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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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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.
Known For
Doctor Who
Midsomer Murders
Game of Thrones
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Inside No. 9
Being Human
Agatha Christie's Marple
Who Do You Think You Are?
Time Bandits
Doctor Who
3 Body Problem
Taboo
Doctor Who Confidential
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
Harry
Only Connect
Good Omens
Doctor Who Greatest Moments
Inside Classical
Shaun of the Dead
Brexit: The Uncivil War
Bright Young Things
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Inside No. 9: The Party's Over
Victor Frankenstein
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
Wolf Hall
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
Match Point
Free Jimmy
Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe
The Celestial Toyroom
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'
Consenting Adults
Christopher Robin
The Fantastic 4: First Steps
Locked Down
Denial
Mapp and Lucia
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Operation Mincemeat
Nighty Night
Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures
Return of the Goodies
Moonflower Murders
The Favourite
Dracula
Sherlock
How to Be Sherlock Holmes: The Many Faces of a Master Detective
The Fantastic Four: First Steps | A Special Look
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride
Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor
Ghosts in the Machine
Sense and Sensibility
The League of Gentlemen - Live Again!
The Quatermass Experiment
The Father
Against the Law
Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time
The Real History of Science Fiction
Crooked House
The Kidnappers
Clone
The First Men in the Moon
A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story
Doctor Who and the Third Man
Gunpowder
Global Conspiracy?
The Web of Caves
Mars: a Traveller's Guide
The Worst Journey in the World
Bookish
The Pitch of Fear
The League of Gentlemen - Yule Never Leave!
Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen
A History of Horror
M.R. James: Ghost Writer
Production Credits
Global Conspiracy?
A Ghost Story for Christmas: Lot No. 249
Sherlock: Many Happy Returns
An Adventure in Space and Time
A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story
M.R. James: Ghost Writer
Dracula
The League of Gentlemen - Yule Never Leave!
The Kidnappers
Martin's Close
Bookish
The Web of Caves
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride
Doctor Who
The Pitch of Fear
Crooked House
A Ghost Story for Christmas
The League of Gentlemen - Live Again!
The First Men in the Moon
Sherlock
A Ghost Story for Christmas: Count Magnus
A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Mezzotint
Doctor Who
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
A History of Horror
Doctor Who: Sleep No More
The Worst Journey in the World
Queers.
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