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Mark Gatiss

Acting 59 years old Sedgefield, Durham, England, UK ★ 1.9
Born: October 17, 1966

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

Game of Thrones
Game of Thrones Tycho Nestoris 2011
Doctor Who
Doctor Who Gantok 2005
Doctor Who
Doctor Who Richard Lazarus 2005
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Agatha Christie's Poirot Leonard Boynton 1989
The Fantastic 4: First Steps
The Fantastic 4: First Steps Ted Gilbert 2025

Jimmy's Seen (3)

The Fantastic 4: First Steps
The Fantastic 4: First Steps Ted Gilbert 2025
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York Teddy - Agent 1992
Christopher Robin
Christopher Robin Giles Winslow 2018

Filmography

Acting Credits (166)

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

Directing Credits (13)

Writing Credits (41)

A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Room in the Tower
A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Room in the Tower Screenplay 2025
Bookish
Bookish Writer 2025
A Ghost Story For Christmas: Woman of Stone
A Ghost Story For Christmas: Woman of Stone Writer 2024
A Ghost Story for Christmas: Lot No. 249
A Ghost Story for Christmas: Lot No. 249 Screenplay 2023
A Ghost Story for Christmas: Count Magnus
A Ghost Story for Christmas: Count Magnus Writer 2022
A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story
A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story Adaptation 2022
A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Mezzotint
A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Mezzotint Screenplay 2021
The Amazing Mr. Blunden
The Amazing Mr. Blunden Writer 2021
Dracula
Dracula Writer 2020
Martin's Close
Martin's Close Writer 2019
The Dead Room
The Dead Room Writer 2018
The League of Gentlemen - Live Again!
The League of Gentlemen - Live Again! Writer 2018
Queers.
Queers. Writer 2017
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride Writer 2016
The Tractate Middoth
The Tractate Middoth Writer 2013
M.R. James: Ghost Writer
M.R. James: Ghost Writer Writer 2013
Sherlock: Many Happy Returns
Sherlock: Many Happy Returns Writer 2013
An Adventure in Space and Time
An Adventure in Space and Time Writer 2013
Horror Europa with Mark Gatiss
Horror Europa with Mark Gatiss Writer 2012
The First Men in the Moon
The First Men in the Moon Screenplay 2010
A History of Horror
A History of Horror Writer 2010
Sherlock
Sherlock Writer 2010
Crooked House
Crooked House Writer 2008
The Worst Journey in the World
The Worst Journey in the World Writer 2007
The League of Gentlemen Are Behind You
The League of Gentlemen Are Behind You Author 2006
A Ghost Story for Christmas
A Ghost Story for Christmas Writer 2005
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse Writer 2005
Doctor Who
Doctor Who Writer 2005
Global Conspiracy?
Global Conspiracy? Writer 2004
The League of Gentlemen: Live at Drury Lane
The League of Gentlemen: Live at Drury Lane Writer 2001
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) Writer 2000
The Web of Caves
The Web of Caves Writer 1999
The Kidnappers
The Kidnappers Writer 1999
The Pitch of Fear
The Pitch of Fear Writer 1999
The League of Gentlemen
The League of Gentlemen Writer 1999
PROBE: Ghosts of Winterborne
PROBE: Ghosts of Winterborne Writer 1996
PROBE: Unnatural Selection
PROBE: Unnatural Selection Writer 1996
PROBE: The Devil of Winterborne
PROBE: The Devil of Winterborne Writer 1995
PROBE: The Zero Imperative
PROBE: The Zero Imperative Writer 1994
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Agatha Christie's Poirot Screenplay 1989
A Ghost Story for Christmas
A Ghost Story for Christmas Writer 1971

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