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Mark Williams

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Mark Williams

Born
(age 67)
Birthplace
Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England, UK
Credits
116 titles

Biography

Mark Williams (born August 22, 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.

Latest project Best work, ranked IMDb

Signature work

Known For

Acting credits 115

YearTitleRole
TBA Lead Heads Film
TBA The Dudley Bug Film Roderick the Palaeontologist
TBA Mark Williams' Big Bangs TV (4 ep)
2025 The Secret Santa Project Film Leon
2025 Dream Hacker Film Edgar Wainwright
2024 Robin and the Hoods Film The Mayor
2023 Surprised by Oxford Film Professor Nuttham
2023 The Effects of Lying Film
2022 Fantastic Friends TV Self (1 ep)
2022 Super Villans Film Self
2022 Here We Go TV Frank (1 ep)
2022 Sister Boniface Mysteries TV Father Brown (1 ep)
2022 Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts Film Self
2021 The Dark Channel Film Mabuse
2020 The Fast Show: More Blooming Catchphrases Film Self/Various Characters
2018 Early Man Film Barry (voice)
2017 Heidi: Queen of the Mountain Film Henry
2017 Harry Potter: A History Of Magic Film Himself
2016 We're Going on a Bear Hunt Film Dad (voice)
2016 Golden Years Film Phil
2016 Red Top Film Police Commissioner Hamish Pritchard
2015 Born Naughty? TV Self - Narrator (voice) (1 ep)
2014 The Musketeers TV Pathologist (2 ep)
2013 The Look of Love Film Follies Director
2013 Father Brown TV Father Brown (140 ep)
2013 Blandings TV Sebastian Beach (6 ep)
2011 Albert Nobbs Film Sean Casey
2011 When Harry Left Hogwarts Film Self
2011 50 Greatest Harry Potter Moments Film Arthur Weasley (archive footage)
2011 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 Film Arthur Weasley
2011 Fern TV (1 ep)
2011 Frankenstein's Wedding... Live in Leeds Film Alphonse Frankenstein
2010 Little Crackers TV Father Christmas (1 ep)
2010 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 Film Arthur Weasley
2010 The Indian Doctor TV Richard Sharpe (5 ep)
2009 Steve Coogan: The Inside Story Film Self
2009 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Film Arthur Weasley
2009 Being Human TV Regus (2 ep)
2008 Merlin TV The Goblin (voice) (1 ep)
2008 A Room with a View TV Mr Beebe (2 ep)
2008 Sense and Sensibility TV Sir John Middleton (3 ep)
2007 A Room with a View Film Mr Beebe
2007 Stardust Film Billy
2007 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Film Arthur Weasley
2006 Saxondale: On The Road Film Self
2006 The One Show TV Self (1 ep)
2006 Saxondale TV Deggsy (1 ep)
2006 Viva Blackpool Film Tommy Vesty
2006 The World's Strangest UFO Stories TV Self - Narrator (voice) (6 ep)
2005 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Film Arthur Weasley
2005 A Cock and Bull Story Film Ingoldsby
2005 Doctor Who TV Brian Williams (2 ep)
2005 The Rotters' Club TV Sam Chase (3 ep)
2004 Agatha Christie's Marple TV Commander Peters (1 ep)
2004 Carrie & Barry TV Kirk (12 ep)
2004 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Film Arthur Weasley
2004 Mark Williams On The Rails TV Self - Presenter (10 ep)
2004 Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London Film Inspector Crescent
2004 Hustle TV Dale Ridley (1 ep)
2004 The Heart of Me Film Man

Crew credits 4

YearTitleJob
2022 Super Villans Film Presenter, Writer
2020 The Fast Show: Just a Load of Blooming Catchphrases Film Writer
1999 The Fast Show: You Ain’t Seen These, Right? Film Writer
1994 The Fast Show TV Writer (20 ep)
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