Mark Williams (actor)

Mark Williams
Born	(1959-08-22) August 22, 1959 Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England, UK
Occupation(s)	Actor, comedian, presenter, screenwriter
Years active	1982–present

Mark Williams (born 22 August 1959) is an English actor, comedian, screenwriter and presenter. He is best known as one of the stars of the popular BBC sketch show The Fast Show, as well as for his role as Arthur Weasley in the Harry Potter films.

Life and career

Williams was born in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire. In 2007, Williams appeared in the film adaptation of Neil Gaiman's Stardust alongside Michelle Pfeiffer, Robert De Niro and Claire Danes.

Williams has also presented several documentary programmes: Mark Williams' Big Bangs on the history of explosives, a follow-up to previous series Mark Williams on the Rails, Industrial Revelations and More Industrial Revelations.

He is a supporter of both Aston Villa and Brighton & Hove Albion football clubs.

In March 2012, Mark was cast and started filming the upcoming series of Doctor Who, as the character Brian Williams, father of the Doctor's companion, Rory.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1982	Privileged	Wilf
1987	Out of Order	PC
1988	High Season	Benny
1994	Prince of Jutland	Aslak
1995	The Borrowers	Pest fighter
1996	101 Dalmatians	Horace
1997	The Borrowers	Exterminator Jeff
1998	Shakespeare in Love	Wabash
1999	Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?	Roland Thornton
2000	High Heels and Low Lifes	Tremaine
2002	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	Arthur Weasley
2002	Anita and Me	The Reverend 'Uncle' Alan
2002	The Final Curtain	Declan Farrell
2004	Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London	Inspector Crescent
2004	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	Arthur Weasley
2005	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire	Arthur Weasley
2006	A Cock and Bull Story	Ingoldsby
2007	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix	Arthur Weasley
2007	Stardust	Billy the Innkeeper
2009	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	Arthur Weasley
2010	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1	Arthur Weasley
2010	Flutter	Raymond
2011	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2	Arthur Weasley
2011	Albert Nobbs	Sean
2012	"Doctor Who"	Brian Williams Television Year Title Role Notes 1988 The Storyteller Fearnot's brother Episode "Fearnot" Red Dwarf Olaf Petersen 3 Episodes "The End", "Balance of Power" & "Stasis Leak" Alexei Sayle's Stuff First series, 6 episodes 1989 Tumbledown Lumpy 1990 Kinsey Danny Making Out Manfred Episode No.1.2 KYTV Episode "Launch" 1991 Merlin of the Crystal Cave Cerdic Bottom Boris Episode "Accident" 1993 The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer Don Powell 7 episodes 1993–1995 1994 Health and Efficiency Steven Episode "Cinderella Rockafeller" The Fast Show 23 episodes 1994–2000 Chef! Policeman 2 Episode "Masterchef" 1995 The Big Game Tommy Hollis Searching Gerald Peak Practice Roland Grogan Episode "Life and Soul" 1998 The Fast Show Live The Canterbury Tales Chanticleer Episode "Leaving London" – voice Ted & Ralph Confirmed Bachelor 1999 Hunting Venus Peter 2000 Gormenghast Professor Perch The Strangerers Cadet Flynn Four episodes 2001 Fun at the Funeral Parlour Larry Nazareth Episode "The Jaws of Doom" Industrial Revelations Himself 2 series as Presenter 2002 Shackleton Dudley Docker 2003 Grass Ben 6 episodes 2004 Mark Williams on the Rails Himself Presenter Carrie and Barry Kirk 2 episodes 2006 Mark Williams' Big Bangs Himself Presenter Saxondale Deggsy 1 episode 2007 A Room with a View Mr Beebe 2008 Sense and Sensibility Sir John Middleton 2009 Inspector George Gently Joe Bishop Episode "Gently in the Night" Blood in the Water Jerry Hourihan Agatha Christie's Miss Marple Claud Evans Episode "Why Didn't They Ask Evans?" New Tricks David Beaumont Episode "The Truth is out There" 2010 Merlin voice of goblin Episode "Goblin's Gold" The Indian Doctor Richard Sharpe 5 episodes 2011 Frankenstein's Wedding Alphonse Frankenstein 2012 Being Human Regus Hustle Dale Ridley Doctor Who Brian Willams Episode 2 (Dinosaurs on a Spaceship) and Episode 4 (The Power of Three) References External links Mark Williams at IMDb Industrial Revelations fansite