Mark Gatiss
- Acting
- October 17, 1966 · Sedgefield, Durham, England, UK
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
- Bunker · Simon
- Being Stanley Baxter · Self
- A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Room in the Tower · Director, Screenplay
- The Fantastic 4: First Steps · Ted Gilbert
- Bookish · Gabriel Book, Writer
- Marvel Studios' The Fantastic Four: First Steps - World Premiere · Ted Gilbert (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning · Angstrom
- The Painting & The Statue · Old Lord/Butler 'Smith'/Dancing Man/Old Lord 'Johnny'
- A Ghost Story For Christmas: Woman of Stone · Director, Writer
- Inside No. 9: The Party's Over · Self
- Moonflower Murders · Frank Parris / Oscar Berlin
- Time Bandits · Earl of Sandwich, Earl of Sandwich (Voice)
- National Theatre Live: The Motive and the Cue · Sir John Gielgud
- 3 Body Problem · Isaac Newton
- The Hound of the Baskervilles · Sherlock Holmes
- A Ghost Story for Christmas: Lot No. 249 · Director, 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, Writer
- A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story · Jacob Marley, Adaptation
- Peter Davison: Uncut! · Self
- Inside Classical · Sherlock Holmes
- The Road Dance · Doctor MacLean
- Operation Mincemeat · Ivor Montazac
- A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Mezzotint · Screenplay, Director
- The Amazing Mr. Blunden · Mr. Wickens, Director
- 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 · Self
- Dracula · Frank Renfield, Executive producer
- Martin's Close · Executive producer, Director
- Doctor Who and the Third Man · Self
- Good Omens · Mr. Harmony
- Brexit: The Uncivil War · Peter Mandelson (Voice)
- The Dead Room · Radio Announcer (Voice), Executive producer
- The Favourite · Lord Marlborough
- National Theatre Live: The Madness of George III · George III
- The League of Gentlemen - Live Again! · Multiple Characters, Writer
- Sally4Ever · Doctor
- Mark Gatiss on John Minton: The Lost Man of British Art · Self
- 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
- Queers. · Director, Writer
- Against the Law · Dr. Landers
- Taboo · Prince Regent
- Denial · Professor Robert Jan van Pelt
- Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie · Joel
- Our Kind of Traitor · Billy Matlock
- Dad's Army · Colonel Theakes
- Mark Gatiss: A Study in Sherlock · Self
- Sherlock: The Abominable Bride · Mycroft Holmes, Writer
- Victor Frankenstein · Dettweiler
- London Spy · Rich
- Premium Bond with Mark Gatiss and Matthew Sweet · Self
- The Vote · Steven Crosswell
- Release the Hound! · Self
- Thunderbirds Are Go! · Dr. Quentin Questa (Voice)
- Coalition · Peter Mandelson
- Wolf Hall · Stephen Gardiner
- Mapp and Lucia · Major Benjamin 'Benjy' Flint
- Doctor Who Extra · Self
- 50 Years of BBC Two Comedy · Self
- The Real History of Science Fiction · Self
- Inside No. 9 · Callum, Self
- National Theatre Live: Coriolanus · Menenius Agrippa
- Unlocking Sherlock · Himself / Mark Gatiss
- How to Be Sherlock Holmes: The Many Faces of a Master Detective · Self
- M.R. James: Ghost Writer · Presenter, Writer
- The Tractate Middoth · Director, Writer