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English actor, comedian, screenwriter and presenter

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Works
316

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  • The Evening News collection
  • The Evening News collection
  • Virgin Gde to N Y
  • A stereo-atlas of ostracod shells
  • A stereo-atlas of ostracod shells

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Film & TV

Acting · Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England, UK

Mark Williams (born August 22, 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…

Known for

  • Dream Hacker — Edgar Wainwright2025
  • The Secret Santa Project — Leon2025
  • Robin and the Hoods — The Mayor2024
  • The Effects of Lying2023
  • Surprised by Oxford — Professor Nuttham2023
  • Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts — Self2022
  • Super Villans — Self2022
  • Sister Boniface Mysteries — Father Brown2022
  • Here We Go — Frank2022
  • Fantastic Friends — Self2022

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Country
United Kingdom
Active from
1959

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
14,236
Total plays
75,980

Tags

technotribal technodetroit techno80sambient

Mark Williams is a veteran that has paid his dues over more than two decades on the scene as a DJ and producer. Since the 80s, when he started his career at UK hot spots like the Ministry of Sound and Final Frontier, he has been laying the groundwork for his future success. His production work has also gained him acclaim the world over and he has released a staggering catalogue of quality tracks on some of the most respected techno labels in the world including: Tortured <a href="https://www.las

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. Fiji: an open-source platform for biological-image analysis

    · 2012 · cited 64,958x

  2. STAR: ultrafast universal RNA-seq aligner

    · 2012 · cited 49,587x

  3. Managing Legitimacy: Strategic and Institutional Approaches

    · 1995 · cited 39,567x

  4. <tt>edgeR</tt> : a Bioconductor package for differential expression analysis of digital gene expression data

    · 2009 · cited 38,991x

  5. The PHQ-9

    · 2001 · cited 38,286x

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Key facts

Born
Bromsgrove , Worcestershire , England
Occupations
Actor comedian presenter screenwriter
Years active
1982–present

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Height
185
Number of children
1
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Mark Williams (actor)
name in native language
Mark Williams
start of work period
1982-00-00
date of birth
1959-08-22
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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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