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Mark Gatiss
Overview
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).
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Known for
Acting |
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2025 | Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning | Actor | NSA | N/A N/A |
2024 | Inside No. 9: The Party's Over | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
2024 | Moonflower Murders | Actor | Frank Parris / Oscar Berlin | 70 Good |
2024 | National Theatre Live: The Motive and the Cue | Actor | Sir John Gielgud | 59 Average |
2023 | The Hound of the Baskervilles | Actor | Sherlock Holmes | 59 Average |
2023 | Hammer A.D. 2023 | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2023 | Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One | Actor | NSA | 73 Good |
2023 | Nolly | Actor | Larry Grayson | 68 Fair |
2022 | A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story | Actor | Jacob Marley | 59 Average |
2022 | Peter Davison: Uncut! | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
2022 | The Road Dance | Actor | Doctor MacLean | 59 Average |
2022 | Merrily, Merrily | Actor | Callum | N/A N/A |
2022 | Operation Mincemeat | Actor | Ivor Montazac | 62 Fair |
2021 | The Amazing Mr. Blunden | Actor | Mr. Wickens | 59 Average |
2021 | Memento Mori | Actor | Henry Huxley | N/A N/A |
2021 | The Sparks Brothers | Actor | Self | 60 Fair |
2021 | A Silent Imprisonment | Actor | Mr Murphy | N/A N/A |
2021 | Locked Down | Actor | Donald | 56 Average |
2020 | The Father | Actor | The Man | 78 Good |
2020 | Cold War Steve Meets the Outside World | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
2020 | Tales of the Uncanny | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2020 | Scandal & Beauty: Mark Gatiss on Aubrey Beardsley | Actor | Himself | N/A N/A |
2020 | In Search of Dracula | Actor | Himself - Presenter | 59 Average |
2020 | Dracula | Actor | Frank Renfield | 69 Fair |
2019 | Doctor Who and the Third Man | Actor | Himself | N/A N/A |
2019 | Brexit: The Uncivil War | Actor | Peter Mandelson (voice) | 61 Fair |
2018 | The Dead Room | Actor | Radio Announcer (voice) | 58 Average |
2018 | The Favourite | Actor | Lord Marlborough | 73 Good |
2018 | National Theatre Live: The Madness of George III | Actor | George III | 58 Average |
2018 | The League of Gentlemen - Live Again! | Actor | Various Characters | 59 Average |
2018 | Mark Gatiss on John Minton: The Lost Man of British Art | Actor | Himself - Presenter | N/A N/A |
2018 | Christopher Robin | Actor | Giles Winslow | 70 Good |
2018 | The Mercy | Actor | Ronald Hall | 58 Average |
2017 | Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time | Actor | The Captain | 62 Fair |
2017 | Gunpowder | Actor | Sir Robert Cecil | 68 Fair |
2017 | Mars: a Traveller's Guide | Actor | Narrator | 58 Average |
2017 | Against the Law | Actor | Dr. Landers | 59 Average |
2016 | Denial | Actor | Professor Robert Jan van der Pelt | 64 Fair |
2016 | Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie | Actor | Joel | 56 Average |
2016 | Our Kind of Traitor | Actor | Billy Matlock | 59 Average |
2016 | Dad's Army | Actor | Colonel Theakes | 56 Average |
2016 | Mark Gatiss: A Study in Sherlock | Actor | Himself | 59 Average |
2016 | Sherlock: The Abominable Bride | Actor | Mycroft Holmes | 74 Good |
2015 | Victor Frankenstein | Actor | Dettweiler | 59 Average |
2015 | Premium Bond with Mark Gatiss and Matthew Sweet | Actor | Himself | 59 Average |
2015 | The Vote | Actor | Steven Crosswell | 59 Average |
2015 | Release the Hound! | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
2015 | Coalition | Actor | Peter Mandelson | 58 Average |
2014 | Mapp and Lucia | Actor | Major Benjamin 'Benjy' Flint | 69 Fair |
2014 | 50 Years of BBC Two Comedy | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2014 | The Real History of Science Fiction | Actor | Himself - Narrator (voice) | 69 Fair |
2014 | National Theatre Live: Coriolanus | Actor | Menenius Agrippa | 60 Fair |
2014 | Unlocking Sherlock | Actor | Himself / Mark Gatiss | 60 Fair |
2014 | How to Be Sherlock Holmes: The Many Faces of a Master Detective | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
2014 | Sherlock: His Last Vow | Actor | Mycroft Holmes | N/A N/A |
2013 | M.R. James: Ghost Writer | Actor | Presenter | 59 Average |
2013 | Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
2013 | Dr. Forever! | Actor | Himself | 70 Good |
2012 | Doctor Who: The Great Detective | Actor | Narrator | 58 Average |
2012 | Horror Europa with Mark Gatiss | Actor | Self - Host | 59 Average |
