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