Mark Williams (actor)
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Mark Williams (born in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire in 1959) is an English actor, comedian, scriptwriter and presenter. He is best known as one of the stars of the popular BBC sketch show, The Fast Show. He also played Olaf Petersen in Red Dwarf and Kirk in Carrie and Barry.
More recently he has appeared as Arthur Weasley in the second, third and fourth Harry Potter films. The character is the head of the Weasley clan and father to Bill, Charlie, Percy, Fred & George, Ron and Ginny Weasley. He is also married to Molly Weasley.
On 3 July 2006 he appeared as an old roadie friend of Tommy Saxondale, in the third episode of the BBC comedy series Saxondale. This is his most recent brand new television appearance to date.
He also presents a documentary series titled Mark Williams on the Rails, a follow on from a previous series called Industrial Revelations.
Trivia
- Mark is a fan of Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. and Aston Villa F.C..
- Mark can often be seen drinking at The Ladybird inn, in Bromsgrove.
- Mark also played Wabash in the Academy Award winning Shakespeare in Love (1998).
Selected Films and Television
- "Privileged" 1982
- "Out of Order" 1987
- "High Season" 1987
- "The Storyteller" 1988
- "Fearnot" 1988
- "Red Dwarf" 1988 in episodes "The End", "Balance of Power" and "Stasis Leak"
- "Stuff" 1988
- "Tumbledown" 1989
- "Episode #1.2" 1989
- "Making Out"
- "Kinsey" 1990
- "Launch" 1990
- "KTYTV"
- "Accident" 1991
- "Bottom"
- "Merlin of Crystal Cave" 1991
- "The Smell of Reeves and mortimer" 1993
- "Cinderella Rockafeeler" 1994
- "Health and Efficiency"
- "Prince of Jutland" 1994
- "Episode #2.3"
- "The Fast Show
- "Masterchef
- "Chef
- "Life and Soul
- "Peak Practice
- "Big Game
- "Searching
- "101 Dalmations
- "The Borrowers"
- "The Fast Show Live"
- "Shakespeare in Love"
- "Leaving London"
- "The Canterbury Tales"
- "Ted & Ralph*
- "Hunting Venus*
- "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets* 2002
- "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban* 2004
- "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire* 2005
- "Industrial Revelations"
- "More Industrial Revelations"
- "Mark Williams on the Rails"
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