
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). Description above from the Wikipedia article about Mark Gatiss, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Credits
- 2025 · Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning as NSA
- 2024 · Moonflower Murders as Frank Parris / Oscar Berlin
- 2024 · Time Bandits as Earl of Sandwich
- 2024 · Time Bandits as Earl of Sandwich (voice)
- 2024 · 3 Body Problem as Isaac Newton
- 2023 · Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One as NSA
- 2022 · Inside Classical as Sherlock Holmes
- 2022 · Operation Mincemeat as Ivor Montazac
- 2021 · Locked Down as Donald
- 2020 · The Father as The Man
- 2020 · Dracula as Frank Renfield
- 2019 · Good Omens as Mr. Harmony
- 2018 · The Favourite as Lord Marlborough
- 2018 · Christopher Robin as Giles Winslow
- 2018 · The Mercy as Ronald Hall
- 2017 · Gunpowder as Sir Robert Cecil
- 2017 · Taboo as Prince Regent
- 2016 · Denial as Professor Robert Jan van der Pelt
- 2016 · Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie as Joel
- 2016 · Our Kind of Traitor as Billy Matlock
- 2016 · Dad's Army as Colonel Theakes
- 2016 · Sherlock: The Abominable Bride as Mycroft Holmes
- 2015 · Victor Frankenstein as Dettweiler
- 2015 · London Spy as Rich
- 2015 · Thunderbirds Are Go! as Dr. Quentin Questa (voice)
- 2015 · Wolf Hall as Stephen Gardiner
- 2014 · Mapp and Lucia as Major Benjamin 'Benjy' Flint
- 2014 · Doctor Who Extra as Self
- 2014 · The Real History of Science Fiction as Himself - Narrator (voice)
- 2014 · Inside No. 9 as Callum
- 2014 · Inside No. 9 as Self
- 2011 · Game of Thrones as Tycho Nestoris
- 2011 · The Crimson Petal and the White as Henry Rackham Junior
- 2010 · Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge as
- 2010 · A History of Horror as Self - Presenter
- 2010 · Sherlock as Mycroft Holmes
- 2010 · Sherlock as Self
- 2010 · Sherlock as Self / Mycroft Holmes
- 2009 · Doctor Who Greatest Moments as Self
- 2009 · Psychoville as
- 2009 · Horrible Histories as
- 2009 · Being Human as Mr. Snow
- 2008 · Crooked House as The Curator
- 2008 · Clone as Colonel Black
- 2008 · Only Connect as Self - Contestant
- 2008 · Sense and Sensibility as John Dashwood
- 2007 · Jekyll as Robert Louis Stevenson
- 2007 · Derren Brown: Trick or Treat as Himself
- 2007 · Grindhouse as (segment "Don't") (uncredited)
- 2006 · Starter for 10 as Bamber Gascoigne
- 2005 · Match Point as Ping-Pong Player
- 2005 · Funland as
- 2005 · Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit as Miss Blight (voice)
- 2005 · The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy as Additional Vogon Voices
- 2005 · Doctor Who as Gantok
- 2005 · Doctor Who as Richard Lazarus
- 2005 · Doctor Who as The Captain
- 2005 · Doctor Who Confidential as
- 2005 · Doctor Who Confidential as Narrator
- 2004 · Agatha Christie's Marple as Ronald Hawes
- 2004 · Who Do You Think You Are? as Self
- 2004 · Shaun of the Dead as Radio Presenter With 'Spaceship' Theory / Wildlife voiceover (voice) (uncredited)
- 2004 · Sex Lives of the Potato Men as Jeremy
- 2004 · Catterick as Peter
- 2004 · Nighty Night as
- 2004 · Nighty Night as Glenn Bulb
- 2003 · Little Britain as
- 2003 · QI as Self
- 2002 · Footballers' Wives as Teddy - Agent
- 2001 · Dr. Terrible's House of Horrible as Hang Man Chang
- 2001 · Friday Night with Jonathan Ross as Self
- 2001 · Birthday Girl as Porter
- 2000 · Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) as
- 1999 · Spaced as Agent
- 1999 · The League of Gentlemen as
- 1998 · In the Red as Junior Detective
- 1998 · This Morning with Richard Not Judy as
- 1997 · Midsomer Murders as Rev Giles Shawcross
- 1994 · The Dwelling Place as Bowmer
- 1993 · Harry as Diner Manager
- 1989 · Agatha Christie's Poirot as Leonard Boynton
- Future · Bookish as Gabriel Book
- 2024 · Inside No. 9: The Party's Over as Self
- 2024 · National Theatre Live: The Motive and the Cue as Sir John Gielgud
- 2023 · The Hound of the Baskervilles as Sherlock Holmes
- 2023 · Hammer A.D. 2023 as Self
