 Anthony Hopkins was an alumnus of the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama and has since starred in Hollywood films.John Rhys-Davies is another well-known actor, famous for his portrayal of Gimli in The Lord of the Rings trilogy and the charismatic Arab excavator Sallah in the Indiana Jones films.Other Welsh actors to have crossed the Atlantic more recently include Ioan Gruffudd, Rhys Ifans, Matthew Rhys, Michael Sheen and Catherine Zeta-Jones.