Mark Gatiss
Acting
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
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movieThe Fantastic 4: First Steps
2025
Ted Gilbert
tvBookish
2025
Gabriel Book
movieMarvel Studios' The Fantastic Four: First Steps - World Premiere
2025
Ted Gilbert (archive footage) (uncredited)
tvMoonflower Murders
2024
Frank Parris / Oscar Berlin
tvTime Bandits
2024
Earl of Sandwich / Earl of Sandwich (voice)
movieNational Theatre Live: The Motive and the Cue
2024
Sir John Gielgud
tv3 Body Problem
2024
Isaac Newton
movieThe Hound of the Baskervilles
2023
Sherlock Holmes
tvJuice
2023
George
tvNolly
2023
Larry Grayson
movieA Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story
2022
Jacob Marley
tvInside Classical
2022
Sherlock Holmes
movieThe Road Dance
2022
Doctor MacLean
movieOperation Mincemeat
2022
Ivor Montazac
movieThe Amazing Mr. Blunden
2021
Mr. Wickens
Memento Mori
2021
Henry Huxley
movieA Silent Imprisonment
2021
Mr Murphy
movieLocked Down
2021
Donald
movieThe Father
2020
The Man
movieIn Search of Dracula
2020
Himself - Presenter
tvDracula
2020
Frank Renfield
tvGood Omens
2019
Mr. Harmony
movieBrexit: The Uncivil War
2019
Peter Mandelson (voice)
movieThe Dead Room
2018
Radio Announcer (voice)
movieThe Favourite
2018
Lord Marlborough
tvSally4Ever
2018
Doctor
movieMark Gatiss on John Minton: The Lost Man of British Art
2018
Himself - Presenter
movieChristopher Robin
2018
Giles Winslow
movieThe Mercy
2018
Ronald Hall
movieDoctor Who: Twice Upon a Time
2017
The Captain
tvGunpowder
2017
Sir Robert Cecil
movieAgainst the Law
2017
Dr. Landers
tvTaboo
2017
Prince Regent
movieDenial
2016
Professor Robert Jan van Pelt
movieOur Kind of Traitor
2016
Billy Matlock
movieDad's Army
2016
Colonel Theakes
movieSherlock: The Abominable Bride
2016
Mycroft Holmes
movieVictor Frankenstein
2015
Dettweiler
tvLondon Spy
2015
Rich
movieThe Vote
2015
Steven Crosswell
tvThunderbirds Are Go!
2015
Dr. Quentin Questa (voice)
movieCoalition
2015
Peter Mandelson
tvWolf Hall
2015
Stephen Gardiner
tvMapp and Lucia
2014
Major Benjamin 'Benjy' Flint
tvThe Real History of Science Fiction
2014
Himself - Narrator (voice)
tvInside No. 9
2014
Callum / Self
movieNational Theatre Live: Coriolanus
2014
Menenius Agrippa
movieUnlocking Sherlock
2014
Himself / Mark Gatiss
movieM.R. James: Ghost Writer
2013
Presenter
tvPsychobitches
2013
Joan Crawford
tvDr. Forever!
