Mark Gatiss
Known for Acting · 164 credits
- Born
- 1966-10-17 (age 59)
- Place of birth
- Sedgefield, Durham, England, UK
- Also known as
- Марк Гейтисс · 마크 거티스 · مارک گیتیس
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).
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Known For
TV Shows (58)
Game of Thrones
2011
as Tycho Nestoris
Midsomer Murders
1997
as Rev Giles Shawcross
Doctor Who
2005
as Gantok / Richard Lazarus
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
as Leonard Boynton
QI
2003
as Self
Sherlock
2010
as Mycroft Holmes
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004
as Ronald Hawes
Good Omens
2019
as Mr. Harmony
3 Body Problem
2024
as Isaac Newton
Inside No. 9
2014
as Callum / Self
Horrible Histories
2009
Who Do You Think You Are?
2004
as Self
Taboo
2017
as Prince Regent
Being Human
2009
as Mr. Snow
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
2001
as Self
Doctor Who Confidential
2005
as Narrator
Playhouse Presents
2012
as Joan Crawford
Little Britain
2003
Thunderbirds Are Go!
2015
as Dr. Quentin Questa (voice)
Wolf Hall
2015
as Stephen Gardiner
Footballers' Wives
2002
as Teddy - Agent
Time Bandits
2024
as Earl of Sandwich / Earl of Sandwich (voice)
Dracula
2020
as Frank Renfield
Spaced
1999
as Agent
Sense and Sensibility
2008
as John Dashwood
Bookish
2025
as Gabriel Book
A Ghost Story for Christmas
1971
as Radio Presenter (Voice)
The Real History of Science Fiction
2014
as Himself - Narrator (voice)
Moonflower Murders
2024
as Frank Parris / Oscar Berlin
London Spy
2015
as Rich
Harry
1993
as Diner Manager
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
2000
The League of Gentlemen
1999
as Various
Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge
2010
Gunpowder
2017
as Sir Robert Cecil
Funland
2005
as Ambrose Chapfel
Doctor Who Extra
2014
as Self
Dr Terrible's House of Horrible
2001
as Hang Man Chang
Psychobitches
2013
as Joan Crawford
Sally4Ever
2018
as Doctor
Jekyll
2007
as Robert Louis Stevenson
Nighty Night
2004
as Glenn Bulb
The Crimson Petal and the White
2011
as Henry Rackham Junior
A History of Horror
2010
as Self - Presenter
Nolly
2023
as Larry Grayson
In the Red
1998
as Junior Detective
Crooked House
2008
as The Curator
Doctor Who Greatest Moments
2009
as Self
Juice
2023
as George
Mapp and Lucia
2014
as Major Benjamin 'Benjy' Flint
The Dwelling Place
1994
as Bowmer
Catterick
2004
as Peter
Derren Brown: Trick or Treat
2007
as Himself
This Morning with Richard Not Judy
1998
Dr. Forever!
2013
as Himself
Clone
2008
as Colonel Black
Inside Classical
2022
as Sherlock Holmes
Doctor Who: The Fan Show
2015
Movies (106)
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
2025
as Angstrom
The Fantastic 4: First Steps
2025
as Ted Gilbert
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
2023
as NSA
Shaun of the Dead
2004
as Radio Presenter With 'Spaceship' Theory / Wildlife voiceover (voice) (uncredited)
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
2005
as Miss Blight (voice)
The Favourite
2018
as Lord Marlborough
Match Point
2005
as Ping-Pong Player
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
2005
as Additional Vogon Voices
Grindhouse
2007
as (segment "Don't") (uncredited)
The Father
2020
as The Man
Christopher Robin
2018
as Giles Winslow
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride
2016
as Mycroft Holmes
Victor Frankenstein
2015
as Dettweiler
Operation Mincemeat
2022
as Ivor Montazac
Our Kind of Traitor
2016
as Billy Matlock
Birthday Girl
2001
as Porter
The Mercy
2018
as Ronald Hall
Locked Down
2021
as Donald
Denial
2016
as Professor Robert Jan van Pelt
Dad's Army
2016
as Colonel Theakes
Starter for 10
2006
as Bamber Gascoigne
Bright Young Things
2003
as House Agent
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
2016
as Joel
Marvel Studios' The Fantastic Four: First Steps - World Premiere
2025
as Ted Gilbert (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Sparks Brothers
2021
as 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'
2005
as Self - The League of Gentlemen
Brexit: The Uncivil War
2019
as Peter Mandelson (voice)
The Wind in the Willows
2006
as Rat
The Vote
2015
as Steven Crosswell
Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe
2002
as Viking (voice)
National Theatre Live: Coriolanus
2014
as Menenius Agrippa
Being Stanley Baxter
2025
as Self
Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time
2017
as The Captain
The Quatermass Experiment
2005
as John Paterson
The Road Dance
2022
as Doctor MacLean
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
2014
as Self
Inside No. 9: The Party's Over
2024
as Self
Coalition
2015
as Peter Mandelson
The Amazing Mr. Blunden
2021
as Mr. Wickens
Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen
2009
as Ernest Dunks
Tales of the Uncanny
2020
as Self
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
2005
as Various Characters
Sex Lives of the Potato Men
2004
as Jeremy
Bunker
Spaced: Skip to the End
2004
as Self
National Theatre Live: The Motive and the Cue
2024
as Sir John Gielgud
The First Men in the Moon
2010
as Cavor
Fear of Fanny
2006
as Johnnie Cradock
Worried About the Boy
2010
as Malcolm McLaren
PROBE: The Devil of Winterborne
1995
as Georgie
Against the Law
2017
as Dr. Landers
Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor
2013
as Self
Horror Europa with Mark Gatiss
2012
as Self - Host
Doctor Who: A New Dimension
2005
as Self
Consenting Adults
2007
as PC Butcher
National Theatre Live: The Madness of George III
2018
as George III
In Search of Dracula
2020
as Himself - Presenter
A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story
2022
as Jacob Marley
Mark Gatiss: A Study in Sherlock
2016
as Himself
Ghosts in the Machine
2009
as Himself
Unlocking Sherlock
2014
as Himself / Mark Gatiss
M.R. James: Ghost Writer
2013
as Presenter
Bring Something Back: The Making of 'The Quatermass Experiment'
2005
How to Be Sherlock Holmes: The Many Faces of a Master Detective
2014
as Self
Surrealissimo: The Trial of Salvador Dali
2002
as Louis Aragon
Stranger than Fiction 2: From Script to Screen
1995
PROBE: The Zero Imperative
1994
as Dr. William Bruffin
Cleaning Up
2011
as Mr Jackson
Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures
2004
as Kenyon
The Web of Caves
1999
as The Doctor
The League of Gentlemen: Live at Drury Lane
2001
as various
The Pitch of Fear
1999
as Mr. Borusa
The League of Gentlemen Are Behind You
2006
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
The Hound of the Baskervilles
2023
as Sherlock Holmes
Scandal & Beauty: Mark Gatiss on Aubrey Beardsley
2020
as Self
Memento Mori
2021
as Henry Huxley
Hammer A.D. 2023
2023
as Self
Bidding Adieu: A Video Diary
1996
as Self - Interviewer
The Worst Journey in the World
2007
as Apsley Cherry-Garrard
The Real Sherlock Holmes
2012
as Self
Return of the Goodies
2005
as Himself
Cold War Steve Meets the Outside World
2020
as Self
Global Conspiracy?
2004
as Terry Scanlon
New Town
2009
as Duff Purves
The Painting & The Statue
as Old Lord/Butler 'Smith'/Dancing Man/Old Lord 'Johnny'
Back to Black: The Making of Dracula Prince of Darkness
2012
as Self - Actor and Writer
Premium Bond with Mark Gatiss and Matthew Sweet
2015
as Himself
PROBE: Unnatural Selection
1996
as Mr. Emerson
The League of Gentlemen - Live Again!
2018
as Various Characters
The League of Gentlemen - Live Again!
2018
as Various Characters
The Cicerones
2002
as John Trant
The Celestial Toyroom
2013
Doctor Who: The Great Detective
2012
as Narrator
Mars: a Traveller's Guide
2017
as Narrator
The Dead Room
2018
as Radio Announcer (voice)
Mark Gatiss on John Minton: The Lost Man of British Art
2018
as Himself - Presenter
Tales from Behind the Crypt
2002
as Self
The Kidnappers
1999
as Mark
Doctor Who and the Third Man
2019
as Himself
Unlocking Sherlock
2010
as Himself
A Silent Imprisonment
2021
as Mr Murphy
The Kneale Tapes
2003
as Self
Stranger Than Fiction 3: Acting Up
1997
Highgate House of Horror
1995
as Mr Banham
Peter Davison: Uncut!
2022
as Self
Release the Hound!
2015
as Self
About Mark Gatiss
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 Fran… With 164 credits spanning from 1971 to 2025, Mark Gatiss has appeared in 106 films and 58 TV shows.
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- Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (2025) — as Angstrom
- The Fantastic 4: First Steps (2025) — as Ted Gilbert
- Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (2023) — as NSA
- Shaun of the Dead (2004) — as Radio Presenter With 'Spaceship' Theory / Wildlife voiceover (voice) (uncredited)
- Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005) — as Miss Blight (voice)
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