Mark GatissMark Gatiss

Mark Gatiss

Mark Gatiss has had a long and varied career as a writer, director and producer, as well as an actor and published author.

He is best known as a member of The League of Gentlemen and as the co-creator and executive producer of the multi award-winning BBC series Sherlock, in which he played Mycroft Holmes.
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Contacts

Agent:
Chiggy

Contact:
Daisy Skepelhorn

daisy@pbjmanagement.co.uk
020 7287 1112

Acting Agent

Sarah Spears
Sarah@curtisbrown.co.uk
020 7393 4400

Voice Over Agent

Emma Torrens
emma@vobjmanagement.co.uk

Mark is best known as a member of The League of Gentlemen and as the co-creator and executive producer of the multi award-winning BBC series Sherlock, in which he played Mycroft Holmes. He both wrote for and appeared in the modern revival of Doctor Who, and was the writer and executive producer of An Adventure in Space and Time for its 50th anniversary celebrations. He also co-created the BBC and Netflix drama Dracula, and has written and directed several BBC ghost stories, including The Mezzotint, Martin’s Close, The Dead Room, The Tractate Middoth. As an actor, recent screen work includes Mission Impossible 7, Operation Mincemeat, The Father, The Favourite, Christopher Robin, Gunpowder, Wolf Hall, Coalition and Game of Thrones; and on stage, Coriolanus (Donmar Warehouse), The Boys in the Band (Park/Vaudeville Theatres), Three Days in the Country (National Theatre: Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role), the title role in The Madness of George III (Nottingham Playhouse), and Jacob Marley in his own adaptation of A Christmas Carol (Nottingham Playhouse and Alexandra Palace). He has recently directed Steven Moffat’s debut play The Unfriend for Chichester Theatre, which in 2023 will transfer to the Criterion Theatre in the West End.

Television

Nolly
Larry Grayson
ITV2023
A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story
2022
Inside No. 9
Callum
BBC2022
The Mezzotint
Writer & director
BBC Two 2021
The Amazing Mr Blunden
Writer & Lead Performer
Sky One2021
Dracula
Co-Creator & Co Writer
BBC One2020
In Search of Dracula with Mark Gatiss
Writer and presenter
BBC Two2020
Good Omens
Mr Harmony
Amazon2019
Brexit
Peter Mandelson
Channel 4 2019
Martin's Close
Writer/Director
BBC Four2019
Good Omens
Mr Harmony
Amazon2019 — 2023
Sally4Ever
Doctor
Sky2018
The Dead Room
Writer / Performer
BBC 2018
The League of Gentlemen Anniversary Specials
Lead Actor/ Co-writer
Lead Actor/ Co-writer /Co-Director2018
Queers
Writer
BBC TWO 2017
Taboo
Prince Regent
BBC One2017
Against the Law
Dr. Landers
BBC TWO2017
Sherlock: The Six Thatchers
Writer
BBC 12017
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride
Co-writer
BBC 12017
Wolf Hall
Stephen Gardiner
BBC TWO2015
Game of Thrones
Tycho Nestoris
HBO2014 — 2017
Mapp & Lucia
Major Benjamin 'Benjy' Flint
2014
Sherlock: The Sign of Three
Co-writer
BBC12014
Tractate Middoth
Writer
BBC 22013
M R James: Ghost Writer
Writer
2013
Psychobitches
Joan Crawford
Sky Arts2013
An Adventure in Space & Time
Writer
BBC12013
Sherlock: Many Happy Returns
Co-writer
BBC12013
An Adventure in Space and Time
Writer
BBC TWO2013
Being Human
Mr. Snow
BBC Three2012
Horror Europa
Writer / Presenter
BBC42012
Sherlock: The Hounds of Baskerville
Writer
BBC12012
A History of Horror
Writer
BBC42010
Sherlock: The Great Game
Writer
BBC12010
The First Men in the Moon
Writer
BBC 2 2010
A History of Horror with Mark Gatiss
Presenter
BBC 42010
Sherlock (Series 1 - 4)
Co-Creator / Co-Producer
BBC12010 — 2014
Agatha Christie: Poirot, Cat Among the Pigeons
Writer
BBC12008
The Worst Journey in the World
Writer
BBC42007
Doctor Who
Writer / Danny Boy
BBC 12005 — 2011
Doctor Who: The Unquiet Dead
Writer
BBC12005
Little Britain
Writer
BBC2003
The League of Gentlemen, Series 3
Writer / Various
BBC Worldwide2003
The League of Gentlemen Christmas Special
Writer / Various
BBC Worldwide2002
The League of Gentlemen, Series 2
Writer / Various
BBC Worldwide2001
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) (Series 1)
Inspector Large
BBC12000
The League Of Gentlemen, Series 1
Writer / Various
BBC Worldwide2000
Debt Wish Live
Writer
BBC11999
The League of Gentlemen (Series 1 - 3 / Christmas Special)
Writer / Various
BBC21999 — 2002