- 2023 · Nolly as Larry Grayson
- 2022 · A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story as Jacob Marley
- 2022 · Peter Davison: Uncut! as Self
- 2022 · The Road Dance as Doctor MacLean
- 2021 · The Amazing Mr. Blunden as Mr. Wickens
- 2021 · Memento Mori as Henry Huxley
- 2021 · The Sparks Brothers as Self
- 2021 · A Silent Imprisonment as Mr Murphy
- 2020 · Cold War Steve Meets the Outside World as Self
- 2020 · Tales of the Uncanny as Self
- 2020 · Scandal & Beauty: Mark Gatiss on Aubrey Beardsley as Himself
- 2020 · In Search of Dracula as Himself - Presenter
- 2019 · Doctor Who and the Third Man as Himself
- 2019 · Brexit: The Uncivil War as Peter Mandelson (voice)
- 2018 · The Dead Room as Radio Announcer (voice)
- 2018 · National Theatre Live: The Madness of George III as George III
- 2018 · The League of Gentlemen - Live Again! as Various Characters
- 2018 · Mark Gatiss on John Minton: The Lost Man of British Art as Himself - Presenter
- 2017 · Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time as The Captain
- 2017 · Mars: a Traveller's Guide as Narrator
- 2017 · Against the Law as Dr. Landers
- 2016 · Mark Gatiss: A Study in Sherlock as Himself
- 2015 · Premium Bond with Mark Gatiss and Matthew Sweet as Himself
- 2015 · The Vote as Steven Crosswell
- 2015 · Release the Hound! as Self
- 2015 · Coalition as Peter Mandelson
- 2014 · 50 Years of BBC Two Comedy as Self
- 2014 · National Theatre Live: Coriolanus as Menenius Agrippa
- 2014 · Unlocking Sherlock as Himself / Mark Gatiss
- 2014 · How to Be Sherlock Holmes: The Many Faces of a Master Detective as Self
- 2013 · M.R. James: Ghost Writer as Presenter
- 2013 · Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor as Self
- 2013 · Dr. Forever! as Himself
- 2012 · Doctor Who: The Great Detective as Narrator
- 2012 · Horror Europa with Mark Gatiss as Self - Host
- 2012 · The Real Sherlock Holmes as Self
- 2012 · Back to Black: The Making of Dracula Prince of Darkness as Self - Actor and Writer
- 2011 · Cleaning Up as Mr Jackson
- 2010 · The First Men in the Moon as Cavor
- 2010 · Unlocking Sherlock as Himself
- 2010 · Worried About the Boy as Malcolm McLaren
- 2009 · Ghosts in the Machine as Himself
- 2009 · Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen as Ernest Dunks
- 2009 · New Town as Duff Purves
- 2007 · Consenting Adults as PC Butcher
- 2007 · The Worst Journey in the World as Apsley Cherry-Garrard
- 2007 · Don't as Roddy McDowel
- 2006 · The Wind in the Willows as Rat
- 2006 · The League of Gentlemen Are Behind You! as
- 2006 · The League of Gentlemen Are Behind You 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
- 2006 · Fear of Fanny as Johnnie Cradock
- 2005 · Return of the Goodies as Himself
- 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' as Self - The League of Gentlemen
- 2005 · The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse as Various Characters
- 2005 · The Quatermass Experiment as John Paterson
- 2005 · Doctor Who: A New Dimension as Self
- 2004 · Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures as Kenyon
- 2004 · Global Conspiracy? as Terry Scanlon
- 2004 · Spaced: Skip to the End as Self
- 2003 · The Kneale Tapes as Self
- 2003 · Bright Young Things as House Agent
- 2002 · Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe as Viking (voice)
- 2002 · Surrealissimo: The Trial of Salvador Dali as Louis Aragon
- 2002 · The Cicerones as John Trant
- 2001 · The League of Gentlemen: Live at Drury Lane as various
- 2000 · The League of Gentlemen - Yule Never Leave! as
- 1999 · The Pitch of Fear as Mr. Borusa
- 1999 · The Web of Caves as The Doctor
- 1999 · The Kidnappers as Mark
- 1997 · Stranger Than Fiction 3: Acting Up as
- 1996 · Unnatural Selection as Mr. Emerson
- 1996 · Bidding Adieu: A Video Diary as Self - Interviewer
- 1995 · The Devil of Winterborne as Georgie
- 1995 · Highgate House of Horror as Mr Banham
- 1995 · Stranger than Fiction 2: From Script to Screen as
- 1994 · The Zero Imperative as Dr. William Bruffin