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