Mark Gatiss

Actor

Born October 17, 1966 in 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).

Filmography

The Painting & The Statue

Old Lord/Butler 'Smith'/Dancing Man/Old Lord 'Johnny'

Being Stanley Baxter

Self

A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Room in the Tower

The Fantastic 4: First Steps

Ted Gilbert

Bookish

Gabriel Book

Marvel Studios' The Fantastic Four: First Steps - World Premiere

Ted Gilbert (archive footage) (uncredited)

Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning

Angstrom

A Ghost Story For Christmas: Woman of Stone

Inside No. 9: The Party's Over

Self

Moonflower Murders

Frank Parris / Oscar Berlin

Time Bandits

Earl of Sandwich

National Theatre Live: The Motive and the Cue

Sir John Gielgud

3 Body Problem

Isaac Newton

The Hound of the Baskervilles

Sherlock Holmes

A Ghost Story for Christmas: Lot No. 249

Hammer A.D. 2023

Self

Juice

George

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One

NSA

Nolly

Larry Grayson

A Ghost Story for Christmas: Count Magnus

A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story

Jacob Marley

Peter Davison: Uncut!

Self

Inside Classical

Sherlock Holmes

The Road Dance

Doctor MacLean

Operation Mincemeat

Ivor Montazac

A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Mezzotint

The Amazing Mr. Blunden

Mr. Wickens

The Sparks Brothers

Self

A Silent Imprisonment

Mr Murphy

Locked Down

Donald

The Father

The Man

Cold War Steve Meets the Outside World

Self

Tales of the Uncanny

Self

Scandal & Beauty: Mark Gatiss on Aubrey Beardsley

Self

In Search of Dracula

Himself - Presenter

Dracula

Frank Renfield

Martin's Close

Doctor Who and the Third Man

Himself

Good Omens

Mr. Harmony

Brexit: The Uncivil War

Peter Mandelson (voice)

The Dead Room

Radio Announcer (voice)

The Favourite

Lord Marlborough

National Theatre Live: The Madness of George III

George III

Sally4Ever

Doctor

Mark Gatiss on John Minton: The Lost Man of British Art

Himself - Presenter

Christopher Robin

Giles Winslow

The Mercy

Ronald Hall

Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time

The Captain

Gunpowder

Sir Robert Cecil

Mars: a Traveller's Guide

Narrator

Queers.

Against the Law

Dr. Landers

Taboo

Prince Regent

Denial

Professor Robert Jan van Pelt

Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie

Joel

Our Kind of Traitor

Billy Matlock

Dad's Army

Colonel Theakes

Mark Gatiss: A Study in Sherlock

Himself

Sherlock: The Abominable Bride

Mycroft Holmes

Victor Frankenstein

Dettweiler

London Spy

Rich

Premium Bond with Mark Gatiss and Matthew Sweet

Himself

Doctor Who: The Fan Show

The Vote

Steven Crosswell

Thunderbirds Are Go!

Dr. Quentin Questa (voice)

Coalition

Peter Mandelson

Wolf Hall

Stephen Gardiner

Mapp and Lucia

Major Benjamin 'Benjy' Flint

Doctor Who Extra

Self

50 Years of BBC Two Comedy

Self

The Real History of Science Fiction

Himself - Narrator (voice)

Inside No. 9

Callum

National Theatre Live: Coriolanus

Menenius Agrippa

Unlocking Sherlock

Himself / Mark Gatiss

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

Self

M.R. James: Ghost Writer

Presenter

The Tractate Middoth

Sherlock: Many Happy Returns

An Adventure in Space and Time

Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor

Self

Psychobitches

Joan Crawford

The Celestial Toyroom

Dr. Forever!

Himself

Doctor Who: The Great Detective

Narrator

Horror Europa with Mark Gatiss

Self - Host

The Real Sherlock Holmes

Self

Back to Black: The Making of Dracula Prince of Darkness

Self - Actor and Writer

Playhouse Presents

Joan Crawford

Cleaning Up

Mr Jackson

Game of Thrones

Tycho Nestoris

The Crimson Petal and the White

Henry Rackham Junior

Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge

The First Men in the Moon

Cavor

A History of Horror

Self - Presenter

Unlocking Sherlock

Himself

Sherlock

Mycroft Holmes

Worried About the Boy

Malcolm McLaren

Doctor Who Greatest Moments

Self

Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen

Ernest Dunks

Horrible Histories

New Town

Duff Purves

Being Human

Mr. Snow

Crooked House

The Curator

Clone

Colonel Black

Sense and Sensibility

John Dashwood

Consenting Adults

PC Butcher

British Film Forever

Jekyll

Robert Louis Stevenson

The Worst Journey in the World

Apsley Cherry-Garrard

Derren Brown: Trick or Treat

Himself

Grindhouse

(segment "Don't") (uncredited)

A New Body at Last

The Wind in the Willows

Rat

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