Mark Gatiss
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 17, 1966 (age 60)
- Birthplace
- Sedgefield, Durham, England, UK
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
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Filmography
A Ticket Too Far
Movie · as Marshall
Cuddle
Movie · as Paul
Bunker
Movie · as Simon
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
Movie · as Angstrom
The Fantastic 4: First Steps
Movie · as Ted Gilbert
Marvel Studios' The Fantastic Four: First Steps - World Premiere
Movie · as Ted Gilbert (archive footage) (uncredited)
Being Stanley Baxter
Movie · as Self
The Painting & The Statue
Movie · as Old Lord/Butler 'Smith'/Dancing Man/Old Lord 'Johnny'
Bookish
TV · as Gabriel Book · 12 eps
National Theatre Live: The Motive and the Cue
Movie · as Sir John Gielgud
Inside No. 9: The Party's Over
Movie · as Self
3 Body Problem
TV · as Isaac Newton · 1 ep
Time Bandits
TV · as Earl of Sandwich, Earl of Sandwich (voice) · 1 ep
Moonflower Murders
TV · as Frank Parris / Oscar Berlin · 5 eps
Hammer A.D. 2023
Movie · as Self
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Movie · as Sherlock Holmes
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
Movie · as NSA
Nolly
TV · as Larry Grayson · 3 eps
Juice
TV · as George · 1 ep
A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story
Movie · as Jacob Marley
Peter Davison: Uncut!
Movie · as Self
Operation Mincemeat
Movie · as Ivor Montazac
The Road Dance
Movie · as Doctor MacLean
Inside Classical
TV · as Sherlock Holmes · 1 ep
Memento Mori
Movie · as Henry Huxley
A Silent Imprisonment
Movie · as Mr Murphy
The Amazing Mr. Blunden
Movie · as Mr. Wickens
Locked Down
Movie · as Donald
The Sparks Brothers
Movie · as Self
Tales of the Uncanny
Movie · as Self
The Father
Movie · as The Man
In Search of Dracula
Movie · as Himself - Presenter
Scandal & Beauty: Mark Gatiss on Aubrey Beardsley
Movie · as Self
Cold War Steve Meets the Outside World
Movie · as Self
Dracula
TV · as Frank Renfield · 3 eps
Brexit: The Uncivil War
Movie · as Peter Mandelson (voice)
Doctor Who and the Third Man
Movie · as Himself
Good Omens
TV · as Mr. Harmony · 2 eps
The Dead Room
Movie · as Radio Announcer (voice)
The Favourite
Movie · as Lord Marlborough
Christopher Robin
Movie · as Giles Winslow
The Mercy
Movie · as Ronald Hall
National Theatre Live: The Madness of George III
Movie · as George III
Mark Gatiss on John Minton: The Lost Man of British Art
Movie · as Himself - Presenter
The League of Gentlemen - Live Again!
Movie · as Multiple Characters
Sally4Ever
TV · as Doctor · 2 eps
Against the Law
Movie · as Dr. Landers
Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time
Movie · as The Captain
Mars: A Traveller's Guide
Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)
Gunpowder
TV · as Sir Robert Cecil · 3 eps
Taboo
TV · as Prince Regent · 5 eps
Dad's Army
Movie · as Colonel Theakes
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride
Movie · as Mycroft Holmes
Our Kind of Traitor
Movie · as Billy Matlock
Denial
Movie · as Professor Robert Jan van Pelt
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
Movie · as Joel
Mark Gatiss: A Study in Sherlock
Movie · as Himself
Victor Frankenstein
Movie · as Dettweiler
Coalition
Movie · as Peter Mandelson
The Vote
Movie · as Steven Crosswell
Premium Bond with Mark Gatiss and Matthew Sweet
Movie · as Himself
Release the Hound!
Movie · as Self
London Spy
TV · as Rich · 1 ep
Thunderbirds Are Go!
TV · as Dr. Quentin Questa (voice) · 1 ep
Wolf Hall
TV · as Stephen Gardiner · 4 eps
Unlocking Sherlock
Movie · as Himself / Mark Gatiss
National Theatre Live: Coriolanus
Movie · as Menenius Agrippa
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
Movie · as Self
How to Be Sherlock Holmes: The Many Faces of a Master Detective
Movie · as Self
Mapp and Lucia
TV · as Major Benjamin 'Benjy' Flint · 3 eps
Inside No. 9
TV · as Callum, Self · 1 ep
The Real History of Science Fiction
TV · as Himself - Narrator (voice) · 4 eps
Doctor Who Extra
TV · as Self · 1 ep
M.R. James: Ghost Writer
Movie · as Presenter
Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor
Movie · as Self
The Celestial Toyroom
Movie
Dr. Forever!
