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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Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1966-10-17
Place of birth
Sedgefield, Durham, England, UK
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Cast
Birthday Girl
2001
5.89
Memento Mori
2021
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A Silent Imprisonment
2021
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The Amazing Mr. Blunden
2021
6.20
Tales of the Uncanny
2020
7.10
Ghosts in the Machine
2009
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The Quatermass Experiment
2005
5.60
The First Men in the Moon
2010
5.60
The Cicerones
2002
5.20
Spaced: Skip to the End
2004
6.10
Unlocking Sherlock
2014
7.80
Hammer A.D. 2023
2023
7.50
M.R. James: Ghost Writer
2013
8.70
Worried About the Boy
2010
6.28
The Wind in the Willows
2006
5.78
Starter for 10
2006
6.41
Fear of Fanny
2006
7.30
Sex Lives of the Potato Men
2004
4.50
Victor Frankenstein
2015
5.90
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
2014
8.00
Doctor Who: The Great Detective
2012
8.50
The Hound of the Baskervilles
2023
8.00
A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story
2022
8.50
Horror Europa with Mark Gatiss
2012
8.00
The Dead Room
2018
5.70
The Kneale Tapes
2003
0.00
Coalition
2015
7.00
The Vote
2015
8.40
The Zero Imperative
1994
7.00
Unnatural Selection
1996
6.80
Cleaning Up
2011
9.00
Peter Davison: Uncut!
2022
0.00
Dad's Army
2016
5.00
Match Point
2005
7.40
Bright Young Things
2003
6.32
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride
2016
7.84
Consenting Adults
2007
5.70
Our Kind of Traitor
2016
6.04
Doctor Who: A New Dimension
2005
0.00
Denial
2016
6.85
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
2016
5.30
The Real Sherlock Holmes
2012
4.00
The Worst Journey in the World
2007
6.50
Return of the Goodies
2005
6.90
Against the Law
2017
7.00
Bidding Adieu: A Video Diary
1996
6.00
The Favourite
2018
7.50
Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time
2017
8.00
Christopher Robin
2018
7.29
Mark Gatiss: A Study in Sherlock
2016
7.30
The Mercy
2018
5.94
Mars: a Traveller's Guide
2017
8.00
Shaun of the Dead
2004
7.54
Global Conspiracy?
2004
0.00
The Father
2020
8.11
Brexit: The Uncivil War
2019
6.57
New Town
2009
0.00
In Search of Dracula
2020
9.00
Operation Mincemeat
2022
6.50
Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor
2013
5.00
The Web of Caves
1999
0.00
The Kidnappers
1999
0.00
The Pitch of Fear
1999
0.00
Locked Down
2021
5.21
Doctor Who and the Third Man
2019
0.00
Release the Hound!
2015
0.00
The Sparks Brothers
2021
7.40
Highgate House of Horror
1995
8.00
The Devil of Winterborne
1995
8.80
Grindhouse
2007
7.00
The Road Dance
2022
6.68
Unlocking Sherlock
2010
6.50
Inside No. 9: The Party's Over
2024
10.00
The Fantastic Four: First Steps
2025
0.00
The Celestial Toyroom
2013
0.00
