---
name: "Heathcote Williams"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/heathcote-williams"
fi1m_id: "heathcote-williams"
imdb_id: "nm0930748"
tmdb_id: 30431
wikidata_id: "Q1592518"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "15 November 1941"
died: "1 July 2017"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 58
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T17:45:15.359223+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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# Heathcote Williams

## Identity

Heathcote Williams

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/heathcote-williams
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** heathcote-williams
- **IMDb ID:** nm0930748
- **TMDB ID:** 30431
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1592518
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heathcote_Williams, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1592518, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0930748/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/30431

Actor. Born 15 November 1941 in Helsby, Cheshire, England, UK. Died 1 July 2017.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 15 November 1941, Helsby, Cheshire, England, UK
- **Died:** 1 July 2017
- **Active:** 1992–2006
- **Average Fi1m score:** 58, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 81 (1), 2000s 36 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heathcote_Williams, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1592518, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0930748/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/30431

## Biography

Heathcote Williams (15 November 1941 – 1 July 2017) was an English actor, poet, playwright and political activist. He appeared in a range of independent and mainstream films, beginning with roles such as Prospero in Derek Jarman’s *The Tempest* (1979).

Williams is credited as Nick Greene/Publisher in Sally Potter’s *Orlando* (1992). His other screen work includes *Stormy Monday* (1988), *The Legend of 1900* (1998), a guest appearance in the *Friends* episode “The One With Ross’s Wedding” (1994), *Basic Instinct 2* (2006) and *City of Ember* (2008). He also wrote book-length poems on environmental and political themes, including *Whale Nation* (1988).

*Sources: imdb.com, rottentomatoes.com, allmovie.com, thetimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Basic Instinct 2* (2006), Fi1m 36, as Jakob Gerst — [page](https://film.one/film/basic-instinct-2.md)
- *Orlando* (1992), Fi1m 81, as Nick Greene / Publisher — [page](https://film.one/film/orlando.md)

## Complete filmography (38)

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

- *Whale Nation* (2023), Author
- *Signal to Noise* (2018), as The Director
- *City of Ember* (2008), as Sadge Merrall
- *Nostradamus* (2006), as Pepe
- *Basic Instinct 2* (2006), as Jakob Gerst — Fi1m 36, [page](https://film.one/film/basic-instinct-2.md)
- *The Reckoning* (2004), as Undertaker
- *Judge John Deed* (2001), series, Actor
- *All Forgotten* (2001), as Dr. Looshin
- *Hotel* (2001), as Bosala · Writer
- *Revelation* (2001), as New Age Man
- *The Sandman* (2000), Actor
- *Honest* (2000), as Professor
- *Miss Julie* (1999), as Servant
- *The Escort* (1999), as Ann's Father
- *Toy Boys* (1999), as Mr. Chambers
- *Alice in Wonderland* (1999), as Mr. Eaglet
- *Alegría* (1999), as Marcello
- *The Legend of 1900* (1998), as Doctor Klauserman
- *Cousin Bette* (1998), as Nucingen
- *The Tango Lesson* (1997), as Builder
- *The IMAX Nutcracker* (1997), as 'Uncle' Drosselmeier
- *The Odyssey* (1997), series, as Laocoon
- *Bring Me the Head of Mavis Davis* (1997), as Jeff
- *The Cold Light of Day* (1996), as Stephan Nuslauer
- *Blue Juice* (1995), as Shaper
- *The Steal* (1995), as Jeremiah
- *W.S.H.: The Myth of the Urban Myth* (1994), Actor
- *Friends* (1994), series, as Older Guest — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/friends.md)
- *The Browning Version* (1994), as Dr. Lake
- *Orlando* (1992), as Nick Greene / Publisher — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/orlando.md)
- *The Local Stigmatic* (1990), Writer
- *Here Is the News* (1989), as Dr. Boyle
- *Stormy Monday* (1988), as Peter Reed
- *Little Dorrit* (1987), as Dr. Haggage
- *Nightshift* (1981), Actor
- *The Tempest* (1979), as Prospero, the Right Duke of Milan
- *Wet Dreams* (1974), Director
- *Malatesta* (1970), as Josef Solokow · Writer

## Gallery

- ![Heathcote Williams](https://film.one/media/person/81504/gallery-6d5584dddfb7.jpg) Heathcote Williams — Open Media Ltd., CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Heathcote_Williams_appearing_on_%22After_Dark%22%2C_30_July_1988.jpg/1280px-Heathcote_Williams_appearing_on_%22After_Dark%22%2C_30_July_1988.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Heathcote Williams](https://film.one/media/person/81504/gallery-b01b29ea3bd6.jpg) Heathcote Williams — Image via TMDB

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