Mark Gatiss

Acting

🎂 1966-10-17

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.

Cast credits(161)

Tycho Nestoris

2011

Gantok

2005

Richard Lazarus

2005

Rev Giles Shawcross

1997

Self

2003

Angstrom

2025

2009

Leonard Boynton

1989

Self

2001

Self

2004

Mycroft Holmes

2010

Isaac Newton

2024

Mr. Harmony

2019

Earl of Sandwich

2024

Earl of Sandwich (voice)

2024

Ronald Hawes

2004

Ted Gilbert

2025

Callum

2014

Self

2014

Prince Regent

2017

2010

NSA

2023

Frank Renfield

2020

Stephen Gardiner

2015

1998

Rich

2015

2003

2004

Glenn Bulb

2004

Sir Robert Cecil

2017

Himself

2007

2005

Narrator

2005

Dr. Quentin Questa (voice)

2015

Major Benjamin 'Benjy' Flint

2014

Self

2014

Himself - Narrator (voice)

2014

Agent

1999

Bowmer

1994

Mr. Snow

2009

Gabriel Book

2025

Robert Louis Stevenson

2007

Frank Parris / Oscar Berlin

2024

Hang Man Chang

2001

1999

Diner Manager

1993

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

2004

Sherlock Holmes

2022

Himself

2013

2009

2005

Teddy - Agent

2002

Self

2009

The Curator

2008

Miss Blight (voice)

2005

Self - Presenter

2010

John Dashwood

2008

The Man

2020

Additional Vogon Voices

2005

Giles Winslow

2018

Lord Marlborough

2018

Mycroft Holmes

2016

Ping-Pong Player

2005

2000

(segment "Don't") (uncredited)

2007

Colonel Black

2008

Ivor Montazac

2022

Peter

2004

Larry Grayson

2023

Henry Rackham Junior

2011

Dettweiler

2015

Colonel Theakes

2016

Professor Robert Jan van der Pelt

2016

Bamber Gascoigne

2006

Ronald Hall

2018

Junior Detective

1998

Self

2021

Billy Matlock

2016

Donald

2021

Porter

2001

Joel

2016

House Agent

2003

Mr. Wickens

2021

Viking (voice)

2002

Doctor MacLean

2022

Peter Mandelson (voice)

2019

Himself

2015

The Captain

2017

Various Characters

2005

Rat

2006

Menenius Agrippa

2014

Peter Mandelson

2015

Self

2024

Himself / Mark Gatiss

2014

Jeremy

2004

Cavor

2010

Self

2020

various

2001

Self

2004

Jacob Marley

2022

Dr. Landers

2017

Johnnie Cradock

2006

Steven Crosswell

2015

Malcolm McLaren

2010

Kenyon

2004

Georgie

1995

Radio Announcer (voice)

2018

Self

2012

PC Butcher

2007

1995

Self - The League of Gentlemen

2005

Himself

2009

Himself

2005

Self - Host

2012

John Paterson

2005

Presenter

2013

Self - Actor and Writer

2012

2013

Sir John Gielgud

2024

Narrator

2012

Self

2014

Various Characters

2018

George III

2018

Dr. William Bruffin

1994

Himself

2019

Himself - Presenter

2020

Ernest Dunks

2009

Self

2013

Mr Jackson

2011

Self

2005

Mr. Emerson

1996

Apsley Cherry-Garrard

2007

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