Mark Gatiss
Born
October 17, 1966 (58 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Sedgefield, Durham, England, UK
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

The Fantastic Four: First Steps
Ted Gilbert
2025

Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
Angstrom
2025

Inside No. 9: The Party's Over
Self
2024

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
NSA
2023

The Road Dance
Doctor MacLean
2022

The Sparks Brothers
Self
2021

Locked Down
Donald
2021

Cold War Steve Meets the Outside World
Self
2020

Doctor Who and the Third Man
Himself
2019

The League of Gentlemen - Live Again!
Various Characters
2018
Release the Hound!
Self
2015

How to Be Sherlock Holmes: The Many Faces of a Master Detective
Self
2014
The Celestial Toyroom
2013

Dr. Forever!
Himself · (5 episodes)
2013

Back to Black: The Making of Dracula Prince of Darkness
Self - Actor and Writer
2012

The Crimson Petal and the White
Henry Rackham Junior · (4 episodes)
2011

A History of Horror
Self - Presenter · (3 episodes)
2010

Unlocking Sherlock
Himself
2010

Sherlock
Mycroft Holmes · (11 episodes)
2010

Psychoville
(1 episode)
2009

Crooked House
The Curator · (3 episodes)
2008

Clone
Colonel Black · (6 episodes)
2008

Sense and Sensibility
John Dashwood · (3 episodes)
2008

Jekyll
Robert Louis Stevenson · (6 episodes)
2007

Grindhouse
(segment "Don't") (uncredited)
2007

The League of Gentlemen Are Behind You!
2006
Bring Something Back: The Making of 'The Quatermass Experiment'
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'
Self - The League of Gentlemen
2005

