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Mark Gatiss

Mark Gatiss

Actor · b. 1966 · Sedgefield, Durham, England, UK

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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    Shaun of the Dead

    2004 · 9.6K votes

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    The Father

    2020 · 3.8K votes

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    Christopher Robin

    2018 · 3K votes

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    The Favourite

    2018 · 6K votes

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    Match Point

    2005 · 4.5K votes

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    Victor Frankenstein

    2015 · 2.3K votes

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    Operation Mincemeat

    2022 · 840 votes

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    The Mercy

    2018 · 306 votes

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    Our Kind of Traitor

    2016 · 632 votes

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    Grindhouse

    2007 · 1.9K votes

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    Birthday Girl

    2001 · 447 votes

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    Starter for 10

    2006 · 464 votes

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    Locked Down

    2021 · 322 votes

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    Dad's Army

    2016 · 226 votes

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    Denial

    2016 · 716 votes

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    The Sparks Brothers

    2021 · 107 votes

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    Game of Thrones

    2011 · 27K votes

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    Midsomer Murders

    1997 · 374 votes

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    Doctor Who

    2005 · 3.5K votes

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    Agatha Christie's Poirot

    1989 · 584 votes

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    QI

    2003 · 289 votes

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    Sherlock

    2010 · 6.7K votes

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    Agatha Christie's Marple

    2004 · 149 votes

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    Good Omens

    2019 · 2.4K votes

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    3 Body Problem

    2024 · 1.7K votes

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    Inside No. 9

    2014 · 288 votes

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    Wolf Hall

    2015 · 154 votes

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    Horrible Histories

    2009 · 69 votes

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    Being Human

    2009 · 237 votes

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    Sense and Sensibility

    2008 · 127 votes

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    Playhouse Presents

    2012 · 1 votes

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    Time Bandits

    2024 · 149 votes

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    Little Britain

    2003 · 260 votes

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    Taboo

    2017 · 1.5K votes

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    Thunderbirds Are Go!

    2015 · 50 votes

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    Dracula

    2020 · 856 votes

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    Bookish

    2025 · 46 votes

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    Doctor Who Confidential

    2005 · 37 votes