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