Mark Williams

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1959-08-22 (66 years old)

Place of Birth

Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England, UK

Mark Williams

Biography

Mark Williams (born 22 August 1959) is an English actor, comedian, presenter and screenwriter. He first achieved widespread recognition as one of the central performers in the popular BBC sketch show The Fast Show. His film roles include Horace in the 1996 adaptation of 101 Dalmatians and Arthur Weasley in seven of the Harry Potter films. He made recurring appearances as Brian Williams in the BBC television series Doctor Who and as Olaf Petersen in Red Dwarf. Since 2013, Williams has portrayed the title character in the long-running BBC series loosely based on the Father Brown short stories by G. K. Chesterton.

Acting

1997

The Borrowers

as Exterminator Jeff

1989

2001

2011

2022

2006

Viva Blackpool

as Tommy Vesty

2023

Surprised by Oxford

as Professor Nuttham

-

Dream Hacker

as Edgar Wainwright

2005

2024

Smoke Out

as Tommy

2007

Stardust

as Billy

2002

Anita and Me

as The Reverend 'Uncle' Alan

2002

The Final Curtain

as Declan Farrell

2011

Albert Nobbs

as Sean Casey

2024

1999

2001

2007

2016

Red Top

as Police Commissioner Hamish Pritchard

2001

Combat Sheep

as Moose (voice)

2016

1988

Tumbledown

as Lumpy

2018

Early Man

as Barry (voice)

1994

1994

Fever

as Jukebox Man

2011

50 Greatest Harry Potter Moments

as Arthur Weasley (archive footage)

1998

1996

2016

1982

Privileged

as Wilf

2013

The Look of Love

as Follies Director

1995

The Big Game

as Tommy Hollis

2004

Production

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