2012 | The Real Sherlock Holmes | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
2012 | Back to Black: The Making of Dracula Prince of Darkness | Actor | Self - Actor and Writer | 59 Average |
2011 | Cleaning Up | Actor | Mr Jackson | 59 Average |
2011 | The Crimson Petal and the White | Actor | Henry Rackham Junior | 70 Good |
2010 | The First Men in the Moon | Actor | Cavor | 58 Average |
2010 | A History of Horror | Actor | Self - Presenter | 71 Good |
2010 | Unlocking Sherlock | Actor | Himself | 59 Average |
2010 | Worried About the Boy | Actor | Malcolm McLaren | 59 Average |
2009 | Ghosts in the Machine | Actor | Himself | N/A N/A |
2009 | Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen | Actor | Ernest Dunks | 58 Average |
2009 | New Town | Actor | Duff Purves | N/A N/A |
2008 | Crooked House | Actor | The Curator | 68 Fair |
2008 | Crooked House | Actor | The Curator | 62 Fair |
2008 | Clone | Actor | Colonel Black | 70 Good |
2008 | Sense and Sensibility | Actor | John Dashwood | 73 Good |
2007 | Consenting Adults | Actor | PC Butcher | 59 Average |
2007 | Jekyll | Actor | Robert Louis Stevenson | 73 Good |
2007 | The Worst Journey in the World | Actor | Apsley Cherry-Garrard | 58 Average |
2007 | Grindhouse | Actor | (segment "Don't") (uncredited) | 67 Fair |
2007 | Don't | Actor | Roddy McDowel | 60 Fair |
2006 | The Wind in the Willows | Actor | Rat | 58 Average |
2006 | The League of Gentlemen Are Behind You | Actor | 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 | 59 Average |
2006 | The League of Gentlemen Are Behind You! | Actor | 59 Average |
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2006 | Fear of Fanny | Actor | Johnnie Cradock | 59 Average |
2006 | Starter for 10 | Actor | Bamber Gascoigne | 61 Fair |
2006 | Free Jimmy | Actor | Jakki (voice) | 58 Average |
2005 | Return of the Goodies | Actor | Himself | 59 Average |
2005 | Match Point | Actor | Ping-Pong Player | 72 Good |
2005 | Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit | Actor | Miss Blight (voice) | 69 Fair |
2005 | 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' | Actor | Self - The League of Gentlemen | N/A N/A |
2005 | The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse | Actor | Various Characters | 59 Average |
2005 | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | Actor | Additional Vogon Voices | 66 Fair |
2005 | The Quatermass Experiment | Actor | John Paterson | 58 Average |
2005 | Doctor Who: A New Dimension | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
2004 | Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures | Actor | Kenyon | 59 Average |
2004 | Global Conspiracy? | Actor | Terry Scanlon | N/A N/A |
2004 | Spaced: Skip to the End | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
2004 | Shaun of the Dead | Actor | Radio Presenter With 'Spaceship' Theory / Wildlife voiceover (voice) (uncredited) | 74 Good |
2004 | Sex Lives of the Potato Men | Actor | Jeremy | 58 Average |
2004 | Nighty Night | Actor | Glenn Bulb | 72 Good |
2003 | The Kneale Tapes | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
2003 | Bright Young Things | Actor | House Agent | 59 Average |
2002 | Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe | Actor | Viking (voice) | 58 Average |
2002 | Surrealissimo: The Trial of Salvador Dali | Actor | Louis Aragon | 59 Average |
2002 | The Cicerones | Actor | John Trant | 59 Average |
2001 | The League of Gentlemen: Live at Drury Lane | Actor | various | 59 Average |
2001 | Birthday Girl | Actor | Porter | 58 Average |
2000 | The League of Gentlemen - Yule Never Leave! | Actor | 58 Average |
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1999 | The Kidnappers | Actor | Mark | N/A N/A |
1999 | The Web of Caves | Actor | The Doctor | N/A N/A |
1999 | The Pitch of Fear | Actor | Mr. Borusa | N/A N/A |
1999 | The League of Gentlemen | Actor | 73 Good |
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1998 | In the Red | Actor | Junior Detective | 68 Fair |
1998 | This Morning with Richard Not Judy | Actor | 69 Fair |
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1997 | Stranger Than Fiction 3: Acting Up | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1996 | Unnatural Selection | Actor | Mr. Emerson | 58 Average |
1996 | Bidding Adieu: A Video Diary | Actor | Self - Interviewer | 58 Average |
1995 | The Devil of Winterborne | Actor | Georgie | 59 Average |
1995 | Highgate House of Horror | Actor | Mr Banham | 58 Average |
1995 | Stranger than Fiction 2: From Script to Screen | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1994 | The Dwelling Place | Actor | Bowmer | 69 Fair |
