Known For
Acting
Born
Oct 17, 1966
Place of Birth
Sedgefield, Durham, England, UK
Credits
176 titles
Mark Gatiss
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
Filmography
Being Stanley Baxter
Self
A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Room in the Tower
Director
The Fantastic 4: First Steps
Ted Gilbert
Bookish
Gabriel Book
Marvel Studios' The Fantastic Four: First Steps - World Premiere
Ted Gilbert (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
Angstrom
A Ghost Story For Christmas: Woman of Stone
Director
Inside No. 9: The Party's Over
Self
Moonflower Murders
Frank Parris / Oscar Berlin
Time Bandits
Earl of Sandwich
3 Body Problem
Isaac Newton
National Theatre Live: The Motive and the Cue
Sir John Gielgud
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Sherlock Holmes
A Ghost Story for Christmas: Lot No. 249
Screenplay
Hammer A.D. 2023
Self
Juice
George
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
NSA
Nolly
Larry Grayson
A Ghost Story for Christmas: Count Magnus
Director
A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story
Jacob Marley
Peter Davison: Uncut!
Self
Inside Classical
Sherlock Holmes
The Road Dance
Doctor MacLean
Operation Mincemeat
Ivor Montazac
A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Mezzotint
Director
The Amazing Mr. Blunden
Mr. Wickens
Memento Mori
Henry Huxley
The Sparks Brothers
Self
A Silent Imprisonment
Mr Murphy
Locked Down
Donald
The Father
The Man
Cold War Steve Meets the Outside World
Self
Tales of the Uncanny
Self
Scandal & Beauty: Mark Gatiss on Aubrey Beardsley
Self
In Search of Dracula
Himself - Presenter
Dracula
Frank Renfield
Martin's Close
Executive Producer
Doctor Who and the Third Man
Himself
Good Omens
Mr. Harmony
Brexit: The Uncivil War
Peter Mandelson (voice)
The Dead Room
Radio Announcer (voice)
The Favourite
Lord Marlborough
National Theatre Live: The Madness of George III
George III
Sally4Ever
Doctor
Mark Gatiss on John Minton: The Lost Man of British Art
Himself - Presenter
Christopher Robin
Giles Winslow
The Mercy
Ronald Hall
Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time
The Captain
Gunpowder
Sir Robert Cecil
Mars: a Traveller's Guide
Narrator