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Mark Gatiss

Actor, Writer, Producer, Director, Additional CreditsBorn October 17, 1966 (58 years)
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).

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Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Match Point
  • Taboo (2017)
  • Midsomer Murders
  • The Mercy
  • Bright Young Things
  • The Crimson Petal and The White
  • The Road Dance
  • The Dwelling Place
  • Fear of Fanny

Known For

  • Sherlock
  • The Father
  • Doctor Who (2005)
  • Dracula (2020)
  • Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
  • The League of Gentlemen
  • An Adventure in Space and Time
  • Christopher Robin
  • The Fantastic Four: First Steps

Featured Videos

    Filmography

    2025
    2025
    Marvel Studios' The Fantastic Four: First Steps - World Premiere · as Ted Gilbert (archive Footage) (uncredited)
    2025
    Bookish (TV Series) · as Gabriel Book
    2025
    2024
    Moonflower Murders (TV Series) · as Frank Parris / Oscar Berlin
    2024
    Time Bandits (TV Series) · as Earl Of Sandwich
    2024
    3 Body Problem (TV Series) · as Isaac Newton
    2024
    2023
    2023
    Nolly (TV Series) · as Larry Grayson
    2022
    2021
    The Road Dance · as Doctor Maclean
    2021
    The Amazing Mr Blunden · as Mr. Wickens
    2021
    Operation Mincemeat · as Ivor Montazac
    2021
    Locked Down · as Donald
    2020
    The Father · as The Man
    2020
    Dracula (2020) (TV Series) · as Frank Renfield
    2019
    Good Omens (TV Series) · as Mr. Harmony
    2019
    Brexit · as Peter Mandelson (voice)
    2018
    The Dead Room · as Radio Announcer (voice)
    2018
    The Favourite · as Lord Marlborough
    2018
    2018
    The League of Gentlemen - Live Again! · as Various Characters
    2018
    2018
    The League of Gentlemen - Live Again! · as Various Characters
    2018
    Sally4Ever (TV Series) · as Doctor
    2018
    Christopher Robin · as Giles Winslow
    2018
    The Mercy · as Ronald Hall
    2018
    2017
    2017
    Gunpowder (TV Series) · as Sir Robert Cecil
    2017
    2017
    Against the Law · as Dr. Landers
    2017
    Taboo (2017) (TV Series) · as Prince Regent
    2017
    Sixteen Legs · as Cast
    2016
    Denial · as Professor Robert Jan Van Der Pelt
    2016
    2016
    Our Kind of Traitor · as Billy Matlock
    2016
    Dad's Army · as Colonel Theakes
    2016
    Sherlock: The Abominable Bride · as Mycroft Holmes
    2015
    Victor Frankenstein · as Dettweiler
    2015
    London Spy (TV Series) · as Rich
    2015
    The Vote · as Steven Crosswell
    2015
    Thunderbirds Are Go! (TV Series) · as Dr. Quentin Questa (voice)
    2015
    Coalition · as Peter Mandelson
    2015
    Wolf Hall (TV Series) · as Stephen Gardiner
    2014
    Mapp and Lucia (2014) (TV Series) · as Major Benjamin 'benjy' Flint
    2014
    Inside No. 9 (TV Series) · as Callum
    2014
    Coriolanus · as Menenius Agrippa
    2013
    MR James: Ghost Writer · as Presenter
    2013
    Psychobitches (TV Series) · as Joan Crawford
    2013
    2012
    2011
    Game of Thrones (TV Series) · as Tycho Nestoris
    2011
    The Crimson Petal and The White (TV Series) · as Henry Rackham Junior
    2010
    2010
    2010
    Sherlock (TV Series) · as Mycroft Holmes
    2010
    Worried About the Boy · as Malcolm Mclaren
    2009
    2009
    Psychoville (TV Series)
    2009
    2009
    Purves + Pekkala · as Duff Purves
    2008
    Crooked House (TV Series) · as The Curator
    2008
    Clone (TV Series) · as Colonel Black
    2008
    Being Human (TV Series) · as Mr. Snow
    2008
    Sense & Sensibility (2008) (TV Series) · as John Dashwood
    2007
    Consenting Adults · as Pc Butcher
    2007
    Jekyll (TV Series) · as Robert Louis Stevenson
    2007
    The Worst Journey in the World · as Apsley Cherry-Garrard
    2007
    Inspector George Gently (TV Series) · as Stephen Groves
    2007
    Grindhouse · as (segment "don't") (uncredited)
    2007
    Don't · as Roddy Mcdowel
    2006
    2006
    The League of Gentlemen Are Behind You · as 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
    Starter for 10 · as Bamber Gascoigne
    2006
    Fear of Fanny · as Johnnie Cradock
    2006
    Free Jimmy · as Jakki
    2005
    A Ghost Story for Christmas (TV Series) · as Radio Announcer
    2005
    Match Point · as Ping-Pong Player
    2005
    2005
    Funland (TV Series)
    2005
    2005
    2005
    The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse · as Various Characters
    2005
    The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy · as Additional Vogon Voices
    2005
    The Quatermass Experiment · as John Paterson
    2005
    Doctor Who (2005) (TV Series) · as Gantok
    2005
    Doctor Who Confidential (TV Series) · as Narrator
    2004
    Agatha Christie's Marple (TV Series) · as Ronald Hawes
    2004
    2004
    Global Conspiracy? · as Terry Scanlon
    2004
    Shaun of the Dead · as Radio Presenter With 'spaceship' Theory / Wildlife Voiceover (voice) (uncredited)
    2004
    2004
    Catterick (TV Series) · as Peter
    2004
    Nighty Night (TV Series) · as Glenn Bulb
    2003
    2003
    Little Britain (TV Series)
    2002
    2002
    Jackanory: The Curse of Karrit Poor · as Dr. Edmund Chinnery
    2002
    2002
    Footballers' Wives (TV Series) · as Teddy - Agent
    2001
    2001
    Dr. Terrible's House of Horrible (TV Series) · as Hang Man Chang
    2001
    Birthday Girl · as Porter
    2000
    1999
    1999
    The Pitch of Fear · as Mr. Borusa
    1999
    The Web of Caves · as The Doctor
    1999
    The Kidnappers · as Mark
    1999
    Spaced (TV Series) · as Agent
    1999
    1998
    In The Red (TV Series) · as Junior Detective
    1998
    1997
    1997
    Midsomer Murders (TV Series) · as Rev Giles Shawcross
    1995
    1995
    Barbara (TV Series) · as Archie
    1994
    The Dwelling Place (TV Series) · as Bowmer
    1994
    The Zero Imperative · as Dr. William Bruffin
    1993
    1993
    Harry (1993) (TV Series) · as Diner Manager
    1989
    Agatha Christie's Poirot (TV Series) · as Leonard Boynton
    1964
    Horizon (TV Series) · as Narrator

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