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