Cast & creator
Mark Gatiss
Best known for Game of Thrones, Midsomer Murders, Doctor Who
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.
Also known as: Марк Гейтисс, 마크 거티스, مارک گیتیس
153
film credits
86
television credits
168
1971–2026 · acting roles
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Filmography (239)
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Game of Thrones
Tycho Nestoris
2011
Midsomer Murders
Rev Giles Shawcross
1997
Doctor Who
Gantok
2005Doctor Who
Richard Lazarus
2005Doctor Who
Writer
2005
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Leonard Boynton
1989Agatha Christie's Poirot
Screenplay
1989
QI
Self
2003
Sherlock
Mycroft Holmes
2010Sherlock
Writer
2010Sherlock
Executive Producer
2010Sherlock
Creator
2010
The Fantastic 4: First Steps
Ted Gilbert
2025
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
Angstrom
2025
Agatha Christie's Marple
Ronald Hawes
2004
Inside No. 9
Callum
2014Inside No. 9
Self
2014
Good Omens
Mr. Harmony
2019
3 Body Problem
Isaac Newton
2024
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
NSA
2023
Who Do You Think You Are?
Self
2004
Horrible Histories
2009
Little Britain
2003
Playhouse Presents
Joan Crawford
2012
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Self
2001
Shaun of the Dead
Radio Presenter With 'Spaceship' Theory / Wildlife voiceover (voice) (uncredited)
2004
Doctor Who Confidential
2005Doctor Who Confidential
Narrator
2005Doctor Who Confidential
Self
2005
Taboo
Prince Regent
2017
Wolf Hall
Stephen Gardiner
2015
Being Human
Mr. Snow
2009
Thunderbirds Are Go!
Dr. Quentin Questa (voice)
2015
The Favourite
Lord Marlborough
2018
The Father
The Man
2020
Dracula
Frank Renfield
2020Dracula
Executive Producer
2020Dracula
Writer
2020Dracula
Creator
2020
Sense and Sensibility
John Dashwood
2008
Inside Classical
Sherlock Holmes
2022
Moonflower Murders
Frank Parris / Oscar Berlin
2024
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Additional Vogon Voices
2005
Bookish
Gabriel Book
2025Bookish
Writer
2025Bookish
Creator
2025
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Miss Blight (voice)
2005
Time Bandits
Earl of Sandwich
2024Time Bandits
Earl of Sandwich (voice)
2024
Footballers' Wives
Teddy - Agent
2002
Christopher Robin
Giles Winslow
2018
Match Point
Ping-Pong Player
2005Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
2000Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
Writer
2000
Spaced
Agent
1999
A Ghost Story for Christmas
Radio Presenter (Voice)
1971A Ghost Story for Christmas
Director
1971A Ghost Story for Christmas
Writer
1971
The Real History of Science Fiction
Himself - Narrator (voice)
2014Harry
Diner Manager
1993
Operation Mincemeat
Ivor Montazac
2022
Psychobitches
Joan Crawford
2013
The League of Gentlemen
Various
1999The League of Gentlemen
Writer
1999The League of Gentlemen
Creator
1999
Our Kind of Traitor
Billy Matlock
2016
Jekyll
Robert Louis Stevenson
2007
Sally4Ever
Doctor
2018
London Spy
Rich
2015
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride
Mycroft Holmes
2016Sherlock: The Abominable Bride
Writer
2016Sherlock: The Abominable Bride
Executive Producer
2016Sherlock: The Abominable Bride
Creator
2016
Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge
2010
Gunpowder
Sir Robert Cecil
2017
Nighty Night
Glenn Bulb
2004
The Mercy
Ronald Hall
2018
Doctor Who Extra
Self
2014
Victor Frankenstein
Dettweiler
2015
British Film Forever
2007
Funland
Ambrose Chapfel
2005
Dr Terrible's House of Horrible
Hang Man Chang
2001
Birthday Girl
Porter
2001
A History of Horror
Self - Presenter
2010A History of Horror
Writer
2010
Doctor Who Greatest Moments
Self
2009
Juice
George
2023
Queers.
Director
2017Queers.
Writer
2017Queers.
Producer
2017
Crooked House
The Curator
2008Crooked House
Writer
2008Crooked House
Producer
2008Crooked House
Creator
2008
The Crimson Petal and the White
Henry Rackham Junior
2011
Grindhouse
(segment "Don't") (uncredited)
2007
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
Joel
2016
The Sparks Brothers
Self
2021
Locked Down
Donald
2021
This Morning with Richard Not Judy
1998
Starter for 10
Bamber Gascoigne
2006
Nolly
Larry Grayson
2023
In the Red
Junior Detective
1998
Derren Brown: Trick or Treat
Himself
2007
Dad's Army
Colonel Theakes
2016
Brexit: The Uncivil War
Peter Mandelson (voice)
2019
Denial
Professor Robert Jan van Pelt
2016
Mapp and Lucia
Major Benjamin 'Benjy' Flint
2014
Marvel Studios' The Fantastic Four: First Steps - World Premiere
Ted Gilbert (archive footage) (uncredited)
2025
Catterick
Peter
2004
Bunker
Simon
2026
Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time
The Captain
2017
Doctor Who: A New Dimension
Self
2005
The Road Dance
Doctor MacLean
2022
The Dwelling Place
Bowmer
1994
Spaced: Skip to the End
Self
2004
An Adventure in Space and Time
Writer
2013An Adventure in Space and Time
Executive Producer
2013Doctor Who
Writer
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
Self
2014
National Theatre Live: Coriolanus
Menenius Agrippa
2014
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
Various Characters
2005The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
Writer
2005The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
Executive Producer
2005
Bright Young Things
House Agent
2003
Sex Lives of the Potato Men
Jeremy
2004
Dr. Forever!
