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
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Inside No. 9
Being Human
Agatha Christie's Marple
Who Do You Think You Are?
Time Bandits
Doctor Who
3 Body Problem
Taboo
Juice
Doctor Who Confidential
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
Harry
Only Connect
Good Omens
Doctor Who Greatest Moments
Inside Classical
Nighty Night
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
Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe
The Celestial Toyroom
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'
Consenting Adults
Christopher Robin
The Fantastic 4: First Steps
Locked Down
Denial
Mapp and Lucia
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures
Return of the Goodies
Operation Mincemeat
Sherlock
Moonflower Murders
The Favourite
Dracula
How to Be Sherlock Holmes: The Many Faces of a Master Detective
Ghosts in the Machine
Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride
Sense and Sensibility
The League of Gentlemen - Live Again!
Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time
Against the Law
The Father
The Quatermass Experiment
Clone
The First Men in the Moon
The Real History of Science Fiction
Gunpowder
The Kidnappers
A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story
Crooked House
Doctor Who and the Third Man
The League of Gentlemen - Yule Never Leave!
A History of Horror
Bookish
The Web of Caves
Global Conspiracy?
Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen
The Worst Journey in the World
The Pitch of Fear
Mars: a Traveller's Guide
M.R. James: Ghost Writer
Production Credits
A History of Horror
A Ghost Story for Christmas: Lot No. 249
Sherlock
The League of Gentlemen - Live Again!
Global Conspiracy?
The League of Gentlemen - Yule Never Leave!
Martin's Close
The Pitch of Fear
An Adventure in Space and Time
The Worst Journey in the World
Doctor Who
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride
Dracula
The First Men in the Moon
Crooked House
Queers.
A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Room in the Tower
The Kidnappers
The Web of Caves
Sherlock: Many Happy Returns
A Ghost Story for Christmas
A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
Bookish
A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Mezzotint
A Ghost Story for Christmas: Count Magnus
M.R. James: Ghost Writer
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Doctor Who
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