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 Holm...
Known For
Filmography
Bunker
2026
as Simon
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
2025
as Angstrom
The Fantastic 4: First Steps
2025
as Ted Gilbert
Marvel Studios' The Fantastic Four: First Steps - World Premiere
2025
as Ted Gilbert (archive footage) (uncredited)
Being Stanley Baxter
2025
as Self
The Painting & The Statue
2025
as Old Lord/Butler 'Smith'/Dancing Man/Old Lord 'Johnny'
Bookish
2025
as Gabriel Book
National Theatre Live: The Motive and the Cue
2024
as Sir John Gielgud
Inside No. 9: The Party's Over
2024
as Self
3 Body Problem
2024
as Isaac Newton
Time Bandits
2024
as Earl of Sandwich
Time Bandits
2024
as Earl of Sandwich (voice)
Moonflower Murders
2024
as Frank Parris / Oscar Berlin
Hammer A.D. 2023
2023
as Self
The Hound of the Baskervilles
2023
as Sherlock Holmes
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
2023
as NSA
Nolly
2023
as Larry Grayson
Juice
2023
as George
A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story
2022
as Jacob Marley
Peter Davison: Uncut!
2022
as Self
Operation Mincemeat
2022
as Ivor Montazac
The Road Dance
2022
as Doctor MacLean
Inside Classical
2022
as Sherlock Holmes
Memento Mori
2021
as Henry Huxley
A Silent Imprisonment
2021
as Mr Murphy
The Amazing Mr. Blunden
2021
as Mr. Wickens
Locked Down
2021
as Donald
The Sparks Brothers
2021
as Self
Tales of the Uncanny
2020
as Self
The Father
2020
as The Man
In Search of Dracula
2020
as Himself - Presenter
Scandal & Beauty: Mark Gatiss on Aubrey Beardsley
2020
as Self
Cold War Steve Meets the Outside World
2020
as Self
Dracula
2020
as Frank Renfield
Brexit: The Uncivil War
2019
as Peter Mandelson (voice)
Doctor Who and the Third Man
2019
as Himself
Good Omens
2019
as Mr. Harmony
The Dead Room
2018
as Radio Announcer (voice)
The Favourite
2018
as Lord Marlborough
Christopher Robin
2018
as Giles Winslow
The Mercy
2018
as Ronald Hall
National Theatre Live: The Madness of George III
2018
as George III
Mark Gatiss on John Minton: The Lost Man of British Art
2018
as Himself - Presenter
Sally4Ever
2018
as Doctor
Against the Law
2017
as Dr. Landers
Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time
2017
as The Captain
Mars: a Traveller's Guide
2017
as Narrator
Gunpowder
2017
as Sir Robert Cecil
Taboo
2017
as Prince Regent
Dad's Army
2016
as Colonel Theakes
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride
2016
as Mycroft Holmes
Our Kind of Traitor
2016
as Billy Matlock
Denial
2016
as Professor Robert Jan van Pelt
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
2016
as Joel
Mark Gatiss: A Study in Sherlock
2016
as Himself
Victor Frankenstein
2015
as Dettweiler
Coalition
2015
as Peter Mandelson
The Vote
2015
as Steven Crosswell
Premium Bond with Mark Gatiss and Matthew Sweet
2015
as Himself
Release the Hound!
2015
as Self
London Spy
2015
as Rich
Thunderbirds Are Go!
2015
as Dr. Quentin Questa (voice)
Wolf Hall
2015
as Stephen Gardiner
Unlocking Sherlock
2014
as Himself / Mark Gatiss
National Theatre Live: Coriolanus
2014
as Menenius Agrippa
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
2014
as Self
How to Be Sherlock Holmes: The Many Faces of a Master Detective
2014
as Self
Mapp and Lucia
2014
as Major Benjamin 'Benjy' Flint
Inside No. 9
2014
as Callum
The Real History of Science Fiction
2014
as Himself - Narrator (voice)
Doctor Who Extra
2014
as Self
Inside No. 9
2014
as Self
M.R. James: Ghost Writer
2013
as Presenter
Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor
2013
as Self
The Celestial Toyroom
2013
Dr. Forever!
