Mark Williams

Mark Williams

Known for
Acting
Born
August 22, 1959 (age 67)
Birthplace
Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England, UK

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

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Movie

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The Dudley Bug poster

The Dudley Bug

Movie · as Roderick the Palaeontologist

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Mark Williams' Big Bangs poster

Mark Williams' Big Bangs

TV · 4 eps

2025
Dream Hacker poster

Dream Hacker

Movie · as Edgar Wainwright

2025
The Secret Santa Project poster

The Secret Santa Project

Movie · as Leon

2024
Robin and the Hoods poster

Robin and the Hoods

Movie · as The Mayor

2023
The Effects of Lying poster

The Effects of Lying

Movie

2023
Surprised by Oxford poster

Surprised by Oxford

Movie · as Professor Nuttham

2022
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts poster

Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

Movie · as Self

2022
Super Villans poster

Super Villans

Movie · as Self

2022
Sister Boniface Mysteries poster

Sister Boniface Mysteries

TV · as Father Brown · 1 ep

2022
Here We Go poster

Here We Go

TV · as Frank · 1 ep

2022
Fantastic Friends poster

Fantastic Friends

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2021
The Dark Channel poster

The Dark Channel

Movie · as Mabuse

2020
The Fast Show: More Blooming Catchphrases poster

The Fast Show: More Blooming Catchphrases

Movie · as Self/Various Characters

2018
Early Man poster

Early Man

Movie · as Barry (voice)

2017
Heidi: Queen of the Mountain poster

Heidi: Queen of the Mountain

Movie · as Henry

2017
Harry Potter: A History Of Magic poster

Harry Potter: A History Of Magic

Movie · as Himself

2016
Red Top poster

Red Top

Movie · as Police Commissioner Hamish Pritchard

2016
We're Going on a Bear Hunt poster

We're Going on a Bear Hunt

Movie · as Dad (voice)

2016
Golden Years poster

Golden Years

Movie · as Phil

2015
Born Naughty?

Born Naughty?

TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 1 ep

2014
The Musketeers poster

The Musketeers

TV · as Pathologist · 2 eps

2013
The Look of Love poster

The Look of Love

Movie · as Follies Director

2013
Blandings poster

Blandings

TV · as Sebastian Beach · 6 eps

2013
Father Brown poster

Father Brown

TV · as Father Brown · 140 eps

2011
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 poster

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

Movie · as Arthur Weasley

2011
Frankenstein's Wedding... Live in Leeds poster

Frankenstein's Wedding... Live in Leeds

Movie · as Alphonse Frankenstein

2011
When Harry Left Hogwarts poster

When Harry Left Hogwarts

Movie · as Self

2011
Albert Nobbs poster

Albert Nobbs

Movie · as Sean Casey

2011
50 Greatest Harry Potter Moments poster

50 Greatest Harry Potter Moments

Movie · as Arthur Weasley (archive footage)

2011
Fern

Fern

TV · 1 ep

2010
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 poster

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

Movie · as Arthur Weasley

2010
The Indian Doctor poster

The Indian Doctor

TV · as Richard Sharpe · 5 eps

2010
Little Crackers poster

Little Crackers

TV · as Father Christmas · 1 ep

2009
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince poster

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Movie · as Arthur Weasley

2009
Steve Coogan: The Inside Story poster

Steve Coogan: The Inside Story

Movie · as Self

2009
Being Human poster

Being Human

TV · as Regus · 2 eps

2008
Sense and Sensibility poster

Sense and Sensibility

TV · as Sir John Middleton · 3 eps

2008
Merlin poster

Merlin

TV · as The Goblin (voice) · 1 ep

2008
A Room with a View

A Room with a View

TV · as Mr Beebe · 2 eps

2007
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix poster

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Movie · as Arthur Weasley

2007
Stardust poster

Stardust

Movie · as Billy

2007
A Room with a View poster

A Room with a View

Movie · as Mr Beebe

2006
Viva Blackpool poster

Viva Blackpool

Movie · as Tommy Vesty

2006
Saxondale: On The Road poster

Saxondale: On The Road

Movie · as Self

2006
Saxondale poster

Saxondale

TV · as Deggsy · 1 ep

2006
The World's Strangest UFO Stories poster

The World's Strangest UFO Stories

TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 6 eps

2006
The One Show poster

The One Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2005
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire poster

