Acting
Mark Gatiss
EN, FR cinema · 118 credits
Born
17 October 1966 (age 60)
Birthplace
Sedgefield, Durham, England, UK
Also known as Марк Гейтисс · 마크 거티스 · مارک گیتیس
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
A Ticket Too Far
as Marshall
A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Bride's Chamber
A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Bride's Chamber
Writer, Director
Bunker
as Simon
The Fantastic 4: First Steps
as Ted Gilbert
Marvel Studios' The Fantastic Four: First Steps - World Premiere
as Ted Gilbert (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Painting & The Statue
as Old Lord/Butler 'Smith'/Dancing Man/Old Lord 'Johnny'
A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Room in the Tower
Director, Screenplay
National Theatre Live: The Motive and the Cue
as Sir John Gielgud
A Ghost Story For Christmas: Woman of Stone
Director, Writer
Hammer A.D. 2023
as Self
The Hound of the Baskervilles
as Sherlock Holmes
A Ghost Story for Christmas: Lot No. 249
Director, Screenplay
A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story
as Jacob Marley, Adaptation
Operation Mincemeat
as Ivor Montazac
The Road Dance
as Doctor MacLean
A Ghost Story for Christmas: Count Magnus
Director, Writer
Memento Mori
2021
Memento Mori
as Henry Huxley
A Silent Imprisonment
as Mr Murphy
The Amazing Mr. Blunden
as Mr. Wickens, Writer, Director
Locked Down
as Donald
A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Mezzotint
Director, Screenplay
The Father
as The Man
In Search of Dracula
as Himself - Presenter
Brexit: The Uncivil War
as Peter Mandelson (voice)
Martin's Close
Executive Producer, Director, Writer
The Dead Room
as Radio Announcer (voice), Executive Producer, Director, Writer
The Favourite
as Lord Marlborough
Christopher Robin
as Giles Winslow
The Mercy
as Ronald Hall
Mark Gatiss on John Minton: The Lost Man of British Art
as Himself - Presenter
The League of Gentlemen - Live Again!
as Multiple Characters, Writer
Against the Law
as Dr. Landers
Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time
as The Captain
Mars: A Traveller's Guide
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Dad's Army
as Colonel Theakes
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride
as Mycroft Holmes, Writer, Creator, Executive Producer
Our Kind of Traitor
as Billy Matlock
Denial
as Professor Robert Jan van Pelt
Victor Frankenstein
as Dettweiler
Coalition
as Peter Mandelson
The Vote
as Steven Crosswell
Unlocking Sherlock
as Himself / Mark Gatiss
National Theatre Live: Coriolanus
as Menenius Agrippa
M.R. James: Ghost Writer
as Presenter, Writer
An Adventure in Space and Time
Writer, Executive Producer
The Tractate Middoth
Director, Writer
Doctor Who: The Great Detective
as Narrator
Horror Europa with Mark Gatiss
as Self - Host, Writer
Back to Black: The Making of Dracula Prince of Darkness
as Self - Actor and Writer
Cleaning Up
as Mr Jackson
The First Men in the Moon
as Cavor, Screenplay
Worried About the Boy
as Malcolm McLaren
Unlocking Sherlock
as Himself
Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen
as Ernest Dunks
New Town
as Duff Purves
Consenting Adults
as PC Butcher
The Worst Journey in the World
as Apsley Cherry-Garrard, Writer, Co-Producer
Grindhouse
as (segment "Don't") (uncredited)
The League of Gentlemen Are Behind You
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, Author
Starter for 10
as Bamber Gascoigne
Fear of Fanny
as Johnnie Cradock
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
as Miss Blight (voice)
The Quatermass Experiment
as John Paterson
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
as Various Characters, Writer, Executive Producer
Match Point
as Ping-Pong Player
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
as Additional Vogon Voices
Return of the Goodies
as Himself
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'
as Self - The League of Gentlemen
Shaun of the Dead
as Radio Presenter With 'Spaceship' Theory / Wildlife voiceover (voice) (uncredited)
Global Conspiracy?
as Terry Scanlon, Writer, Producer
Bright Young Things
as House Agent
The Cicerones
as John Trant
Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe
as Viking (voice)
Surrealissimo: The Trial of Salvador Dali
as Louis Aragon
Birthday Girl
as Porter
The League of Gentlemen: Live at Drury Lane
as various, Writer
The Web of Caves
as The Doctor, Writer
The Kidnappers
as Mark, Writer
The Pitch of Fear
as Mr. Borusa, Writer
PROBE: Unnatural Selection
as Mr. Emerson, Writer
Bidding Adieu: A Video Diary
as Self - Interviewer
Highgate House of Horror
as Mr Banham, Director
PROBE: The Devil of Winterborne
as Georgie, Writer
PROBE: The Zero Imperative
as Dr. William Bruffin, Writer