1994 | The Zero Imperative | Actor | Dr. William Bruffin | 58 Average |
Bookish | Actor | Gabriel Book | N/A N/A |
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Directing |
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2024 | A Ghost Story for Christmas: Woman of Stone | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
2023 | A Ghost Story for Christmas: Lot No. 249 | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
2022 | A Ghost Story for Christmas: Count Magnus | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
2021 | A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Mezzotint | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
2021 | The Amazing Mr. Blunden | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
2019 | Martin's Close | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
2018 | The Dead Room | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
2013 | The Tractate Middoth | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
1995 | Highgate House of Horror | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
Writing |
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2024 | A Ghost Story for Christmas: Woman of Stone | Writing | Writer | 58 Average |
2023 | A Ghost Story for Christmas: Lot No. 249 | Writing | Screenplay | 58 Average |
2022 | A Ghost Story for Christmas: Count Magnus | Writing | Writer | 58 Average |
2022 | A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story | Writing | Adaptation | 59 Average |
2021 | A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Mezzotint | Writing | Screenplay | 58 Average |
2021 | The Amazing Mr. Blunden | Writing | Writer | 59 Average |
2019 | Martin's Close | Writing | Writer | 58 Average |
2018 | The Dead Room | Writing | Writer | 58 Average |
2016 | Sherlock: The Abominable Bride | Writing | Writer | 74 Good |
2014 | Sherlock: His Last Vow | Writing | Dialogue | N/A N/A |
2013 | The Tractate Middoth | Writing | Writer | 59 Average |
2013 | M.R. James: Ghost Writer | Writing | Writer | 59 Average |
2013 | Sherlock: Many Happy Returns | Writing | Writer | 59 Average |
2013 | An Adventure in Space and Time | Writing | Writer | 64 Fair |
2012 | Horror Europa with Mark Gatiss | Writing | Writer | 59 Average |
2010 | Hallowe'en Party | Writing | Screenplay | N/A N/A |
2010 | The First Men in the Moon | Writing | Screenplay | 58 Average |
2008 | Crooked House | Writing | Writer | 62 Fair |
2007 | The Worst Journey in the World | Writing | Writer | 58 Average |
2006 | The League of Gentlemen Are Behind You! | Writing | Writer | 59 Average |
2006 | The League of Gentlemen Are Behind You | Writing | Author | 59 Average |
2005 | The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse | Writing | Writer | 59 Average |
2005 | Doctor Who: The Unquiet Dead | Writing | Writer | N/A N/A |
2004 | Global Conspiracy? | Writing | Writer | N/A N/A |
2001 | The League of Gentlemen: Live at Drury Lane | Writing | Writer | 59 Average |
2000 | The League of Gentlemen - Yule Never Leave! | Writing | Writer | 58 Average |
1999 | The Pitch of Fear | Writing | Writer | N/A N/A |
1999 | The Kidnappers | Writing | Writer | N/A N/A |
1999 | The Web of Caves | Writing | Writer | N/A N/A |
1996 | Ghosts of Winterborne | Writing | Writer | 58 Average |
1996 | Unnatural Selection | Writing | Writer | 58 Average |
1995 | The Devil of Winterborne | Writing | Writer | 59 Average |
1994 | The Zero Imperative | Writing | Writer | 58 Average |
Bookish | Writing | Writer | N/A N/A |
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Production |
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2020 | Dracula | Production | Executive Producer | 69 Fair |
2019 | Martin's Close | Production | Executive Producer | 58 Average |
2018 | The Dead Room | Production | Executive Producer | 58 Average |
2017 | Queers. | Production | Producer | 68 Fair |
2016 | Sherlock: The Abominable Bride | Production | Executive Producer | 74 Good |
2013 | An Adventure in Space and Time | Production | Executive Producer | 64 Fair |
2010 | Sherlock | Production | Executive Producer | 84 Very good |
2008 | Crooked House | Production | Producer | 68 Fair |
2007 | The Worst Journey in the World | Production | Co-Producer | 58 Average |
2005 | The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse | Production | Executive Producer | 59 Average |
2004 | Global Conspiracy? | Production | Producer | N/A N/A |
Crew |
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2016 | Sherlock: The Abominable Bride | Crew | Creator | 74 Good |