Biography
Mark Williams (born 22 August 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 t...
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Complete Filmography

Robin and the Hoods
2024
as The Mayor
For tenacious 11-year-old Robin and her loyal band of friends 'The Hoods', the patch of overgrown scrubland at the end of their cul-de-sac is a magica...

Smoke Out
2024
as Tommy
In this cinematic adventure, a close-knit group of friends sets out on a mission to experience the euphoria of marijuana. Their journey is riddled wit...

Surprised by Oxford
2023
as Professor Nuttham
Brilliant but emotionally-guarded Caro Drake arrives in Oxford with the singular goal of attaining her PhD, but through a turbulent friendship with a ...

The Effects of Lying
2023
A dutiful husband and loving father whose life falls apart when decades of festering secrets are exposed and he's forced to face up to who he really i...

Super Villans
2022
as Self
Actor and famous Aston Villa fan Mark Williams narrates the story of how Aston Villa became Football League and then European champions in 1981 and 19...

Super Villans
2022
Presenter, Writer
Actor and famous Aston Villa fan Mark Williams narrates the story of how Aston Villa became Football League and then European champions in 1981 and 19...

Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts
2022
as Self
An enchanting making-of story told through all-new in-depth interviews and cast conversations, inviting fans on a magical first-person journey through...

The Fast Show: Just a Load of Blooming Catchphrases
2020
Writer
Bono estente! It's been over 25 years since quickfire sketch show classic The Fast Show first hit our screens, and what better way to celebrate its en...

Early Man
2018
as Barry (voice)
Dug, along with his sidekick Hognob, unite a cavemen tribe to save their hidden valley from being spoiled and, all together as a team, to face the men...

Heidi: Queen of the Mountain
2017
as Henry
Heidi: Queen of the Mountain, partially inspired by Johanna Spyri’s beloved Heidi, reimagines the tale for a new audience.

Harry Potter: A History Of Magic
2017
as Himself
A thrilling journey through legends, belief and folklore, this film goes behind the scenes with the British Library as they search to tell that story ...

We're Going on a Bear Hunt
2016
as Dad (voice)
We're Going on a Bear Hunt follows the intrepid adventures of siblings Stan, Katie, Rosie, Max, the baby and Rufus the dog, who decide one day to go o...

Golden Years
2016
as Phil
Fate, the pensions crisis and a steadfast refusal to accept the injustice of old age have contrived to force law abiding, retired couple, Arthur and M...

Red Top
2016
as Police Commissioner Hamish Pritchard
Comic fantasy telling the story of Rebekah, an innocent and beguiling Northern girl who accidentally becomes Chief Executive of News International and...

The Look of Love
2013
as Follies Director
Paul Raymond builds a porn, entertainment and real estate empire that makes him the wealthiest man in Britain, but drugs doom his beloved daughter, De...

Albert Nobbs
2011
as Sean Casey
Albert Nobbs struggles to survive in late 19th century Ireland, where women aren't encouraged to be independent. Posing as a man, so she can work as a...

When Harry Left Hogwarts
2011
as Self
BAFTA award-winning filmmaker Morgan Matthews was given unprecedented access to the behind-the-scenes of the final days of the final two Harry Potter ...

50 Greatest Harry Potter Moments
2011
as Arthur Weasley (archive footage)
To mark the release two weeks ago of the eighth and final movie in the series, Robbie Coltrane narrates a countdown of the movie franchise's best mome...

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2011
as Arthur Weasley
Harry, Ron and Hermione continue their quest to vanquish the evil Voldemort once and for all. Just as things begin to look hopeless for the young wiza...

Frankenstein's Wedding... Live in Leeds
2011
as Alphonse Frankenstein
Music and drama event, live from Leeds in front of an audience of 12,000, which explores Mary Shelley's story through contemporary performance and cut...

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010
as Arthur Weasley
Harry, Ron and Hermione walk away from their last year at Hogwarts to find and destroy the remaining Horcruxes, putting an end to Voldemort's bid for ...

Steve Coogan: The Inside Story
2009
as Self
Spoof documentary about the career of comedian Steve Coogan.

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
2009
as Arthur Weasley
As Lord Voldemort tightens his grip on both the Muggle and wizarding worlds, Hogwarts is no longer a safe haven. Harry suspects perils may even lie wi...

A Room with a View
2007
as Mr Beebe
When Lucy Honeychurch and chaperon Charlotte Bartlett find themselves in Florence with rooms without views, fellow guests Mr Emerson and son George st...

Stardust
2007
as Billy
In a countryside town bordering on a magical land, a young man makes a promise to his beloved that he'll retrieve a fallen star by venturing into the ...

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2007
as Arthur Weasley
Returning for his fifth year of study at Hogwarts, Harry is stunned to find that his warnings about the return of Lord Voldemort have been ignored. Le...

Saxondale: On The Road
2006
as Self
Behind the scenes look on the first series of the BBC sitcom 'Saxondale'

Viva Blackpool
2006
as Tommy Vesty
Ripley is now an ordained minister and owner of the Chapel of Love. He's on a search for the prize that will bring him untold riches - the Jules Rimet...

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2005
as Arthur Weasley
When Harry Potter's name emerges from the Goblet of Fire, he becomes a competitor in a grueling battle for glory among three wizarding schools—the Tri...

