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Mark Gatiss
Mark Gatiss (/ˈɡeɪtɪs/; born 17 October 1966) is an English actor, comedian, screenwriter, director, producer and novelist.
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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). …
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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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- 2025Being Stanley BaxterSelf
- 2025A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Room in the TowerDirector · Writer
- 2025The Fantastic 4: First StepsTed Gilbert
- 2025Marvel Studios' The Fantastic Four: First Steps - World PremiereTed Gilbert (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2025Mission: Impossible - The Final ReckoningAngstrom
- 2025The Painting & The StatueOld Lord/Butler 'Smith'/Dancing Man/Old Lord 'Johnny'
- 2024A Ghost Story For Christmas: Woman of StoneDirector · Writer
- 2024Inside No. 9: The Party's OverSelf
- 2024National Theatre Live: The Motive and the CueSir John Gielgud
- 2023The Hound of the BaskervillesSherlock Holmes
- 2023A Ghost Story for Christmas: Lot No. 249Director · Writer
- 2023Hammer A.D. 2023Self
- 2023Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part OneNSA
- 2022A Ghost Story for Christmas: Count MagnusDirector · Writer
- 2022A Christmas Carol: A Ghost StoryJacob Marley
- 2022Peter Davison: Uncut!Self
- 2022The Road DanceDoctor MacLean
- 2022Operation MincemeatIvor Montazac
- 2021A Ghost Story for Christmas: The MezzotintWriter · Director
- 2021The Amazing Mr. BlundenDirector · Writer · Mr. Wickens
- 2021Memento MoriHenry Huxley
- 2021The Sparks BrothersSelf
- 2021A Silent ImprisonmentMr Murphy
- 2021Locked DownDonald
- 2020The FatherThe Man
- 2020Cold War Steve Meets the Outside WorldSelf
- 2020Tales of the UncannySelf
- 2020Scandal & Beauty: Mark Gatiss on Aubrey BeardsleySelf
- 2020In Search of DraculaHimself - Presenter
- 2019Martin's CloseProducer · Director · Writer
- 2019Doctor Who and the Third ManHimself
- 2019Brexit: The Uncivil WarPeter Mandelson (voice)
- 2018The Dead RoomProducer · Director · Writer · Radio Announcer (voice)
- 2018National Theatre Live: The Madness of George IIIGeorge III
- 2018The League of Gentlemen - Live Again!Writer · Multiple Characters
- 2018Mark Gatiss on John Minton: The Lost Man of British ArtHimself - Presenter
- 2018Christopher RobinGiles Winslow
- 2018The MercyRonald Hall
- 2017Doctor Who: Twice Upon a TimeThe Captain
- 2017Mars: a Traveller's GuideNarrator
- 2017Against the LawDr. Landers
- 2016DenialProfessor Robert Jan van Pelt
- 2016Absolutely Fabulous: The MovieJoel
- 2016Our Kind of TraitorBilly Matlock
- 2016Dad's ArmyColonel Theakes
- 2016Mark Gatiss: A Study in SherlockHimself
- 2016Sherlock: The Abominable BrideWriter · Producer · Mycroft Holmes
- 2015Victor FrankensteinDettweiler
- 2015Premium Bond with Mark Gatiss and Matthew SweetHimself
- 2015The VoteSteven Crosswell
- 2015Release the Hound!Self
- 2015CoalitionPeter Mandelson
- 201450 Years of BBC Two ComedySelf
- 2014National Theatre Live: CoriolanusMenenius Agrippa
- 2014Unlocking SherlockHimself / Mark Gatiss
- 2014How to Be Sherlock Holmes: The Many Faces of a Master DetectiveSelf
- 2013M.R. James: Ghost WriterWriter · Presenter
- 2013The Tractate MiddothDirector · Writer
- 2013Sherlock: Many Happy ReturnsWriter
- 2013An Adventure in Space and TimeWriter · Producer
- 2013Doctor Who Live: The Next DoctorSelf
- 2013The Celestial ToyroomActor
- 2012Doctor Who: The Great DetectiveNarrator
- 2012Horror Europa with Mark GatissWriter · Self - Host
- 2012The Real Sherlock HolmesSelf
- 2012Back to Black: The Making of Dracula Prince of DarknessSelf - Actor and Writer
- 2011Cleaning UpMr Jackson
- 2010The First Men in the MoonWriter · Cavor
- 2010Unlocking SherlockHimself
- 2010Worried About the BoyMalcolm McLaren
- 2009Ghosts in the MachineHimself
- 2009Spanish Flu: The Forgotten FallenErnest Dunks
- 2009New TownDuff Purves
- 2007Consenting AdultsPC Butcher
- 2007The Worst Journey in the WorldWriter · Producer · Apsley Cherry-Garrard
- 2007Grindhouse(segment "Don't") (uncredited)
- 2006The Wind in the WillowsRat
- 2006The League of Gentlemen Are Behind YouHilary 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
- 2006Starter for 10Bamber Gascoigne
- 2006Fear of FannyJohnnie Cradock
- 2005Return of the GoodiesHimself
- 2005Match PointPing-Pong Player
- 2005Bring Something Back: The Making of 'The Quatermass Experiment'Actor
- 2005Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-RabbitMiss Blight (voice)
- 2005Don'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
- 2005The League of Gentlemen's ApocalypseWriter · Producer · Various Characters
- 2005The Hitchhiker's Guide to the GalaxyAdditional Vogon Voices
- 2005The Quatermass ExperimentJohn Paterson
- 2005Doctor Who: A New DimensionSelf
- 2004Agatha Christie: A Life in PicturesKenyon
- 2004Global Conspiracy?Writer · Producer · Terry Scanlon
- 2004Spaced: Skip to the EndSelf
- 2004Shaun of the DeadRadio Presenter With 'Spaceship' Theory / Wildlife voiceover (voice) (uncredited)
- 2004Sex Lives of the Potato MenJeremy
- 2003The Kneale TapesSelf
- 2003Bright Young ThingsHouse Agent
- 2002Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost TribeViking (voice)
- 2002Surrealissimo: The Trial of Salvador DaliLouis Aragon
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