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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1966-10-17 (58 years old)

Place of Birth

Sedgefield, Durham, England, UK

Mark Gatiss

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

Acting

2025

2024

Moonflower Murders as Frank Parris / Oscar Berlin
3 Body Problem as Isaac Newton
Time Bandits as Earl of Sandwich
Time Bandits as Earl of Sandwich (voice)

2023

2022

Operation Mincemeat as Ivor Montazac
The Road Dance as Doctor MacLean
Inside Classical as Sherlock Holmes

2021

Memento Mori as Henry Huxley
Locked Down as Donald

2020

2019

Brexit: The Uncivil War as Peter Mandelson (voice)
Good Omens as Mr. Harmony

2018

The Dead Room as Radio Announcer (voice)
The Favourite as Lord Marlborough
Christopher Robin as Giles Winslow
The Mercy as Ronald Hall

2017

Against the Law as Dr. Landers
Gunpowder as Sir Robert Cecil
Taboo as Prince Regent

2016

Dad's Army as Colonel Theakes
Our Kind of Traitor as Billy Matlock
Denial as Professor Robert Jan van der Pelt

2015

Victor Frankenstein as Dettweiler
Coalition as Peter Mandelson
The Vote as Steven Crosswell
London Spy as Rich
Thunderbirds Are Go! as Dr. Quentin Questa (voice)
Wolf Hall as Stephen Gardiner

2014

2013

2012

2011

Cleaning Up as Mr Jackson
The Crimson Petal and the White as Henry Rackham Junior
Game of Thrones as Tycho Nestoris

2010

Worried About the Boy as Malcolm McLaren
Sherlock as Mycroft Holmes
A History of Horror as Self - Presenter
Sherlock as Self
Sherlock as Self / Mycroft Holmes

2009

2008

Only Connect as Self - Contestant
Sense and Sensibility as John Dashwood
Clone as Colonel Black
Crooked House as The Curator

2007

Consenting Adults as PC Butcher
The Worst Journey in the World as Apsley Cherry-Garrard
Don't as Roddy McDowel
Grindhouse as (segment "Don't") (uncredited)
Jekyll as Robert Louis Stevenson

2006

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
Starter for 10 as Bamber Gascoigne
Fear of Fanny as Johnnie Cradock

2005

2004

Shaun of the Dead as Radio Presenter With 'Spaceship' Theory / Wildlife voiceover (voice) (uncredited)
Global Conspiracy? as Terry Scanlon
Catterick as Peter
Nighty Night as Glenn Bulb
Agatha Christie's Marple as Ronald Hawes

2003

2002

2001

2000

1999

1998

1997

1996

Unnatural Selection as Mr. Emerson
Bidding Adieu: A Video Diary as Self - Interviewer

1995

1994

The Zero Imperative as Dr. William Bruffin

1993

Harry as Diner Manager

1989

Agatha Christie's Poirot as Leonard Boynton

-

Bookish as Gabriel Book

Writing

2020

Dracula as Writer

2019

Martin's Close as Writer

2018

The Dead Room as Writer

2017

Queers. as Writer

2010

2008

Crooked House as Writer

2004

1994

1989

-

Bookish as Writer

Production

2020

Dracula as Executive Producer

2019

Martin's Close as Executive Producer

2018

The Dead Room as Executive Producer

2017

Queers. as Producer

2016

Sherlock: The Abominable Bride as Executive Producer

2013

An Adventure in Space and Time as Executive Producer

2010

Sherlock as Executive Producer

2008

Crooked House as Producer

2005

2004

Global Conspiracy? as Producer

Crew

Creator

2020

Dracula as Creator

2010

Sherlock as Creator

2008

Crooked House as Creator

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Bookish as Creator