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Movie · as Arthur Weasley

2005
A Cock and Bull Story poster

A Cock and Bull Story

Movie · as Ingoldsby

2005
Doctor Who poster

Doctor Who

TV · as Brian Williams · 2 eps

2005
The Rotters' Club poster

The Rotters' Club

TV · as Sam Chase · 3 eps

2004
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban poster

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Movie · as Arthur Weasley

2004
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London poster

Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London

Movie · as Inspector Crescent

2004
The Heart of Me poster

The Heart of Me

Movie · as Man

2004
Carrie & Barry poster

Carrie & Barry

TV · as Kirk · 12 eps

2004
New Tricks poster

New Tricks

TV · as David Beaumont · 1 ep

2004
Hustle poster

Hustle

TV · as Dale Ridley · 1 ep

2004
Mark Williams On The Rails poster

Mark Williams On The Rails

TV · as Self - Presenter · 10 eps

2004
Agatha Christie's Marple poster

Agatha Christie's Marple

TV · as Commander Peters · 1 ep

2003
The Fast Show: The Farewell Tour poster

The Fast Show: The Farewell Tour

Movie · as Various

2003
Star

Star

TV · as Mr Fisher · 13 eps

2002
Anita and Me poster

Anita and Me

Movie · as The Reverend 'Uncle' Alan

2002
The Final Curtain poster

The Final Curtain

Movie · as Declan Farrell

2002
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets poster

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Movie · as Arthur Weasley

2002
Dick Whittington: The ITV Pantomime poster

Dick Whittington: The ITV Pantomime

Movie · as King Rat

2002
Industrial Revelations poster

Industrial Revelations

TV · 46 eps

2002
Shackleton poster

Shackleton

TV · as Dudley Docker · 1 ep

2001
High Heels and Low Lifes poster

High Heels and Low Lifes

Movie · as Tremaine

2001
Exit Wounds poster

Exit Wounds

Movie · as Cop

2001
Second Star to the Left poster

Second Star to the Left

Movie · as Duke (voice)

2001
Combat Sheep poster

Combat Sheep

Movie · as Moose (voice)

2001
Jumpers for Goalposts

Jumpers for Goalposts

TV · as Tommy Stein · 8 eps

2001
Fun at the Funeral Parlour

Fun at the Funeral Parlour

TV · 1 ep

2001
Happiness poster

Happiness

TV · 1 ep

2000
Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? poster

Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?

Movie · as Roland Thornton

2000
Happy Birthday Shakespeare

Happy Birthday Shakespeare

Movie · as Ted

2000
The Strangerers poster

The Strangerers

TV · as Cadet Flynn · 9 eps

2000
Gormenghast poster

Gormenghast

TV · as Professor Perch · 1 ep

1999
Hunting Venus poster

Hunting Venus

Movie · as Peter

1999
Suit You Sir! The Inside Leg Of The Fast Show poster

Suit You Sir! The Inside Leg Of The Fast Show

Movie · as Self

1999
The Fast Show: You Ain’t Seen These, Right? poster

The Fast Show: You Ain’t Seen These, Right?

Movie

1999
Loose Women poster

Loose Women

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1998
Shakespeare in Love poster

Shakespeare in Love

Movie · as Wabash

1998
The Fast Show Live poster

The Fast Show Live

Movie

1998
Ted & Ralph poster

Ted & Ralph

Movie · as Confirmed Bachelor

1998
Comedy Lab poster

Comedy Lab

TV · as Mr. Anderson · 1 ep

1997
The Borrowers poster

The Borrowers

Movie · as Exterminator Jeff

1997
Midsomer Murders poster

Midsomer Murders

TV · as Pat Everett · 1 ep

1996
101 Dalmatians poster

101 Dalmatians

Movie · as Horace

1995
The Big Game

The Big Game

Movie · as Tommy Hollis

1994
Prince of Jutland poster

Prince of Jutland

Movie · as Aslak

1994
Fever poster

Fever

Movie · as Jukebox Man

1994
The Fast Show poster

The Fast Show

TV · as Various Characters · 34 eps

1994
Harry Enfield and Chums poster

Harry Enfield and Chums

TV · as Husband on Holiday · 1 ep

1994
99-1 poster

99-1

TV · as John Samms · 1 ep

1993
The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer poster

The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer

TV · 12 eps

1993
Chef poster

Chef

TV · as Policeman 2 · 1 ep

1993
Peak Practice poster

Peak Practice

TV · as Roland Grogan · 1 ep

1992
Bunch Of Five poster

Bunch Of Five

TV · as Tim · 1 ep

1991
Bottom poster

Bottom

TV · as Boris · 1 ep

1991
Merlin of the Crystal Cave poster

Merlin of the Crystal Cave

TV · as Cerdic · 2 eps

1991
Kinsey

Kinsey

TV · as Danny · 6 eps

1989
KYTV poster

KYTV

TV · 1 ep

1989
Great Expectations poster

Great Expectations

TV · as Mr. Trabb's Son · 3 eps

1988
Coppers poster

Coppers

Movie

1988
Tumbledown poster

Tumbledown

Movie · as Lumpy

1988
The Storyteller: Fearnot poster

The Storyteller: Fearnot

Movie · as Fearnot's Brother

1988
Alexei Sayle's Stuff poster

Alexei Sayle's Stuff

TV · 18 eps

1988
Red Dwarf poster

Red Dwarf

TV · as Olaf Petersen · 3 eps

1988
The Storyteller poster

The Storyteller

TV · as Fearnot's Brother · 1 ep

1986
Casualty poster

Casualty

TV · as Des Jones · 1 ep

1982
Privileged poster

Privileged

Movie · as Wilf

1964
Top of the Pops poster

Top of the Pops

TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep