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Mark Gatiss
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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 e…
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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.
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BODY OF WORK
Mark Gatiss's Filmography
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Bunker
as Simon

Being Stanley Baxter
as Self

The Fantastic 4: First Steps
as Ted Gilbert

Marvel Studios' The Fantastic Four: First Steps - World Premiere
as Ted Gilbert (archive footage) (uncredited)

Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
as Angstrom

The Painting & The Statue
as Old Lord/Butler 'Smith'/Dancing Man/Old Lord 'Johnny'

Inside No. 9: The Party's Over
as Self

National Theatre Live: The Motive and the Cue
as Sir John Gielgud

The Hound of the Baskervilles
as Sherlock Holmes

Hammer A.D. 2023
as Self

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
as NSA

A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story
as Jacob Marley

Peter Davison: Uncut!
as Self

The Road Dance
as Doctor MacLean

Operation Mincemeat
as Ivor Montazac

The Amazing Mr. Blunden
as Mr. Wickens
No Poster
Memento Mori
as Henry Huxley

The Sparks Brothers
as Self

A Silent Imprisonment
as Mr Murphy

Locked Down
as Donald

The Father
as The Man

Cold War Steve Meets the Outside World
as Self

Tales of the Uncanny
as Self

Scandal & Beauty: Mark Gatiss on Aubrey Beardsley
as Self

In Search of Dracula
as Himself - Presenter

Doctor Who and the Third Man
as Himself

Brexit: The Uncivil War
as Peter Mandelson (voice)

The Dead Room
as Radio Announcer (voice)

The Favourite
as Lord Marlborough

National Theatre Live: The Madness of George III
as George III

The League of Gentlemen - Live Again!
as Multiple Characters

Mark Gatiss on John Minton: The Lost Man of British Art
as Himself - Presenter

Christopher Robin
as Giles Winslow

The Mercy
as Ronald Hall

Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time
as The Captain

Mars: a Traveller's Guide
as Narrator

Against the Law
as Dr. Landers

Denial
as Professor Robert Jan van Pelt

Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
as Joel

Our Kind of Traitor
as Billy Matlock

Dad's Army
as Colonel Theakes

Mark Gatiss: A Study in Sherlock
as Himself

Sherlock: The Abominable Bride
as Mycroft Holmes

Victor Frankenstein
as Dettweiler

Premium Bond with Mark Gatiss and Matthew Sweet
as Himself

The Vote
as Steven Crosswell
No Poster
Release the Hound!
as Self

Coalition
as Peter Mandelson

50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
as Self

National Theatre Live: Coriolanus
as Menenius Agrippa

Unlocking Sherlock
as Himself / Mark Gatiss

How to Be Sherlock Holmes: The Many Faces of a Master Detective
as Self

M.R. James: Ghost Writer
as Presenter

Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor
as Self

The Celestial Toyroom

Doctor Who: The Great Detective
as Narrator

Horror Europa with Mark Gatiss
as Self - Host

The Real Sherlock Holmes
as Self

Back to Black: The Making of Dracula Prince of Darkness
as Self - Actor and Writer

Cleaning Up
as Mr Jackson

The First Men in the Moon
as Cavor

Unlocking Sherlock
as Himself

Worried About the Boy
as Malcolm McLaren
No Poster
Ghosts in the Machine
as Himself

Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen
as Ernest Dunks

New Town
as Duff Purves

Consenting Adults
as PC Butcher

The Worst Journey in the World
as Apsley Cherry-Garrard

Grindhouse
as (segment "Don't") (uncredited)

The Wind in the Willows
as Rat

The League of Gentlemen Are Behind You
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
as Bamber Gascoigne

Fear of Fanny
as Johnnie Cradock

Return of the Goodies
as Himself

Match Point
as Ping-Pong Player

Bring Something Back: The Making of 'The Quatermass Experiment'

Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
as Miss Blight (voice)

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'
as Self - The League of Gentlemen

The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
as Various Characters

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
as Additional Vogon Voices

The Quatermass Experiment
as John Paterson

Doctor Who: A New Dimension
as Self

Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures
as Kenyon

Global Conspiracy?
as Terry Scanlon

Spaced: Skip to the End
as Self

Shaun of the Dead
as Radio Presenter With 'Spaceship' Theory / Wildlife voiceover (voice) (uncredited)

Sex Lives of the Potato Men
as Jeremy

The Kneale Tapes
as Self

Bright Young Things
as House Agent

Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe
as Viking (voice)

Surrealissimo: The Trial of Salvador Dali
as Louis Aragon
No Poster
Tales from Behind the Crypt
as Self

The Cicerones
as John Trant

The League of Gentlemen: Live at Drury Lane
as various

Birthday Girl
as Porter

The Kidnappers
as Mark

The Web of Caves
as The Doctor

The Pitch of Fear
as Mr. Borusa

Stranger Than Fiction 3: Acting Up

PROBE: Unnatural Selection
as Mr. Emerson

Bidding Adieu: A Video Diary
as Self - Interviewer

PROBE: The Devil of Winterborne
as Georgie

Highgate House of Horror
as Mr Banham

Stranger than Fiction 2: From Script to Screen

PROBE: The Zero Imperative
as Dr. William Bruffin

A Ticket Too Far
as Marshall