Mark Gatiss
Born October 17, 1966 (Age: 59)
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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.
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.
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Filmography
The Fantastic 4: First Steps
2025
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as Ted Gilbert
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Age: 58
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
2025
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as Angstrom
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Age: 58
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
2023
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as NSA
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Age: 56
The Road Dance
2022
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as Doctor MacLean
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Age: 55
The Sparks Brothers
2021
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as Self
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Age: 54
A Silent Imprisonment
2021
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as Mr Murphy
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Age: 54
The Father
2020
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as The Man
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Age: 54
The Favourite
2018
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as Lord Marlborough
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Age: 52
The League of Gentlemen - Live Again!
2018
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as Various Characters
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Age: 52
Christopher Robin
2018
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as Giles Winslow
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Age: 51
The Mercy
2018
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as Ronald Hall
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Age: 51
Denial
2016
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as Professor Robert Jan van der Pelt
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Age: 49
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
2016
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as Joel
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Age: 49
Our Kind of Traitor
2016
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as Billy Matlock
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Age: 49
Victor Frankenstein
2015
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as Dettweiler
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Age: 49
No Image
Release the Hound!
2015
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as Self
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Age: 48
Doctor Who: The Great Detective
2012
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as Narrator
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Age: 46
The Real Sherlock Holmes
2012
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as Self
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Age: 45
Back to Black: The Making of Dracula Prince of Darkness
2012
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as Self - Actor and Writer
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Age: 45
Unlocking Sherlock
2010
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as Himself
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Age: 43
No Image
Ghosts in the Machine
2009
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as Himself
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Age: 43
New Town
2009
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as Duff Purves
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Age: 42
The Worst Journey in the World
2007
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as Apsley Cherry-Garrard
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Age: 40
Starter for 10
2006
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as Bamber Gascoigne
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Age: 39
Match Point
2005
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as Ping-Pong Player
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Age: 39
Bring Something Back: The Making of 'The Quatermass Experiment'
2005
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as
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Age: 39
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
2005
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as Miss Blight (voice)
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Age: 38
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'
2005
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as Self - The League of Gentlemen
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Age: 38
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
2005
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as Various Characters
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Age: 38
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
2005
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as Additional Vogon Voices
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Age: 38
Doctor Who: A New Dimension
2005
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as Self
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Age: 38
Global Conspiracy?
2004
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as Terry Scanlon
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Age: 37
Spaced: Skip to the End
2004
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as Self
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Age: 37
Shaun of the Dead
2004
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as Radio Presenter With 'Spaceship' Theory / Wildlife voiceover (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 37
Sex Lives of the Potato Men
2004
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as Jeremy
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Age: 37
Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe
2002
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as Viking (voice)
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Age: 36
Surrealissimo: The Trial of Salvador Dali
2002
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as Louis Aragon
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Age: 35
The Cicerones
2002
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as John Trant
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Age: 35
Birthday Girl
2001
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as Porter
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Age: 34
Stranger Than Fiction 3: Acting Up
1997
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as
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Age: 30
PROBE: Unnatural Selection
1996
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as Mr. Emerson
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Age: 29
Bidding Adieu: A Video Diary
1996
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as Self - Interviewer
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Age: 29