---
name: "Shaun Williamson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/shaun-williamson"
fi1m_id: "shaun-williamson"
imdb_id: "nm0932143"
tmdb_id: 144249
wikidata_id: "Q7491007"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "4 November 1965"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 72
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-07T14:09:22.260828+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."
---

# Shaun Williamson

## Identity

Shaun Williamson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/shaun-williamson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** shaun-williamson
- **IMDb ID:** nm0932143
- **TMDB ID:** 144249
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7491007
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaun_Williamson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7491007, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0932143/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/144249

Actor. Born 4 November 1965 in Maidstone, Kent, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 4 November 1965, Maidstone, Kent, England, UK
- **Active:** 2005–2011
- **Frequently works with:** [Charlie Hanson](https://film.one/person/charlie-hanson.md), [Ricky Gervais](https://film.one/person/ricky-gervais.md), [Stephen Merchant](https://film.one/person/stephen-merchant.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 72, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 81 (1), 2010s 63 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaun_Williamson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7491007, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0932143/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/144249

## Streaming the US now

- **BritBox:** [*Extras*](https://film.one/tv/extras.md) (81)

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## Biography

Shaun Williamson is an English actor. He trained at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art and first appeared on television in the late 1980s.

He is known for playing Barry Evans in the BBC soap opera *EastEnders* from 1994 to 2004, and for portraying a version of himself in the sitcom *Extras* (2005–2007). Other credits include *The Invention of Lying* (2009), *Life's Too Short* (2011–2013), *Plebs* (2013) and *Houdini* (2014). He has also appeared in quiz and reality programmes.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Life's Too Short* (2011), Fi1m 63, as Shaun Williamson — [page](https://film.one/tv/lifes-too-short.md)
- *Extras* (2005), Fi1m 81, as Barry / Shaun — [page](https://film.one/tv/extras.md)

## Complete filmography (26)

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

- *Apocalypse Slough: A Murder, They Hope Mystery* (2024), as Mr Martin
- *Significant Other* (2023), series, as Johnny
- *The Lock-In* (2022), as Barry Evans
- *Mister Winner* (2020), series, as Chris Smith
- *Sexy Murder* (2016), series, as Brian Jessop
- *Houdini* (2014), series, as Reilly
- *Plebs* (2013), series, as Balbus
- *Life's Too Short* (2011), series, as Shaun Williamson — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/lifes-too-short.md)
- *The Chase: Celebrity Special* (2011), series, as Shaun Williamson
- *Sooty* (2011), series, as Barry Bonkers
- *Back On the Job* (2010), series, Actor
- *The Invention of Lying* (2009), as Richard Bellison
- *Uncut* (2009), as Marc
- *Daylight Robbery* (2008), as Police Chief
- *All Star Mr & Mrs* (2008), series, Actor
- *Fairy Tales* (2008), series, as Sava Stojkovic
- *Funland* (2005), series, as Cliff
- *Extras* (2005), series, as Barry / Shaun — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/extras.md)
- *Celebrity Mastermind* (2003), series, Actor
- *Comic Relief Does Fame Academy* (2003), series, Actor
- *The Basil Brush Show* (2002), series, as Evil Furniture Genius
- *The Tim Vine Christmas Present* (1997), Actor
- *Stella Does Tricks* (1997), as Mr Peters' Driver
- *Style Challenge* (1996), series, Actor
- *Waiting for God* (1990), series, as Brown
- *EastEnders* (1985), series, as Barry Evans — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md)

## Gallery

- ![Shaun Williamson](https://film.one/media/person/101889/gallery-e906671bac68.jpg) Shaun Williamson — Tom Kitching, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4b/Shaun_Williamson.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Shaun Williamson](https://film.one/media/person/101889/gallery-ce4ae63f1f49.jpg) Shaun Williamson — Image via TMDB
- ![Shaun Williamson](https://film.one/media/person/101889/gallery-e85d329050bd.jpg) Shaun Williamson — Image via TMDB

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