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Mark Gatiss

Mark Gatiss

Acting

Born: October 17, 1966Sedgefield, Durham, England, UK

Mark Gatiss (/ˈɡeɪtɪs/; born 17 October 1966) is an English actor, comedian, screenwriter, director, producer and novelist. He is best known for his work on television, acting in and co-creating shows with Steven Moffat. Gatiss has received several awards, including a BAFTA TV Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, a Peabody Award, and two Laurence Olivier Awards. Gatiss co-created, co-wrote and acted in the BBC comedy series The League of Gentlemen (1999–2002). He co-created and portrayed Mycroft Holmes in the BBC series Sherlock (2010–2017) and Frank Renfield in the BBC / Netflix miniseries Dracula (2020). He also wrote several episodes of Doctor Who during Moffat's tenure as showrunner and two episodes during Russell T Davies' earlier tenure. His other TV roles include Tycho Nestoris in Game of Thrones (2014–2017), Stephen Gardiner in Wolf Hall (2015), and Peter Mandelson in Coalition (2015). He has acted in films such as Victor Frankenstein (2015), Denial (2016), Christopher Robin (2018), The Favourite (2018), The Father (2020), Operation Mincemeat (2021), and Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (2023). On stage, Gatiss played Menenius in the revival of William Shakespeare's Coriolanus (2013), for which he earned a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role nomination. He took on the role of King George III in a revival of the Alan Bennett play The Madness of George III (2018). He portrayed Sir John Gielgud in the Jack Thorne play The Motive and the Cue (2023), for which he earned the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor. His other theatre roles include The Recruiting Officer (2012), The Vote (2015), and A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story (2021). Description above from the Wikipedia article Mark Gatiss, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For
Filmography
Being Stanley Baxter

Being Stanley Baxter

Self

2025
The Fantastic 4: First Steps

The Fantastic 4: First Steps

Ted Gilbert

2025
Marvel Studios' The Fantastic Four: First Steps - World Premiere

Marvel Studios' The Fantastic Four: First Steps - World Premiere

Ted Gilbert (archive footage) (uncredited)

2025
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning

Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning

Angstrom

2025
Inside No. 9: The Party's Over

Inside No. 9: The Party's Over

Self

2024
National Theatre Live: The Motive and the Cue

National Theatre Live: The Motive and the Cue

Sir John Gielgud

2024
The Hound of the Baskervilles

The Hound of the Baskervilles

Sherlock Holmes

2023
Hammer A.D. 2023

Hammer A.D. 2023

Self

2023
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One

NSA

2023
A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story

A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story

Jacob Marley

2022
Peter Davison: Uncut!

Peter Davison: Uncut!

Self

2022
The Road Dance

The Road Dance

Doctor MacLean

2022
Operation Mincemeat

Operation Mincemeat

Ivor Montazac

2022
The Amazing Mr. Blunden

The Amazing Mr. Blunden

Mr. Wickens

2021

Memento Mori

Henry Huxley

2021
The Sparks Brothers

The Sparks Brothers

Self

2021
A Silent Imprisonment

A Silent Imprisonment

Mr Murphy

2021
Locked Down

Locked Down

Donald

2021
The Father

The Father

The Man

2020
Cold War Steve Meets the Outside World

Cold War Steve Meets the Outside World

Self

2020
Tales of the Uncanny

Tales of the Uncanny

Self

2020
Scandal & Beauty: Mark Gatiss on Aubrey Beardsley

Scandal & Beauty: Mark Gatiss on Aubrey Beardsley

Self

2020
In Search of Dracula

In Search of Dracula

Himself - Presenter

2020
Doctor Who and the Third Man

Doctor Who and the Third Man

Himself

2019
Brexit: The Uncivil War

Brexit: The Uncivil War

Peter Mandelson (voice)

2019
The Dead Room

The Dead Room

Radio Announcer (voice)

2018
The Favourite

The Favourite

Lord Marlborough

2018
National Theatre Live: The Madness of George III

National Theatre Live: The Madness of George III

George III

2018
The League of Gentlemen - Live Again!

The League of Gentlemen - Live Again!

Various Characters

2018
The League of Gentlemen - Live Again!

The League of Gentlemen - Live Again!

Various Characters

2018
Mark Gatiss on John Minton: The Lost Man of British Art

Mark Gatiss on John Minton: The Lost Man of British Art

Himself - Presenter

2018
Christopher Robin

Christopher Robin

Giles Winslow

2018
The Mercy

The Mercy

Ronald Hall

2018
Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time

Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time

The Captain

2017
Mars: a Traveller's Guide

Mars: a Traveller's Guide

Narrator

2017
Against the Law

Against the Law

Dr. Landers

2017
Denial

Denial

Professor Robert Jan van der Pelt

2016
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie

Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie

Joel

2016
Our Kind of Traitor

Our Kind of Traitor

Billy Matlock

2016
Dad's Army

Dad's Army

Colonel Theakes

2016
Mark Gatiss: A Study in Sherlock

Mark Gatiss: A Study in Sherlock

Himself

2016
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride

Sherlock: The Abominable Bride

Mycroft Holmes

2016
Victor Frankenstein

Victor Frankenstein

Dettweiler

2015
Premium Bond with Mark Gatiss and Matthew Sweet

Premium Bond with Mark Gatiss and Matthew Sweet

Himself

2015
The Vote

The Vote

Steven Crosswell

2015

Release the Hound!

