Mark Gatiss
Known For
Acting
Born
1966-10-17 in 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.
Most Known For
Game of Thrones
as Tycho Nestoris
Midsomer Murders
as Rev Giles Shawcross
Doctor Who
as Gantok
Doctor Who
as Richard Lazarus
Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Leonard Boynton
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
as Angstrom
Sherlock
as Mycroft Holmes
Agatha Christie's Marple
as Ronald Hawes
The Fantastic 4: First Steps
as Ted Gilbert
QI
as Self
3 Body Problem
as Isaac Newton
Inside No. 9
as Callum
Inside No. 9
as Self
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
as NSA
Taboo
as Prince Regent
Good Omens
as Mr. Harmony
Time Bandits
as Earl of Sandwich
Time Bandits
as Earl of Sandwich (voice)
Shaun of the Dead
as Radio Presenter With 'Spaceship' Theory / Wildlife voiceover (voice) (uncredited)
