Mark Williams

Mark Williams

Birthday: 1959-08-22

Place of Birth: 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.

Movies

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

When Harry Potter's name emerges from the Goblet of Fire, he becomes a competitor in a grueling batt...

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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Returning for his fifth year at Hogwarts, Harry is stunned to find that his warnings about the retur...

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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

As Lord Voldemort tightens his grip on both the Muggle and wizarding worlds, Hogwarts is no longer a...

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High Heels and Low Lifes
High Heels and Low Lifes

A nurse eavesdrops with a friend on a cell phone conversation that describes a bank heist. She and t...

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The Borrowers
The Borrowers

The four-inch-tall Clock family secretly share a house with the normal-sized Lender family, "borrowi...

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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

Harry, Ron and Hermione walk away from their last year at Hogwarts to find and destroy the remaining...

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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

Harry, Ron and Hermione continue their quest to vanquish the evil Voldemort once and for all. Just a...

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Dragon Fight
Dragon Fight

Jimmy and Tiger are members of the Chinese national wushu team. The two are in Los Angeles to perfor...

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Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

An enchanting making-of story told through all-new in-depth interviews and cast conversations, invit...

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Exit Wounds
Exit Wounds

Maverick cop Orin Boyd always brings down the domestic terrorists he tracks, but he ruffles feathers...

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Heidi: Queen of the Mountain
Heidi: Queen of the Mountain

Heidi: Queen of the Mountain, partially inspired by Johanna Spyri’s beloved Heidi, reimagines the ta...

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

Music and drama event, live from Leeds in front of an audience of 12,000, which explores Mary Shelle...

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The Effects of Lying
The Effects of Lying

A dutiful husband and loving father whose life falls apart when decades of festering secrets are exp...

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Super Villans
Super Villans

Actor and famous Aston Villa fan Mark Williams narrates the story of how Aston Villa became Football...

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Viva Blackpool
Viva Blackpool

Ripley is now an ordained minister and owner of the Chapel of Love. He's on a search for the prize t...

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Surprised by Oxford
Surprised by Oxford

Brilliant but emotionally-guarded Caro Drake arrives in Oxford with the singular goal of attaining h...

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Dream Hacker
Dream Hacker

Due to her age, Professor Jennifer Connelly is often described as a science prodigy. A genius of our...

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Coppers
Coppers

Two bored twentysomethings buy a Vauxhall Cavalier kit it out with a siren and spend their evenings ...

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A Cock and Bull Story
A Cock and Bull Story

Steve Coogan, an arrogant actor with low self-esteem and a complicated love life, is playing the epo...

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Stardust
Stardust

In a countryside town bordering on a magical land, a young man makes a promise to his beloved that h...

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Steve Coogan: The Inside Story
Steve Coogan: The Inside Story

Spoof documentary about the career of comedian Steve Coogan....

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Anita and Me
Anita and Me

Meena, a 12-year-old living in a mining village in the English Midlands in 1972, is the daughter of ...

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When Harry Left Hogwarts
When Harry Left Hogwarts

BAFTA award-winning filmmaker Morgan Matthews was given unprecedented access to the behind-the-scene...

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The Final Curtain
The Final Curtain

The Final Curtain is a British film from 2002 directed by Patrick Harkins and starring Peter O'Toole...

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Albert Nobbs
Albert Nobbs

Albert Nobbs struggles to survive in late 19th century Ireland, where women aren't encouraged to be ...

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Robin and the Hoods
Robin and the Hoods

For tenacious 11-year-old Robin and her loyal band of friends 'The Hoods', the patch of overgrown sc...

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Hunting Venus
Hunting Venus

Former pop-star turned con artist Simon Delancey is kidnapped by two fans of his eighties band the V...

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Second Star to the Left
Second Star to the Left

Seasonal animation in which a hamster, a rabbit and a guinea pig embark on a journey to deliver a Ch...

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A Room with a View
A Room with a View

When Lucy Honeychurch and chaperon Charlotte Bartlett find themselves in Florence with rooms without...

