Mark Gatiss

Mark Gatiss (born 17 October 1966) is an English actor, screenwriter and novelist. He is best known as a member of the comedy team The League of Gentlemen, and is one of only three people to have both written for and acted in Doctor Who. Gatiss was born in Sedgefield, County Durham, England and attended Heighington CE Primary School. He currently lives in Islington, London, with his partner Ian and their Labrador, Bunsen. In 2006, Gatiss was awar... more

Mark Gatiss (born 17 October 1966) is an English actor, screenwriter and novelist. He is best known as a member of the comedy team The League of Gentlemen, and is one of only three people to have both written for and acted in Doctor Who. Gatiss was born in Sedgefield, County Durham, England and attended Heighington CE Primary School. He currently lives in Islington, London, with his partner Ian and their Labrador, Bunsen. In 2006, Gatiss was awarded an honorary doctorate of letters by the University of Huddersfield. He is best known as a member of the sketch comedy team The League of Gentlemen (along with fellow performers Reece Shearsmith, Steve Pemberton and co-writer Jeremy Dyson), which initially began as a stage act in 1995, transferred to BBC Radio 4 as On the Town with the League of Gentlemen in 1997 and then arrived on television on BBC Two in 1999. The latter has seen Gatiss and his colleagues awarded a British Academy Television Award, a Royal Television Society Award and... less