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