Mark Williams
Acting
1959-08-22 · Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England, UK
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.
Filmography
The Secret Santa Project
2025 · Movie
Dream Hacker
2025 · Movie
Robin and the Hoods
2024 · Movie
Surprised by Oxford
2023 · Movie
The Effects of Lying
2023 · Movie
Fantastic Friends
2022 · Series
Super Villans
2022 · Movie
Here We Go
2022 · Series
Sister Boniface Mysteries
2022 · Series
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts
2022 · Movie
The Fast Show: More Blooming Catchphrases
2020 · Movie
The Fast Show: Just a Load of Blooming Catchphrases
2020 · Movie
Early Man
2018 · Movie
Heidi: Queen of the Mountain
2017 · Movie
Harry Potter: A History Of Magic
2017 · Movie
We're Going on a Bear Hunt
2016 · Movie
Golden Years
2016 · Movie
Red Top
2016 · Movie
Born Naughty?
2015 · Series
The Musketeers
2014 · Series
The Look of Love
2013 · Movie
Father Brown
2013 · Series
Blandings
2013 · Series
Albert Nobbs
2011 · Movie
When Harry Left Hogwarts
2011 · Movie
50 Greatest Harry Potter Moments
2011 · Movie
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2011 · Movie
Fern
2011 · Series
Frankenstein's Wedding... Live in Leeds
2011 · Movie
Little Crackers
2010 · Series
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010 · Movie
The Indian Doctor
2010 · Series
Steve Coogan: The Inside Story
2009 · Movie
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
2009 · Movie
Being Human
2009 · Series
Merlin
2008 · Series
A Room with a View
2008 · Series
Sense and Sensibility
2008 · Series
A Room with a View
2007 · Movie
Stardust
2007 · Movie
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2007 · Movie
Saxondale: On The Road
2006 · Movie
The One Show
2006 · Series
Saxondale
2006 · Series
Viva Blackpool
2006 · Movie
The World's Strangest UFO Stories
2006 · Series
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2005 · Movie
A Cock and Bull Story
2005 · Movie
Doctor Who
2005 · Series
The Rotters' Club
2005 · Series
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004 · Series
Carrie & Barry
2004 · Series
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2004 · Movie
Mark Williams On The Rails
2004 · Series
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
2004 · Movie
Hustle
2004 · Series
The Heart of Me
2004 · Movie
New Tricks
2004 · Series
The Fast Show: The Farewell Tour
2003 · Movie
Star
2003 · Series
Anita and Me
2002 · Movie
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2002 · Movie
The Final Curtain
2002 · Movie
Industrial Revelations
2002 · Series
Shackleton
2002 · Series
Dick Whittington: The ITV Pantomime
2002 · Movie
Combat Sheep
2001 · Movie
Second Star to the Left
2001 · Movie
High Heels and Low Lifes
2001 · Movie
Happiness
2001 · Series
Exit Wounds
2001 · Movie
Jumpers for Goalposts
2001 · Series
Fun at the Funeral Parlour
2001 · Series
Happy Birthday Shakespeare
2000 · Movie
Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?
2000 · Movie
The Strangerers
2000 · Series
Gormenghast
2000 · Series
Suit You Sir! The Inside Leg Of The Fast Show
1999 · Movie
Loose Women
1999 · Series
Hunting Venus
1999 · Movie
The Fast Show Live
1998 · Movie
Ted & Ralph
1998 · Movie
Shakespeare in Love
1998 · Movie
Comedy Lab
1998 · Series
The Borrowers
1997 · Movie
Midsomer Murders
1997 · Series
101 Dalmatians
1996 · Movie
The Big Game
1995 · Movie
Fever
1994 · Movie
Harry Enfield and Chums
1994 · Series
The Fast Show
1994 · Series
Prince of Jutland
1994 · Movie
99-1
1994 · Series
The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer
1993 · Series
Peak Practice
1993 · Series
Chef
1993 · Series
Bunch Of Five
1992 · Series
Merlin of the Crystal Cave
1991 · Series
Bottom
1991 · Series
Kinsey
1991 · Series
Great Expectations
1989 · Series
KYTV
1989 · Series
Coppers
1988 · Movie
Alexei Sayle's Stuff
1988 · Series
Tumbledown
1988 · Movie
The Storyteller: Fearnot
1988 · Movie
The Storyteller
1988 · Series
Red Dwarf
1988 · Series
Casualty
1986 · Series
Privileged
1982 · Movie
Top of the Pops
1964 · Series
Mark Williams' Big Bangs
Series
Lead Heads
Movie
The Dark Channel
Movie
The Dudley Bug
Movie