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Red Top
Red Top

Comic fantasy telling the story of Rebekah, an innocent and beguiling Northern girl who accidentally...

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Combat Sheep
Combat Sheep

Combat Sheep is a heart warming Christmas story of four army mascots who have been made redundant du...

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We're Going on a Bear Hunt
We're Going on a Bear Hunt

We're Going on a Bear Hunt follows the intrepid adventures of siblings Stan, Katie, Rosie, Max, the ...

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Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?
Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?

It's 1976, and Vinny is a confused teenager who can't decide whether he is a disco king or a proto p...

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Tumbledown
Tumbledown

The film centers on the experiences of Robert Lawrence MC, an officer of the Scots Guards during the...

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Early Man
Early Man

Dug, along with his sidekick Hognob, unite a cavemen tribe to save their hidden valley from being sp...

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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Cars fly, trees fight back, and a mysterious house-elf comes to warn Harry Potter at the start of hi...

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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Year three at Hogwarts means new fun and challenges as Harry learns the delicate art of approaching ...

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Prince of Jutland
Prince of Jutland

A Danish prince seeks revenge upon the villain who killed the king and his son to usurp the throne....

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Fever
Fever

A woman unloved by her mother, has a string of affairs with increasingly unsuitable men....

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50 Greatest Harry Potter Moments
50 Greatest Harry Potter Moments

To mark the release two weeks ago of the eighth and final movie in the series, Robbie Coltrane narra...

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Harry Potter: A History Of Magic
Harry Potter: A History Of Magic

A thrilling journey through legends, belief and folklore, this film goes behind the scenes with the ...

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Shakespeare in Love
Shakespeare in Love

Young William Shakespeare is forced to stage his latest comedy, 'Romeo and Ethel, the Pirate's Daugh...

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101 Dalmatians
101 Dalmatians

An evil, high-fashion designer plots to steal Dalmatian puppies in order to make an extravagant fur ...

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Golden Years
Golden Years

Fate, the pensions crisis and a steadfast refusal to accept the injustice of old age have contrived ...

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Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London

With all-new gadgets, high-flying action, exciting chases and a wisecracking new handler, Derek (Ant...

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Privileged
Privileged

A story about a group of Oxford undergraduate acting students and their troubled lives while produci...

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The Fast Show Live
The Fast Show Live

Recorded live at London's Hammersmith Apollo in 1998, The Fast Show Live features all of the origina...

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

A look at how the Fast Show developed into one of TV's most successful series, with contributions fr...

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The Look of Love
The Look of Love

Paul Raymond builds a porn, entertainment and real estate empire that makes him the wealthiest man i...

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The Big Game
The Big Game

Jimmy Harper (Gary Webster) loves to gamble and enjoys enough success to bring him to the attention ...

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Happy Birthday Shakespeare
Happy Birthday Shakespeare

Family man Will Green, a tourist bus driver is convinced that life would be better if he and his fam...

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The Fast Show: The Farewell Tour
The Fast Show: The Farewell Tour

The Fast Show: The Farewell Tour (2003)...

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Dick Whittington: The ITV Pantomime
Dick Whittington: The ITV Pantomime

An adaptation of the folktale about a lonely boy, his beloved cat, and the hard decisions that come ...

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Lead Heads
Lead Heads

A drama about greed, the film will focus on a group of men corrupted by greed, who, in their despera...

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The Dark Channel
The Dark Channel

In a world in where everyone is pacified through gaming, an uprising is occurring; revolutionaries a...

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The Heart of Me
The Heart of Me

Drama set in 1930s London with two sisters, Madeleine married to Rickie, and Dinah, who falls in lov...

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Saxondale: On The Road
Saxondale: On The Road

Behind the scenes look on the first series of the BBC sitcom 'Saxondale'...

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The Secret Santa Project
The Secret Santa Project

Landing her first 'adult' job in the council's accounts department, new graduate Jolene is excited f...

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