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.
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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Filmography (Movies)
Being Stanley Baxter
Character:Self
Release Date:31/12/2025
The Fantastic 4: First Steps
Character:Ted Gilbert
Release Date:23/07/2025
Marvel Studios' The Fantastic Four: First Steps - World Premiere
Character:Ted Gilbert (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:21/07/2025
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
Character:Angstrom
Release Date:17/05/2025
Inside No. 9: The Party's Over
Character:Self
Release Date:22/12/2024
National Theatre Live: The Motive and the Cue
Character:Sir John Gielgud
Release Date:21/03/2024
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Character:Sherlock Holmes
Release Date:25/12/2023
Hammer A.D. 2023
Character:Self
Release Date:11/10/2023
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
Character:NSA
Release Date:08/07/2023
A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story
Character:Jacob Marley
Release Date:27/11/2022
Peter Davison: Uncut!
Character:Self
Release Date:01/08/2022
The Road Dance
Character:Doctor MacLean
Release Date:20/05/2022
Operation Mincemeat
Character:Ivor Montazac
Release Date:01/04/2022
The Amazing Mr. Blunden
Character:Mr. Wickens
Release Date:20/12/2021
Memento Mori
Character:Henry Huxley
Release Date:23/07/2021
The Sparks Brothers
Character:Self
Release Date:18/06/2021
A Silent Imprisonment
Character:Mr Murphy
Release Date:01/04/2021
Locked Down
Character:Donald
Release Date:25/02/2021
The Father
Character:The Man
Release Date:23/12/2020
Cold War Steve Meets the Outside World
Character:Self
Release Date:24/11/2020
Tales of the Uncanny
Character:Self
Release Date:31/10/2020
Scandal & Beauty: Mark Gatiss on Aubrey Beardsley
Character:Self
Release Date:29/03/2020
In Search of Dracula
Character:Himself - Presenter
Release Date:03/01/2020
Doctor Who and the Third Man
Character:Himself
Release Date:08/07/2019
The Favourite: Unstitching the Costume Drama
Character:Self
Release Date:05/03/2019
Brexit: The Uncivil War
Character:Peter Mandelson (voice)
Release Date:19/01/2019
The Dead Room
Character:Radio Announcer (voice)
Release Date:24/12/2018
The Favourite
Character:Lord Marlborough
Release Date:23/11/2018
National Theatre Live: The Madness of George III
Character:George III
Release Date:20/11/2018
The League of Gentlemen - Live Again!
Character:Various Characters
Release Date:19/11/2018
The League of Gentlemen - Live Again!
Character:Various Characters
Release Date:19/11/2018
Mark Gatiss on John Minton: The Lost Man of British Art
Character:Himself - Presenter
Release Date:13/08/2018
Christopher Robin
Character:Giles Winslow
Release Date:01/08/2018
The Mercy
Character:Ronald Hall
Release Date:09/02/2018
Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time
Character:The Captain
Release Date:25/12/2017
Mars: a Traveller's Guide
Character:Narrator
Release Date:12/09/2017
Against the Law
Character:Dr. Landers
Release Date:16/03/2017
Denial
Character:Professor Robert Jan van der Pelt
Release Date:30/09/2016
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
Character:Joel
Release Date:01/07/2016
Our Kind of Traitor
Character:Billy Matlock
Release Date:05/05/2016
Dad's Army
Character:Colonel Theakes
Release Date:05/02/2016
Mark Gatiss: A Study in Sherlock
Character:Himself
Release Date:11/01/2016
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride
Character:Mycroft Holmes
Release Date:01/01/2016
Victor Frankenstein
Character:Dettweiler
Release Date:10/11/2015
Premium Bond with Mark Gatiss and Matthew Sweet
Character:Himself
Release Date:28/10/2015
The Vote
Character:Steven Crosswell
Release Date:07/05/2015
Release the Hound!
Character:Self
Release Date:21/04/2015
Coalition
Character:Peter Mandelson
Release Date:28/03/2015
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
Character:Self
Release Date:24/05/2014
National Theatre Live: Coriolanus
Character:Menenius Agrippa
Release Date:29/01/2014
Unlocking Sherlock
Character:Himself / Mark Gatiss
Release Date:19/01/2014
How to Be Sherlock Holmes: The Many Faces of a Master Detective
Character:Self
Release Date:12/01/2014
Sherlock: His Last Vow
Character:
Release Date:12/01/2014
M.R. James: Ghost Writer
Character:Presenter
Release Date:25/12/2013
Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor
Character:Self
Release Date:04/08/2013
The Celestial Toyroom
Character:
Release Date:11/03/2013
Doctor Who: The Great Detective
Character:Narrator
Release Date:16/11/2012
Horror Europa with Mark Gatiss
Character:Self - Host
Release Date:30/10/2012
The Real Sherlock Holmes
Character:Self
Release Date:11/06/2012
Back to Black: The Making of Dracula Prince of Darkness
Character:Self - Actor and Writer
Release Date:30/04/2012
Cleaning Up
Character:Mr Jackson
Release Date:15/09/2011
The First Men in the Moon
Character:Cavor
Release Date:19/10/2010
Unlocking Sherlock
Character:Himself
Release Date:30/08/2010
Worried About the Boy
Character:Malcolm McLaren
Release Date:16/05/2010
Ghosts in the Machine
Character:Himself
Release Date:27/10/2009
Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen
Character:Ernest Dunks
Release Date:05/08/2009
New Town
Character:Duff Purves
Release Date:14/04/2009
Consenting Adults
Character:PC Butcher
Release Date:04/09/2007
The Worst Journey in the World
Character:Apsley Cherry-Garrard
Release Date:29/04/2007
Grindhouse
Character:(segment "Don't") (uncredited)
Release Date:06/04/2007
The Wind in the Willows
Character:Rat
Release Date:18/12/2006
The League of Gentlemen Are Behind You
Character: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
Release Date:20/11/2006
Fear of Fanny
Character:Johnnie Cradock
Release Date:23/10/2006
Starter for 10
Character:Bamber Gascoigne
Release Date:13/09/2006
Return of the Goodies
Character:Himself
Release Date:30/12/2005
Match Point
Character:Ping-Pong Player
Release Date:26/10/2005
Bring Something Back: The Making of 'The Quatermass Experiment'
Character:
Release Date:24/10/2005
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Character:Miss Blight (voice)
Release Date:15/09/2005
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'
Character:Self - The League of Gentlemen
Release Date:05/09/2005
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
Character:Various Characters
Release Date:03/06/2005
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Character:Additional Vogon Voices
Release Date:28/04/2005
The Quatermass Experiment
Character:John Paterson
Release Date:02/04/2005
Doctor Who: A New Dimension
Character:Self
Release Date:26/03/2005
Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures
Character:Kenyon
Release Date:22/09/2004
Global Conspiracy?
