Mark Williams — Actor

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

TV

Doctor WhoBrian Williams · 2005
★ 7.6

TV

Midsomer MurdersPat Everett · 1997
★ 7.5

TV

The StorytellerFearnot's Brother · 1988
★ 8.2

TV

CasualtyDes Jones · 1986
★ 6.2

TV

Top of the PopsSelf - Host · 1964
★ 6.6

TV

The One ShowSelf · 2006
★ 4.3

TV

Loose WomenSelf · 1999
★ 3.4

Filmography

Movies

PrivilegedWilf

1982

Coppers

1988

The Storyteller: FearnotFearnot's Brother

1988

TumbledownLumpy

1988

FeverJukebox Man

1994

Prince of JutlandAslak

1994

TB

The Big GameTommy Hollis

1995

101 DalmatiansHorace

1996

The BorrowersExterminator Jeff

1997

Shakespeare in LoveWabash

1998

Ted & RalphConfirmed Bachelor

1998

The Fast Show Live

1998

Hunting VenusPeter

1999

Suit You Sir! The Inside Leg Of The Fast ShowSelf

1999

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

1999

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

1999

HB

Happy Birthday ShakespeareTed

2000

Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?Roland Thornton

2000

Combat SheepMoose (voice)

2001

Exit WoundsCop

2001

High Heels and Low LifesTremaine

2001

Second Star to the LeftDuke (voice)

2001

Anita and MeThe Reverend 'Uncle' Alan

2002

Dick Whittington: The ITV PantomimeKing Rat

2002

Harry Potter and the Chamber of SecretsArthur Weasley

2002

The Final CurtainDeclan Farrell

2002

The Fast Show: The Farewell TourVarious

2003

Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination LondonInspector Crescent

2004

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of AzkabanArthur Weasley

2004

The Heart of MeMan

2004

A Cock and Bull StoryIngoldsby

2005

Harry Potter and the Goblet of FireArthur Weasley

2005

Saxondale: On The RoadSelf

2006

Viva BlackpoolTommy Vesty

2006

A Room with a ViewMr Beebe

2007

Harry Potter and the Order of the PhoenixArthur Weasley

2007

StardustBilly

2007

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood PrinceArthur Weasley

2009

Steve Coogan: The Inside StorySelf

2009

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1Arthur Weasley

2010

50 Greatest Harry Potter MomentsArthur Weasley (archive footage)

2011

Albert NobbsSean Casey

2011

Frankenstein's Wedding... Live in LeedsAlphonse Frankenstein

2011

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2Arthur Weasley

2011

When Harry Left HogwartsSelf

2011

The Look of LoveFollies Director

2013

Golden YearsPhil

2016

Red TopPolice Commissioner Hamish Pritchard

2016

We're Going on a Bear HuntDad (voice)

2016

Harry Potter: A History Of MagicHimself

2017

Heidi: Queen of the MountainHenry

2017

Early ManBarry (voice)

2018

The Fast Show: Just a Load of Blooming CatchphrasesWriter

2020

The Fast Show: More Blooming CatchphrasesSelf/Various Characters

2020

The Dark ChannelMabuse

2021

Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to HogwartsSelf

2022

Super VillansSelf

2022

Super VillansPresenter

2022

Super VillansWriter

2022

Surprised by OxfordProfessor Nuttham

2023

The Effects of Lying

2023

Robin and the HoodsThe Mayor

2024

Dream HackerEdgar Wainwright

2025

The Secret Santa ProjectLeon

2025

LH

Lead Heads

The Dudley BugRoderick the Palaeontologist

Television

Top of the PopsSelf - Host · 1 eps

1964

CasualtyDes Jones · 1 eps

1986

Alexei Sayle's Stuff18 eps

1988

Red DwarfOlaf Petersen · 3 eps

1988

The StorytellerFearnot's Brother · 1 eps

1988

Great ExpectationsMr. Trabb's Son · 3 eps

1989

KYTV1 eps

1989

BottomBoris · 1 eps

1991

K

KinseyDanny · 6 eps

1991

Merlin of the Crystal CaveCerdic · 2 eps

1991

Bunch Of FiveTim · 1 eps

1992

ChefPoliceman 2 · 1 eps

1993

Peak PracticeRoland Grogan · 1 eps

1993

The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer12 eps

1993

99-1John Samms · 1 eps

1994

Harry Enfield and ChumsHusband on Holiday · 1 eps

1994

The Fast ShowVarious Characters · 34 eps

1994

The Fast ShowWriter

1994

Midsomer MurdersPat Everett · 1 eps

1997

Comedy LabMr. Anderson · 1 eps

1998

Loose WomenSelf · 1 eps

1999

GormenghastProfessor Perch · 1 eps

2000

The StrangerersCadet Flynn · 9 eps

2000

FA

Fun at the Funeral Parlour1 eps

2001

Happiness1 eps

2001

JF

Jumpers for GoalpostsTommy Stein · 8 eps

2001

Industrial Revelations46 eps

2002

ShackletonDudley Docker · 1 eps

2002

S

StarMr Fisher · 13 eps

2003

Agatha Christie's MarpleCommander Peters · 1 eps

2004

Carrie & BarryKirk · 12 eps

2004

HustleDale Ridley · 1 eps

2004

Mark Williams On The RailsSelf - Presenter · 10 eps

2004

New TricksDavid Beaumont · 1 eps

2004

Doctor WhoBrian Williams · 2 eps

2005

The Rotters' ClubSam Chase · 3 eps

2005

SaxondaleDeggsy · 1 eps

2006

The One ShowSelf · 1 eps

2006

The World's Strangest UFO StoriesSelf - Narrator (voice) · 6 eps

2006

AR

A Room with a ViewMr Beebe · 2 eps

2008

MerlinThe Goblin (voice) · 1 eps

2008

Sense and SensibilitySir John Middleton · 3 eps

2008

Being HumanRegus · 2 eps

2009

Little CrackersFather Christmas · 1 eps

2010

The Indian DoctorRichard Sharpe · 5 eps

2010

F

Fern1 eps

2011

BlandingsSebastian Beach · 6 eps

2013

Father BrownFather Brown · 140 eps

2013

The MusketeersPathologist · 2 eps

2014

BN

Born Naughty?Self - Narrator (voice) · 1 eps

2015

Fantastic FriendsSelf · 1 eps

2022

Here We GoFrank · 1 eps

2022

Sister Boniface MysteriesFather Brown · 1 eps

2022

Mark Williams' Big Bangs4 eps

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