Mark Gatiss
Known for Acting · 163 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 (59)
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
Sherlock
2010
as Mycroft Holmes
QI
2003
as Self
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004
as Ronald Hawes
3 Body Problem
2024
as Isaac Newton
Good Omens
2019
as Mr. Harmony
Inside No. 9
2014
as Callum / Self
Taboo
2017
as Prince Regent
Horrible Histories
2009
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
2001
as Self
Playhouse Presents
2012
as Joan Crawford
Thunderbirds Are Go!
2015
as Dr. Quentin Questa (voice)
Who Do You Think You Are?
2004
as Self
Being Human
2009
as Mr. Snow
Doctor Who Confidential
2005
as Narrator / Self
Time Bandits
2024
as Earl of Sandwich / Earl of Sandwich (voice)
Wolf Hall
2015
as Stephen Gardiner
Little Britain
2003
Dracula
2020
as Frank Renfield
Footballers' Wives
2002
as Teddy - Agent
Sense and Sensibility
2008
as John Dashwood
Spaced
1999
as Agent
Psychobitches
2013
as Joan Crawford
Moonflower Murders
2024
as Frank Parris / Oscar Berlin
London Spy
2015
as Rich
Harry
1993
as Diner Manager
Dr Terrible's House of Horrible
2001
as Hang Man Chang
A Ghost Story for Christmas
1971
as Radio Presenter (Voice)
The League of Gentlemen
1999
as Various
Bookish
2025
as Gabriel Book
Doctor Who Extra
2014
as Self
Funland
2005
as Ambrose Chapfel
Nighty Night
2004
as Glenn Bulb
The Real History of Science Fiction
2014
as Himself - Narrator (voice)
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
2000
Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge
2010
Jekyll
2007
as Robert Louis Stevenson
Sally4Ever
2018
as Doctor
Gunpowder
2017
as Sir Robert Cecil
The Crimson Petal and the White
2011
as Henry Rackham Junior
Juice
2023
as George
Crooked House
2008
as The Curator
British Film Forever
2007
This Morning with Richard Not Judy
1998
Doctor Who: The Fan Show
2015
In the Red
1998
as Junior Detective
A History of Horror
2010
as Self - Presenter
Mapp and Lucia
2014
as Major Benjamin 'Benjy' Flint
Nolly
2023
as Larry Grayson
Doctor Who Greatest Moments
2009
as Self
Derren Brown: Trick or Treat
2007
as Himself
Catterick
2004
as Peter
The Dwelling Place
1994
as Bowmer
Inside Classical
2022
as Sherlock Holmes
Clone
2008
as Colonel Black
Dr. Forever!
2013
as Himself
Movies (104)
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 Father
2020
as The Man
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
2005
as Additional Vogon Voices
The Favourite
2018
as Lord Marlborough
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride
2016
as Mycroft Holmes
Christopher Robin
2018
as Giles Winslow
Grindhouse
2007
as (segment "Don't") (uncredited)
Victor Frankenstein
2015
as Dettweiler
Match Point
2005
as Ping-Pong Player
Operation Mincemeat
2022
as Ivor Montazac
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
2016
as Joel
Bunker
Brexit: The Uncivil War
2019
as Peter Mandelson (voice)
Our Kind of Traitor
2016
as Billy Matlock
Birthday Girl
2001
as Porter
The Mercy
2018
as Ronald Hall
Starter for 10
2006
as Bamber Gascoigne
Denial
2016
as Professor Robert Jan van Pelt
Bright Young Things
2003
as House Agent
Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time
2017
as The Captain
The Painting & The Statue
as Old Lord/Butler 'Smith'/Dancing Man/Old Lord 'Johnny'
The Sparks Brothers
2021
as Self
Dad's Army
2016
as Colonel Theakes
PROBE: The Zero Imperative
1994
as Dr. William Bruffin
Spaced: Skip to the End
2004
as Self
Being Stanley Baxter
2025
as Self
Locked Down
2021
as Donald
Unlocking Sherlock
2014
as Himself / Mark Gatiss
PROBE: The Devil of Winterborne
1995
as Georgie
The Wind in the Willows
2006
as Rat
The First Men in the Moon
2010
as Cavor
