Mark Gatiss
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
Sherlock
Executive Producer
Shaun of the Dead
Radio Presenter With 'Spaceship' Theory / Wildlife voiceover (voice) (uncredited)
The Father
The Man
The Favourite
Lord Marlborough
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
NSA
Doctor Who
Writer
Match Point
Ping-Pong Player
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride
Mycroft Holmes
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Filmography
Acting (170)
Movies (108)
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
2025as Angstrom
The Fantastic 4: First Steps
2025as Ted Gilbert
Marvel Studios' The Fantastic Four: First Steps - World Premiere
2025as Ted Gilbert (archive footage) (uncredited)
Being Stanley Baxter
2025as Self
Inside No. 9: The Party's Over
2024as Self
National Theatre Live: The Motive and the Cue
2024as Sir John Gielgud
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
2023as NSA
The Hound of the Baskervilles
2023as Sherlock Holmes
Hammer A.D. 2023
2023as Self
Operation Mincemeat
2022as Ivor Montazac
The Road Dance
2022as Doctor MacLean
A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story
2022as Jacob Marley
Peter Davison: Uncut!
2022as Self
Locked Down
2021as Donald
The Amazing Mr. Blunden
2021as Mr. Wickens
The Sparks Brothers
2021as Self
Memento Mori
2021as Henry Huxley
A Silent Imprisonment
2021as Mr Murphy
The Father
2020as The Man
Scandal & Beauty: Mark Gatiss on Aubrey Beardsley
2020as Self
Tales of the Uncanny
2020as Self
Cold War Steve Meets the Outside World
2020as Self
In Search of Dracula
2020as Himself - Presenter
Brexit: The Uncivil War
2019as Peter Mandelson (voice)
The Favourite: Unstitching the Costume Drama
2019as Self
Doctor Who and the Third Man
2019as Himself
The Favourite
2018as Lord Marlborough
The League of Gentlemen - Live Again!
2018as Various Characters
The Mercy
2018as Ronald Hall
Christopher Robin
2018as Giles Winslow
The Dead Room
2018as Radio Announcer (voice)
National Theatre Live: The Madness of George III
2018as George III
The League of Gentlemen - Live Again!
2018as Various Characters
Mark Gatiss on John Minton: The Lost Man of British Art
2018as Himself - Presenter
Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time
2017as The Captain
Against the Law
2017as Dr. Landers
Mars: a Traveller's Guide
2017as Narrator
Our Kind of Traitor
2016as Billy Matlock
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride
2016as Mycroft Holmes
Mark Gatiss: A Study in Sherlock
2016as Himself
Dad's Army
2016as Colonel Theakes
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
2016as Joel
Denial
2016as Professor Robert Jan van der Pelt
Victor Frankenstein
2015as Dettweiler
The Vote
2015as Steven Crosswell
Coalition
2015as Peter Mandelson
Premium Bond with Mark Gatiss and Matthew Sweet
2015as Himself
Release the Hound!
