- Directed three of the four films that have been banned in Ireland: Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979), Monty Python's the Meaning of Life (1983), and Personal Services (1987).
- Had a degree in Modern History from Oxford University.
- Co-wrote an opera, with Luis Tinoco, that premiered in Lisbon, Portugal on January 12, 2008. Jones turned his collection of short stories into a libretto for the production, which he is also directing. It is about machines trying to take over the world and involves cars, motorbikes, washers, dryers, parking meters and gigantic vacuum cleaners, all singing opera on stage. (January 2008)
- Had a mild speech impediment - he has trouble pronouncing the letter "r".
- Was diagnosed with Primary Progressive Aphasia, a type of dementia. This disease erodes the brain's ability to use language and eventually speech becomes impossible.
- Knew Eric Idle and Michael Palin from university.
- Member of the Monty Python team, along with Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle and Michael Palin.
- Born in the same town as actor Timothy Dalton.
- Supported a motion to impeach British Prime Minister Tony Blair after the war "Operation Iraqi Freedom".
- Was the shortest member of the Monty Python comedy troupe, having been about an inch shorter than Terry Gilliam.
- He attended Royal Grammar School in Guildford, where he was Head Boy, and graduated from St. Edmond Hall at Oxford.
- Diagnosed of primary progressive aphasia. (September 22, 2016)
- Was diagnosed with bowel cancer in the early stages. [October 2006].
- Former brother-in-law of Kate Hepburn.
- Author of books on medieval history and tales for children.
- Father, with Anna Söderström, of daughter Siri Jones (born 2009).
- Father was Welsh and his mother was English (Anglo-Saxon ancestry).
- Wrote and acted for Oxford's equivalent of the Cambridge Footlights.
- Father, with Alison Telfer, of Sally Jones (b. 1974) and Bill Jones (b. 1976).
- Younger brother of Nigel Jones.
- Is the second member of the Monty Python troupe to pass away, but the first in over 30 years, since Graham Chapman in 1989.
- Anna Söderström was grandchild to Alice Timander.
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