---
name: "Alan Williams"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/alan-williams"
roles: []
born: "1 January 1954"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 84
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-17T13:10:33.874387+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Alan Williams

Actor. Born 1 January 1954 in Manchester, England, UK.

## Details

- **Born:** 1 January 1954, Manchester, England, UK
- **Active:** 2004–2019
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 84 (1), 2010s 84 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 84 to 79 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Action & Adventure 1, Comedy 1, Mystery 1, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 1
- **Screen time:** 2 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $13m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Williams_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q42535394, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0929977/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/122589

## Coming up

- *Tender Loving Care* (2026-12-04), as George

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Chernobyl*](https://film.one/tv/chernobyl.md) (86)

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## Biography

Alan Williams (born 1954) is a British actor and playwright. Originally from Manchester and educated at The Manchester Grammar School, he received the bulk of his training as an apprentice with the Hull Truck Theatre. He performed his Cockroach trilogy of one-man plays at the Bush Theatre in London and subsequently in Toronto, where he became playwright in residence at the Tarragon Theatre and later a theatre professor at the University of Winnipeg.

Williams returned to England after appearing in the 1996 film adaptation of *The Cockroach that Ate Cincinnati*, for which he received a Genie Award nomination for Best Actor. His screen credits include roles in *Vera Drake* (2004), *The Life and Death of Peter Sellers* (2004), *London Boulevard* (2010), *Trespass Against Us* (2016) and *Peterloo* (2018). On television he has appeared in *The Crown* (2016), *Luther* (2010), *Utopia* (2013), *The Capture* (2019), *Inside Man* (2022) and *Chernobyl* (2019) as KGB Deputy Chairman Viktor Charkov.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Chernobyl* (2019), Fi1m 86, as KGB Chairman Charkov — [page](https://film.one/tv/chernobyl.md)
- *Utopia* (2013), Fi1m 83, as Danny "The Tramp" — [page](https://film.one/tv/utopia.md)
- *Vera Drake* (2004), Fi1m 84, as Sick Husband — [page](https://film.one/film/vera-drake.md)

## Complete filmography (53)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Tender Loving Care* (2026), as George
- *National Theatre Live: Till The Stars Come Down* (2024), as Tony
- *The After* (2024), as Fry
- *Beyond Paradise* (2023), series, as Derek
- *Without Sin* (2022), series, as Eric
- *Inside Man* (2022), series, as Gordon
- *The Long Call* (2021), series, as Maurice Craddle
- *National Theatre Live: Faith, Hope & Charity* (2019), as Bernard
- *The Capture* (2019), series, as Eddie Emery
- *Chernobyl* (2019), series, as KGB Chairman Charkov — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/chernobyl.md)
- *I Was at Home, But...* (2019), as Mr. Meisner
- *Sometimes Always Never* (2019), as Desk Officer
- *Peterloo* (2018), as Magistrate Marriott
- *The Dreamed Path* (2017), as Kenneth's Father
- *The Crown* (2016), series, as Professor Hogg — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-crown.md)
- *Trespass Against Us* (2016), as Noah
- *The Coroner* (2015), series, as Keegan Brubaker
- *SunTrap* (2015), series, as Donald Hammer
- *Utopia* (2013), series, as Danny "The Tramp" — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/utopia.md)
- *Father Brown* (2013), series, as Blind 'Arry
- *Starlings* (2012), series, Acting
- *Vera* (2011), series, as Michael Long — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/vera.md)
- *The Crimson Petal and the White* (2011), series, Acting
- *London Boulevard* (2010), as Joe
- *Pulse* (2010), as Charlie Maddox
- *Luther* (2010), series, as Frank Hodge — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/luther.md)
- *Personal Affairs* (2009), series, as David Johnston
- *Grow Your Own* (2007), as Kenny
- *A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets* (2005), as George Wilkin
- *Vera Drake* (2004), as Sick Husband — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/vera-drake.md)
- *The Life and Death of Peter Sellers* (2004), as 'Casino Royale' Director
- *Life Begins* (2004), series, as George
- *Shameless* (2004), series, as Lulu — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/tv/shameless.md)
- *Bright Young Things* (2003), as Bookie
- *Heartlands* (2003), as Deno
- *Serious & Organised* (2003), series, as Ritchie Mullan
- *All or Nothing* (2002), as Drunk
- *Sirens* (2002), series, as DCI Struther
- *Spooks* (2002), series, as Charles Grady
- *Love in a Cold Climate* (2001), series, as Religious Speaker
- *Elephant Juice* (1999), as Geezer Man on Tube
- *Always and Everyone* (1999), series, as Martin
- *Among Giants* (1998), as Frank
- *The Scold's Bridle* (1998), as Bob Spede
- *Getting Hurt* (1998), as Paranoid
- *Midsomer Murders* (1997), series, as Ezra Canning
- *The Cockroach That Ate Cincinnati* (1996), Acting
- *The Darling Family* (1994), as He
- *Wycliffe* (1994), series, as Mr. Rand
- *Peak Practice* (1993), series, as Kevin Coles
- *Heartbeat* (1992), series, as Ed Sawyer
- *Mistress Madeleine* (1986), as Kirk
- *Casualty* (1986), series, as Roy Scaddon, Roy Harvey

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