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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, fifth, and sixth ''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.

Cultural References


* In an episode of Zoey 101, Mark is told by Chase to be one of his friends. To see if this is true, Mark asks Chase to tell him his (Mark's) last name. Chase says, "...Williams?"

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