Mark Gatiss\u00a0(\/\u02c8\u0261e\u026at\u026as\/;\u00a0born 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\u00a0Steven Moffat. Gatiss has received several awards, including a\u00a0BAFTA TV Award, a\u00a0Primetime Emmy Award, a\u00a0Peabody Award, and two\u00a0Laurence Olivier Awards.<\/p>\n
Gatiss co-created, co-wrote and acted in\u00a0the BBC comedy series\u00a0The League of Gentlemen\u00a0(1999\u20132002). He co-created and portrayed\u00a0Mycroft Holmes\u00a0in the BBC series\u00a0Sherlock\u00a0(2010\u20132017) and\u00a0Frank Renfield\u00a0in\u00a0the BBC\u00a0\/\u00a0Netflix\u00a0miniseries\u00a0Dracula\u00a0(2020). He also wrote several episodes of\u00a0Doctor Who\u00a0during Moffat’s tenure as showrunner and two episodes during\u00a0Russell T Davies’ earlier tenure. His other TV roles include\u00a0Tycho Nestoris\u00a0in\u00a0Game of Thrones (2014\u20132017),\u00a0Stephen Gardiner\u00a0in\u00a0Wolf Hall (2015), and\u00a0Peter Mandelson\u00a0in\u00a0Coalition\u00a0(2015). He has acted in films such as\u00a0Victor Frankenstein (2015),\u00a0Denial\u00a0(2016),\u00a0Christopher Robin\u00a0(2018),\u00a0The Favourite\u00a0(2018),\u00a0The Father\u00a0(2020),\u00a0Operation Mincemeat\u00a0(2021), and\u00a0Mission: Impossible \u2013 Dead Reckoning Part One\u00a0(2023).<\/p>\n
On stage, Gatiss played\u00a0Menenius\u00a0in the revival of\u00a0William Shakespeare’s\u00a0Coriolanus\u00a0(2013), for which he earned a\u00a0Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role\u00a0nomination. He took on the role of\u00a0King George III\u00a0in a revival of the\u00a0Alan Bennett\u00a0play\u00a0The Madness of George III\u00a0(2018). He portrayed\u00a0Sir John Gielgud\u00a0in the\u00a0Jack Thorne\u00a0play\u00a0The Motive and the Cue (2023), for which he earned the\u00a0Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor. His other theatre roles include\u00a0The Recruiting Officer\u00a0(2012),\u00a0The Vote\u00a0(2015), and\u00a0A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story\u00a0(2021).<\/p>\n
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Mark Gatiss\u00a0(\/\u02c8\u0261e\u026at\u026as\/;\u00a0born 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\u00a0Steven Moffat. Gatiss has received several awards, including a\u00a0BAFTA TV Award, a\u00a0Primetime Emmy Award, a\u00a0Peabody Award, and two\u00a0Laurence Olivier Awards. Gatiss co-created, co-wrote and acted in\u00a0the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-26121","movie_engine_person","type-movie_engine_person","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n