Mark Gatiss
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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).
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Known For
Doctor Who
Midsomer Murders
Game of Thrones
Sherlock
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Being Human
Agatha Christie's Marple
Who Do You Think You Are?
Time Bandits
Doctor Who
3 Body Problem
Taboo
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
Harry
Only Connect
Good Omens
Doctor Who Greatest Moments
Inside Classical
Shaun of the Dead
Brexit: The Uncivil War
Bright Young Things
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Inside No. 9: The Party's Over
Victor Frankenstein
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
Wolf Hall
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
Match Point
Free Jimmy
The Celestial Toyroom
Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe
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'
Christopher Robin
Consenting Adults
Locked Down
The Fantastic Four: First Steps
Denial
Mapp and Lucia
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Operation Mincemeat
Nighty Night
Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures
The Favourite
Return of the Goodies
Dracula
Moonflower Murders
Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor
How to Be Sherlock Holmes: The Many Faces of a Master Detective
Ghosts in the Machine
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride
Sense and Sensibility
The Quatermass Experiment
Against the Law
The League of Gentlemen - Live Again!
Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time
Doctor Who Confidential
The Father
Gunpowder
A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story
Doctor Who and the Third Man
The Real History of Science Fiction
The First Men in the Moon
Crooked House
Clone
The Kidnappers
Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen
Mars: a Traveller's Guide
Bookish
M.R. James: Ghost Writer
Global Conspiracy?
The Worst Journey in the World
A History of Horror
The Pitch of Fear
The League of Gentlemen - Yule Never Leave!
The Web of Caves
Production Credits
Doctor Who: Sleep No More
Global Conspiracy?
Doctor Who
The First Men in the Moon
Queers.
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride
The Kidnappers
The League of Gentlemen - Live Again!
Crooked House
M.R. James: Ghost Writer
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story
Bookish
Dracula
The League of Gentlemen - Yule Never Leave!
A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Mezzotint
A History of Horror
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Doctor Who
A Ghost Story for Christmas: Lot No. 249
An Adventure in Space and Time
Sherlock
A Ghost Story for Christmas
The Worst Journey in the World
A Ghost Story for Christmas: Count Magnus
The Web of Caves
The Pitch of Fear
Martin's Close
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