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Actor
SimonJones
Simon Jones
Born 25th July 1950
First appearance "Potato"
Last appearance "Potato"
Series Blackadder II
Episode count 1 Episode

Simon Jones (born 27 July 1950) is an English actor, most famous for his appearances in the television and radio series of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, in which he played the lead role of Arthur Dent from 1978 to 2005. Its author Douglas Adams later said that he wrote the part of Arthur Dent with Simon Jones in mind.

Simon Jones portrayed Sir Walter Raleigh in the Blackadder II episode "Potato".

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