<P> John Rhys - Davies ( born 5 May 1944 ) is a Welsh actor and voice actor known for his portrayal of Gimli in The Lord of the Rings trilogy and the charismatic Arab excavator Sallah in the Indiana Jones films . He also played Agent Michael Malone in the 1993 remake of the 1950s television series The Untouchables , Pilot Vasco Rodrigues in the mini-series Shōgun , Professor Maximillian Arturo in Sliders , King Richard I in Robin of Sherwood , General Leonid Pushkin in the James Bond film The Living Daylights , and Macro in I , Claudius . Additionally , he provided the voices of Cassim in Disney 's Aladdin and the King of Thieves , Macbeth in Gargoyles , Man Ray in SpongeBob SquarePants , Hades in Justice League and Tobias in the computer game Freelancer . </P>
<P> John Rhys - Davies ( born 5 May 1944 ) is a Welsh actor and voice actor known for his portrayal of Gimli in The Lord of the Rings trilogy and the charismatic Arab excavator Sallah in the Indiana Jones films . He also played Agent Michael Malone in the 1993 remake of the 1950s television series The Untouchables , Pilot Vasco Rodrigues in the mini-series Shōgun , Professor Maximillian Arturo in Sliders , King Richard I in Robin of Sherwood , General Leonid Pushkin in the James Bond film The Living Daylights , and Macro in I , Claudius . Additionally , he provided the voices of Cassim in Disney 's Aladdin and the King of Thieves , Macbeth in Gargoyles , Man Ray in SpongeBob SquarePants , Hades in Justice League and Tobias in the computer game Freelancer . </P>
who played gimli in the lord of the rings movies
who played gimli in the lord of the rings movies
John Rhys - Davies
John Rhys - Davies