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Mark Williams

English actor, comedian, screenwriter and presenter

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Born: August 22, 1959
Birthplace: Bromsgrove
Citizenship: United Kingdom
Occupation: comedian
, screenwriter
, stage actor
+3 more
Education: Brasenose College
, North Bromsgrove High School
Height: 185 cm
Languages spoken, written or signed: English

Overview

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Mark Williams is an English actor, comedian, presenter and screenwriter. He first achieved widespread recognition as one of the central performers in the BBC sketch show The Fast Show. His film roles include Horace in 101 Dalmatians (1996) and Arthur Weasley in seven of the Harry Potter films. He appeared in Doctor Who and 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.

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The Strangerers(2000)
Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?(1999)
Shakespeare in Love(1998)
The Borrowers(1997)
101 Dalmatians(1996)
Prince of Jutland(1994)
The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer(1993)
Dragon Fight(1989)
Tumbledown(1988)
High Season(1987)
Privileged(1982)

Produced

1 linked to Mark Williams in Wikidata

OOzark2017 · American crime drama television series (2017–2022)

Performed

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Given name: Mark
Family name: Williams
Number of children: 1
Name in native language: Mark Williams
Start of work period: 1982
Sex or gender: male
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1.Stated in Virtual International Authority FileRetrieved 2018-11-04
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Residence: Lewes

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