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Mark Williams (actor)
Mark Williams (born 17 June 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 of Arthur Weasley in the ''Harry Potter'' films.
Williams was born in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, attending North Bromsgrove High School. He was educated at Brasenose College, Oxford where he studied English. He became a member of the Mikron Theatre, a canal boat-based touring group in the 1980s.
He has appeared in numerous British television series, most notably ''The Fast Show.'' He also starred as Olaf Petersen in ''Red Dwarf'' and Kirk in ''Carrie and Barry''.
He starred in the 1997 film ''The Borrowers'' with Tom Felton and Jim Broadbent. Later, the three would all be cast in the Harry Potter films, with Tom portraying Draco Malfoy and Jim portraying Horace Slughorn. Coincidentally, the main character of ''The Borrowers'' is named Ocious P. Potter.
In the Academy Award-winning film ''Shakespeare in Love'', Williams portrayed Wabash, the stuttering actor who recited the Prologue and Epilogue in the production of ''Romeo and Juliet''. More recently he has begun to receive notice for appearing in the second, third, fourth, and fifth ''Harry Potter'' films. On 3 July 2006 he appeared as an old roadie friend of Tommy Saxondale in the third episode of the BBC comedy series ''Saxondale''.
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.
Filmography
*''Privileged'' (1982)
*''Out of Order'' (1987)
*''High Season'' (1987)
*''The Storyteller'' in the episode "Fearnot" (1988)
*''Red Dwarf'' in episodes "The End", "Balance of Power" and "Stasis Leak" (all 1988)
*''Alexei Sayle's Stuff'' (1988)
*''Tumbledown'' 1989
*''Making Out'' (1990) in Episode #1.2
*''Kinsey'' (1990)
*''KYTV'' in episode "Launch" (1990)
*''Bottom'' in the episode "Accident" (1991)
*''Merlin of the Crystal Cave'' (1991)
*''The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer'' (1993)
*''Health and Efficiency'' in the episode "Cinderella Rockafeller" (1994)
*''Prince of Jutland'' (1994)
*''The Fast Show'' (1994-1997)
*''Chef!'' in the episode "Masterchef" (1994)
*''Peak Practice'' in the episode "Life and Soul" (1995)
*''The Big Game'' (1995)
*''Searching'' (1995)
*''101 Dalmatians'' (1996)
*''The Borrowers'' (1997)
*''The Fast Show Live'' (1998)
*''Shakespeare in Love'' (1998)
*''The Canterbury Tales'' in the episode "Leaving London" (1998)
*''Ted & Ralph'' (1998)
*''Hunting Venus'' (1998)
*''The Strangerers'' (2000)
*''High Heels and Low Lifes'' (2001)
*''Industrial Revelations'' (2002)
*''Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets'' (2002)
*''Industrial Revelations'' (2002)
*''Anita and Me'' (2002)
*''Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London'' (2004)
*''Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban'' (2004)
*''Mark Williams on the Rails'' (2004)
*''Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire'' (2005)
*''Mark Williams' Big Bangs'' (2006)
*''A Cock and Bull Story'' (2006)
*''Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix'' (2007)
*''Stardust'' (2007)
*''A Room with a View'' for ITV1 (2007)
*''Sense and Sensibility'' (2008)
*''George Gently'' (2009)
*''Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince'' (2009)
*''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I (2010)
*''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II (2011)
Source: Wikipedia