Film

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
2023
Operation Mincemeat
Ivor Montagu
See-Saw Films2022
Locked Down
Donald
Storyteller Productions2021
The Road Dance
Doctor Msclean
Sheridan Road Productions2021
The Father
The Man
Les Films Du Cru2020
Christopher Robin
Giles Winslow
Disney2018
The Favourite
Lord Marlborough
Searchlight Pictures2018
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
Joel
Dir: Mandie Fletcher2016
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
Co-writer / Performer
Steve Bendelack2005
A Local Show for Local People
Writer / Various
(Recorded live at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane)2001

Theatre and Live Performance

Motive And The Cue
John Gielgud
National Theatre2023
The Way Old Friends Do
Director
Birmingham Rep & West End Transfer2022 — 2023
The Unfriend
Director
Playful Productions2022
A Christmas Carol
Writer & Performer
The Nottingam Plahouse & Alexandra Palace2021 — 2022
The Madness of George III
King George
Nottingham Playhouse 2019
The League of Gentlemen Live Again! UK Tour
Lead Actor/ Co-writer
UK Tour2018
Three Days in the Country
Shpigelsky
National Theatre 2016
Corialanus
Menenius
The Donmar Warehouse2013
A Local Show For Local People
Writer / Various
National tour & Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London2001
Debt Wish Live
Writer / Performer
Brixton Academy1999
The League Of Gentlemen
Writer / Various
Edinburgh Pleasance, London Pleasance, Komedia, Brighton, London's Battersea Arts Centre and the Canal Café Theatre1995 — 1999

Awards

UK Theatre Awards
Outstanding Contribution to British Theatre
2023
Olivier Award for Best Supporting Role
Three Days in the Country
2016
Olivier Award Nomination for Best Supporting Role
Corialanus
2014
Peabody Award
Sherlock
2011
BAFTA Award for Best Drama Series
Sherlock
2011
TV Quick Award for Best New Drama
Sherlock
2011
Nominated for Prix Europa for TV Fiction
Sherlock
2011
RTS Television Award for Best Drama Series
Sherlock
2011
Banff Rockie Award for Best Continuing Series
Sherlock
2011
Nominated for Saturn Award for Best Television Presentation
Sherlock
2011
Nominated for TRIC Award for TV Drama Programme of the Year
Sherlock
2011
Nominated for National Television Award for Most Popular Drama
Sherlock
2011
Nominated for Broadcasting Press Guild Award for Writer's Award
Sherlock
2011
Nominated for Broadcasting Press Guild Award for Best Drama Series
Sherlock
2011
Nominaed for Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award for Best Television Short-Form Drama
Sherlock
2011
South Bank Show Award for Best Comedy
The League of Gentlemen, Series 3
2003
Olivier Award Nomination for Best Entertainment
A Local Show for Local People
2002
NME Award for Best Television Programme
The League Of Gentlemen, Series 2
2001
Perrier Award
The League Of Gentlemen
1997
Sony Silver Award
On The Town With The League Of Gentlemen
1997

Books

Black Butterfly: A Lucifer Box Novel
Simon & Schuster
2008
The Devil In Amber: A Lucifer Box Novel
Simon & Schuster
2006
The Vesuvius Club: A Lucifer Box Novel
Simon & Schuster
2004
The League of Gentlemen Scripts And That
Fourth Estate
2003
The League of Gentlemen - A Local Book For Local People
Fourth Estate UK
2000
The Essex Files
Fourth Estate UK
1997

Radio

Hitchcock's The Blind Man
Writer & director
BBC Radio 42015
Nebulous (Eps 1 - 6)
Professor Nebulous
Radio 42005
The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Bert Stevens
Radio 42004
Ringing The Changes
Co-writer
Radio 42001
On The Town With The League Of Gentlemen
Writer / Various
Radio 41997
Costing The Earth
Performer
Radio 41995
Are You From The Bugle?
Performer
Radio 41995

News

The BBC Audio Drama Awards Nominations 2018

22nd November 2017

The shortlist for the BBC Audio Drama Awards 2018 has been revealed - and we are so thrilled to see plenty of PBJ Clients on the list

Olivier Awards 2016 - Nominations

29th February 2016

FULL NOMINATIONS LIST FOR THE OLIVIER AWARDS 2016 WITH MASTERCARD Best Revival Hamlet at Barbican Theatre Les Liaisons Dangereuses at Donmar Warehouse Ma Rainey's Black Bottom at National Theatre, Lyttelton The Winter's Tale at Garrick Theatre Best New Comedy A Christmas Carol at Noël Coward Theatre Hand To God at Vaudeville Theatre Nell Gwynn at Apollo Theatre Peter Pan Goes Wrong at Apollo Theatre Best Costume Design Gregg Barnes for Kinky Boots at Adelphi Theatre Hugh Durrant for Nell Gwynn at Apollo Theatre Jonathan Fensom for Farinelli And The King at Duke of York's Theatre Katrina Lindsay for Bend It Like Beckham at Phoenix Theatre Blue-i Theatre Technology Award for Best Set Design Hildegard Bechtler for Oresteia at Almeida Theatre Es Devlin for Hamlet at Barbican Theatre Jonathan Fensom for Farinelli And The King at Duke of York's Theatre Anna Fleischle for Hangmen at Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court & Wyndham's Theatre White Light Award for Best Lighting Design Neil Austin for The Winter's Tale at Garrick Theatre Natasha Chivers for Oresteia at Almeida Theatre James Farncombe for People, Places And Things at National Theatre, Dorfman Mark Henderson for Gypsy at Savoy Theatre Best Sound Design George Dennis for The Homecoming at Trafalgar Studios 1 Tom Gibbons for People, Places And Things at National Theatre, Dorfman Christopher Shutt for The Father at Wyndham's Theatre Christopher Shutt for Hamlet at Barbican Theatre Best New Opera Production Cavalleria Rusticana/Pagliacci at Royal Opera House The Force Of Destiny at London Coliseum Morgen Und Abend at Royal Opera House Outstanding Achievement in Opera English National Opera Chorus and Orchestra for The Force Of Destiny, Lady Macbeth Of Mtsensk and The Queen Of Spades at London Coliseum Felicity Palmer for The Queen Of Spades at London Coliseum Sir Antonio Pappano for his conducting of Cavalleria Rusticana/Pagliacci, Guillaume Tell and Król Roger at Royal Opera House Tamara Wilson for The Force Of Destiny at London Coliseum Best Actor in a Supporting Role Mark Gatiss for Three Days In The Country at National Theatre, Lyttelton Michael Pennington for The Winter's Tale at Garrick Theatre Tom Sturridge for American Buffalo at Wyndham's Theatre David Suchet for The Importance Of Being Earnest at Vaudeville Theatre Best Actress in a Supporting Role Judi Dench for The Winter's Tale at Garrick Theatre Michele Dotrice for Nell Gwynn at Apollo Theatre Melody Grove for Farinelli And The King at Duke of York's Theatre Catherine Steadman for Oppenheimer at Vaudeville Theatre Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre Barbarians at The Clare, Young Vic Phil Dunster for his role in Pink Mist at Bush Theatre Pat Kinevane and Fishamble for Silent at Soho Theatre Violence And Son at Jerwood Theatre Upstairs at the Royal Court Virgin Atlantic Best New Play Farinelli And The King at Duke of York's Theatre The Father at Wyndham's Theatre Hangmen at Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court & Wyndham's Theatre People, Places And Things at National Theatre, Dorfman Best Actor Kenneth Branagh for The Winter's Tale at Garrick Theatre Kenneth Cranham for The Father at Wyndham's Theatre Benedict Cumberbatch for Hamlet at Barbican Theatre Adrian Lester for Red Velvet at Garrick Theatre Mark Rylance for Farinelli And The King at Duke of York's Theatre Best Actress Gemma Arterton for Nell Gwynn at Apollo Theatre Denise Gough for People, Places And Things at National Theatre, Dorfman Nicole Kidman for Photograph 51 at Noël Coward Theatre Janet McTeer for Les Liaisons Dangereuses at Donmar Warehouse Lia Williams for Oresteia at Almeida Theatre Best Entertainment and Family Alice's Adventures Underground at The Vaults Dr

An Adventure In Space And Time

18th November 2013

This special one-off drama travels back in time to 1963 to see how Doctor Who was first brought to the screen

Sherlock nominated for 13 Emmy Awards!

2nd August 2012

Congratulations to Mark Gatiss whose contirbution to Sherlock, A Scandal in Belgravia is up for a staggering 13 nominations

Sherlock win at South Bank Awards

2nd May 2012

BBC's One Sherlock and Channel 4 comedy Fresh Meat were among the winners at the South Bank Sky Arts Awards this afternoon

What's On Stage Awards 2012 have been announced

2nd December 2011

The shortlist of nominations for the 12th annual Whatsonstage

Don't miss our PBJ/JBJ Clients this Xmas!

15th December 2010

Tune in over Xmas and watch /hear our PBJ/JBJ clients in all their festive glory

Marc Wootton in Season's Greetings at the National Theatre

7th December 2010

Alan Ayckbourn's masterly Season's Greetings offers a seriously entertaining look at the misery and high jinks of an average family Christmas

Writers' Guild Of Great Britain Awards 2010

18th October 2010

Among the nominees for this year's WGGB Awards are Chris Morris and Simon Blackwell for Best Original Screenplay for Four Lions; Mark Gatiss for Dr Who in the Best Drama Series category; Simon Blackwell and Armando Iannucci for Best Comedy Series for The Thick Of It, and a third nomination for Simon Blackwell in the same category for Peep Show

Podcast Guest Appearances

Mark Gatiss: Desert Island Discs
Kirsty Young interviews writer and actor Mark Gatiss.