---
name: "Simon Jones"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/simon-jones"
fi1m_id: "simon-jones"
imdb_id: "nm0429254"
tmdb_id: 37891
wikidata_id: "Q325070"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "27 July 1950"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 79
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-10-07T10:54:13.811216+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Simon Jones

## Identity

Simon Jones

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/simon-jones
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** simon-jones
- **IMDb ID:** nm0429254
- **TMDB ID:** 37891
- **Wikidata ID:** Q325070
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Jones_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q325070, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0429254/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/37891

Actor. Born 27 July 1950 in Charlton Park, Wiltshire, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 27 July 1950, Charlton Park, Wiltshire, England, UK
- **Active:** 1981–2019
- **Average Fi1m score:** 79, as actor, over 6 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 82 (4), 1990s 82 (1), 2010s 64 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 76 to 70 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 4 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Comedy 3, Drama 2, Science Fiction 2, History 1, Mystery 1, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $416m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Jones_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q325070, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0429254/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/37891

## Biography

Simon Jones is an English actor born on 27 July 1950 in Charlton Park, Wiltshire. He studied at King's College, Taunton, and Trinity Hall, Cambridge, where he was a member of the Footlights dramatic club.

He originated the role of Arthur Dent in Douglas Adams's *The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy* radio series (1978) and television adaptation (1981). Jones appeared in *Monty Python's The Meaning of Life* (1983) as Chadwick and Jeremy Portland-Smythe. His other screen credits include *Brazil* (1985), *Twelve Monkeys* (1995), *Miracle on 34th Street* (1994) as Shellhammer, and *Downton Abbey* (2019) as King George V. He has also performed extensively on stage, including numerous Broadway productions.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (6)

- *Downton Abbey* (2019), Fi1m 64, as King George V — [page](https://film.one/film/downton-abbey-2019.md)
- *Twelve Monkeys* (1995), Fi1m 82, as Zoologist — [page](https://film.one/film/twelve-monkeys.md)
- *Brazil* (1985), Fi1m 83, as Arrest Official — [page](https://film.one/film/brazil.md)
- *Blackadder* (1983), Fi1m 84, as Sir Walter Raleigh — [page](https://film.one/tv/blackadder.md)
- *Monty Python's The Meaning of Life* (1983), Fi1m 76, as Cedric — [page](https://film.one/film/monty-pythons-the-meaning-of-life.md)
- *Brideshead Revisited* (1981), Fi1m 83, as Earl of Brideshead — [page](https://film.one/tv/brideshead-revisited.md)

## Complete filmography (51)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Gilded Age* (2022), series, as Alfred Bannister
- *Downton Abbey* (2019), as King George V — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/downton-abbey-2019.md)
- *The Good Fight* (2017), series, as Judge Carl Gattis
- *The Search for Simon* (2013), as The Man in the Hat
- *Griffin & Phoenix* (2006), as Professor
- *Spectropia* (2006), as The Duck
- *The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy* (2005), as Ghostly Image
- *Cambridge Spies* (2003), series, as Sir Michael Boal
- *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), series, as Darien Marshall
- *CI5: The New Professionals* (1999), series, Actor
- *The Thomas Crown Affair* (1999), as Catherine's Accountant (voice) (uncredited)
- *Guru in Seven* (1998), as Removal man 1
- *Liberty!* (1997), series, as Ambrose Serle
- *Oz* (1997), series, as Judge Mason Kessler — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/oz.md)
- *The Devil's Own* (1997), as Harry Sloan
- *Matilda* (1996), as Shellhammer (uncredited)
- *Remember WENN* (1996), series, as Ted E. Peck
- *Twelve Monkeys* (1995), as Zoologist — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/twelve-monkeys.md)
- *Miracle on 34th Street* (1994), as Donald Shellhammer
- *For Love or Money* (1993), as Albert
- *American Friends* (1991), as Anderson
- *Shrinks* (1991), series, as Jack Cavendish
- *Green Card* (1990), as Party Guest
- *Tattingers* (1988), series, Actor
- *Claws* (1987), as Eric
- *Club Paradise* (1986), as Toby Prooth
- *Brazil* (1985), as Arrest Official — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/brazil.md)
- *The Price* (1985), series, as Lansbury
- *The Price* (1985), as Lansbury
- *Murder, She Wrote* (1984), series, as Barnaby Friar
- *Blackadder* (1983), series, as Sir Walter Raleigh — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/blackadder.md)
- *Monty Python's The Meaning of Life* (1983), as Cedric — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/monty-pythons-the-meaning-of-life.md)
- *Privates on Parade* (1983), as Sergeant Eric Young-Love
- *Giro City* (1982), as Henderson
- *Newhart* (1982), series, Actor
- *Muck and Brass* (1982), series, as Basil Bastedas
- *Reds* (1981), as Louise Bryant's Colleague in France (uncredited) — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/reds.md)
- *No Visible Scar* (1981), as David Hanson
- *Brideshead Revisited* (1981), series, as Earl of Brideshead — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/brideshead-revisited.md)
- *The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy* (1981), as Arthur Dent
- *The Kindness of Mrs Radcliffe* (1981), as Cecil Garfield
- *Fothergill* (1981), as Horsburgh
- *The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy* (1981), series, as Arthur Dent
- *Sir Henry at Rawlinson End* (1980), as Joachim
- *Hart to Hart* (1979), series, Actor
- *Victorian Scandals* (1976), series, as Mr Thornbury
- *Out of the Trees* (1976), Actor
- *Playhouse* (1974), series, as Cecil Garfield
- *Omnibus* (1967), series, Actor
- *Offsite*, as Executive Producer
- *Friends Not Food*, as Sir Donald Scarborough

## Gallery

- ![Simon Jones](https://film.one/media/person/117973/gallery-7417b1baa97a.jpg) Simon Jones — Vbrunophotog, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Simon_Jones_at_September_2025_Downton_Abbey_The_Grand_Finale_Premiere_in_New_York.jpg/1280px-Simon_Jones_at_September_2025_Downton_Abbey_The_Grand_Finale_Premiere_in_New_York.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Simon Jones](https://film.one/media/person/117973/gallery-e32b4806fa15.jpg) Simon Jones — Image via TMDB

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