Damian Williams

Damian's acting career encompasses both stage and screen. His television appearances include roles in BBC's Billy Webb and Alfonzo Bonzo, Spatz, Exam Conditions, The Bill, Birds of a Feather, and Britain's Got More Talent.

He also presented Damian's Are You Smarter Than Your 10-Year-Old? for Sky One. Most recently, he has played Whiff in Andy and the Band series 1-3 and is set to film series 4. In film, he has appeared in Exam Conditions and Come Together. 

Damian's Musical Theatre credits include playing Edna Turnblad in Hairspray at the Leicester Curve, Singapore, and Kuala Lumpur, and lead roles in Underneath the Arches and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. 

His first love is comedy. He has had the opportunity to play Ollie in Tom McGrath’s Laurel & Hardy, a role inspired by his heroes Laurel and Hardy.

He also portrayed Tommy Cooper in both the tour of the play Being Tommy Cooper, and in Paul Hendy's short film The Last Laugh, for which he won the Best Actor award at the Southampton International Film Festival. 

Damian is also a well-known farceur, having appeared in productions such as Run for Your Wife, Cash on Delivery, Funny Money, Tom Dick and Harry, It Runs in the Family, Not Now Darling, There Goes the Bride, Out of Order, Caught in the Net, Dry Rot, See How They Run, and Don't Dress for Dinner. 

In addition, Damian has performed in the UK Tour of Ladykillers and many other theatre productions, including the one-man play My Dog's Got No Nose, Bouncers, April in Paris, Lucky Sods, and Educating Rita. 

With 37 years of experience as a seasoned pantomime performer, Damian started as a villain in pantomimes for eight years before transitioning to the role of Pantomime Dame for the past 29 years. He has been the resident Dame at the Sheffield Lyceum for the last 17 years and was awarded Best Pantomime Dame at The Great British Pantomime Awards.