Mark Gatiss
Acting
Born: October 17, 1966 (age 59) · Sedgefield, Durham, England, UK
Highest Rated
Biography
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
Game of Thrones
2011
Shaun of the Dead
2004
Sherlock
2010
The Favourite
2018
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
2023
Match Point
2005
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
2005
The Father
2020
The Fantastic 4: First Steps
2025
Doctor Who
2005
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
2005
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
2025
Photos (9)
Movies (73)
The Fantastic 4: First Steps
Ted Gilbert
The Favourite
Lord Marlborough
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
Angstrom
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
NSA
The Mercy
Ronald Hall
The Father
The Man
Shaun of the Dead
Radio Presenter With 'Spaceship' Theory / Wildlife voiceover (voice) (uncredited)
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Miss Blight (voice)
Victor Frankenstein
Dettweiler
Christopher Robin
Giles Winslow
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
Joel
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Additional Vogon Voices
Starter for 10
Bamber Gascoigne
Brexit: The Uncivil War
Peter Mandelson (voice)
Denial
Professor Robert Jan van Pelt
Operation Mincemeat
Ivor Montazac
Match Point
Ping-Pong Player
Locked Down
Donald
Birthday Girl
Porter
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride
Mycroft Holmes
Our Kind of Traitor
Billy Matlock
Dad's Army
Colonel Theakes
Grindhouse
(segment "Don't") (uncredited)
Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time
The Captain
Bright Young Things
House Agent
Marvel Studios' The Fantastic Four: First Steps - World Premiere
Ted Gilbert (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Road Dance
Doctor MacLean
The Cicerones
John Trant
Sex Lives of the Potato Men
Jeremy
PROBE: The Zero Imperative
Dr. William Bruffin
The Amazing Mr. Blunden
Mr. Wickens
Worried About the Boy
Malcolm McLaren
Against the Law
Dr. Landers
The Dead Room
Radio Announcer (voice)
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
Various Characters
Fear of Fanny
Johnnie Cradock
Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen
Ernest Dunks
National Theatre Live: Coriolanus
Menenius Agrippa
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Sherlock Holmes
The League of Gentlemen - Live Again!
Multiple Characters
The Wind in the Willows
Rat
Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe
Viking (voice)
National Theatre Live: The Motive and the Cue
Sir John Gielgud
Surrealissimo: The Trial of Salvador Dali
Louis Aragon
The Painting & The Statue
Old Lord/Butler 'Smith'/Dancing Man/Old Lord 'Johnny'
Cleaning Up
Mr Jackson
The Vote
Steven Crosswell
PROBE: The Devil of Winterborne
Georgie
A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story
Jacob Marley
The First Men in the Moon
Cavor
Stranger than Fiction 2: From Script to Screen
1995
The League of Gentlemen Are Behind You
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 Web of Caves
The Doctor
Consenting Adults
PC Butcher
National Theatre Live: The Madness of George III
George III
The Quatermass Experiment
John Paterson
Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures
Kenyon
M.R. James: Ghost Writer
Presenter
Highgate House of Horror
Mr Banham
Doctor Who: The Great Detective
Narrator
Bring Something Back: The Making of 'The Quatermass Experiment'
2005
The League of Gentlemen: Live at Drury Lane
various
Mars: a Traveller's Guide
Narrator
The Worst Journey in the World
Apsley Cherry-Garrard
Stranger Than Fiction 3: Acting Up
1997
PROBE: Unnatural Selection
Mr. Emerson
The Kidnappers
Mark
The Pitch of Fear
Mr. Borusa
New Town
Duff Purves
Coalition
Peter Mandelson
The Celestial Toyroom
2013
Global Conspiracy?
Terry Scanlon
A Silent Imprisonment
Mr Murphy
TV Shows (50)
Game of Thrones
Tycho Nestoris · 4 eps
Doctor Who
Gantok · 2 eps
Doctor Who
Richard Lazarus · 1 eps
Midsomer Murders
Rev Giles Shawcross · 1 eps
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Leonard Boynton · 1 eps
Sherlock
Mycroft Holmes · 11 eps
Good Omens
Mr. Harmony · 2 eps
Agatha Christie's Marple
Ronald Hawes · 1 eps
3 Body Problem
Isaac Newton · 1 eps
Inside No. 9
Callum · 1 eps
Dracula
Frank Renfield · 3 eps
Horrible Histories
9 eps
Time Bandits
Earl of Sandwich · 1 eps
Time Bandits
Earl of Sandwich (voice) · 1 eps
Taboo
Prince Regent · 5 eps
Doctor Who Confidential
3 eps
Doctor Who Confidential
Narrator · 13 eps
Wolf Hall
Stephen Gardiner · 4 eps
Being Human
Mr. Snow · 2 eps
Little Britain
1 eps
Playhouse Presents
Joan Crawford · 1 eps
Moonflower Murders
Frank Parris / Oscar Berlin · 5 eps
Thunderbirds Are Go!
