Mark Gatiss

Acting

🎂 1966-10-17

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.

Cast credits(162)

Angstrom

2025

Ted Gilbert

2025

Tycho Nestoris

2011

Rev Giles Shawcross

1997

Leonard Boynton

1989

Gantok

2005

Richard Lazarus

2005

NSA

2023

Mycroft Holmes

2010

Ronald Hawes

2004

Self

2003

Mr. Harmony

2019

Prince Regent

2017

Callum

2014

Self

2014

Isaac Newton

2024

2009

Earl of Sandwich

2024

Earl of Sandwich (voice)

2024

Stephen Gardiner

2015

Self

2004

Ted Gilbert (archive footage) (uncredited)

2025

Radio Presenter With 'Spaceship' Theory / Wildlife voiceover (voice) (uncredited)

2004

2005

Narrator

2005

Miss Blight (voice)

2005

Gabriel Book

2025

Mr. Snow

2009

2003

Frank Renfield

2020

Jacob Marley

2022

Additional Vogon Voices

2005

Mycroft Holmes

2016

Teddy - Agent

2002

Self

2001

Terry Scanlon

2004

Ernest Dunks

2009

Ivor Montazac

2022

The Man

2020

Lord Marlborough

2018

Bamber Gascoigne

2006

(segment "Don't") (uncredited)

2007

Dr. Quentin Questa (voice)

2015

John Dashwood

2008

Ping-Pong Player

2005

Himself - Narrator (voice)

2014

Giles Winslow

2018

Frank Parris / Oscar Berlin

2024

Rat

2006

Rich

2015

Agent

1999

Sir Robert Cecil

2017

Ronald Hall

2018

2009

Dettweiler

2015

2013

1999

Radio Announcer (voice)

2018

House Agent

2003

Self

2014

Apsley Cherry-Garrard

2007

Sherlock Holmes

2023

Professor Robert Jan van der Pelt

2016

Self

2013

Diner Manager

1993

2000

Henry Rackham Junior

2011

Mr. Borusa

1999

2010

Porter

2001

Self

2024

Sir John Gielgud

2024

Joel

2016

2005

Doctor MacLean

2022

Colonel Theakes

2016

Self

2021

Robert Louis Stevenson

2007

Donald

2021

Steven Crosswell

2015

2004

Glenn Bulb

2004

Narrator

2012

Himself

2016

Billy Matlock

2016

Larry Grayson

2023

Duff Purves

2009

Himself / Mark Gatiss

2014

Cavor

2010

Peter Mandelson (voice)

2019

Malcolm McLaren

2010

Self - Actor and Writer

2012

Self

2014

The Captain

2017

Louis Aragon

2002

Major Benjamin 'Benjy' Flint

2014

George III

2018

Mr Jackson

2011

Self - Presenter

2010

The Curator

2008

Self

2009

Mark

1999

Mr. Wickens

2021

The Doctor

1999

Self - The League of Gentlemen

2005

Self

2015

1998

Various Characters

2005

Himself

2009

Colonel Black

2008

Junior Detective

1998

Hang Man Chang

2001

Dr. Landers

2017

Himself

2010

Kenyon

2004

Self

2014

Himself

2007

Self

2004

Presenter

2013

Georgie

1995

Peter

2004

Himself

2005

Himself - Presenter

2018

John Paterson

2005

Himself

2019

Self

2005

Himself

2013

2000

Self

2020

Self - Interviewer

1996

Johnnie Cradock

2006

Bowmer

1994

Jeremy

2004

PC Butcher

2007

Self - Host

2012

John Trant

2002

Self

2012

Dr. William Bruffin

1994

Various Characters

2018

1995

Narrator

2017

Peter Mandelson

2015

Various Characters

2018

Self

2003

Sherlock Holmes

2022

Self

2002

Himself

2015

Menenius Agrippa

2014

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