A Cock and Bull Story
2005
as Ingoldsby
Steve Coogan, an arrogant actor with low self-esteem and a complicated love life, is playing the eponymous role in an adaptation of "The Life and Opin...

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2004
as Arthur Weasley
Year three at Hogwarts means new fun and challenges as Harry learns the delicate art of approaching a Hippogriff, transforming shape-shifting Boggarts...

Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
2004
as Inspector Crescent
With all-new gadgets, high-flying action, exciting chases and a wisecracking new handler, Derek (Anthony Anderson), Cody has to retrieve the device be...

The Heart of Me
2004
as Man
Drama set in 1930s London with two sisters, Madeleine married to Rickie, and Dinah, who falls in love with him. Rickie and Dinah begin an affair which...

The Fast Show: The Farewell Tour
2003
as Various
The Fast Show: The Farewell Tour (2003)

Anita and Me
2002
as The Reverend 'Uncle' Alan
Meena, a 12-year-old living in a mining village in the English Midlands in 1972, is the daughter of Indian parents who've come to England to give her ...

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2002
as Arthur Weasley
Cars fly, trees fight back, and a mysterious house-elf comes to warn Harry Potter at the start of his second year at Hogwarts. Adventure and danger aw...

The Final Curtain
2002
as Declan Farrell
The Final Curtain is a British film from 2002 directed by Patrick Harkins and starring Peter O'Toole. It tells the story of J. J. Curtis, ageing games...

Dick Whittington: The ITV Pantomime
2002
as King Rat
An adaptation of the folktale about a lonely boy, his beloved cat, and the hard decisions that come with their adventures.

Combat Sheep
2001
as Moose (voice)
Combat Sheep is a heart warming Christmas story of four army mascots who have been made redundant due to military cutbacks and are jettisoned into the...

Second Star to the Left
2001
as Duke (voice)
Seasonal animation in which a hamster, a rabbit and a guinea pig embark on a journey to deliver a Christmas present lost by Santa Claus

High Heels and Low Lifes
2001
as Tremaine
A nurse eavesdrops with a friend on a cell phone conversation that describes a bank heist. She and the friend then conspire to blackmail the robbers f...

Exit Wounds
2001
as Cop
Maverick cop Orin Boyd always brings down the domestic terrorists he tracks, but he ruffles feathers with his unorthodox techniques -- and soon finds ...
Happy Birthday Shakespeare
2000
as Ted
Family man Will Green, a tourist bus driver is convinced that life would be better if he and his family moved to the birthplace of his favourite man S...

Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?
2000
as Roland Thornton
It's 1976, and Vinny is a confused teenager who can't decide whether he is a disco king or a proto punk rocker.

Suit You Sir! The Inside Leg Of The Fast Show
1999
as Himself
A look at how the Fast Show developed into one of TV's most successful series, with contributions from the creators, writers, cast and some famous fan...

Hunting Venus
1999
as Peter
Former pop-star turned con artist Simon Delancey is kidnapped by two fans of his eighties band the Venus Hunters, and blackmailed to re-form the band ...

The Fast Show Live
1998
Recorded live at London's Hammersmith Apollo in 1998, The Fast Show Live features all of the original cast of the highly successful sketch series (Car...

Shakespeare in Love
1998
as Wabash
Young Shakespeare is forced to stage his latest comedy, "Romeo and Ethel, the Pirate's Daughter," before it's even written. When a lovely noblewoman a...

The Borrowers
1997
as Exterminator Jeff
The four-inch-tall Clock family secretly share a house with the normal-sized Lender family, "borrowing" such items as thread, safety pins, batteries a...

101 Dalmatians
1996
as Horace
An evil, high-fashion designer plots to steal Dalmatian puppies in order to make an extravagant fur coat, but instead creates an extravagant mess.
The Big Game
1995
as Tommy Hollis
Jimmy Harper (Gary Webster) loves to gamble and enjoys enough success to bring him to the attention of a group of men who play for big money. Soon Jim...

Fever
1994
as Jukebox Man
A woman unloved by her mother, has a string of affairs with increasingly unsuitable men.

Prince of Jutland
1994
as Aslak
A Danish prince seeks revenge upon the villain who killed the king and his son to usurp the throne.

Dragon Fight
1989
as Ray
Jimmy and Tiger are members of the Chinese national wushu team. The two are in Los Angeles to perform exhibitions. However, for Tiger, he plans to def...

Coppers
1988
Two bored twentysomethings buy a Vauxhall Cavalier kit it out with a siren and spend their evenings masquerading as police officers in this Screen One...

Tumbledown
1988
as Lumpy
The film centers on the experiences of Robert Lawrence MC, an officer of the Scots Guards during the Falklands War of 1982. While fighting at the Batt...

Privileged
1982
as Wilf
A story about a group of Oxford undergraduate acting students and their troubled lives while producing (and competing between themselves for a role in...

Dream Hacker
N/A
as Edgar Wainwright
Due to her age, Professor Jennifer Connelly is often described as a science prodigy. A genius of our time, with five Phd's psychology, psychiatry, neu...
Lead Heads
N/A
A drama about greed, the film will focus on a group of men corrupted by greed, who, in their desperation, are drawn together for one night to play a g...

The Dark Channel
N/A
as Mabuse
In a world in where everyone is pacified through gaming, an uprising is occurring; revolutionaries are trying to take down the system that is imprison...