Dr. Quentin Questa (voice) · 1 eps
Bookish
Gabriel Book · 12 eps
Footballers' Wives
Teddy - Agent · 1 eps
Nighty Night
Glenn Bulb · 10 eps
Sense and Sensibility
John Dashwood · 2 eps
A Ghost Story for Christmas
Radio Presenter (Voice) · 1 eps
Sally4Ever
Doctor · 2 eps
Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge
1 eps
Gunpowder
Sir Robert Cecil · 3 eps
Nolly
Larry Grayson · 3 eps
Jekyll
Robert Louis Stevenson · 6 eps
London Spy
Rich · 1 eps
Spaced
Agent · 1 eps
Inside Classical
Sherlock Holmes · 1 eps
The League of Gentlemen
Various · 18 eps
Psychobitches
Joan Crawford · 1 eps
Crooked House
The Curator · 3 eps
Funland
Ambrose Chapfel · 4 eps
The Crimson Petal and the White
Henry Rackham Junior · 4 eps
Juice
George · 1 eps
Dr Terrible's House of Horrible
Hang Man Chang · 1 eps
British Film Forever
1 eps
In the Red
Junior Detective · 3 eps
This Morning with Richard Not Judy
18 eps
Mapp and Lucia
Major Benjamin 'Benjy' Flint · 3 eps
Catterick
Peter · 1 eps
The Dwelling Place
Bowmer · 3 eps
Clone
Colonel Black · 6 eps
Self / Appearances (38)
QI
Self · 1 eps
Inside No. 9
Self · 1 eps
Who Do You Think You Are?
Self · 1 eps
Doctor Who Confidential
Self · 1 eps
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Self · 1 eps
The Real History of Science Fiction
Himself - Narrator (voice) · 4 eps
The Sparks Brothers
Self
A History of Horror
Self - Presenter · 3 eps
Doctor Who Extra
Self · 1 eps
Doctor Who Greatest Moments
Self · 2 eps
Doctor Who: A New Dimension
Self
Derren Brown: Trick or Treat
Himself · 1 eps
Spaced: Skip to the End
Self
Horror Europa with Mark Gatiss
Self - Host
Inside No. 9: The Party's Over
Self
Dr. Forever!
Himself · 5 eps
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
Self
Being Stanley Baxter
Self
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'
Self - The League of Gentlemen
The Real Sherlock Holmes
Self
Unlocking Sherlock
Himself / Mark Gatiss
How to Be Sherlock Holmes: The Many Faces of a Master Detective
Self
Return of the Goodies
Himself
Doctor Who and the Third Man
Himself
Hammer A.D. 2023
Self
Tales of the Uncanny
Self
Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor
Self
Mark Gatiss: A Study in Sherlock
Himself
Bidding Adieu: A Video Diary
Self - Interviewer
Back to Black: The Making of Dracula Prince of Darkness
Self - Actor and Writer
Cold War Steve Meets the Outside World
Self
Unlocking Sherlock
Himself
Scandal & Beauty: Mark Gatiss on Aubrey Beardsley
Self
The Kneale Tapes
Self
Premium Bond with Mark Gatiss and Matthew Sweet
Himself
Mark Gatiss on John Minton: The Lost Man of British Art
Himself - Presenter
Peter Davison: Uncut!
Self
In Search of Dracula
Himself - Presenter
Upcoming (2)
Directing (12)
A Ghost Story for Christmas
Director
Queers.
Director
The Amazing Mr. Blunden
Director
The Tractate Middoth
Director
The Dead Room
Director
A Ghost Story for Christmas: Count Magnus
Director
A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Room in the Tower
Director
A Ghost Story for Christmas: Lot No. 249
Director
A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Mezzotint
Director
Highgate House of Horror
Director
A Ghost Story For Christmas: Woman of Stone
Director
Martin's Close
Director
Writing (39)
Doctor Who
Writer
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Screenplay
Sherlock
Writer
Dracula
Writer
Bookish
Writer
A Ghost Story for Christmas
Writer
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride
Writer
The League of Gentlemen
Writer
Crooked House
Writer
A History of Horror
Writer
Queers.
Writer
PROBE: The Zero Imperative
Writer
The Amazing Mr. Blunden
Writer
An Adventure in Space and Time
Writer
The Tractate Middoth
Writer
The Dead Room
Writer
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
Writer
PROBE: Ghosts of Winterborne
Writer
Horror Europa with Mark Gatiss
Writer
A Ghost Story for Christmas: Count Magnus
Writer
A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Room in the Tower
Screenplay
The League of Gentlemen - Live Again!
Writer
A Ghost Story for Christmas: Lot No. 249
Screenplay
A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Mezzotint
Screenplay
PROBE: The Devil of Winterborne
Writer
A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story
Adaptation
The First Men in the Moon
Screenplay
The League of Gentlemen Are Behind You
Author
Sherlock: Many Happy Returns
Writer
The Web of Caves
Writer
M.R. James: Ghost Writer
Writer
A Ghost Story For Christmas: Woman of Stone
Writer
The League of Gentlemen: Live at Drury Lane
Writer
Martin's Close
Writer
The Worst Journey in the World
Writer
PROBE: Unnatural Selection
Writer
The Kidnappers
Writer
The Pitch of Fear
Writer
Global Conspiracy?
Writer
Producing (11)
Sherlock
Executive Producer
Dracula
Executive Producer
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride
Executive Producer
Crooked House
Producer
Queers.
Producer
An Adventure in Space and Time
Executive Producer
The Dead Room
Executive Producer
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
Executive Producer
Martin's Close
Executive Producer
The Worst Journey in the World
Co-Producer
Global Conspiracy?
Producer
