Mark Gatiss
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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
Credits
The Fantastic 4: First Steps (2025)
as Ted Gilbert
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (2025)
as Angstrom
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (2023)
as NSA
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)
as Miss Blight (voice)
Shaun of the Dead (2004)
as Radio Presenter With 'Spaceship' Theory / Wildlife voiceover (voice) (uncredited)
The Father (2020)
as The Man
Christopher Robin (2018)
as Giles Winslow
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
as Additional Vogon Voices
Victor Frankenstein (2015)
as Dettweiler
Match Point (2005)
as Ping-Pong Player
The Favourite (2018)
as Lord Marlborough
Operation Mincemeat (2022)
as Ivor Montazac
Our Kind of Traitor (2016)
as Billy Matlock
Grindhouse (2007)
as (segment "Don't") (uncredited)
Birthday Girl (2001)
as Porter
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride (2016)
as Mycroft Holmes
The Mercy (2018)
as Ronald Hall
Locked Down (2021)
as Donald
Dad's Army (2016)
as Colonel Theakes
Denial (2016)
as Professor Robert Jan van Pelt
The Sparks Brothers (2021)
as Self
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie (2016)
as Joel
Starter for 10 (2006)
as Bamber Gascoigne
Brexit: The Uncivil War (2019)
as Peter Mandelson (voice)
Marvel Studios' The Fantastic Four: First Steps - World Premiere (2025)
as Ted Gilbert (archive footage) (uncredited)
Bunker (2026)
Actor
The Road Dance (2022)
as Doctor MacLean
Spaced: Skip to the End (2004)
as Self
Bright Young Things (2003)
as House Agent
Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time (2017)
as The Captain
The Amazing Mr. Blunden (2021)
as Mr. Wickens
Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe (2002)
as Viking (voice)
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse (2005)
as Various Characters
Worried About the Boy (2010)
as Malcolm McLaren
Being Stanley Baxter (2025)
as Self
Surrealissimo: The Trial of Salvador Dali (2002)
as Louis Aragon
The Wind in the Willows (2006)
as Rat
Mark Gatiss: A Study in Sherlock (2016)
as Himself
The Quatermass Experiment (2005)
as John Paterson
Sex Lives of the Potato Men (2004)
as Jeremy
Unlocking Sherlock (2014)
as Himself / Mark Gatiss
The Painting & The Statue (—)
as Old Lord/Butler 'Smith'/Dancing Man/Old Lord 'Johnny'
The First Men in the Moon (2010)
as Cavor
National Theatre Live: The Motive and the Cue (2024)
as Sir John Gielgud
Cleaning Up (2011)
as Mr Jackson
Memento Mori (2021)
as Henry Huxley
Fear of Fanny (2006)
as Johnnie Cradock
The Dead Room (2018)
as Radio Announcer (voice)
The Real Sherlock Holmes (2012)
as Self
Inside No. 9: The Party's Over (2024)
as Self
Consenting Adults (2007)
as PC Butcher
National Theatre Live: The Madness of George III (2018)
as George III
Doctor Who: A New Dimension (2005)
as Self
Tales of the Uncanny (2020)
as Self
Against the Law (2017)
as Dr. Landers
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy (2014)
as Self
How to Be Sherlock Holmes: The Many Faces of a Master Detective (2014)
as Self
Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures (2004)
as Kenyon
The Vote (2015)
as Steven Crosswell
National Theatre Live: Coriolanus (2014)
as Menenius Agrippa
Highgate House of Horror (1995)
as Mr Banham
PROBE: The Devil of Winterborne (1995)
as Georgie
M.R. James: Ghost Writer (2013)
as Presenter
Coalition (2015)
as Peter Mandelson
Back to Black: The Making of Dracula Prince of Darkness (2012)
as Self - Actor and Writer
Bring Something Back: The Making of 'The Quatermass Experiment' (2005)
Actor
Global Conspiracy? (2004)
as Terry Scanlon
Stranger than Fiction 2: From Script to Screen (1995)
Actor
Scandal & Beauty: Mark Gatiss on Aubrey Beardsley (2020)
as Self
PROBE: The Zero Imperative (1994)
as Dr. William Bruffin
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' (2005)
as Self - The League of Gentlemen
Hammer A.D. 2023 (2023)
as Self
Cold War Steve Meets the Outside World (2020)
as Self
Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen (2009)
as Ernest Dunks
Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor (2013)
as Self
The Kidnappers (1999)
as Mark
The Hound of the Baskervilles (2023)
as Sherlock Holmes
The Kneale Tapes (2003)
as Self
Horror Europa with Mark Gatiss (2012)
as Self - Host
A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story (2022)
as Jacob Marley
In Search of Dracula (2020)
as Himself - Presenter
Doctor Who: The Great Detective (2012)
as Narrator
The Web of Caves (1999)
as The Doctor
Mars: a Traveller's Guide (2017)
as Narrator
The League of Gentlemen: Live at Drury Lane (2001)
as various
Premium Bond with Mark Gatiss and Matthew Sweet (2015)
as Himself
PROBE: Unnatural Selection (1996)
as Mr. Emerson
Mark Gatiss on John Minton: The Lost Man of British Art (2018)
as Himself - Presenter
Peter Davison: Uncut! (2022)
as Self
Stranger Than Fiction 3: Acting Up (1997)
Actor
Doctor Who and the Third Man (2019)
as Himself
The Worst Journey in the World (2007)
as Apsley Cherry-Garrard
The Celestial Toyroom (2013)
Actor
New Town (2009)
as Duff Purves
The Cicerones (2002)
as John Trant
Ghosts in the Machine (2009)
as Himself
The League of Gentlemen Are Behind You (2006)
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
Release the Hound! (2015)
as Self
Unlocking Sherlock (2010)
as Himself
Bidding Adieu: A Video Diary (1996)
as Self - Interviewer
Tales from Behind the Crypt (2002)
as Self
Return of the Goodies (2005)
as Himself
The Pitch of Fear (1999)
as Mr. Borusa
A Silent Imprisonment (2021)
as Mr Murphy