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Mark Gatiss

Mark Gatiss

Acting October 17, 1966 (60 years old) Sedgefield, Durham, England, UK

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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Mark Gatiss, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Movies 107

The Fantastic 4: First Steps 6.9

The Fantastic 4: First Steps

as Ted Gilbert

2025
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning 7.2

Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning

as Angstrom

2025
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One 7.5

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One

as NSA

2023
Shaun of the Dead 7.5

Shaun of the Dead

as Radio Presenter With 'Spaceship' Theory / Wildlife voiceover (voice) (uncredited)

2004
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit 7.2

Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

as Miss Blight (voice)

2005
The Father 8.1

The Father

as The Man

2020
Match Point 7.4

Match Point

as Ping-Pong Player

2005
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 6.7

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

as Additional Vogon Voices

2005
The Favourite 7.5

The Favourite

as Lord Marlborough

2018
Grindhouse 7.0

Grindhouse

as (segment "Don't") (uncredited)

2007
Christopher Robin 7.3

Christopher Robin

as Giles Winslow

2018
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride 7.8

Sherlock: The Abominable Bride

as Mycroft Holmes

2016
Operation Mincemeat 6.5

Operation Mincemeat

as Ivor Montazac

2022
Bunker

Bunker

as Simon

2026
The Sparks Brothers 7.4

The Sparks Brothers

as Self

2021
Victor Frankenstein 6.0

Victor Frankenstein

as Dettweiler

2015
Denial 6.8

Denial

as Professor Robert Jan van Pelt

2016
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie 5.3

Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie

as Joel

2016
Locked Down 5.2

Locked Down

as Donald

2021
Our Kind of Traitor 6.0

Our Kind of Traitor

as Billy Matlock

2016
The Mercy 5.9

The Mercy

as Ronald Hall

2018
Brexit: The Uncivil War 6.6

Brexit: The Uncivil War

as Peter Mandelson (voice)

2019
Birthday Girl 5.9

Birthday Girl

as Porter

2001
Starter for 10 6.4

Starter for 10

as Bamber Gascoigne

2006
Marvel Studios' The Fantastic Four: First Steps - World Premiere 6.5

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

as Ted Gilbert (archive footage) (uncredited)

2025
Dad's Army 5.0

Dad's Army

as Colonel Theakes

2016
Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time 8.0

Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time

as The Captain

2017
Bright Young Things 6.3

Bright Young Things

as House Agent

2003
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse 6.1

The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse

as Various Characters

2005
The Amazing Mr. Blunden 6.3

The Amazing Mr. Blunden

as Mr. Wickens

2021
Spaced: Skip to the End 6.3

Spaced: Skip to the End

as Self

2004
Tales of the Uncanny 7.0

Tales of the Uncanny

as Self

2020
Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe 5.5

Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe

as Viking (voice)

2002
The Wind in the Willows 5.8

The Wind in the Willows

as Rat

2006
Sex Lives of the Potato Men 4.5

Sex Lives of the Potato Men

as Jeremy

2004
National Theatre Live: Coriolanus 8.1

National Theatre Live: Coriolanus

as Menenius Agrippa

2014
Unlocking Sherlock 7.9

Unlocking Sherlock

as Himself / Mark Gatiss

2014
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy 8.0

50 Years of BBC Two Comedy

as Self

2014
Inside No. 9: The Party's Over 6.2

Inside No. 9: The Party's Over

as Self

2024
The Road Dance 6.7

The Road Dance

as Doctor MacLean

2022
Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor 5.0

Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor

as Self

2013
Cleaning Up 9.0

Cleaning Up

as Mr Jackson

2011
The League of Gentlemen - Live Again!

The League of Gentlemen - Live Again!

as Multiple Characters

2018
National Theatre Live: The Motive and the Cue 7.5

National Theatre Live: The Motive and the Cue

as Sir John Gielgud

2024
Doctor Who: A New Dimension 8.0

Doctor Who: A New Dimension

as Self

2005
Worried About the Boy 6.3

Worried About the Boy

as Malcolm McLaren

2010
A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story 8.7

A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story

as Jacob Marley

2022
Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures 8.0

Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures

as Kenyon

2004
The Painting & The Statue

The Painting & The Statue

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

2025
National Theatre Live: The Madness of George III 6.3

National Theatre Live: The Madness of George III

as George III

2018
Coalition 7.0

Coalition

as Peter Mandelson

2015
Consenting Adults 5.0

Consenting Adults

as PC Butcher

2007
The First Men in the Moon 5.9

The First Men in the Moon

as Cavor

2010
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'

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

2005
Horror Europa with Mark Gatiss 7.4

Horror Europa with Mark Gatiss

as Self - Host

2012
PROBE: The Devil of Winterborne 8.4

PROBE: The Devil of Winterborne

as Georgie

1995
The Quatermass Experiment 5.6

The Quatermass Experiment

as John Paterson

2005
Stranger than Fiction 2: From Script to Screen 7.0

Stranger than Fiction 2: From Script to Screen

1995
The Dead Room 5.1

The Dead Room

as Radio Announcer (voice)

