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Simon Jones

Simon Jones

Actor · Born July 27, 1950 (76) · Charlton Park, Wiltshire, England, UK

Screen Actors Guild Award nominee

Simon Jones is a distinguished British actor known for his versatile performances on stage, television, and in films. Born in Wales, Jones has showcased his talent across various mediums. He gained recognition for his roles in projects like "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," where he portrayed the affable and bewildered Arthur Dent, earning him widespread acclaim. Jones's contributions to both theatre and screen, including appearances in acclaimed plays and television series, highlight his versatility and skill. His ability to bring authenticity and depth to his characters has earned him admiration, establishing him as a respected figure in the entertainment industry.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
July 27, 1950 (76)
From
Charlton Park, Wiltshire, England, UK
Works as
Actor
Titles
29 on MovieCove · 54 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 156 days to Oct 27Down 6% in 30 days

What are Simon Jones' films like?

Across their 10 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
24%
Self
21%
Ideas
19%
Society
15%
Morality
9%
Survival
7%
Power
5%
Purpose3 titles, browse their movies with this themeArt2 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds2 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love2 titles, browse their movies with this themeHope2 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 7 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 4 · Serious 3 · Dark 0

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 4 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 2

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 3 · Charged 3 · Intense 1

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

A split, not a type: Steady 3 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 2

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 3

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 0

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

A split, not a type: Casual 3 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 4 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 1

Roles they play

2 analyzed roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Absurd
3
Warm
5
Melancholic
3
Romantic
2
Tense
2
Other
10

How their films linger

Bittersweet5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteWistful2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteCozy2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Happy1
  • Bittersweet5
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous3

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Simon Jones' films?

As of October 24, 2026, 17 of their 29 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (6).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Simon Jones' titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

54 credits, 29 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • The Gilded Age(2022)

    Show 25 episodes · as Alfred Bannister

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows

  • Downton Abbey(2019)

    as King George V

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • The Good Fight(2017)

    Show 1 episode · as Judge Carl Gattis

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows

  • The Search for Simon(2013)

    as The Man in the Hat

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films

  • Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments(2008)

    as Sir Walter Raleigh

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Griffin & Phoenix(2006)

    as Professor

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Spectropia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    as The Duck

  • The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy(2005)

    as Ghostly Image

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Cambridge Spies(2003)

    Show 1 episode · as Sir Michael Boal

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all shows

  • American Idol(2002)

    Show 513 episodes · Producer

    Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all shows

  • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit(1999)

    Show 1 episode · as Darien Marshall

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows

  • CI5: The New Professionals (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • The Thomas Crown Affair(1999)

    as Catherine's Accountant (voice) (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • Guru in Seven (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    as Removal man 1

  • Liberty! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Show 6 episodes · as Ambrose Serle

  • Oz(1997)

    Show 2 episodes · as Judge Mason Kessler

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows

  • The Devil's Own(1997)

    as Harry Sloan

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • Matilda(1996)

    as Shellhammer (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Remember WENN(1996)

    Show 1 episode · as Ted E. Peck

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows

  • 12 Monkeys(1995)

    as Zoologist

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Miracle on 34th Street(1994)

    as Donald Shellhammer

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • For Love or Money(1993)

    as Albert

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • American Friends(1991)

    as Anderson

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Shrinks (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    Show 7 episodes · as Jack Cavendish

  • Green Card(1990)

    as Party Guest

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Tattingers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Claws (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    as Eric

  • Club Paradise(1986)

    as Toby Prooth

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • Brazil(1985)

    as Arrest Official

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • The Price (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    as Lansbury

  • The Price (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Show 6 episodes · as Lansbury

  • Murder, She Wrote(1984)

    Show 1 episode · as Barnaby Friar

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows

  • Saturday Review (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    Show 1 episode · as Arthur Dent

  • The Black Adder(1983)

    Show 1 episode · as Sir Walter Raleigh

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows

  • Monty Python's the Meaning of Life(1983)

    as Cedric

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • Privates on Parade (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    as Sergeant Eric Young-Love

  • Giro City (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    as Henderson

  • Newhart (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Muck and Brass (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Show 6 episodes · as Basil Bastedas

  • Reds(1981)

    as Louise Bryant's Colleague in France (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • No Visible Scar (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    as David Hanson

  • Brideshead Revisited(1981)

    Show 8 episodes · as Earl of Brideshead

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows

  • The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    as Arthur Dent

  • The Kindness of Mrs Radcliffe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    as Cecil Garfield

  • Fothergill (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    as Horsburgh

  • The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy(1981)

    Show 6 episodes · as Arthur Dent

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows

  • Sir Henry at Rawlinson End (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    as Joachim

  • Hart to Hart (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Victorian Scandals (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    Show 1 episode · as Mr Thornbury

  • Out of the Trees(1976)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Playhouse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    Show 1 episode · as Cecil Garfield

  • Omnibus (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Friends Not Food (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Sir Donald Scarborough

  • Offsite (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Executive Producer · Actor

Career shape

Star power in the 95th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 53 titles, 51 of them dated from 1967 to 2022; peak year 1982.

Biggest box office

The Devil's Own (1997)

$141M worldwide

Highest rated

Brideshead Revisited (1981)

Midcredits 95th

Most popular right now

The Gilded Age (2022)

Film career

19672022

Peak 1982 · back in prominent film roles after a quiet stretch. Top draw in 1 MovieCove title. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting52 of 53: 51 only acting, 1 with another role · typical Midcredits score86thProducing2 of 53: 1 only producing, 1 with another role

By decade

1960s1 · acting1970s4 · acting1980s22 · acting1990s15 · acting2000s5 · 4 acting · 1 crew2010s3 · acting2020s1 · acting

Billing

usually 15th · top billed in 0% of 11 roles
8191

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

Awards

Nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award in 2024, Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series.

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Simon Jones' films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 76th percentile, the median of all 18; across their 7 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 69th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

69thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 7

Approval · how many liked their films

66thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 7

Reach · how many have seen their films

41stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 7

Midcredits score across 29 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up17
  • 50th to 74th6
  • 25th to 49th3
  • Below 25th3

Shape of the crowd

13 of their 29 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved9
  • Crowd Pleaser13
  • Broadly Agreed2
  • Mixed5

Most divisive · actor

The Search for Simon (2013)

88th percentile spread · 50% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

12 Monkeys (1995)

Midcredits 97th · 89% liked

Reviewers score the acting 74/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles; fans 80, detractors 48. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Simon Jones' work okay for kids?

Across up to 6 MovieCove titles with content scores, 1 of the 5 categories sits near the median of all films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore4 titlesmedian 49 · moderateMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity6 titles24–62 · median 39 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity3 titlesmedian 61 · intenseMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs3 titlesmedian 33 · mildMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense3 titlesmedian 37 · moderateMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Simon Jones work with?

People who share at least 2 of Simon Jones' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Michael Palin shares the most, 2.

Writers

Actors