization is worth fighting for. There are times when a generation is challenged and must fight to defend their civilization from annihilation.

  John Rhys-Davies, CC BY-SA 4.0

• There is an extraordinary silence in the West. Basically, Christianity in the Middle East and in Africa is being wiped out – I mean not just ideologically but physically, and people are being enslaved and killed because they are Christians. And your country and my country (Wales) are doing nothing about it. ... This is a unique age. We don't want to be judgmental. Every other age that's come before us has believed exactly the opposite. I mean, T.S. Eliot referred to 'the common pursuit of true judgement.' Yes, that's what it's about. Getting our judgments right, getting them accurate. ... We have lost our moral compass completely, and unless we find it, we’re going to lose our civilization. I think we're going to lose Western European Christian civilization anyway.

  John Rhys-Davies, CC BY-SA 4.0

Nationalities

United Kingdom

Languages

English

Years active

1964–

Education

Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Truro School, University of East Anglia