Mark Gatiss

Mark Gatiss

57 · Born: Oct 17, 1966

2018
2017
2015
2011
2010

Known For

The League of Gentlemen The League of Gentlemen
Sherlock Sherlock
Christopher Robin Christopher Robin
The Favourite The Favourite
The Father The Father
Sherlock Sherlock

Personal Details

Official Socials
Born Oct 17, 1966 Sedgefield, Durham, England, UK
Parents
  • Maurice Gatiss
  • Winifred Rose Gatiss

Biography

Mark Gatiss is an English actor, comedian, screenwriter and novelist. He is known as a member of the comedy team The League of Gentlemen alongside Reece Shearsmith, Steve Pemberton and co-writer Jeremy Dyson, and has both written for and acted in the TV series Doctor Who and Sherlock, the latter of which he also co-created. 

Career

2023
Nolly
Nolly as Larry Grayson
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2022
Operation Mincemeat
Operation Mincemeat as Ivor Montazac
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The Road Dance
The Road Dance as Doctor Maclean
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Inside No. 9
Inside No. 9 as Callum
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2021
Locked Down
Locked Down as Donald
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The Amazing Mr Blunden
The Amazing Mr Blunden as Mr. Wickens
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2020
The Father
The Father as The Man
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Dracula
Dracula as Frank Renfield
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2018
The Favourite
The Favourite as John Churchill, Lord Marlborough
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Christopher Robin
Christopher Robin as Giles Winslow
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The Mercy
The Mercy as Ronald Hall
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National Theatre Live: The Madness of George III
National Theatre Live: The Madness of George III as George III
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The Dead Room
The Dead Room as Radio Announcer (voice)
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2017
Horizon
Horizon as Narrator
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Against the Law
Against the Law as Dr. Landers
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Sixteen Legs
Sixteen Legs
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Doctor Who
Doctor Who as The Captain
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Taboo
Taboo as Prince Regent
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Gunpowder
Gunpowder as Sir Robert Cecil
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2016
Sherlock
Sherlock as Mycroft Holmes
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Dad's Army
Dad's Army as Colonel Theakes
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Our Kind of Traitor
Our Kind of Traitor as Billy Matlock
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Denial
Denial as Professor Robert Jan van der Pelt
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2015
Coalition
Coalition as Peter Mandelson
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The Vote
The Vote as Steven Crosswell
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2014
Coriolanus
Coriolanus as Menenius Agrippa
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Mapp & Lucia
Mapp & Lucia as Major Benjamin 'Benjy' Flint
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2013
MR James: Ghost Writer
MR James: Ghost Writer as Presenter
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2012
Being Human
Being Human
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Horrible Histories
Horrible Histories
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2011
Cleaning Up
Cleaning Up as Mr Jackson
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The Crimson Petal and the White
The Crimson Petal and the White as Henry Rackham Junior
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2010
The First Men in the Moon
The First Men in the Moon as Cavor
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Worried About the Boy
Worried About the Boy as Malcolm McLaren
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Sherlock
Sherlock as Mycroft Holmes
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2009
Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen
Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen as Ernest Dunks
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Purves + Pekkala
Purves + Pekkala as Duff Purves
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2008
Sense & Sensibility
Sense & Sensibility as John Dashwood
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Crooked House
Crooked House
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Clone
Clone as Colonel Black
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2007
Don't
Don't as Roddy McDowel
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Jekyll
Jekyll as Robert Louis Stevenson
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Doctor Who
Doctor Who as Richard Lazarus
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2006
The Wind in the Willows
The Wind in the Willows as Rat
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Fear of Fanny
Fear of Fanny as Johnnie Cradock
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The League of Gentlemen Are Behind You
The League of Gentlemen Are Behind You as Hilary Briss / Mickey Michaels / Val Denton / Les McQueen / Lance Longthorne / Alvin Steele / Phil Proctor / Mrs Beas...
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Starter for 10
Starter for 10 as Bamber Gascoigne
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Doctor Who Confidential
Doctor Who Confidential as Narrator
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2005
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit as Miss Blight (voice)
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The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse as Various Characters
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'Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit': On the Set - Part 1
'Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit': On the Set - Part 1 as Miss Blight
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The Quatermass Experiment
The Quatermass Experiment as John Paterson
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Match Point
Match Point as Ping-Pong Player
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2004
Sex Lives of the Potato Men
Sex Lives of the Potato Men as Jeremy