2013
as Himself
Psychobitches
2013
as Joan Crawford
Doctor Who: The Great Detective
2012
as Narrator
Horror Europa with Mark Gatiss
2012
as Self - Host
The Real Sherlock Holmes
2012
as Self
Back to Black: The Making of Dracula Prince of Darkness
2012
as Self - Actor and Writer
Playhouse Presents
2012
as Joan Crawford
Cleaning Up
2011
as Mr Jackson
The Crimson Petal and the White
2011
as Henry Rackham Junior
Game of Thrones
2011
as Tycho Nestoris
The First Men in the Moon
2010
as Cavor
Worried About the Boy
2010
as Malcolm McLaren
Unlocking Sherlock
2010
as Himself
Sherlock
2010
as Mycroft Holmes
A History of Horror
2010
as Self - Presenter
Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge
2010
Ghosts in the Machine
2009
as Himself
Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen
2009
as Ernest Dunks
New Town
2009
as Duff Purves
Horrible Histories
2009
Doctor Who Greatest Moments
2009
as Self
Being Human
2009
as Mr. Snow
Clone
2008
as Colonel Black
Crooked House
2008
as The Curator
Sense and Sensibility
2008
as John Dashwood
Consenting Adults
2007
as PC Butcher
The Worst Journey in the World
2007
as Apsley Cherry-Garrard
Grindhouse
2007
as (segment "Don't") (uncredited)
Jekyll
2007
as Robert Louis Stevenson
Derren Brown: Trick or Treat
2007
as Himself
British Film Forever
2007
The League of Gentlemen Are Behind You
2006
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
Starter for 10
2006
as Bamber Gascoigne
The Wind in the Willows
2006
as Rat
Fear of Fanny
2006
as Johnnie Cradock
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
2005
as Miss Blight (voice)
The Quatermass Experiment
2005
as John Paterson
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
2005
as Various Characters
Match Point
2005
as Ping-Pong Player
Doctor Who: A New Dimension
2005
as Self
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
2005
as Additional Vogon Voices
Return of the Goodies
2005
as Himself
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'
2005
as Self - The League of Gentlemen
Bring Something Back: The Making of 'The Quatermass Experiment'
2005
Doctor Who Confidential
2005
Doctor Who
2005
as Gantok
Doctor Who
2005
as Richard Lazarus
Doctor Who Confidential
2005
as Narrator
Funland
2005
as Ambrose Chapfel
Doctor Who Confidential
2005
as Self
Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures
2004
as Kenyon
Spaced: Skip to the End
2004
as Self
Sex Lives of the Potato Men
2004
as Jeremy
Shaun of the Dead
2004
as Radio Presenter With 'Spaceship' Theory / Wildlife voiceover (voice) (uncredited)
Global Conspiracy?
2004
as Terry Scanlon
Who Do You Think You Are?
2004
as Self
Catterick
2004
as Peter
Nighty Night
2004
as Glenn Bulb
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004
as Ronald Hawes
The Kneale Tapes
2003
as Self
Bright Young Things
2003
as House Agent
QI
2003
as Self
Little Britain
2003
The Cicerones
2002
as John Trant
Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe
2002
as Viking (voice)
Surrealissimo: The Trial of Salvador Dali
2002
as Louis Aragon
Tales from Behind the Crypt
2002
as Self
Footballers' Wives
2002
as Teddy - Agent
Birthday Girl
2001
as Porter
The League of Gentlemen: Live at Drury Lane
2001
as various
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
2001
as Self
Dr Terrible's House of Horrible
2001
as Hang Man Chang
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
2000
The Kidnappers
1999
as Mark
The Pitch of Fear
1999
as Mr. Borusa
The Web of Caves
1999
as The Doctor
Spaced
1999
as Agent
The League of Gentlemen
1999
as Various
This Morning with Richard Not Judy
1998
In the Red
1998
as Junior Detective
Stranger Than Fiction 3: Acting Up
1997
Midsomer Murders
1997
as Rev Giles Shawcross
PROBE: Unnatural Selection
1996
as Mr. Emerson
Bidding Adieu: A Video Diary
1996
as Self - Interviewer
Stranger than Fiction 2: From Script to Screen
1995
Highgate House of Horror
1995
as Mr Banham
PROBE: The Devil of Winterborne
1995
as Georgie
PROBE: The Zero Imperative
1994
as Dr. William Bruffin
The Dwelling Place
1994
as Bowmer
Harry
1993
as Diner Manager
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
as Leonard Boynton
A Ghost Story for Christmas
1971
as Radio Presenter (Voice)