2013
Himself
movieHorror Europa with Mark Gatiss
2012
Self - Host
movieBack to Black: The Making of Dracula Prince of Darkness
2012
Self - Actor and Writer
tvPlayhouse Presents
2012
Joan Crawford
movieCleaning Up
2011
Mr Jackson
tvGame of Thrones
2011
Tycho Nestoris
tvThe Crimson Petal and the White
2011
Henry Rackham Junior
tvA History of Horror
2010
Self - Presenter
movieUnlocking Sherlock
2010
Himself
tvSherlock
2010
Mycroft Holmes
movieWorried About the Boy
2010
Malcolm McLaren
movieSpanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen
2009
Ernest Dunks
movieNew Town
2009
Duff Purves
tvBeing Human
2009
Mr. Snow
tvCrooked House
2008
The Curator
tvClone
2008
Colonel Black
tvSense and Sensibility
2008
John Dashwood
movieConsenting Adults
2007
PC Butcher
tvJekyll
2007
Robert Louis Stevenson
movieThe Worst Journey in the World
2007
Apsley Cherry-Garrard
movieGrindhouse
2007
(segment "Don't") (uncredited)
movieThe League of Gentlemen Are Behind You
2006
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
movieFear of Fanny
2006
Johnnie Cradock
movieStarter for 10
2006
Bamber Gascoigne
movieMatch Point
2005
Ping-Pong Player
tvFunland
2005
Ambrose Chapfel
movieWallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
2005
Miss Blight (voice)
movieDon'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
Self - The League of Gentlemen
movieThe League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
2005
Various Characters
movieThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
2005
Additional Vogon Voices
movieThe Quatermass Experiment
2005
John Paterson
tvDoctor Who Confidential
2005
Narrator
tvDoctor Who
2005
Gantok / Richard Lazarus
tvAgatha Christie's Marple
2004
Ronald Hawes
movieGlobal Conspiracy?
2004
Terry Scanlon
movieShaun of the Dead
2004
Radio Presenter With 'Spaceship' Theory / Wildlife voiceover (voice) (uncredited)
tvCatterick
2004
Peter
tvNighty Night
2004
Glenn Bulb
movieBright Young Things
2003
House Agent
tvQI
2003
Self
movieRobbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe
2002
Viking (voice)
tvFootballers' Wives
2002
Teddy - Agent
movieThe Cicerones
2002
John Trant
tvDr Terrible's House of Horrible
2001
Hang Man Chang
movieBirthday Girl
2001
Porter
movieThe Pitch of Fear
1999
Mr. Borusa
movieThe Web of Caves
1999
The Doctor
tvSpaced
1999
Agent
tvIn the Red
1998
Junior Detective
tvMidsomer Murders
1997
Rev Giles Shawcross
moviePROBE: Unnatural Selection
1996
Mr. Emerson
movieBidding Adieu: A Video Diary
1996
Self - Interviewer
movieHighgate House of Horror
1995
Mr Banham
tvThe Dwelling Place
1994
Bowmer
moviePROBE: The Zero Imperative
1994
Dr. William Bruffin
Harry
1993
Diner Manager
tvAgatha Christie's Poirot
1989
Leonard Boynton
tvA Ghost Story for Christmas
1971
Radio Presenter (Voice)
movieThe Painting & The Statue
Old Lord/Butler 'Smith'/Dancing Man/Old Lord 'Johnny'
Writing40
tvBookish
2025
Writer
tvDracula
2020
Writer
movieMartin's Close
2019
Writer
movieThe Dead Room
2018
Writer
tvQueers.
2017
Writer
movieThe First Men in the Moon
2010
Screenplay
tvSherlock
2010
Writer
tvCrooked House
2008
Writer
tvDoctor Who
2005
Writer
movieThe Kidnappers
1999
Writer
tvAgatha Christie's Poirot
1989
Screenplay
Doctor Who
Writer
Directing12
movieThe Amazing Mr. Blunden
2021
Director
movieMartin's Close
2019
Director
movieThe Dead Room
2018
Director
tvQueers.
2017
Director
movieThe Tractate Middoth
2013
Director
Production11
tvDracula
2020
Executive Producer
movieMartin's Close
2019
Executive Producer
movieThe Dead Room
2018
Executive Producer
tvQueers.
2017
Producer
movieSherlock: The Abominable Bride
2016
Executive Producer
movieAn Adventure in Space and Time
2013
Executive Producer
tvSherlock
2010
Executive Producer
tvCrooked House
2008
Producer
movieThe Worst Journey in the World
2007
Co-Producer
movieThe League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
2005
Executive Producer
movieGlobal Conspiracy?
2004
Producer
