Mark Gatiss

Born: 1966-10-17 in Sedgefield, Durham, England, UK

Known For: Acting

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.

Filmography

2019

Good Omens as Mr. Harmony
Brexit: The Uncivil War as Peter Mandelson (voice)
Martin's Close ... (Executive Producer)
Doctor Who and the Third Man as Himself

2018

The Favourite as Lord Marlborough
Christopher Robin as Giles Winslow
The Mercy as Ronald Hall
Sally4Ever as Doctor
National Theatre Live: The Madness of George III as George III
The League of Gentlemen - Live Again! as Various Characters
The Dead Room as Radio Announcer (voice)
The League of Gentlemen - Live Again! as Various Characters
Mark Gatiss on John Minton: The Lost Man of British Art as Himself - Presenter

2017

Taboo as Prince Regent
Gunpowder as Sir Robert Cecil
Queers. ... (Director)
Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time as The Captain
Against the Law as Dr. Landers
Mars: a Traveller's Guide as Narrator

2016

Sherlock: The Abominable Bride as Mycroft Holmes
Denial as Professor Robert Jan van der Pelt
Our Kind of Traitor as Billy Matlock
Dad's Army as Colonel Theakes
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie as Joel
Mark Gatiss: A Study in Sherlock as Himself

2015

Wolf Hall as Stephen Gardiner
Thunderbirds Are Go! as Dr. Quentin Questa (voice)
Victor Frankenstein as Dettweiler
London Spy as Rich
The Vote as Steven Crosswell
Coalition as Peter Mandelson
Doctor Who: The Fan Show
Release the Hound! as Self
Premium Bond with Mark Gatiss and Matthew Sweet as Himself

2014

Inside No. 9 as Callum
The Real History of Science Fiction as Himself - Narrator (voice)
Doctor Who Extra as Self
Mapp and Lucia as Major Benjamin 'Benjy' Flint
National Theatre Live: Coriolanus as Menenius Agrippa
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy as Self
Unlocking Sherlock as Himself / Mark Gatiss
How to Be Sherlock Holmes: The Many Faces of a Master Detective as Self

2013

Psychobitches as Joan Crawford
An Adventure in Space and Time ... (Writer)
Dr. Forever! as Himself
Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor as Self
Sherlock: Many Happy Returns ... (Writer)
The Tractate Middoth ... (Director)
The Celestial Toyroom
M.R. James: Ghost Writer as Presenter

2012

Playhouse Presents as Joan Crawford
Horror Europa with Mark Gatiss as Self - Host
Doctor Who: The Great Detective as Narrator
The Real Sherlock Holmes as Self
Back to Black: The Making of Dracula Prince of Darkness as Self - Actor and Writer

2011

Game of Thrones as Tycho Nestoris
The Crimson Petal and the White as Henry Rackham Junior
Cleaning Up as Mr Jackson

2010

Sherlock as Mycroft Holmes
Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge
A History of Horror as Self - Presenter
Worried About the Boy as Malcolm McLaren
The First Men in the Moon as Cavor
Unlocking Sherlock as Himself

2009

Horrible Histories
Being Human as Mr. Snow
Doctor Who Greatest Moments as Self
Ghosts in the Machine as Himself
New Town as Duff Purves
Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen as Ernest Dunks

2008

Sense and Sensibility as John Dashwood
Crooked House as The Curator
Clone as Colonel Black

2007

Grindhouse as (segment "Don't") (uncredited)
Jekyll as Robert Louis Stevenson
Derren Brown: Trick or Treat as Himself
Consenting Adults as PC Butcher
The Worst Journey in the World as Apsley Cherry-Garrard
A New Body at Last ... (Thanks)

2006

Starter for 10 as Bamber Gascoigne
The Wind in the Willows as Rat
Fear of Fanny as Johnnie Cradock
The League of Gentlemen Are Behind You 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