2018
Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen 7.3

Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen

as Ernest Dunks

2009
Mark Gatiss: A Study in Sherlock 7.3

Mark Gatiss: A Study in Sherlock

as Himself

2016
Surrealissimo: The Trial of Salvador Dali 5.8

Surrealissimo: The Trial of Salvador Dali

as Louis Aragon

2002
The Vote 8.4

The Vote

as Steven Crosswell

2015
PROBE: The Zero Imperative 7.2

PROBE: The Zero Imperative

as Dr. William Bruffin

1994
Scandal & Beauty: Mark Gatiss on Aubrey Beardsley

Scandal & Beauty: Mark Gatiss on Aubrey Beardsley

as Self

2020
The Worst Journey in the World 6.5

The Worst Journey in the World

as Apsley Cherry-Garrard

2007
Doctor Who and the Third Man

Doctor Who and the Third Man

as Himself

2019
The Hound of the Baskervilles 8.0

The Hound of the Baskervilles

as Sherlock Holmes

2023
Return of the Goodies 6.9

Return of the Goodies

as Himself

2005
M.R. James: Ghost Writer 8.7

M.R. James: Ghost Writer

as Presenter

2013
Fear of Fanny 7.1

Fear of Fanny

as Johnnie Cradock

2006
The Real Sherlock Holmes 4.0

The Real Sherlock Holmes

as Self

2012
Hammer A.D. 2023 7.5

Hammer A.D. 2023

as Self

2023
Bring Something Back: The Making of 'The Quatermass Experiment' 7.0

Bring Something Back: The Making of 'The Quatermass Experiment'

2005
Premium Bond with Mark Gatiss and Matthew Sweet 8.0

Premium Bond with Mark Gatiss and Matthew Sweet

as Himself

2015
Highgate House of Horror 8.0

Highgate House of Horror

as Mr Banham

1995
Being Stanley Baxter

Being Stanley Baxter

as Self

2025
Against the Law 6.8

Against the Law

as Dr. Landers

2017
Bidding Adieu: A Video Diary 7.5

Bidding Adieu: A Video Diary

as Self - Interviewer

1996
Doctor Who: The Great Detective 7.8

Doctor Who: The Great Detective

as Narrator

2012
Cold War Steve Meets the Outside World

Cold War Steve Meets the Outside World

as Self

2020
Mars: A Traveller's Guide 8.0

Mars: A Traveller's Guide

as Self - Narrator (voice)

2017
Back to Black: The Making of Dracula Prince of Darkness 8.0

Back to Black: The Making of Dracula Prince of Darkness

as Self - Actor and Writer

2012
How to Be Sherlock Holmes: The Many Faces of a Master Detective 6.0

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

as Self

2014
The League of Gentlemen: Live at Drury Lane 7.8

The League of Gentlemen: Live at Drury Lane

as various

2001
PROBE: Unnatural Selection 7.4

PROBE: Unnatural Selection

as Mr. Emerson

1996
The League of Gentlemen Are Behind You 7.6

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

2006
The Pitch of Fear 8.0

The Pitch of Fear

as Mr. Borusa

1999
The Web of Caves 7.0

The Web of Caves

as The Doctor

1999
Stranger Than Fiction 3: Acting Up

Stranger Than Fiction 3: Acting Up

1997
A Ticket Too Far

A Ticket Too Far

as Marshall

The Kneale Tapes

The Kneale Tapes

as Self

2003
Global Conspiracy? 7.0

Global Conspiracy?

as Terry Scanlon

2004
New Town

New Town

as Duff Purves

2009
Ghosts in the Machine

Ghosts in the Machine

as Himself

2009
The Cicerones 5.8

The Cicerones

as John Trant

2002
The Celestial Toyroom

The Celestial Toyroom

2013
Tales from Behind the Crypt

Tales from Behind the Crypt

as Self

2002
Peter Davison: Uncut!

Peter Davison: Uncut!

as Self

2022
Mark Gatiss on John Minton: The Lost Man of British Art

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

as Himself - Presenter

2018
Unlocking Sherlock 6.5

Unlocking Sherlock

as Himself

2010
Memento Mori

Memento Mori

as Henry Huxley

2021
The Kidnappers 7.0

The Kidnappers

as Mark

1999
A Silent Imprisonment

A Silent Imprisonment

as Mr Murphy

2021
In Search of Dracula 8.0

In Search of Dracula

as Himself - Presenter

2020
Release the Hound!

Release the Hound!