Doctor Who Confidential
(3 episodes)
2005

Doctor Who
Gantok · (2 episodes)
2005

Nighty Night
(1 episode)
2004

QI
Self · (1 episode)
2003

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Self · (1 episode)
2001

Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
(1 episode)
2000

Spaced
Agent · (1 episode)
1999

The League of Gentlemen
(18 episodes)
1999

This Morning with Richard Not Judy
(18 episodes)
1998

Midsomer Murders
Rev Giles Shawcross · (1 episode)
1997

The Devil of Winterborne
Georgie
1995

Highgate House of Horror
Mr Banham
1995
Tales from Behind the Crypt
Himself

Bookish
Gabriel Book · (6 episodes)
2025

Moonflower Murders
Frank Parris / Oscar Berlin · (6 episodes)
2024

Time Bandits
Earl of Sandwich · (1 episode)
2024

Time Bandits
Earl of Sandwich (voice) · (1 episode)
2024

National Theatre Live: The Motive and the Cue
Sir John Gielgud
2024

3 Body Problem
Isaac Newton · (1 episode)
2024

The Hound of the Baskervilles
Sherlock Holmes
2023

Hammer A.D. 2023
Self
2023

Nolly
Larry Grayson · (3 episodes)
2023

A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story
Jacob Marley
2022

Peter Davison: Uncut!
Self
2022

Inside Classical
Sherlock Holmes · (1 episode)
2022

Operation Mincemeat
Ivor Montazac
2022

The Amazing Mr. Blunden
Mr. Wickens
2021
Memento Mori
Henry Huxley
2021

A Silent Imprisonment
Mr Murphy
2021

The Father
The Man
2020

Tales of the Uncanny
Self
2020

Scandal & Beauty: Mark Gatiss on Aubrey Beardsley
Himself
2020

In Search of Dracula
Himself - Presenter
2020

Dracula
Frank Renfield · (3 episodes)
2020

Good Omens
Mr. Harmony · (2 episodes)
2019

Brexit: The Uncivil War
Peter Mandelson (voice)
2019

The Dead Room
Radio Announcer (voice)
2018

The Favourite
Lord Marlborough
2018

National Theatre Live: The Madness of George III
George III
2018

The League of Gentlemen - Live Again!
Various Characters
2018

Mark Gatiss on John Minton: The Lost Man of British Art
Himself - Presenter
2018

Christopher Robin
Giles Winslow
2018

The Mercy
Ronald Hall
2018

Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time
The Captain
2017

Gunpowder
Sir Robert Cecil · (3 episodes)
2017

Mars: a Traveller's Guide
Narrator
2017

Against the Law
Dr. Landers
2017

Taboo
Prince Regent · (5 episodes)
2017

Denial
Professor Robert Jan van der Pelt
2016

Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
Joel
2016

Our Kind of Traitor
Billy Matlock
2016

Dad's Army
Colonel Theakes
2016

Mark Gatiss: A Study in Sherlock
Himself
2016

Sherlock: The Abominable Bride
Mycroft Holmes
2016

Victor Frankenstein
Dettweiler
2015

London Spy
Rich · (1 episode)
2015

Premium Bond with Mark Gatiss and Matthew Sweet
Himself
2015

The Vote
Steven Crosswell
2015

Thunderbirds Are Go!
Dr. Quentin Questa (voice) · (1 episode)
2015

Coalition
Peter Mandelson
2015

Wolf Hall
Stephen Gardiner · (4 episodes)
2015

Mapp and Lucia
Major Benjamin 'Benjy' Flint · (3 episodes)
2014

Doctor Who Extra
Self · (1 episode)
2014

50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
Self
2014

The Real History of Science Fiction
Himself - Narrator (voice) · (4 episodes)
2014

Inside No. 9
Callum · (1 episode)
2014

Inside No. 9
Self · (1 episode)
2014

National Theatre Live: Coriolanus
Menenius Agrippa
2014

Unlocking Sherlock
Himself / Mark Gatiss
2014

M.R. James: Ghost Writer
Presenter
2013

Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor
Self
2013

Doctor Who: The Great Detective
Narrator
2012

Horror Europa with Mark Gatiss
Self - Host
2012

The Real Sherlock Holmes
Self
2012

Cleaning Up
Mr Jackson
2011

Game of Thrones
Tycho Nestoris · (4 episodes)
2011

Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge
(1 episode)
2010

The First Men in the Moon
Cavor
2010

Worried About the Boy
Malcolm McLaren
2010
Ghosts in the Machine
Himself
2009

Doctor Who Greatest Moments
Self · (2 episodes)
2009

Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen
Ernest Dunks
2009

Horrible Histories
(9 episodes)
2009

New Town
Duff Purves
2009

Being Human
Mr. Snow · (2 episodes)
2009

Consenting Adults
PC Butcher
2007

The Worst Journey in the World
Apsley Cherry-Garrard
2007

Derren Brown: Trick or Treat
Himself · (1 episode)
2007

The Wind in the Willows
Rat
2006

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
Johnnie Cradock
2006

Starter for 10
Bamber Gascoigne
2006

Return of the Goodies
Himself
2005

Match Point
Ping-Pong Player
2005

Funland
(4 episodes)
2005

Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Miss Blight (voice)
2005

The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
Various Characters
2005

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Additional Vogon Voices
2005

The Quatermass Experiment
John Paterson
2005

Doctor Who: A New Dimension
Self
2005

Doctor Who
Richard Lazarus · (1 episode)
2005

Doctor Who Confidential
Narrator · (13 episodes)
2005

Agatha Christie's Marple
Ronald Hawes · (1 episode)
2004

Who Do You Think You Are?
Self · (1 episode)
2004

Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures
Kenyon
2004

Global Conspiracy?
Terry Scanlon
2004

Spaced: Skip to the End
Self
2004

Shaun of the Dead
Radio Presenter With 'Spaceship' Theory / Wildlife voiceover (voice) (uncredited)
2004

Sex Lives of the Potato Men
Jeremy
2004

Catterick
Peter · (1 episode)
2004

Nighty Night
Glenn Bulb · (12 episodes)
2004

The Kneale Tapes
Self
2003

Bright Young Things
House Agent
2003

Little Britain
(1 episode)
2003

Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe
Viking (voice)
2002

Surrealissimo: The Trial of Salvador Dali
Louis Aragon
2002

Footballers' Wives
Teddy - Agent · (1 episode)
2002
The Cicerones
John Trant
2002

The League of Gentlemen: Live at Drury Lane
various
2001

Dr. Terrible's House of Horrible
Hang Man Chang · (1 episode)
2001

Birthday Girl
Porter
2001

The League of Gentlemen - Yule Never Leave!
2000

The Web of Caves
The Doctor
1999

The Kidnappers
Mark
1999

The Pitch of Fear
Mr. Borusa
1999

In the Red
Junior Detective · (3 episodes)
1998

Stranger Than Fiction 3: Acting Up
1997

Unnatural Selection
Mr. Emerson
1996

Bidding Adieu: A Video Diary
Self - Interviewer
1996

Stranger than Fiction 2: From Script to Screen
1995

The Dwelling Place
Bowmer · (3 episodes)
1994

The Zero Imperative
Dr. William Bruffin
1994
Harry
Diner Manager · (1 episode)
1993

Agatha Christie's Poirot
Leonard Boynton · (1 episode)
1989