
Mark Gatiss
Known for Acting · 165 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

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

Doctor Who Confidential
2005
as Narrator

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
2001
as Self

Playhouse Presents
2012
as Joan Crawford

Little Britain
2003

Wolf Hall
2015
as Stephen Gardiner

Thunderbirds Are Go!
2015
as Dr. Quentin Questa (voice)

Dracula
2020
as Frank Renfield

Footballers' Wives
2002
as Teddy - Agent

Time Bandits
2024
as Earl of Sandwich / Earl of Sandwich (voice)

Spaced
1999
as Agent

A Ghost Story for Christmas
1971
as Radio Presenter (Voice)

Sense and Sensibility
2008
as John Dashwood

Bookish
2025
as Gabriel Book

The Real History of Science Fiction
2014
as Himself - Narrator (voice)

London Spy
2015
as Rich

The League of Gentlemen
1999
as Various

Moonflower Murders
2024
as Frank Parris / Oscar Berlin
Harry
1993
as Diner Manager
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
2000

Psychobitches
2013
as Joan Crawford

Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge
2010

Dr Terrible's House of Horrible
2001
as Hang Man Chang

Gunpowder
2017
as Sir Robert Cecil

Funland
2005
as Ambrose Chapfel

Nighty Night
2004
as Glenn Bulb

Doctor Who Extra
2014
as Self

Jekyll
2007
as Robert Louis Stevenson

Sally4Ever
2018
as Doctor

The Dwelling Place
1994
as Bowmer

A History of Horror
2010
as Self - Presenter

Doctor Who Greatest Moments
2009
as Self

British Film Forever
2007

Crooked House
2008
as The Curator

The Crimson Petal and the White
2011
as Henry Rackham Junior

Nolly
2023
as Larry Grayson

In the Red
1998
as Junior Detective

Juice
2023
as George

Catterick
2004
as Peter

Derren Brown: Trick or Treat
2007
as Himself

Mapp and Lucia
2014
as Major Benjamin 'Benjy' Flint

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)

Match Point
2005
as Ping-Pong Player

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

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

The Father
2020
as The Man

The Favourite
2018
as Lord Marlborough

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

Sherlock: The Abominable Bride
2016
as Mycroft Holmes

Christopher Robin
2018
as Giles Winslow

Victor Frankenstein
2015
as Dettweiler

Our Kind of Traitor
2016
as Billy Matlock

Operation Mincemeat
2022
as Ivor Montazac

Locked Down
2021
as Donald

Birthday Girl
2001
as Porter

Denial
2016
as Professor Robert Jan van Pelt

Dad's Army
2016
as Colonel Theakes

The Mercy
2018
as Ronald Hall

Bright Young Things
2003
as House Agent

Brexit: The Uncivil War
2019
as Peter Mandelson (voice)

Marvel Studios' The Fantastic Four: First Steps - World Premiere
2025
as Ted Gilbert (archive footage) (uncredited)

Starter for 10
2006
as Bamber Gascoigne

The Sparks Brothers
2021
as Self

Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
2016
as Joel

The Vote
2015
as Steven Crosswell

The Wind in the Willows
2006
as Rat

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

Being Stanley Baxter
2025
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

National Theatre Live: Coriolanus
2014
as Menenius Agrippa

The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
2005
as Various Characters

Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time
2017
as The Captain

50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
2014
as Self

The Amazing Mr. Blunden
2021
as Mr. Wickens

Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor
2013
as Self

The Road Dance
2022
as Doctor MacLean

Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen
2009
as Ernest Dunks

Tales of the Uncanny
2020
as Self

Sex Lives of the Potato Men
2004
as Jeremy
Bunker

Coalition
2015
as Peter Mandelson

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

The Quatermass Experiment
2005
as John Paterson

Unlocking Sherlock
2014
as Himself / Mark Gatiss

Against the Law
2017
as Dr. Landers

Spaced: Skip to the End
2004
as Self

Fear of Fanny
2006
as Johnnie Cradock

The First Men in the Moon
2010
as Cavor

Worried About the Boy
2010
as Malcolm McLaren

PROBE: The Devil of Winterborne
1995
as Georgie

Cleaning Up
2011
as Mr Jackson

Stranger than Fiction 2: From Script to Screen
1995

Horror Europa with Mark Gatiss
2012
as Self - Host
Memento Mori
2021
as Henry Huxley

In Search of Dracula
2020
as Himself - Presenter

A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story
2022
as Jacob Marley

Surrealissimo: The Trial of Salvador Dali
2002
as Louis Aragon

M.R. James: Ghost Writer
2013
as Presenter

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

Doctor Who: A New Dimension
2005
as Self

Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures
2004
as Kenyon

Consenting Adults
2007
as PC Butcher

Mark Gatiss: A Study in Sherlock
2016
as Himself
Ghosts in the Machine
2009
as Himself

Bring Something Back: The Making of 'The Quatermass Experiment'
2005

Bidding Adieu: A Video Diary
1996
as Self - Interviewer

The Real Sherlock Holmes
2012
as Self

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

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

The League of Gentlemen: Live at Drury Lane
2001
as various

Premium Bond with Mark Gatiss and Matthew Sweet
2015
as Himself

The League of Gentlemen - Live Again!
2018
as Various Characters

How to Be Sherlock Holmes: The Many Faces of a Master Detective
2014
as Self

The Worst Journey in the World
2007
as Apsley Cherry-Garrard

The Pitch of Fear
1999
as Mr. Borusa

Global Conspiracy?
2004
as Terry Scanlon

PROBE: The Zero Imperative
1994
as Dr. William Bruffin

The Web of Caves
1999
as The Doctor

Hammer A.D. 2023
2023
as Self

PROBE: Unnatural Selection
1996
as Mr. Emerson

New Town
2009
as Duff Purves

Scandal & Beauty: Mark Gatiss on Aubrey Beardsley
2020
as Self

Return of the Goodies
2005
as Himself

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

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

Doctor Who: The Great Detective
2012
as Narrator

The Cicerones
2002
as John Trant

The Kidnappers
1999
as Mark

The Dead Room
2018
as Radio Announcer (voice)

The Kneale Tapes
2003
as Self

A Silent Imprisonment
2021
as Mr Murphy

Doctor Who and the Third Man
2019
as Himself

The Hound of the Baskervilles
2023
as Sherlock Holmes

The Painting & The Statue
as Old Lord/Butler 'Smith'/Dancing Man/Old Lord 'Johnny'

Cold War Steve Meets the Outside World
2020
as Self
Tales from Behind the Crypt
2002
as Self

The League of Gentlemen - Live Again!
2018
as Various Characters

Mars: a Traveller's Guide
2017
as Narrator

Highgate House of Horror
1995
as Mr Banham

The Celestial Toyroom
2013

Unlocking Sherlock
2010
as Himself

Peter Davison: Uncut!
2022
as Self

Stranger Than Fiction 3: Acting Up
1997
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 165 credits spanning from 1971 to 2025, Mark Gatiss has appeared in 106 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)
- Match Point (2005) — as Ping-Pong Player
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