
Mark Gatiss
Mark Gatiss
- Date of birth
- Age
- 60
- Place of birth
- Sedgefield, Durham, England, UK
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Occupations
- actor, comedian, screenwriter, novelist, voice actor, writer, science fiction writer, television producer, film director, film producer, film editor, stage actor, film actor, television actor, author
- Languages
- English
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 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).
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Education
- University of Leeds
- Heighington CE Primary School
- Woodham Academy
- Bretton Hall College
Awards
- Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role2010
- British Academy Television Award for Best Drama Series2011 Sherlock
- British Academy Television Award for Best Drama Series2011 Sherlock
Nominations
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie2014 Sherlock
- Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role2014
- Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form2014 An Adventure in Space and Time
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Miniseries or Movie2012 Sherlock
- British Academy Television Award for Best Drama Series2011 Sherlock
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