Character:Terry Scanlon
Release Date:10/05/2004
Spaced: Skip to the End
Character:Self
Release Date:12/04/2004
Shaun of the Dead
Character:Radio Presenter With 'Spaceship' Theory / Wildlife voiceover (voice) (uncredited)
Release Date:09/04/2004
Sex Lives of the Potato Men
Character:Jeremy
Release Date:20/02/2004
The Kneale Tapes
Character:Self
Release Date:15/10/2003
Bright Young Things
Character:House Agent
Release Date:03/10/2003
Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe
Character:Viking (voice)
Release Date:13/12/2002
Surrealissimo: The Trial of Salvador Dali
Character:Louis Aragon
Release Date:02/03/2002
The Cicerones
Character:John Trant
Release Date:01/01/2002
Tales from Behind the Crypt
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/2002
The League of Gentlemen: Live at Drury Lane
Character:various
Release Date:19/11/2001
Birthday Girl
Character:Porter
Release Date:06/09/2001
The League of Gentlemen's Christmas Special: Yule Never Leave!
Character:Various
Release Date:27/12/2000
The Kidnappers
Character:Mark
Release Date:13/11/1999
The Pitch of Fear
Character:Mr. Borusa
Release Date:13/11/1999
The Web of Caves
Character:The Doctor
Release Date:13/11/1999
Stranger Than Fiction 3: Acting Up
Character:
Release Date:01/09/1997
PROBE: Unnatural Selection
Character:Mr. Emerson
Release Date:01/10/1996
Bidding Adieu: A Video Diary
Character:Self - Interviewer
Release Date:01/04/1996
PROBE: The Devil of Winterborne
Character:Georgie
Release Date:01/08/1995
Stranger than Fiction 2: From Script to Screen
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1995
Highgate House of Horror
Character:Mr Banham
Release Date:01/01/1995
PROBE: The Zero Imperative
Character:Dr. William Bruffin
Release Date:01/01/1994
Television Appearances
Bookish
Character:Gabriel Book
Moonflower Murders
Character:Frank Parris / Oscar Berlin
Time Bandits
Character:Earl of Sandwich
Time Bandits
Character:Earl of Sandwich (voice)
3 Body Problem
Character:Isaac Newton
Juice
Character:George
Nolly
Character:Larry Grayson
Inside Classical
Character:Sherlock Holmes
Dracula
Character:Frank Renfield
Good Omens
Character:Mr. Harmony
Gunpowder
Character:Sir Robert Cecil
Taboo
Character:Prince Regent
London Spy
Character:Rich
Doctor Who: The Fan Show
Character:
Thunderbirds Are Go!
Character:Dr. Quentin Questa (voice)
Wolf Hall
Character:Stephen Gardiner
Mapp and Lucia
Character:Major Benjamin 'Benjy' Flint
Doctor Who Extra
Character:Self
The Real History of Science Fiction
Character:Himself - Narrator (voice)
Inside No. 9
Character:Callum
Inside No. 9
Character:Self
Dr. Forever!
Character:Himself
Game of Thrones
Character:Tycho Nestoris
The Crimson Petal and the White
Character:Henry Rackham Junior
Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge
Character:
A History of Horror
Character:Self - Presenter
Sherlock
Character:Mycroft Holmes
Doctor Who Greatest Moments
Character:Self
Psychoville
Character:
Horrible Histories
Character:
Being Human
Character:Mr. Snow
Crooked House
Character:The Curator
Clone
Character:Colonel Black
Sense and Sensibility
Character:John Dashwood
Jekyll
Character:Robert Louis Stevenson
Derren Brown: Trick or Treat
Character:Himself
A Ghost Story for Christmas
Character:Radio Announcer (Voice)
Funland
Character:
Doctor Who Confidential
Character:
Doctor Who
Character:Gantok
Doctor Who
Character:Richard Lazarus
Doctor Who Confidential
Character:Narrator
Agatha Christie's Marple
Character:Ronald Hawes
Who Do You Think You Are?
Character:Self
Catterick
Character:Peter
Nighty Night
Character:Glenn Bulb
Little Britain
Character:
QI
Character:Self
Footballers' Wives
Character:Teddy - Agent
Dr. Terrible's House of Horrible
Character:Hang Man Chang
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Character:Self
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
Character:
Spaced
Character:Agent
The League of Gentlemen
Character:Various
In the Red
Character:Junior Detective
This Morning with Richard Not Judy
Character:
Midsomer Murders
Character:Rev Giles Shawcross
The Dwelling Place
Character:Bowmer
Harry
Character:Diner Manager
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Character:Leonard Boynton
A Ghost Story for Christmas
Character:Radio Presenter (Voice)
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