The Amazing Mr. Blunden
2021
as Mr. Wickens
The Road Dance
2022
as Doctor MacLean
Highgate House of Horror
1995
as Mr Banham
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
2005
as Various Characters
Worried About the Boy
2010
as Malcolm McLaren
Mark Gatiss: A Study in Sherlock
2016
as Himself
Doctor Who: A New Dimension
2005
as Self
Tales of the Uncanny
2020
as Self
Hammer A.D. 2023
2023
as Self
Sex Lives of the Potato Men
2004
as Jeremy
In Search of Dracula
2020
as Himself - Presenter
National Theatre Live: Coriolanus
2014
as Menenius Agrippa
Inside No. 9: The Party's Over
2024
as Self
M.R. James: Ghost Writer
2013
as Presenter
Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor
2013
as Self
The Real Sherlock Holmes
2012
as Self
Marvel Studios' The Fantastic Four: First Steps - World Premiere
2025
as Ted Gilbert (archive footage) (uncredited)
Unlocking Sherlock
2010
as Himself
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
The Quatermass Experiment
2005
as John Paterson
Memento Mori
2021
as Henry Huxley
Against the Law
2017
as Dr. Landers
Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe
2002
as Viking (voice)
The Kneale Tapes
2003
as Self
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
2014
as Self
Cleaning Up
2011
as Mr Jackson
The Dead Room
2018
as Radio Announcer (voice)
Return of the Goodies
2005
as Himself
The Vote
2015
as Steven Crosswell
Consenting Adults
2007
as PC Butcher
Fear of Fanny
2006
as Johnnie Cradock
Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen
2009
as Ernest Dunks
Horror Europa with Mark Gatiss
2012
as Self - Host
Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures
2004
as Kenyon
The Web of Caves
1999
as The Doctor
How to Be Sherlock Holmes: The Many Faces of a Master Detective
2014
as Self
A Silent Imprisonment
2021
as Mr Murphy
A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story
2022
as Jacob Marley
National Theatre Live: The Motive and the Cue
2024
as Sir John Gielgud
The Kidnappers
1999
as Mark
PROBE: Unnatural Selection
1996
as Mr. Emerson
Back to Black: The Making of Dracula Prince of Darkness
2012
as Self - Actor and Writer
The Pitch of Fear
1999
as Mr. Borusa
Ghosts in the Machine
2009
as Himself
The Celestial Toyroom
2013
Release the Hound!
2015
as Self
Peter Davison: Uncut!
2022
as Self
Doctor Who: The Great Detective
2012
as Narrator
Stranger Than Fiction 3: Acting Up
1997
The Worst Journey in the World
2007
as Apsley Cherry-Garrard
Mars: a Traveller's Guide
2017
as Narrator
The League of Gentlemen: Live at Drury Lane
2001
as various
Stranger than Fiction 2: From Script to Screen
1995
Tales from Behind the Crypt
2002
as Self
The Hound of the Baskervilles
2023
as Sherlock Holmes
The Cicerones
2002
as John Trant
National Theatre Live: The Madness of George III
2018
as George III
Surrealissimo: The Trial of Salvador Dali
2002
as Louis Aragon
Coalition
2015
as Peter Mandelson
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
Global Conspiracy?
2004
as Terry Scanlon
Scandal & Beauty: Mark Gatiss on Aubrey Beardsley
2020
as Self
Bring Something Back: The Making of 'The Quatermass Experiment'
2005
Bidding Adieu: A Video Diary
1996
as Self - Interviewer
Cold War Steve Meets the Outside World
2020
as Self
Doctor Who and the Third Man
2019
as Himself
Premium Bond with Mark Gatiss and Matthew Sweet
2015
as Himself
New Town
2009
as Duff Purves
Mark Gatiss on John Minton: The Lost Man of British Art
2018
as Himself - Presenter
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 163 credits spanning from 1971 to 2025, Mark Gatiss has appeared in 104 films and 59 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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