Mark Gatiss
Born in Sedgefield, Durham, England, UK — Oct 17 1966
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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…
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Game of Thrones
Tycho Nestoris
Midsomer Murders
Rev Giles Shawcross
Doctor Who
Gantok
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Leonard Boynton
3 Body Problem
Isaac Newton
Sherlock
Mycroft Holmes
Agatha Christie's Marple
Ronald Hawes
Taboo
Prince Regent
The Fantastic 4: First Steps
Ted Gilbert
Horrible Histories
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
Angstrom
Who Do You Think You Are?
Self
Inside No. 9
Callum
Good Omens
Mr. Harmony
Being Human
Mr. Snow
Doctor Who Confidential
Time Bandits
Earl of Sandwich
Wolf Hall
Stephen Gardiner
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
NSA
Little Britain
Thunderbirds Are Go!
Dr. Quentin Questa (voice)
Footballers' Wives
Teddy - Agent
A Ghost Story for Christmas
Radio Presenter (Voice)
Spaced
Agent
Playhouse Presents
Joan Crawford
Dracula
Frank Renfield
Shaun of the Dead
Radio Presenter With 'Spaceship' Theory / Wildlife voiceover (voice) (uncredited)
London Spy
Rich
Harry
Diner Manager
Gunpowder
Sir Robert Cecil
The Real History of Science Fiction
Himself - Narrator (voice)
The Father
The Man
Bookish
Gabriel Book
Moonflower Murders
Frank Parris / Oscar Berlin
Psychoville
The Favourite
Lord Marlborough
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
The League of Gentlemen
Various
Grindhouse
(segment "Don't") (uncredited)
Queers.
Directing
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Miss Blight (voice)
Doctor Who Extra
Self
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Additional Vogon Voices
Funland
Ambrose Chapfel
Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge
Nighty Night
Glenn Bulb
Juice
George
Psychobitches
Joan Crawford
Match Point
Ping-Pong Player
Victor Frankenstein
Dettweiler
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride
Mycroft Holmes
Jekyll
Robert Louis Stevenson
The Crimson Petal and the White
Henry Rackham Junior
Nolly
Larry Grayson
Christopher Robin
Giles Winslow
In the Red
Junior Detective
Denial
Professor Robert Jan van der Pelt
Dr Terrible's House of Horrible
Hang Man Chang
Crooked House
The Curator
Doctor Who Greatest Moments
Self
A History of Horror
Self - Presenter
Sense and Sensibility
John Dashwood
Operation Mincemeat
Ivor Montazac
Locked Down
Donald
The Mercy
Ronald Hall
Birthday Girl
Porter
Mapp and Lucia
Major Benjamin 'Benjy' Flint
Clone
Colonel Black
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
Joel
Starter for 10
Bamber Gascoigne
Dad's Army
Colonel Theakes
This Morning with Richard Not Judy
Derren Brown: Trick or Treat
Himself
Bright Young Things
House Agent
Our Kind of Traitor
Billy Matlock
Catterick
Peter
Inside Classical
Sherlock Holmes
The Vote
Steven Crosswell
The Dwelling Place
Bowmer
An Adventure in Space and Time
Writing
The Sparks Brothers
Self
Marvel Studios' The Fantastic Four: First Steps - World Premiere
Ted Gilbert (archive footage) (uncredited)
Fear of Fanny
Johnnie Cradock
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
Various Characters
The Quatermass Experiment
John Paterson
Coalition
Peter Mandelson
The Road Dance
Doctor MacLean
Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor
Self
Brexit: The Uncivil War
Peter Mandelson (voice)
The Amazing Mr. Blunden
Mr. Wickens
Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time
The Captain
Dr. Forever!
Himself
The Wind in the Willows
Rat
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'
Self - The League of Gentlemen
New Town
Duff Purves
Unlocking Sherlock
Himself / Mark Gatiss
National Theatre Live: The Motive and the Cue
Sir John Gielgud
Doctor Who: A New Dimension
Self
Sherlock: Many Happy Returns
Writing
Consenting Adults
PC Butcher
Spaced: Skip to the End
Self
The Dead Room
Radio Announcer (voice)
The First Men in the Moon
Cavor
Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe
Viking (voice)
Tales of the Uncanny
Self
National Theatre Live: The Madness of George III
George III
A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Room in the Tower
Directing
The Tractate Middoth
Directing
Sex Lives of the Potato Men
Jeremy
Surrealissimo: The Trial of Salvador Dali
Louis Aragon
National Theatre Live: Coriolanus
Menenius Agrippa
Against the Law
Dr. Landers
Cleaning Up
Mr Jackson
Being Stanley Baxter
Self
Return of the Goodies
Himself
Back to Black: The Making of Dracula Prince of Darkness
Self - Actor and Writer
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
Self
Martin's Close
Production
Cold War Steve Meets the Outside World
Self
Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures
Kenyon
A Ghost Story for Christmas: Lot No. 249
Directing
Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen
Ernest Dunks
How to Be Sherlock Holmes: The Many Faces of a Master Detective
Self
Mark Gatiss: A Study in Sherlock
Himself
A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Mezzotint
Writing
Doctor Who: The Great Detective
Narrator
Hammer A.D. 2023
Self
The Cicerones
John Trant
The Kidnappers
Mark
A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story
Jacob Marley
A Ghost Story for Christmas: Count Magnus
Directing
Horror Europa with Mark Gatiss
Self - Host
Bidding Adieu: A Video Diary
Self - Interviewer
Inside No. 9: The Party's Over
Self
Scandal & Beauty: Mark Gatiss on Aubrey Beardsley
Self
The Real Sherlock Holmes
Self
The League of Gentlemen Are Behind You
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
The Kneale Tapes
Self
The Celestial Toyroom
PROBE: The Zero Imperative
Dr. William Bruffin
The League of Gentlemen: Live at Drury Lane
various
PROBE: Unnatural Selection
Mr. Emerson
Unlocking Sherlock
Himself
Highgate House of Horror
Mr Banham
Doctor Who and the Third Man
Himself
PROBE: The Devil of Winterborne
Georgie
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Sherlock Holmes
PROBE: Ghosts of Winterborne
Writing
Memento Mori
Henry Huxley
Worried About the Boy
Malcolm McLaren
Bring Something Back: The Making of 'The Quatermass Experiment'
A New Body at Last
Crew
Ghosts in the Machine
Himself
Stranger than Fiction 2: From Script to Screen
Release the Hound!
Self
The League of Gentlemen - Live Again!
Various Characters
Premium Bond with Mark Gatiss and Matthew Sweet
Himself
The Web of Caves
The Doctor
Stranger Than Fiction 3: Acting Up
The Worst Journey in the World
Apsley Cherry-Garrard
Tales from Behind the Crypt
Self
A Ghost Story For Christmas: Woman of Stone
Directing
M.R. James: Ghost Writer
Presenter
The League of Gentlemen - Live Again!
Various Characters
In Search of Dracula
Himself - Presenter
Mars: a Traveller's Guide
Narrator
The Painting & The Statue
Old Lord/Butler 'Smith'/Dancing Man/Old Lord 'Johnny'
Peter Davison: Uncut!
Self
Mark Gatiss on John Minton: The Lost Man of British Art
Himself - Presenter
The Pitch of Fear
Mr. Borusa
Global Conspiracy?
Terry Scanlon
A Silent Imprisonment
Mr Murphy
Doctor Who
Writing