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Simon Jones is an English actor. He is best known for his multiple portrayals of Arthur Dent, protagonist of Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Jones first portrayed the character on radio in 1978 and again on television in 1981. Jones also featured in the film The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005) in a cameo role. He is also known for his portrayal of Donald Shellhammer in Miracle on 34th Street (1994), and for his multiple appearances on the Broadway stage. Jones is also well known for his role in Brideshead Revisited as Lord Brideshead. He appeared as King George V in the film Downton Abbey.
Born
Thursday, 27 July 1950
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Gilded Age | Bannister / Mr. Bannister | 2022 |
| Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age | Self | 2021 |
| Downton Abbey | King George V | 2019 |
| The Good Fight | Judge Carl Gattis | 2017 |
| Monty Python Live (Mostly) | Jeremy Portland-Smythe | 2014 |
| The Search for Simon | The Man in the Hat | 2013 |
| The Comedy Map of Britain | Arthur Dent | 2007 |
| Griffin & Phoenix | Professor | 2006 |
| The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | Ghostly Image | 2005 |
| The Question of God: Sigmund Freud & C.S. Lewis | C.S. Lewis | 2004 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Gilded Age | Bannister / Mr. Bannister | 2022 |
| Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age | Self | 2021 |
| Downton Abbey | King George V | 2019 |
| The Good Fight | Judge Carl Gattis | 2017 |
| Monty Python Live (Mostly) | Jeremy Portland-Smythe | 2014 |
| The Search for Simon | The Man in the Hat | 2013 |
| The Comedy Map of Britain | Arthur Dent | 2007 |
| Griffin & Phoenix | Professor | 2006 |
| The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | Ghostly Image | 2005 |
| The Question of God: Sigmund Freud & C.S. Lewis | C.S. Lewis | 2004 |
| Cambridge Spies | Sir Michael Boal | 2003 |
| Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There | Self | 2003 |
| Benjamin Franklin | Thomas Penn | 2002 |
| Life, the Universe and Douglas Adams | Self | 2002 |
| The Wright Stuff | Self - Guest Panelist | 2000 |
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Darien Marshall | 1999 |
| Independent Lens | John the baptist | 1999 |
| The Thomas Crown Affair | The Accountant | 1999 |
| Liberty! The American Revolution | Ambrose Serle | 1997 |
| Oz | Judge Mason Kessler | 1997 |
| The Devil's Own | Harry Sloan / Judge Harry Sloan | 1997 |
| Matilda | Shellhammer | 1996 |
| Remember WENN | Ted E. Peck | 1996 |
| 12 Monkeys | Zoologist | 1995 |
| Miracle on 34th Street | Donald Shellhammer / Shellhammer | 1994 |
| The Cosby Mysteries | Winston Murdoch | 1994 |
| For Love or Money | Albert | 1993 |
| All Good Things | Dean | 1991 |
| American Friends | Anderson | 1991 |
| Green Card | Party Guest | 1991 |
| Tattinger's | Norman Asher | 1988 |
| CBS Summer Playhouse | Jamison | 1987 |
| Club Paradise | Toby Prooth | 1986 |
| Brazil | Arrest Official | 1985 |
| Murder, She Wrote | Barnaby Friar | 1984 |
| Blackadder II | Sir Walter Raleigh | 1983 |
| The Meaning of Life | Jeremy Portland-Smythe / Chadwick / Cedric | 1983 |
| Privates on Parade | Sergeant Eric Young-Love | 1983 |
| Giro City | Henderson | 1982 |
| Newhart | Dr. Miles Rangel | 1982 |
| Muck and Brass | Basil Bastedas | 1982 |
| Reds | Louise Bryant's Colleague in France | 1981 |
| Brideshead Revisited | Lord Brideshead 'Bridey' / 'Bridey', Lord Brideshead | 1981 |
| The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | Arthur Dent | 1981 |
| Sir Henry at Rawlinson End | Joachim | 1980 |
| Hart to Hart | Calvin | 1979 |
| The South Bank Show | Arthur Dent | 1978 |
| Victorian Scandals | Mr. Thornbury | 1976 |
| Rock Follies | Juan Les Pins | 1976 |
| Out of the Trees | 1976 | |
| BBC2 Playhouse | Cecil Garfield / Horsburgh | 1974 |
| Crown Court | Edward Harley | 1972 |
| Play for Today | David Hanson | 1970 |
