Mark Gatiss

Mark Gatiss has had a long and varied career as a writer, director and producer behind the camera, as well as being an award-winning actor 

His early success on television was as part of the comedy troupe The League of Gentlemen, for which he both wrote and appeared onscreen as various characters.   

He had a childhood passion for Doctor Who and both wrote for and starred in the modern revival.  He was also the writer and executive producer of An Adventure in Space and Time, a drama of the genesis of the series as part of the show’s 50th Anniversary celebrations in 2013.  

Mark was the co-creator and executive producer of Sherlock, the hit BBC series starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman in which he also played Sherlock’s brother Mycroft Holmes.  The show has won a total of nine Emmys and twelve BAFTAs across its four series.   

Mark’s other writing credits for television include Dracula (2019), The Amazing Mr Blunden (2021) A History of Horror and its one-off sequel Horror Europa, all of which he presented as well. Additionally, he has written and directed several Christmas ghost stories for the BBC in recent years  

Mark has also created brand new detective series Bookish in which he also stars. The 6-part series will air on U&Alibi later this year 

Recent screen roles include Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning, Moonflower Murders, Time Bandits and Nolly. He also starred opposite Anthony Hopkins and Olivia Colman in the Oscar-winning screen adaptation of Florian Zeller’s The Father. 

On stage, he recently starred as Sir John Gielgud in The Motive and the Cue (written by Jack Thorne and directed by Sam Mendes) for which he won Best Actor at the 2024 Olivier Awards. 

As a stage director he recently helmed The Unfriend – a new play by Steven Moffat and The Way Old Friends Do written by Ian Hallard.