Actor profile

Terry Jones

1st February 1942 Colwyn Bay, Wales, UK Acting

Terence Graham Parry Jones was a Welsh comedian, screenwriter, actor, film director, children's author, popular historian, political commentator, and TV documentary host. He is best known as a member of the Monty Python comedy team. At the age of 4, the Jones family moved to Surrey in England. Jones attended primary school at Esher COE school and later attended the Royal Grammar School in Guildford, where he was school captain in the 1960-61 academic year. He later read English at St Edmund Hall, Oxford, but "strayed into history". While there, he performed comedy with future Monty Python cast-mate Michael Palin in The Oxford Revue. Jones appeared in the comedy TV series "Twice a Fortnight" with Michael Palin; Graeme Garden; Bill Oddie and Jonathan Lynn, as well as the television series |"The Complete and Utter History of Britain" (1969). He appeared in" Do Not Adjust Your Set" (1967–69) with Michael Palin; Eric Idle and David Jason. He wrote for "The Frost Report" and several other David Frost programmes.

97 Movies 34 TV Shows 131 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

The Land of Sometimes 20th March 2026 as The Wish Watch (voice)

Monty Python's Best Bits Celebrated poster

Monty Python's Best Bits Celebrated 5th June 2021 as Self (archive footage)(uncredited)

Python at 50: Silly Talks and Holy Grails poster

Python at 50: Silly Talks and Holy Grails 7th September 2019 as Self (archive footage)

Boom Bust Boom 12th September 2015 as Self

In Charlie Chaplin's Footsteps 10th May 2015 as Narrator

Absolutely Anything 13th February 2015 as Scientist Alien (voice) / Van Driver

Monty Python: The Meaning of Live poster

Monty Python: The Meaning of Live 13th November 2014 as Self

Monty Python Live (Mostly) 20th July 2014 as Self, others

Monty Python: And Now for Something Rather Similar poster

Monty Python: And Now for Something Rather Similar 29th June 2014 as Self

50 Years of BBC Two Comedy 24th May 2014 as Self

The New Incomplete And Utter History Of Everything poster

The New Incomplete And Utter History Of Everything 7th April 2014

Alexander Armstrong's Real Ripping Yarns poster

Alexander Armstrong's Real Ripping Yarns 3rd April 2014 as Self

The Meaning of Monty Python 8th October 2013 as Self

Anatomy of a Liar 26th October 2012 as Self

The Secret Policeman's Ball 4th March 2012 as Self

The Unforgettable Spike Milligan 23rd December 2010 as Himself

Medieval Fightbook 14th August 2010 as Self - Historian

Not The Messiah: The Road To Albert Hall poster

Not The Messiah: The Road To Albert Hall 8th June 2010

Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy) poster

Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy) 25th March 2010 as Workingman / Mexican / Mountie

Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut) - Theatrical Release poster

Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut) - Theatrical Release 1st January 2010 as Self

Monty Python in Aberystwyth 12th May 2009 as Self

Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened 10th May 2009 as Self

Chaucer & the Canterbury Tales 31st March 2009 as Self

King Guillaume 28th January 2009 as Le professeur d'Oxford

Monty Python: Before the Flying Circus poster

Monty Python: Before the Flying Circus 1st July 2008 as Self

The Seventh Python 26th June 2008 as Self

Penguins April Fool - The Making of 1st April 2008

Miracles of Evolution 31st March 2008 as (presenter)

Life Of Brian Screenplay 29th January 2008 as Mandy Cohen, Colin, Simon the Holy Man, Bob Hoskins

Monty Python Conquers America 1st January 2008 as Self

Hitler: The Comedy Years 10th May 2007 as Landlady (archive footage) (uncredited)

Anna and the Moods 9th February 2007 as Narrator (voice)

The Secret Life of Brian 1st January 2007 as Self

What the Pythons Did Next... 1st January 2007 as Self (archive footage)

Terry Jones' Barbarians 26th May 2006 as Presenter

Locked Out 5th April 2006 as Un SDF

Monty Python's Flying Circus—John Cleese's Personal Best poster

Monty Python's Flying Circus—John Cleese's Personal Best 1st March 2006 as Various Characters

Monty Python's Flying Circus—Michael Palin's Personal Best poster

Monty Python's Flying Circus—Michael Palin's Personal Best 27th February 2006 as Various Characters

Monty Python's Flying Circus—Terry Gilliam's Personal Best poster

Monty Python's Flying Circus—Terry Gilliam's Personal Best 27th February 2006 as Various Characters

Monty Python's Flying Circus—Terry Jones' Personal Best poster

Monty Python's Flying Circus—Terry Jones' Personal Best 27th February 2006 as Various Characters

