Mark Gatiss
Biography
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
Miss Blight (voice)
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Porter
Birthday Girl
Henry Huxley
Memento Mori
Stranger Than Fiction 3: Acting Up
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
The League of Gentlemen Are Behind You
Mr Murphy
A Silent Imprisonment
Kenyon
Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures
Mr. Wickens
The Amazing Mr. Blunden
Self
Tales of the Uncanny
Himself
Ghosts in the Machine
John Paterson
The Quatermass Experiment
Cavor
The First Men in the Moon
John Trant
The Cicerones
Ernest Dunks
Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen
Self
Spaced: Skip to the End
Himself / Mark Gatiss
Unlocking Sherlock
Viking (voice)
Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe
Self
Hammer A.D. 2023
Menenius Agrippa
National Theatre Live: Coriolanus
Presenter
M.R. James: Ghost Writer
Malcolm McLaren
Worried About the Boy
Rat
The Wind in the Willows
Bamber Gascoigne
Starter for 10
Johnnie Cradock
Fear of Fanny
Various Characters
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
Jeremy
Sex Lives of the Potato Men
Dettweiler
Victor Frankenstein
Self
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
Narrator
Doctor Who: The Great Detective
Sherlock Holmes
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Jacob Marley
A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story
Self - Host
Horror Europa with Mark Gatiss
Radio Announcer (voice)
The Dead Room
Self
The Kneale Tapes
Sir John Gielgud
National Theatre Live: The Motive and the Cue
Peter Mandelson
Coalition
Steven Crosswell
The Vote
Dr. William Bruffin
PROBE: The Zero Imperative
Mr. Emerson
PROBE: Unnatural Selection
Mr Jackson
Cleaning Up
Self
Peter Davison: Uncut!
Colonel Theakes
Dad's Army
Ping-Pong Player
Match Point
House Agent
Bright Young Things
Mycroft Holmes
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride
PC Butcher
Consenting Adults
Billy Matlock
Our Kind of Traitor
Self
Doctor Who: A New Dimension
Professor Robert Jan van der Pelt
Denial
Joel
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
Additional Vogon Voices
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Self
The Real Sherlock Holmes
Apsley Cherry-Garrard
The Worst Journey in the World
Himself
Return of the Goodies
various
The League of Gentlemen: Live at Drury Lane
Dr. Landers
Against the Law
Louis Aragon
Surrealissimo: The Trial of Salvador Dali
Stranger than Fiction 2: From Script to Screen
Self - Interviewer
Bidding Adieu: A Video Diary
Lord Marlborough
The Favourite
Himself
Premium Bond with Mark Gatiss and Matthew Sweet
The Captain
Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time
Giles Winslow
Christopher Robin
Himself
Mark Gatiss: A Study in Sherlock
Ronald Hall
The Mercy
George III
National Theatre Live: The Madness of George III
Narrator
Mars: a Traveller's Guide
Himself - Presenter
Mark Gatiss on John Minton: The Lost Man of British Art
Radio Presenter With 'Spaceship' Theory / Wildlife voiceover (voice) (uncredited)
Shaun of the Dead
Terry Scanlon
Global Conspiracy?
Various Characters
The League of Gentlemen - Live Again!
The Man
The Father
Peter Mandelson (voice)
Brexit: The Uncivil War
Duff Purves
New Town
Himself - Presenter
In Search of Dracula
Ivor Montazac
Operation Mincemeat
Self
Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor
The Doctor
The Web of Caves
Mark
The Kidnappers
Mr. Borusa
The Pitch of Fear
Self
Scandal & Beauty: Mark Gatiss on Aubrey Beardsley
Donald
Locked Down
Himself
Doctor Who and the Third Man
Self - Actor and Writer
Back to Black: The Making of Dracula Prince of Darkness
NSA
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
Self
Release the Hound!
Self
The Sparks Brothers
Mr Banham
Highgate House of Horror
Georgie
PROBE: The Devil of Winterborne
(segment "Don't") (uncredited)
Grindhouse
Self
Cold War Steve Meets the Outside World
Doctor MacLean
The Road Dance
Himself
Unlocking Sherlock
Self - The League of Gentlemen
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'
Angstrom
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
Self
Inside No. 9: The Party's Over
Self
How to Be Sherlock Holmes: The Many Faces of a Master Detective
Ted Gilbert
The Fantastic 4: First Steps
Bring Something Back: The Making of 'The Quatermass Experiment'
The Celestial Toyroom
Various Characters
The League of Gentlemen - Live Again!
Self
Tales from Behind the Crypt
Ted Gilbert (archive footage) (uncredited)
Marvel Studios' The Fantastic Four: First Steps - World Premiere
Self
The Favourite: Unstitching the Costume Drama
Self
Being Stanley Baxter
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
105
Gender
Male
Birthday
1966-10-17
Place of Birth
Sedgefield, Durham, England, UK
Also Known As
Марк Гейтисс