TV · as Himself · 5 eps
Psychobitches
TV · as Joan Crawford · 1 ep
Doctor Who: The Great Detective
Movie · as Narrator
Horror Europa with Mark Gatiss
Movie · as Self - Host
The Real Sherlock Holmes
Movie · as Self
Back to Black: The Making of Dracula Prince of Darkness
Movie · as Self - Actor and Writer
Playhouse Presents
TV · as Joan Crawford · 1 ep
Cleaning Up
Movie · as Mr Jackson
The Crimson Petal and the White
TV · as Henry Rackham Junior · 4 eps
Game of Thrones
TV · as Tycho Nestoris · 4 eps
The First Men in the Moon
Movie · as Cavor
Worried About the Boy
Movie · as Malcolm McLaren
Unlocking Sherlock
Movie · as Himself
Sherlock
TV · as Mycroft Holmes · 11 eps
A History of Horror
TV · as Self - Presenter · 3 eps
Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge
TV · 1 ep
Ghosts in the Machine
Movie · as Himself
Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen
Movie · as Ernest Dunks
New Town
Movie · as Duff Purves
Horrible Histories
TV · 9 eps
Doctor Who Greatest Moments
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Being Human
TV · as Mr. Snow · 2 eps
Clone
TV · as Colonel Black · 6 eps
Crooked House
TV · as The Curator · 3 eps
Sense and Sensibility
TV · as John Dashwood · 2 eps
Consenting Adults
Movie · as PC Butcher
The Worst Journey in the World
Movie · as Apsley Cherry-Garrard
Grindhouse
Movie · as (segment "Don't") (uncredited)
Jekyll
TV · as Robert Louis Stevenson · 6 eps
Derren Brown: Trick or Treat
TV · as Himself · 1 ep
British Film Forever
TV · 1 ep
The League of Gentlemen Are Behind You
Movie · as 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
Fear of Fanny
Movie · as Johnnie Cradock
The Wind in the Willows
Movie · as Rat
Starter for 10
Movie · as Bamber Gascoigne
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Movie · as Miss Blight (voice)
The Quatermass Experiment
Movie · as John Paterson
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
Movie · as Various Characters
Match Point
Movie · as Ping-Pong Player
Doctor Who: A New Dimension
Movie · as Self
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Movie · as Additional Vogon Voices
Return of the Goodies
Movie · as Himself
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'
Movie · as Self - The League of Gentlemen
Bring Something Back: The Making of 'The Quatermass Experiment'
Movie
Doctor Who Confidential
TV · as Narrator, Self · 3 eps
Doctor Who
TV · as Gantok, Richard Lazarus · 2 eps
Funland
TV · as Ambrose Chapfel · 4 eps
Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures
Movie · as Kenyon
Spaced: Skip to the End
Movie · as Self
Sex Lives of the Potato Men
Movie · as Jeremy
Shaun of the Dead
Movie · as Radio Presenter With 'Spaceship' Theory / Wildlife voiceover (voice) (uncredited)
Global Conspiracy?
Movie · as Terry Scanlon
Who Do You Think You Are?
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Catterick
TV · as Peter · 1 ep
Nighty Night
TV · as Glenn Bulb · 10 eps
Agatha Christie's Marple
TV · as Ronald Hawes · 1 ep
The Kneale Tapes
Movie · as Self
Bright Young Things
Movie · as House Agent
QI
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Little Britain
TV · 1 ep
100 Greatest Scary Moments
TV · 2 eps
The Cicerones
Movie · as John Trant
Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe
Movie · as Viking (voice)
Surrealissimo: The Trial of Salvador Dali
Movie · as Louis Aragon
Tales from Behind the Crypt
Movie · as Self
Footballers' Wives
TV · as Teddy - Agent · 1 ep
Birthday Girl
Movie · as Porter
The League of Gentlemen: Live at Drury Lane
Movie · as various
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Dr Terrible's House of Horrible
TV · as Hang Man Chang · 1 ep
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
TV · 1 ep
The Web of Caves
Movie · as The Doctor
The Kidnappers
Movie · as Mark
The Pitch of Fear
Movie · as Mr. Borusa
Spaced
TV · as Agent · 1 ep
The League of Gentlemen
TV · as Various · 18 eps
This Morning with Richard Not Judy
TV · 18 eps
In the Red
TV · as Junior Detective · 3 eps
Stranger Than Fiction 3: Acting Up
Movie
Midsomer Murders
TV · as Rev Giles Shawcross · 1 ep
PROBE: Unnatural Selection
Movie · as Mr. Emerson
Bidding Adieu: A Video Diary
Movie · as Self - Interviewer
Stranger than Fiction 2: From Script to Screen
Movie
Highgate House of Horror
Movie · as Mr Banham
PROBE: The Devil of Winterborne
Movie · as Georgie
PROBE: The Zero Imperative
Movie · as Dr. William Bruffin
The Dwelling Place
TV · as Bowmer · 3 eps
Harry
TV · as Diner Manager · 1 ep
Agatha Christie's Poirot
TV · as Leonard Boynton · 1 ep
A Ghost Story for Christmas
TV · as Radio Presenter (Voice) · 1 ep