Mark Williams
Known For: Acting
Birthday: 1959-08-22
Place of Birth: Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England, UK
Popularity: 1.9
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.
Known For Filmography
Midsomer Murders
1997
Doctor Who
2005
Top of the Pops
1964
Casualty
1986
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2005
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2004
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2002
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004
Peak Practice
1993
The One Show
2006
Father Brown
2013
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
2009
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2007
Merlin
2008
Hustle
2004
Loose Women
1999
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2011
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010
New Tricks
2004
Red Dwarf
1988
The Musketeers
2014
Sister Boniface Mysteries
2022
Being Human
2009
101 Dalmatians
1996
The Storyteller
1988
Stardust
2007
Comedy Lab
1998
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts
2022
Sense and Sensibility
2008
Bottom
1991
The Fast Show
1994
Harry Enfield and Chums
1994
Blandings
2013
Exit Wounds
2001
Early Man
2018
Chef
1993
Gormenghast
2000
Saxondale
2006
Shakespeare in Love
1998
Little Crackers
2010
Shackleton
2002
The Indian Doctor
2010
Here We Go
2022
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
2004
The Borrowers
1997
Dragon Fight
1989
99-1
1994
The Strangerers
2000
Fantastic Friends
2022
The Rotters' Club
2005
Happiness
2001No Photo
A Room with a View
2008
Albert Nobbs
2011
The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer
1993
Alexei Sayle's Stuff
1988
Great Expectations
1989
50 Greatest Harry Potter Moments
2011No Photo
Carrie & Barry
2004
Prince of Jutland
1994No Photo
Fun at the Funeral Parlour
2001
When Harry Left Hogwarts
2011
High Heels and Low Lifes
2001
A Cock and Bull Story
2005
Tumbledown
1988
The Look of Love
2013
Ted & Ralph
1998No Photo
Star
2003
Dick Whittington: The ITV Pantomime
2002
Harry Potter: A History Of Magic
2017
KYTV
1989
Golden Years
2016
Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?
2000
Surprised by Oxford
2023
The Secret Santa Project
2025
Industrial Revelations
2002
Red Top
2016
Robin and the Hoods
2024
Anita and Me
2002
Dream Hacker
2025
Merlin of the Crystal Cave
1991
The Heart of Me
2004
Hunting Venus
1999
A Room with a View
2007No Photo
Lead Heads
N/A
The Final Curtain
2002No Photo
Jumpers for Goalposts
2001
Mark Williams On The Rails
2004
We're Going on a Bear Hunt
2016
Suit You Sir! The Inside Leg Of The Fast Show
1999
The Fast Show Live
1998
Combat Sheep
2001
The World's Strangest UFO Stories
2006
Coppers
1988
Privileged
1982
Viva Blackpool
2006No Photo
Fern
2011
Fever
1994
The Effects of Lying
2023
Frankenstein's Wedding... Live in Leeds
2011
Super Villans
2022No Photo
The Big Game
1995
Second Star to the Left
2001
The Dark Channel
N/A
Mark Williams' Big Bangs
N/A
The Fast Show: The Farewell Tour
2003
Saxondale: On The Road
2006
Heidi: Queen of the Mountain
2017
Steve Coogan: The Inside Story
2009No Photo
Happy Birthday Shakespeare
2000
The Fast Show: More Blooming Catchphrases
2020No Photo
Born Naughty?
2015