Mark Gatiss
Actor
- Born
- October 17, 1966 (age 60) · Sedgefield, Durham, England, UK
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).
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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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Known for
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- 2027Bunker as Simon
- 2025Being Stanley Baxter as Self
- 2025The Fantastic 4: First Steps as Ted Gilbert
- 2025Marvel Studios' The Fantastic Four: First Steps - World Premiere as Ted Gilbert (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2025Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning as Angstrom
- 2025The Painting & The Statue as Old Lord/Butler 'Smith'/Dancing Man/Old Lord 'Johnny'
- 2024Inside No. 9: The Party's Over as Self
- 2024National Theatre Live: The Motive and the Cue as Sir John Gielgud
- 2023The Hound of the Baskervilles as Sherlock Holmes
