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
The Fantastic 4: First Steps
Ted Gilbert
Game of Thrones
Tycho Nestoris
Midsomer Murders
Rev Giles Shawcross
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
Angstrom
Horrible Histories
Doctor Who
Gantok
Doctor Who
Richard Lazarus
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Leonard Boynton
Sherlock
Mycroft Holmes
Who Do You Think You Are?
Self
Inside No. 9
Callum
Inside No. 9
Self
Agatha Christie's Marple
Ronald Hawes
Good Omens
Mr. Harmony
3 Body Problem
Isaac Newton
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
NSA
Being Human
Mr. Snow
Taboo
Prince Regent
Time Bandits
Earl of Sandwich
Time Bandits
Earl of Sandwich (voice)
Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge
Little Britain
Doctor Who Confidential
Doctor Who Confidential
Narrator
The League of Gentlemen
Moonflower Murders
Frank Parris / Oscar Berlin
Dracula
Frank Renfield
Wolf Hall
Stephen Gardiner
The Real History of Science Fiction
Himself - Narrator (voice)
London Spy
Rich
Nighty Night
Nighty Night
Glenn Bulb
Bookish
Gabriel Book
Gunpowder
Sir Robert Cecil
Marvel Studios' The Fantastic Four: First Steps - World Premiere
Ted Gilbert (archive footage) (uncredited)
Shaun of the Dead
Radio Presenter With 'Spaceship' Theory / Wildlife voiceover (voice) (uncredited)
Thunderbirds Are Go!
Dr. Quentin Questa (voice)
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Miss Blight (voice)
Crooked House
The Curator
Doctor Who Extra
Self
Jekyll
Robert Louis Stevenson
Mapp and Lucia
Major Benjamin 'Benjy' Flint
Footballers' Wives
Teddy - Agent
Derren Brown: Trick or Treat
Himself
Dr. Terrible's House of Horrible
Hang Man Chang
Nolly
Larry Grayson
Match Point
Ping-Pong Player
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Additional Vogon Voices
This Morning with Richard Not Judy
Sense and Sensibility
John Dashwood
The Favourite
Lord Marlborough
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride
Mycroft Holmes
The Father
The Man
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
Christopher Robin
Giles Winslow
Inside Classical
Sherlock Holmes
Psychoville
Harry
Diner Manager
Spaced
Agent
The Crimson Petal and the White
Henry Rackham Junior
The Mercy
Ronald Hall
Victor Frankenstein
Dettweiler
Grindhouse
(segment "Don't") (uncredited)
Funland
Operation Mincemeat
Ivor Montazac
Doctor Who Greatest Moments
Self
Birthday Girl
Porter
Denial
Professor Robert Jan van der Pelt
Starter for 10
Bamber Gascoigne
Our Kind of Traitor
Billy Matlock
In the Red
Junior Detective
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
Joel
Clone
Colonel Black
Locked Down
Donald
Bright Young Things
House Agent
The Road Dance
Doctor MacLean
A History of Horror
Self - Presenter
Dad's Army
Colonel Theakes
The Amazing Mr. Blunden
Mr. Wickens
The Dwelling Place
Bowmer
Brexit: The Uncivil War
Peter Mandelson (voice)
Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time
The Captain
Sex Lives of the Potato Men
Jeremy
The First Men in the Moon
Cavor
The Sparks Brothers
Self
Unlocking Sherlock
Himself / Mark Gatiss
Horror Europa with Mark Gatiss
Self - Host
Catterick
Peter
Inside No. 9: The Party's Over
Self
A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story
Jacob Marley
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
Various Characters
Worried About the Boy
Malcolm McLaren
Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe
Viking (voice)
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
The Zero Imperative
Dr. William Bruffin
Coalition
Peter Mandelson
Dr. Forever!
Himself
The Wind in the Willows
Rat
Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen
Ernest Dunks
Mark Gatiss: A Study in Sherlock
Himself
The Quatermass Experiment
John Paterson
M.R. James: Ghost Writer
Presenter
The Vote
Steven Crosswell
Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures
Kenyon
Tales of the Uncanny
Self
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Sherlock Holmes
The Real Sherlock Holmes
Self
Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor
Self
National Theatre Live: Coriolanus
Menenius Agrippa
New Town
Duff Purves
National Theatre Live: The Motive and the Cue
Sir John Gielgud
National Theatre Live: The Madness of George III
George III
Consenting Adults
PC Butcher
Fear of Fanny
Johnnie Cradock
Back to Black: The Making of Dracula Prince of Darkness
Self - Actor and Writer
Against the Law
Dr. Landers
The Dead Room
Radio Announcer (voice)
Hammer A.D. 2023
Self
In Search of Dracula
Himself - Presenter
Stranger than Fiction 2: From Script to Screen
How to Be Sherlock Holmes: The Many Faces of a Master Detective
Self
The Devil of Winterborne
Georgie
Return of the Goodies
Himself
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
Self
The Web of Caves
The Doctor
Unnatural Selection
Mr. Emerson
Unlocking Sherlock
Himself
Doctor Who: The Great Detective
Narrator
Memento Mori
Henry Huxley
Surrealissimo: The Trial of Salvador Dali
Louis Aragon
Spaced: Skip to the End
Self
Mark Gatiss on John Minton: The Lost Man of British Art
Himself - Presenter
The League of Gentlemen: Live at Drury Lane
various
The League of Gentlemen - Live Again!
Various Characters
The Worst Journey in the World
Apsley Cherry-Garrard
Release the Hound!
Self
Doctor Who: A New Dimension
Self
The Cicerones
John Trant
Cold War Steve Meets the Outside World
Self
Tales from Behind the Crypt
Himself
The Celestial Toyroom
Ghosts in the Machine
Himself
The League of Gentlemen - Yule Never Leave!
Peter Davison: Uncut!
Self
The Kidnappers
Mark
Doctor Who and the Third Man
Himself
Bring Something Back: The Making of 'The Quatermass Experiment'
The Pitch of Fear
Mr. Borusa
Stranger Than Fiction 3: Acting Up
Cleaning Up
Mr Jackson
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
Mars: a Traveller's Guide
Narrator
Bidding Adieu: A Video Diary
Self - Interviewer
A Silent Imprisonment
Mr Murphy
Highgate House of Horror
Mr Banham
Premium Bond with Mark Gatiss and Matthew Sweet
Himself
The Kneale Tapes
Self
Global Conspiracy?
Terry Scanlon
Scandal & Beauty: Mark Gatiss on Aubrey Beardsley
Himself
The League of Gentlemen - Live Again!
Various Characters
QI
Self
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Self