Self

2015
Coalition

Coalition

Peter Mandelson

2015
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy

50 Years of BBC Two Comedy

Self

2014
National Theatre Live: Coriolanus

National Theatre Live: Coriolanus

Menenius Agrippa

2014
Unlocking Sherlock

Unlocking Sherlock

Himself / Mark Gatiss

2014
How to Be Sherlock Holmes: The Many Faces of a Master Detective

How to Be Sherlock Holmes: The Many Faces of a Master Detective

Self

2014
M.R. James: Ghost Writer

M.R. James: Ghost Writer

Presenter

2013
Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor

Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor

Self

2013
The Celestial Toyroom

The Celestial Toyroom

2013
Doctor Who: The Great Detective

Doctor Who: The Great Detective

Narrator

2012
Horror Europa with Mark Gatiss

Horror Europa with Mark Gatiss

Self - Host

2012
The Real Sherlock Holmes

The Real Sherlock Holmes

Self

2012
Back to Black: The Making of Dracula Prince of Darkness

Back to Black: The Making of Dracula Prince of Darkness

Self - Actor and Writer

2012
Cleaning Up

Cleaning Up

Mr Jackson

2011
The First Men in the Moon

The First Men in the Moon

Cavor

2010
Unlocking Sherlock

Unlocking Sherlock

Himself

2010
Worried About the Boy

Worried About the Boy

Malcolm McLaren

2010

Ghosts in the Machine

Himself

2009
Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen

Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen

Ernest Dunks

2009
New Town

New Town

Duff Purves

2009
Consenting Adults

Consenting Adults

PC Butcher

2007
The Worst Journey in the World

The Worst Journey in the World

Apsley Cherry-Garrard

2007
Grindhouse

Grindhouse

(segment "Don't") (uncredited)

2007
The Wind in the Willows

The Wind in the Willows

Rat

2006
The League of Gentlemen Are Behind You

The League of Gentlemen Are Behind You

Hilary Briss / Mickey Michaels / Val Denton / Les McQueen / Lance Longthorne / Alvin Steele / Phil Proctor / Mrs Beasley / Mick McNamara / Neds / Lotte Lipp / Brian Morgan / Dr Chinnery / Iris Krell / Bobbin

2006
Fear of Fanny

Fear of Fanny

Johnnie Cradock

2006
Starter for 10

Starter for 10

Bamber Gascoigne

2006
Return of the Goodies

Return of the Goodies

Himself

2005
Match Point

Match Point

Ping-Pong Player

2005
Bring Something Back: The Making of 'The Quatermass Experiment'

Bring Something Back: The Making of 'The Quatermass Experiment'

2005
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

Miss Blight (voice)

2005
Don't Crash: The Documentary of the Making of the Movie of the Book of the Radio Series of 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'

Don't Crash: The Documentary of the Making of the Movie of the Book of the Radio Series of 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'

Self - The League of Gentlemen

2005
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse

The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse

Various Characters

2005
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Additional Vogon Voices

2005
The Quatermass Experiment

The Quatermass Experiment

John Paterson

2005
Doctor Who: A New Dimension

Doctor Who: A New Dimension

Self

2005
Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures

Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures

Kenyon

2004
Global Conspiracy?

Global Conspiracy?

Terry Scanlon

2004
Spaced: Skip to the End

Spaced: Skip to the End

Self

2004
Shaun of the Dead

Shaun of the Dead

Radio Presenter With 'Spaceship' Theory / Wildlife voiceover (voice) (uncredited)

2004
Sex Lives of the Potato Men

Sex Lives of the Potato Men

Jeremy

2004
The Kneale Tapes

The Kneale Tapes

Self

2003
Bright Young Things

Bright Young Things

House Agent

2003
Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe

Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe

Viking (voice)

2002
Surrealissimo: The Trial of Salvador Dali

Surrealissimo: The Trial of Salvador Dali

Louis Aragon

2002

Tales from Behind the Crypt

Self

2002
The Cicerones

The Cicerones

John Trant

2002
The League of Gentlemen: Live at Drury Lane

The League of Gentlemen: Live at Drury Lane

various

2001
Birthday Girl

Birthday Girl

Porter

2001
The Pitch of Fear

The Pitch of Fear

Mr. Borusa

1999
The Kidnappers

The Kidnappers

Mark

1999
The Web of Caves

The Web of Caves

The Doctor

1999
Stranger Than Fiction 3: Acting Up

Stranger Than Fiction 3: Acting Up

1997
PROBE: Unnatural Selection

PROBE: Unnatural Selection

Mr. Emerson

1996
Bidding Adieu: A Video Diary

Bidding Adieu: A Video Diary

Self - Interviewer

1996
PROBE: The Devil of Winterborne

PROBE: The Devil of Winterborne

Georgie

1995
Highgate House of Horror

Highgate House of Horror

Mr Banham

1995
Stranger than Fiction 2: From Script to Screen

Stranger than Fiction 2: From Script to Screen

1995
PROBE: The Zero Imperative

PROBE: The Zero Imperative

Dr. William Bruffin

1994