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Mark Gatiss is an English actor, comedian, screenwriter, director, producer, and novelist, known for his versatile contributions in the entertainment industry. Born on October 17, 1966, Gatiss is recognized for co-creating and acting in popular TV series with Steven Moffat. His notable works include 'The League of Gentlemen', 'Sherlock', 'Dracula', and 'Doctor Who'. Apart from these, he has portrayed characters in popular series like 'Game of Thrones', 'Wolf Hall', and 'Coalition'. His filmography includes 'Victor Frankenstein', 'Denial', 'Christopher Robin', 'The Favourite', 'The Father', 'Operation Mincemeat', and 'Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One'. Besides screen roles, Gatiss has performed on stage, in plays like 'Coriolanus' and 'The Madness of George III'. His passion for acting began from his childhood, and he went on to study Theatre Arts at Bretton Hall College. Gatiss started with the sketch comedy team 'The League of Gentlemen', leading to significant recognition and awards. Beyond performing, he has authored novels, including a sequence in Virgin Publishing's New Adventures series, as well as non-fiction works such as a biography of film director James Whale.
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Given Name: Mark Gatiss
Born: Sedgefield, County Durham, England
Citizenship: England
Birthday: October 17, 1966
Occupations: Actor, Screenwriter, Television producer, Comedian, Novelist, Director
Years Active: 1993-present
Spouses: Ian Hallard
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The Favourite
The Father
Operation Mincemeat
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
Christopher Robin
Locked Down
The Mercy
Victor Frankenstein
The Road Dance
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
The Fantastic Four: First Steps
Sherlock: A Scandal in Belgravia
The Real Sherlock Holmes
Horror Europa with Mark Gatiss
Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor
The Tractate Middoth
Sherlock: The Empty Hearse
Sherlock: The Sign of Three
Worried About the Boy
A History of Horror
The First Men in the Moon
Unlocking Sherlock
Sherlock: The Reichenbach Fall
Unlocking Sherlock
National Theatre Live: Coriolanus
Sherlock: The Hounds of Baskerville
Back to Black: The Making of Dracula Prince of Darkness
The Crimson Petal and the White
Doctor Who: The Great Detective
M.R. James: Ghost Writer
The Real History of Science Fiction
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
Coalition
Mapp and Lucia
Sherlock: His Last Vow
How to Be Sherlock Holmes: The Many Faces of a Master Detective
Premium Bond with Mark Gatiss and Matthew Sweet
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride
Mark Gatiss: A Study in Sherlock
Sherlock: The Six Thatchers
Gunpowder
Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time
Sherlock: The Lying Detective
Queers.
Against the Law
The League of Gentlemen - Live Again!
Martin’s Close
The League of Gentlemen - Yule Never Leave!
The League of Gentlemen: Live at Drury Lane
The Cicerones
Surrealissimo: The Trial of Salvador Dali
National Theatre Live: The Madness of George III
Brexit: The Uncivil War
Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe
Global Conspiracy?
Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures
Sherlock: The Final Problem
Spaced: Skip to the End
Doctor Who: A New Dimension
The League of Gentlemen’s Apocalypse
Return of the Goodies
Fear of Fanny
Jekyll
Consenting Adults
Doctor Who and the Third Man
Sex Lives of the Potato Men
The Quatermass Experiment
Don’t
Dracula
In Search of Dracula
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’
Tales of the Uncanny
The Amazing Mr. Blunden
Memento Mori
A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Mezzotint
A Ghost Story for Christmas: Count Magnus
Nolly
Hammer A.D. 2023
National Theatre Live: The Motive and the Cue
Scandal & Beauty: Mark Gatiss on Aubrey Beardsley
The Zero Imperative
The Dwelling Place
The Kidnappers
Unnatural Selection
Sense and Sensibility
The Devil of Winterborne
Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen
Crooked House
Highgate House of Horror
The Pitch of Fear
Inside No. 9: The Party’s Over
A Ghost Story for Christmas: Lot No. 249
A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story
In the Red
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2024
National Theatre Live: The Motive and the Cue
Sir John Gielgud
Inside No. 9: The Party’s Over
Self
2023
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
NSA
The Road Dance
Doctor Maclean
Hammer A.D. 2023
Self
A Ghost Story for Christmas: Lot No. 249
2022
Operation Mincemeat
Ivor Montagu
A Ghost Story for Christmas: Count Magnus
A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story
Jacob Marley
2021
The Father
The Man
Locked Down
Donald
The Amazing Mr. Blunden
Mr. Wickens
Memento Mori
Henry Huxley
A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Mezzotint
2020
In Search of Dracula
Himself - Presenter
Tales of the Uncanny
Self
Scandal & Beauty: Mark Gatiss on Aubrey Beardsley
Himself
2019
Martin’s Close
Brexit: The Uncivil War
Peter Mandelson (voice)
Doctor Who and the Third Man
Himself
2018
The Favourite
Lord Marlborough
Christopher Robin
Giles Winslow
The Mercy
Ronald Hall
The League of Gentlemen - Live Again!
Various Characters
National Theatre Live: The Madness of George III
George III
2015
Victor Frankenstein
Coalition
Peter Mandelson
Premium Bond with Mark Gatiss and Matthew Sweet
Himself
2014
Unlocking Sherlock
Himself / Mark Gatiss
National Theatre Live: Coriolanus
Menenius Agrippa
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
Self
How to Be Sherlock Holmes: The Many Faces of a Master Detective
Self
2012
The Real Sherlock Holmes
Self
Horror Europa with Mark Gatiss
Self - Host
Back to Black: The Making of Dracula Prince of Darkness
Self - Actor and Writer
Doctor Who: The Great Detective
Narrator
2010
Worried About the Boy
Malcolm McLaren
The First Men in the Moon
Cavor
Unlocking Sherlock
Himself
2005
Doctor Who: A New Dimension
Self
The League of Gentlemen’s Apocalypse
Various Characters
Return of the Goodies
Himself
The Quatermass Experiment
John Paterson
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
2004
Global Conspiracy?
Terry Scanlon
Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures
Kenyon
Spaced: Skip to the End
Self
Sex Lives of the Potato Men
Jeremy
2002
The Cicerones
John Trant
Surrealissimo: The Trial of Salvador Dali
Louis Aragon
Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe
Viking (voice)
1000
Sherlock: A Scandal in Belgravia
Mycroft Holmes
Sherlock: The Empty Hearse
Mycroft Holmes
Sherlock: The Sign of Three
Mycroft Holmes
A History of Horror
Self - Presenter
Sherlock: The Reichenbach Fall
Mycroft Holmes
Sherlock: The Hounds of Baskerville
Mycroft Holmes
The Crimson Petal and the White
Henry Rackham Junior
The Real History of Science Fiction
Himself - Narrator (voice)
Mapp and Lucia
Major Benjamin 'Benjy' Flint
Sherlock: His Last Vow
Mycroft Holmes
Sherlock: The Six Thatchers
Mycroft Holmes
Gunpowder
Sir Robert Cecil
Sherlock: The Lying Detective
Mycroft Holmes
Queers.
Sherlock: The Final Problem
Mycroft Holmes
Jekyll
Robert Louis Stevenson
Dracula
Frank Renfield
Nolly
Larry Grayson
The Dwelling Place
Bowmer
Sense and Sensibility
John Dashwood
Crooked House
The Curator
In the Red
Junior Detective

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