2015as Self
Unlocking Sherlock
2014as Himself / Mark Gatiss
National Theatre Live: Coriolanus
2014as Menenius Agrippa
Sherlock: His Last Vow
2014
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
2014as Self
How to Be Sherlock Holmes: The Many Faces of a Master Detective
2014as Self
Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor
2013as Self
M.R. James: Ghost Writer
2013as Presenter
The Celestial Toyroom
2013
Doctor Who: The Great Detective
2012as Narrator
The Real Sherlock Holmes
2012as Self
Horror Europa with Mark Gatiss
2012as Self - Host
Back to Black: The Making of Dracula Prince of Darkness
2012as Self - Actor and Writer
Cleaning Up
2011as Mr Jackson
The First Men in the Moon
2010as Cavor
Worried About the Boy
2010as Malcolm McLaren
Unlocking Sherlock
2010as Himself
New Town
2009as Duff Purves
Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen
2009as Ernest Dunks
Ghosts in the Machine
2009as Himself
Grindhouse
2007as (segment "Don't") (uncredited)
The Worst Journey in the World
2007as Apsley Cherry-Garrard
Consenting Adults
2007as PC Butcher
Starter for 10
2006as Bamber Gascoigne
Fear of Fanny
2006as Johnnie Cradock
The Wind in the Willows
2006as Rat
The League of Gentlemen Are Behind You
2006as 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
Match Point
2005as Ping-Pong Player
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
2005as Miss Blight (voice)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
2005as Additional Vogon Voices
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
2005as Various Characters
The Quatermass Experiment
2005as John Paterson
Bring Something Back: The Making of 'The Quatermass Experiment'
2005
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'
2005as Self - The League of Gentlemen
Doctor Who: A New Dimension
2005as Self
Return of the Goodies
2005as Himself
Shaun of the Dead
2004as Radio Presenter With 'Spaceship' Theory / Wildlife voiceover (voice) (uncredited)
Sex Lives of the Potato Men
2004as Jeremy
Spaced: Skip to the End
2004as Self
Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures
2004as Kenyon
Global Conspiracy?
2004as Terry Scanlon
Bright Young Things
2003as House Agent
The Kneale Tapes
2003as Self
Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe
2002as Viking (voice)
The Cicerones
2002as John Trant
Surrealissimo: The Trial of Salvador Dali
2002as Louis Aragon
Tales from Behind the Crypt
2002as Self
Birthday Girl
2001as Porter
The League of Gentlemen: Live at Drury Lane
2001as various
The League of Gentlemen's Christmas Special: Yule Never Leave!
2000as Various
The Pitch of Fear
1999as Mr. Borusa
The Kidnappers
1999as Mark
The Web of Caves
1999as The Doctor
Stranger Than Fiction 3: Acting Up
1997
Bidding Adieu: A Video Diary
1996as Self - Interviewer
PROBE: Unnatural Selection
1996as Mr. Emerson
PROBE: The Devil of Winterborne
1995as Georgie
Highgate House of Horror
1995as Mr Banham
Stranger than Fiction 2: From Script to Screen
1995
PROBE: The Zero Imperative
1994as Dr. William Bruffin
The Painting & The Statue
as Old Lord/Butler 'Smith'/Dancing Man/Old Lord 'Johnny'
Television (62)
Bookish
2025as Gabriel Book
3 Body Problem
2024as Isaac Newton
Time Bandits
2024as Earl of Sandwich
Moonflower Murders
2024as Frank Parris / Oscar Berlin
Nolly
2023as Larry Grayson
Juice
2023as George
Inside Classical
2022as Sherlock Holmes
Dracula
2020as Frank Renfield
Good Omens
2019as Mr. Harmony
Taboo
2017as Prince Regent
Gunpowder
2017as Sir Robert Cecil
London Spy
2015as Rich
Wolf Hall
2015as Stephen Gardiner
Thunderbirds Are Go!
2015as Dr. Quentin Questa (voice)
Doctor Who: The Fan Show
2015
Inside No. 9
2014as Callum
Doctor Who Extra
2014as Self
The Real History of Science Fiction
2014as Himself - Narrator (voice)
Mapp and Lucia
2014as Major Benjamin 'Benjy' Flint
Psychobitches
2013as Joan Crawford
Dr. Forever!
2013as Himself
Playhouse Presents
2012as Joan Crawford
Game of Thrones
2011as Tycho Nestoris
The Crimson Petal and the White
2011as Henry Rackham Junior
Sherlock
2010as Self
Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge
2010
A History of Horror
2010as Self - Presenter
Horrible Histories
2009
Being Human
2009as Mr. Snow
Psychoville
2009
Doctor Who Greatest Moments
2009as Self
Only Connect
2008as Self - Contestant
Sense and Sensibility
2008as John Dashwood
Crooked House
2008as The Curator
Clone
2008as Colonel Black
Jekyll
2007as Robert Louis Stevenson
Derren Brown: Trick or Treat
2007as Himself
Doctor Who
2005as The Captain
Doctor Who Confidential
2005as Narrator
Doctor Who Confidential
2005
Funland
2005
A Ghost Story for Christmas
2005as Radio Announcer (Voice)
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004as Ronald Hawes
Who Do You Think You Are?