as Self

2015
Cuddle

Cuddle

as Paul

TV Shows 64

Doctor Who 7.6

Doctor Who

as Gantok

2005
Doctor Who 7.6

Doctor Who

as Richard Lazarus

2005
Sherlock 8.5

Sherlock

as Mycroft Holmes

2010
Game of Thrones 8.5

Game of Thrones

as Tycho Nestoris

2011
Midsomer Murders 7.5

Midsomer Murders

as Rev Giles Shawcross

1997
Agatha Christie's Poirot 8.2

Agatha Christie's Poirot

as Leonard Boynton

1989
QI 7.9

QI

as Self

2003
Agatha Christie's Marple 7.9

Agatha Christie's Marple

as Ronald Hawes

2004
Inside No. 9 8.1

Inside No. 9

as Callum

2014
Inside No. 9 8.1

Inside No. 9

as Self

2014
Horrible Histories 8.0

Horrible Histories

2009
3 Body Problem 7.5

3 Body Problem

as Isaac Newton

2024
Good Omens 8.0

Good Omens

as Mr. Harmony

2019
Who Do You Think You Are? 7.0

Who Do You Think You Are?

as Self

2004
Little Britain 7.1

Little Britain

2003
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross 6.1

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross

as Self

2001
Doctor Who Confidential 8.0

Doctor Who Confidential

2005
Doctor Who Confidential 8.0

Doctor Who Confidential

as Narrator

2005
Doctor Who Confidential 8.0

Doctor Who Confidential

as Self

2005
Being Human 7.1

Being Human

as Mr. Snow

2009
Thunderbirds Are Go! 6.2

Thunderbirds Are Go!

as Dr. Quentin Questa (voice)

2015
Taboo 7.9

Taboo

as Prince Regent

2017
Bookish 6.2

Bookish

as Gabriel Book

2025
Time Bandits 6.2

Time Bandits

as Earl of Sandwich

2024
Time Bandits 6.2

Time Bandits

as Earl of Sandwich (voice)

2024
Wolf Hall 7.5

Wolf Hall

as Stephen Gardiner

2015
Footballers' Wives 5.4

Footballers' Wives

as Teddy - Agent

2002
Dracula 7.0

Dracula

as Frank Renfield

2020
Playhouse Presents 6.0

Playhouse Presents

as Joan Crawford

2012
A Ghost Story for Christmas 7.3

A Ghost Story for Christmas

as Radio Presenter (Voice)

1971
The League of Gentlemen 7.7

The League of Gentlemen

as Various

1999
Spaced 7.9

Spaced

as Agent

1999
Sense and Sensibility 7.5

Sense and Sensibility

as John Dashwood

2008
Moonflower Murders 7.5

Moonflower Murders

as Frank Parris / Oscar Berlin

2024
Psychobitches 6.8

Psychobitches

as Joan Crawford

2013
Jekyll 7.5

Jekyll

as Robert Louis Stevenson

2007
London Spy 7.0

London Spy

as Rich

2015
Nighty Night 7.7

Nighty Night

as Glenn Bulb

2004
Gunpowder 6.8

Gunpowder

as Sir Robert Cecil

2017
The Real History of Science Fiction 6.8

The Real History of Science Fiction

as Himself - Narrator (voice)

2014
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) 6.8

Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)

2000
Harry 5.3

Harry

as Diner Manager

1993
Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge 7.4

Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge

2010
A History of Horror 7.1

A History of Horror

as Self - Presenter

2010
Funland 6.2

Funland

as Ambrose Chapfel

2005
Doctor Who Extra

Doctor Who Extra

as Self

2014
Dr Terrible's House of Horrible 7.0

Dr Terrible's House of Horrible

as Hang Man Chang

2001
Sally4Ever 4.6

Sally4Ever

as Doctor

2018
Crooked House 6.8

Crooked House

as The Curator

2008
Juice 6.7

Juice

as George

2023
This Morning with Richard Not Judy 7.0

This Morning with Richard Not Judy

1998
Doctor Who Greatest Moments 7.1

Doctor Who Greatest Moments

as Self

2009
British Film Forever 5.5

British Film Forever

2007
The Crimson Petal and the White 7.0

The Crimson Petal and the White

as Henry Rackham Junior

2011
In the Red 6.1

In the Red

as Junior Detective

1998
Derren Brown: Trick or Treat 8.1

Derren Brown: Trick or Treat

as Himself

2007
Mapp and Lucia 6.3

Mapp and Lucia

as Major Benjamin 'Benjy' Flint

2014
Nolly 6.3

Nolly

as Larry Grayson

2023
Catterick 7.2

Catterick

as Peter

2004
Clone 6.5

Clone

as Colonel Black

2008
The Dwelling Place 7.0

The Dwelling Place

as Bowmer

1994
Inside Classical

Inside Classical

as Sherlock Holmes

2022
100 Greatest Scary Moments 7.7

100 Greatest Scary Moments

2003
Dr. Forever! 8.0

Dr. Forever!

as Himself

2013

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