Mark Gatiss Bio | Wiki
Mark Gatiss is a well-known English actor, comedian, screenwriter, director, producer, and novelist. He has written and acted in the television series Doctor Who, Sherlock, and Dracula. He is an active member of the comedy team The League of Gentlemen along with Reece Shearsmith, Steve Pemberton, and Jeremy Dyson.
In addition, he appears in BBC Radio productions like the science fiction comedy Nebulous and The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes story The Shameful Betrayal of Miss Emily Smith.
Mark Gatiss Age
He was born on October 17, 1966, in Sedgefield, County Durham, England. Gatiss is 56 years old.
Mark Gatiss Height
He is a man of tall stature and stands at 6 ft 1 in (Approx 1.85 m).
Mark Gatiss Family
He was born to his hardworking parents in Sedgefield, County Durham, England. Gatiss holds British nationality and was raised in a working-class background. He is the son of the late Maurice Gatiss and Winifred Rose. His father worked as a colliery engineer and took a job as an engineer at the School Aycliffe Mental Hospital in Heighington. His family lived in the Victorian psychiatric hospital and later in Trimdon.
Mark Gatiss Husband
He is openly gay and married his handsome husband Ian Hallard in 2008 in Middle Temple, in the City of London. He was featured on The Independent on Sunday’s Pink List of influential gay people in the UK in 2010, 2011, and 2014. As the fulfillment of a childhood dream, he once built a Victorian laboratory in his north London home. Further, he is an atheist and in 2003, he was awarded his honorary doctorate of letters at the University of Huddersfield.
Mark Gatiss Education
He studied at Heighington Church of England Primary School, and then Woodham Comprehensive School in Newton Aycliffe. Gatiss then pursued a bachelor’s degree in Theatre Arts at Bretton Hall College, an arts college affiliated with the University of Leeds.
Mark Gatiss Movies and TV Shows
Movies
- P.R.O.B.E.: The Zero Imperative as Dr. William Bruffin in 1994
- Birthday Girl as Porter in 2001
- Sex Lives of the Potato Men as Jeremy in 2004
- The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy as Additional Vogon voices in 2005
- The League of Gentlemen’s Apocalypse as Various characters / Himself in 2005
- Free Jimmy as Jakki (voice) in 2008
- Our Kind of Traitor as Billy Matlock in 2016
- The Mercy as Ronald Hall in 2018
- The Father as The Man in 2020
- The Sparks Brothers as Himself in 2021
- Operation Mincemeat as Ivor Montagu in 2021
Tv Shows
- Harry as Diner Manager in 1993
- In the Red as JuniorDetective in 1998
- Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) as Inspector Large in 2000
- Little Britain as Theatrical Agent in 2003
- Footballers’ Wives as Teddy – Agent in 2004
- Funland as Ambrose Chapfel in 2005
- Doctor Who as Professor Lazarus / Danny Boy / Gantok / The Captain in 2007, 2010 to 2011, and 2017
- Clone as Colonel Black in 2008
- A History of Horror as Himself in 2010
- Gunpowder as Robert Cecil in 2017
- Horizon as Narrator from 2017 to 2018
- Brexit: The Uncivil War as Peter Mandelson (voice) in 2019
- Dracula as Frank Renfield in 2020
- The Amazing Mr. Blunden as Mr Wickens in 2021
- Inside No. 9 as Callum in 2022
Mark Gatiss Doctor Who
He had a childhood interest in the BBC science-fiction show Doctor Who and devoted much of his early writing to the series. Gatiss wrote for the BBV series “P.R.O.B.E.” He had early contributions to the Doctor Who franchise including four novels, two audio plays for BBV, and two audio plays for Big Finish Productions. Doctor Who, is a science-fiction television program broadcast by the BBC since 1963. Further, the series contains 26 seasons from 1963 to 1989 and 13 seasons from 2005 to the present. It has over 170 episodes with over 300 stories.
Mark Gatiss Game of Thrones
Gatiss appeared in season four of the fantasy drama tv series created by David Benioff and D.B. Weiss for HBO, Game of Thrones. He appeared in 2014 and then reprised this role in season five and season seven. Additionally, the series contains 73 episodes in eight seasons.
Mark Gatiss Sherlock
Gatiss appeared in the BBC drama Sherlock as Mycroft Holmes he also co-created with Steven Moffat from 2010 to 2017. The tv series stars Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock Holmes and Martin Freeman as Doctor John Watson. In the series, he plays the role of Sherlock’s brother Mycroft and wrote four episodes “The Great Game,” “The Hounds of Baskerville” “The Empty Hearse”, and “The Six Thatchers”. Moreover, the series is praised for the quality of its writing, acting, and directing. The series contains 13 episodes in four seasons.
Mark Gatiss Actor
His acting career kicked off in 1993 in Harry as Diner Manager. He is an active member of the sketch comedy team The League of Gentlemen. The team began as a stage act in 1995 and won the Perrier Award at Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 1997. The show transferred to BBC Radio 4 as On the Town with the League of Gentlemen, and then later arrived on television on BBC Two in 1999. He has written for the 2001 revival of Randall & Hopkirk and script editing the popular sketch show Little Britain in 2003. Moreover, he has appeared in Nighty Night, Agatha Christie’s Marple, and Catterick.
Gatiss wrote the BBC Four docudrama The Worst Journey in the World and also made three credited appearances in Doctor Who. He appeared as Robert Louis Stevenson in Jekyll in 2007 and appeared in Clone as Colonel Black. He had an acting roles in the BBC drama Worried About the Boy and Sherlock. Further, he was broadcast on BBC Two as part of the long-running A Ghost Story for Christmas series.
In 2014, he appeared in season four of Game of Thrones and later reprised this role in season five and season seven.
In 2015, he appeared in Channel 4’s Coalition and appeared as the Prince Regent in the eight-part historical fiction television drama series Taboo. Additionally, he starred as Lawrence in the seventh series opener of Inside No. 9 in April 2022. He also wrote and appeared as Jacob Marley in a new adaptation of A Christmas Carol – A Ghost Story. He directed The Unfriend a new play by Steven Moffat at the Minerva Theatre, Chichester in May 2022.
Mark Gatiss Net Worth
He has attained decent fortune working as an actor, comedian, screenwriter, director, producer, and novelist since 1993. Gatiss’s net worth is $10 Million.
How Tall Is Mark Gatiss
Gatiss is a man of average stature and is 6 ft 1 in.
Who Is Mark Gatiss
Gatiss is a well-known English actor, comedian, screenwriter, director, producer, and novelist. He has written and acted in the television series Doctor Who, Sherlock, and Dracula. He is an active member of the comedy team The League of Gentlemen along with Reece Shearsmith, Steve Pemberton, and Jeremy Dyson.
Is Mark Gatiss Married
He is openly gay and married his handsome husband Ian Hallard in 2008 in Middle Temple, in the City of London. He was featured on The Independent on Sunday’s Pink List of influential gay people in the UK in 2010, 2011, and 2014.
Gatiss’s Social Media Account
Twitter – @Markgatiss