Himself
2013
Cleaning Up
Mr Jackson
2011
The Amazing Mr. Blunden
Mr. Wickens
2021The Amazing Mr. Blunden
Director
2021The Amazing Mr. Blunden
Writer
2021
Tales of the Uncanny
Self
2020
The Wind in the Willows
Rat
2006
Worried About the Boy
Malcolm McLaren
2010
PROBE: The Zero Imperative
Dr. William Bruffin
1994PROBE: The Zero Imperative
Writer
1994
The First Men in the Moon
Cavor
2010The First Men in the Moon
Screenplay
2010
A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Mezzotint
Director
2021A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Mezzotint
Screenplay
2021
Being Stanley Baxter
Self
2025
Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe
Viking (voice)
2002
Surrealissimo: The Trial of Salvador Dali
Louis Aragon
2002
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
2005
The Painting & The Statue
Old Lord/Butler 'Smith'/Dancing Man/Old Lord 'Johnny'
2025
National Theatre Live: The Motive and the Cue
Sir John Gielgud
2024
A Ghost Story For Christmas: Woman of Stone
Director
2024A Ghost Story For Christmas: Woman of Stone
Writer
2024
The Dead Room
Radio Announcer (voice)
2018The Dead Room
Executive Producer
2018The Dead Room
Writer
2018The Dead Room
Director
2018
Inside No. 9: The Party's Over
Self
2024
Clone
Colonel Black
2008
Mark Gatiss: A Study in Sherlock
Himself
2016
The Vote
Steven Crosswell
2015
National Theatre Live: The Madness of George III
George III
2018
PROBE: The Devil of Winterborne
Georgie
1995PROBE: The Devil of Winterborne
Writer
1995
Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor
Self
2013
Fear of Fanny
Johnnie Cradock
2006
Unlocking Sherlock
Himself / Mark Gatiss
2014
A New Body at Last
Thanks
2007
Horror Europa with Mark Gatiss
Self - Host
2012Horror Europa with Mark Gatiss
Writer
2012
The Web of Caves
The Doctor
1999The Web of Caves
Writer
1999
A Ghost Story for Christmas: Lot No. 249
Screenplay
2023A Ghost Story for Christmas: Lot No. 249
Director
2023
Coalition
Peter Mandelson
2015
Doctor Who: The Great Detective
Narrator
2012
How to Be Sherlock Holmes: The Many Faces of a Master Detective
Self
2014
M.R. James: Ghost Writer
Presenter
2013M.R. James: Ghost Writer
Writer
2013Memento Mori
Henry Huxley
2021
The Quatermass Experiment
John Paterson
2005
PROBE: Ghosts of Winterborne
Writer
1996
Doctor Who and the Third Man
Himself
2019
The Pitch of Fear
Mr. Borusa
1999The Pitch of Fear
Writer
1999
A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story
Jacob Marley
2022A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story
Adaptation
2022
Bidding Adieu: A Video Diary
Self - Interviewer
1996
Against the Law
Dr. Landers
2017
Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen
Ernest Dunks
2009
Hammer A.D. 2023
Self
2023Ghosts in the Machine
Himself
2009
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Sherlock Holmes
2023
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
2006The League of Gentlemen Are Behind You
Author
2006
Cold War Steve Meets the Outside World
Self
2020
Highgate House of Horror
Mr Banham
1995Highgate House of Horror
Director
1995
Return of the Goodies
Himself
2005
A Ghost Story for Christmas: Count Magnus
Director
2022A Ghost Story for Christmas: Count Magnus
Writer
2022
Consenting Adults
PC Butcher
2007
The Tractate Middoth
Director
2013The Tractate Middoth
Writer
2013
Sherlock: Many Happy Returns
Writer
2013
The Worst Journey in the World
Apsley Cherry-Garrard
2007The Worst Journey in the World
Writer
2007The Worst Journey in the World
Co-Producer
2007
Back to Black: The Making of Dracula Prince of Darkness
Self - Actor and Writer
2012
Bring Something Back: The Making of 'The Quatermass Experiment'
2005
Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures
Kenyon
2004
A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Room in the Tower
Director
2025A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Room in the Tower
Screenplay
2025
Stranger Than Fiction 3: Acting Up
1997
Martin's Close
Executive Producer
2019Martin's Close
Writer
2019Martin's Close
Director
2019Tales from Behind the Crypt
Self
2002
The Real Sherlock Holmes
Self
2012
Scandal & Beauty: Mark Gatiss on Aubrey Beardsley
Self
2020
Stranger than Fiction 2: From Script to Screen
1995
The League of Gentlemen: Live at Drury Lane
various
2001The League of Gentlemen: Live at Drury Lane
Writer
2001
Mars: a Traveller's Guide
Narrator
2017
PROBE: Unnatural Selection
Mr. Emerson
1996PROBE: Unnatural Selection
Writer
1996
The Kneale Tapes
Self
2003
Global Conspiracy?
Terry Scanlon
2004Global Conspiracy?
Writer
2004Global Conspiracy?
Producer
2004
Unlocking Sherlock
Himself
2010
A Silent Imprisonment
Mr Murphy
2021
Mark Gatiss on John Minton: The Lost Man of British Art
Himself - Presenter
2018
New Town
Duff Purves
2009
Premium Bond with Mark Gatiss and Matthew Sweet
Himself
2015
The Celestial Toyroom
2013
The Cicerones
John Trant
2002
The Kidnappers
Mark
1999The Kidnappers
Writer
1999
Peter Davison: Uncut!
Self
2022Release the Hound!
Self
2015
In Search of Dracula
Himself - Presenter
2020
The League of Gentlemen - Live Again!
Multiple Characters
2018The League of Gentlemen - Live Again!
Writer
2018