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Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures
Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures as Kenyon
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Global Conspiracy?
Global Conspiracy? as Terry Scanlon
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Nighty Night
Nighty Night as Glenn Bulb
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Marple
Marple as Ronald Hawes
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2002
Surrealissimo: The Scandalous Success of Salvador Dali
Surrealissimo: The Scandalous Success of Salvador Dali as Louis Aragon
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2001
The League of Gentlemen: Live at Drury Lane
The League of Gentlemen: Live at Drury Lane as various
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Spaced
Spaced as Agent
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1999
The League of Gentlemen
The League of Gentlemen
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1998
This Morning with Richard Not Judy
This Morning with Richard Not Judy
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In the Red
In the Red as Junior Detective
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1996
P.R.O.B.E.: Unnatural Selection
P.R.O.B.E.: Unnatural Selection as Mr. Emerson
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Bidding Adieu: A Video Diary
Bidding Adieu: A Video Diary as Interviewer
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1995
P.R.O.B.E.: The Devil of Winterborne
P.R.O.B.E.: The Devil of Winterborne as Georgie
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Stranger Than Fiction 2
Stranger Than Fiction 2
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1994
P.R.O.B.E.: The Zero Imperative
P.R.O.B.E.: The Zero Imperative as Dr. William Bruffin
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1993
Doctor Who: Thirty Years in the TARDIS
Doctor Who: Thirty Years in the TARDIS
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2023
Hammer A.D. 2023
Hammer A.D. 2023
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2020
In Search of Dracula with Mark Gatiss
In Search of Dracula with Mark Gatiss
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2018
Charles I's Treasures Reunited
Charles I's Treasures Reunited
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Mark Gatiss on John Minton: The Lost Man of British Art
Mark Gatiss on John Minton: The Lost Man of British Art
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2016
Mark Gatiss: A Study in Sherlock
Mark Gatiss: A Study in Sherlock
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2015
Premium Bond with Mark Gatiss and Matthew Sweet
Premium Bond with Mark Gatiss and Matthew Sweet
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2014
Unlocking Sherlock
Unlocking Sherlock
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The Real History of Science Fiction
The Real History of Science Fiction
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2013
Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor
Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor
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2012
Horror Europa with Mark Gatiss
Horror Europa with Mark Gatiss
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The Real Sherlock Holmes
The Real Sherlock Holmes
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2010
A History of Horror with Mark Gatiss
A History of Horror with Mark Gatiss
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2009
Doctor Who Greatest Moments
Doctor Who Greatest Moments
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2008
Truly, Madly, Cheaply!: British B Movies
Truly, Madly, Cheaply!: British B Movies
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2005
Return of the Goodies
Return of the Goodies
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All I Want: A Portrait of Rufus Wainwright
All I Want: A Portrait of Rufus Wainwright
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2004
Skip to the End
Skip to the End
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QI
QI
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2016
Sherlock
Sherlock as Writer
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2013
An Adventure in Space and Time
An Adventure in Space and Time as Writer
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Sherlock
Sherlock as Writer
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MR James: Ghost Writer
MR James: Ghost Writer as Writer
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2012
Horror Europa with Mark Gatiss
Horror Europa with Mark Gatiss as Writer
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2010
The First Men in the Moon
The First Men in the Moon as Screenplay
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2004
Global Conspiracy?
Global Conspiracy? as Writer
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2001
The League of Gentlemen: Live at Drury Lane
The League of Gentlemen: Live at Drury Lane as Writer
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1996
P.R.O.B.E.: Unnatural Selection
P.R.O.B.E.: Unnatural Selection as Writer
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1995
P.R.O.B.E.: The Devil of Winterborne
P.R.O.B.E.: The Devil of Winterborne as Writer
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1994
P.R.O.B.E.: The Zero Imperative
P.R.O.B.E.: The Zero Imperative as Writer
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2023
Lot No. 249
Lot No. 249 as Director, Screenplay
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2021
The Mezzotint
The Mezzotint as Director, Screenplay
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The Amazing Mr Blunden
The Amazing Mr Blunden as Director, Writer
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2019
Martin's Close
Martin's Close as Director, Writer
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2018
The Dead Room
The Dead Room as Director, Writer
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2013
The Tractate Middoth
The Tractate Middoth as Director, Writer
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2020
Dracula
Dracula as Creator
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2010
Sherlock
Sherlock as Creator
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2008
Crooked House
Crooked House as Creator
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1999
The League of Gentlemen
The League of Gentlemen as Creator
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