Monty Python's Flying Circus—Eric Idle's Personal Best poster

Monty Python's Flying Circus—Eric Idle's Personal Best 22nd February 2006 as Various Characters

Monty Python's Flying Circus—Graham Chapman's Personal Best poster

Monty Python's Flying Circus—Graham Chapman's Personal Best 22nd February 2006 as Various Characters

The Roots of Monty Python 26th November 2005 as Self (archive footage)

The Story of 1 28th September 2005 as Él Mismo

How Do You Like Iceland? 1st January 2005 as Self

Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball? poster

Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball? 9th December 2004 as Self

Bottom Mindless Violence 22nd November 2004 as Drunk Vicar (archive footage)

The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 1 poster

The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 1 1st January 2004 as Self (archive footage)

The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 2 poster

The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 2 1st January 2004 as Self (archive footage)

The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 3 poster

The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 3 1st January 2004 as Self (archive footage)

Concert for George 3rd October 2003 as Self

The Meaning of Making 'The Meaning of Life' poster

The Meaning of Making 'The Meaning of Life' 2nd September 2003 as Self

The Surprising History of Sex and Love poster

The Surprising History of Sex and Love 10th November 2002 as Himself

Spike Milligan I told you I was ill... A live tribute poster

Spike Milligan I told you I was ill... A live tribute 5th October 2002 as Self

The Hidden History of Egypt 1st January 2002 as Himself

The Hidden History of Rome 1st January 2002 as Himself

The Quest for the Holy Grail Locations poster

The Quest for the Holy Grail Locations 23rd October 2001 as Self

The Life of Python 31st October 2000 as Self

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades poster

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades 13th July 2000 as Marcello

Monty Python: 30th Anniversary Sketches poster

Monty Python: 30th Anniversary Sketches 8th October 1999 as Self

Monty Python: From Spam to Sperm 8th October 1999 as Self

The Monty Python Story 8th October 1999 as Self

Le Créateur 16th June 1999 as Dieu

Gladiators: The Brutal Truth 1st January 1999 as Host

Monty Python: Live at Aspen 21st March 1998 as Self

The Wind in the Willows 16th October 1996 as Toad

L.A. Story 8th February 1991 as Sara's Mother (voice) (uncredited)

Life of Python 16th March 1990 as Self / Various Roles

Parrot Sketch Not Included: Twenty Years of Monty Python poster

Parrot Sketch Not Included: Twenty Years of Monty Python 18th November 1989 as Self / Various Characters

Erik the Viking 1st September 1989 as King Arnulf

Scarfe's Follies 28th January 1988

Inside the Labyrinth 13th December 1986 as Self

Comedians Do It On Stage 1st February 1986 as Self

Comic Roots: Michael Palin 12th August 1983

Monty Python's The Meaning of Life poster

Monty Python's The Meaning of Life 31st March 1983 as Various Roles

The Crimson Permanent Assurance 31st March 1983 as Window Cleaner / Bert (uncredited)

Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl poster

Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl 25th June 1982 as Various Roles

The Box 29th March 1981 as Harrington

Peter Cook & Co. 14th November 1980 as Various Characters

The Secret Policeman's Ball 22nd December 1979 as Himself - Various Roles

Life of Brian 17th August 1979 as Mandy Cohen / Colin / Simon the Holy Man / Bob Hoskins / Saintly Passer-by / Alarmed Crucifixion Assistant

The Pythons: Somewhere in Tunisia, Circa A.D. 1979 poster

The Pythons: Somewhere in Tunisia, Circa A.D. 1979 20th June 1979 as Self

The Mermaid Frolics 10th September 1977 as Various

The Broken Bottle 31st March 1977

Jabberwocky 28th March 1977 as Poacher

Pleasure at Her Majesty's 29th December 1976 as Self

Tomkinson's Schooldays 7th January 1976 as Mr. Ellis / Bear / Mr. Moodie / Director

Monty Python and the Holy Grail 3rd April 1975 as Dennis's Mother / Sir Bedevere / Left Head / Prince Herbert / Voice of Cartoon Scribe

Monty Python & the Holy Grail Location Report poster

Monty Python & the Holy Grail Location Report 19th December 1974 as Self

Henry Cleans Up 2nd January 1974 as Albert

Is This a Record? 1st June 1973 as Various

Monty Python In The Netherlands 18th January 1973

The Great Birds Eye Peas Relaunch 1971 poster

The Great Birds Eye Peas Relaunch 1971 31st December 1971

And Now for Something Completely Different poster

And Now for Something Completely Different 28th September 1971 as Stage Manager / Tobacconist / 2nd Hungarian Man / Squire / Self-defence student #3 / Tenant #1 / Flasher / Mouse Organist Ken Ewing / Fat Soldier / Waiter / Nude Organist / Brian / Nigel Incubator Jones