- BIRTH 17/10/1966
- Country United Kingdom
- SHOWS 41
- MOVIES 41
- SHOWRUNNER 5
- DIRECTOR 9
- SCRIPT 18
- PRODUCTION 6
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 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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Shows (41)
Movies (41)
Marvel Studios' The Fantastic Four: First Steps - World Premiere
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
The League of Gentlemen Are Behind You
National Theatre Live: The Madness of George III
Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe
Showrunner (5)
Sherlock
Bookish
Dracula (2020)
The League of Gentlemen
Crooked House
Director (9)
The Amazing Mr. Blunden
A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Mezzotint
The Tractate Middoth
Martin's Close
The Dead Room
Count Magnus
A Ghost Story for Christmas: Lot No. 249
A Ghost Story for Christmas: Woman of Stone
Script (18)
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride
An Adventure in Space and Time
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
A Ghost Story for Christmas: Lot No. 249
A Ghost Story for Christmas: Woman of Stone
Count Magnus
The Dead Room
Martin's Close
The Tractate Middoth
A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Mezzotint
The Amazing Mr. Blunden
Production (6)
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
An Adventure in Space and Time
Martin's Close
The Dead Room
Count Magnus