2004as Self
Nighty Night
2004as Glenn Bulb
Catterick
2004as Peter
QI
2003as Self
Little Britain
2003
Footballers' Wives
2002as Teddy - Agent
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
2001as Self
Dr Terrible's House of Horrible
2001as Hang Man Chang
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
2000
Spaced
1999as Agent
The League of Gentlemen
1999as Various
This Morning with Richard Not Judy
1998
In the Red
1998as Junior Detective
Midsomer Murders
1997as Rev Giles Shawcross
The Dwelling Place
1994as Bowmer
Harry
1993as Diner Manager
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989as Leonard Boynton
A Ghost Story for Christmas
1971as Radio Presenter (Voice)
Doctor Who
1963as Mr. Borusa
Crew (70)
Movies (50)
A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Room in the Tower
2025Director
A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Room in the Tower
2025Screenplay
A Ghost Story For Christmas: Woman of Stone
2024Director
A Ghost Story For Christmas: Woman of Stone
2024Writer
A Ghost Story for Christmas: Lot No. 249
2023Director
A Ghost Story for Christmas: Lot No. 249
2023Screenplay
A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story
2022Adaptation
A Ghost Story for Christmas: Count Magnus
2022Director
A Ghost Story for Christmas: Count Magnus
2022Writer
The Amazing Mr. Blunden
2021Director
The Amazing Mr. Blunden
2021Writer
A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Mezzotint
2021Director
A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Mezzotint
2021Screenplay
Martin's Close
2019Director
Martin's Close
2019Executive Producer
Martin's Close
2019Writer
The Dead Room
2018Director
The Dead Room
2018Executive Producer
The Dead Room
2018Writer
The League of Gentlemen - Live Again!
2018Writer
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride
2016Creator
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride
2016Executive Producer
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride
2016Writer
Sherlock: His Last Vow
2014Writer
Sherlock: Many Happy Returns
2013Writer
The Tractate Middoth
2013Director
The Tractate Middoth
2013Writer
An Adventure in Space and Time
2013Executive Producer
An Adventure in Space and Time
2013Writer
M.R. James: Ghost Writer
2013Writer
Horror Europa with Mark Gatiss
2012Writer
The First Men in the Moon
2010Screenplay
The Worst Journey in the World
2007Co-Producer
The Worst Journey in the World
2007Writer
A New Body at Last
2007Thanks
The League of Gentlemen Are Behind You
2006Author
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
2005Executive Producer
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
2005Writer
Global Conspiracy?
2004Producer
Global Conspiracy?
2004Writer
The League of Gentlemen: Live at Drury Lane
2001Writer
The League of Gentlemen's Christmas Special: Yule Never Leave!
2000Writer
The Pitch of Fear
1999Writer
The Kidnappers
1999Writer
The Web of Caves
1999Writer
PROBE: Ghosts of Winterborne
1996Writer
PROBE: Unnatural Selection
1996Writer
PROBE: The Devil of Winterborne
1995Writer
Highgate House of Horror
1995Director
PROBE: The Zero Imperative
1994Writer
Television (20)
Bookish
2025Writer
Dracula
2020Executive Producer
Dracula
2020Writer
Queers.
2017Director
Queers.
2017Producer
Queers.
2017Writer
Sherlock
2010Executive Producer
Sherlock
2010Writer
A History of Horror
2010Writer
Crooked House
2008Producer
Crooked House
2008Writer
Doctor Who
2005Writer
A Ghost Story for Christmas
2005Director
A Ghost Story for Christmas
2005Writer
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
2000Writer
The League of Gentlemen
1999Writer
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989Screenplay
A Ghost Story for Christmas
1971Director
A Ghost Story for Christmas
1971Writer
Doctor Who
1963Writer
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