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Mark Gatiss
Mark Gatiss

Mark Gatiss

  • 58 years old
  • English
  • Actor, writer and producer

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The greatness that is Mark Gatiss

In television, whether it be comedy, drama or documentaries, there are individuals whose names you may know but not the face or whose face you may know but not the name. In the case of Mark Gatiss, this is brilliance that you should know both the name and the face.

Bill Young, Tellyspotting, 10th September 2011

My TV hero: Alexander Armstrong on Mark Gatiss

I like the idea of old-fashioned being classic rather than brown and dingy. And that's what Mark Gatiss has done with Sherlock. There's something quintessentially British about his work.

Alexander Armstrong, The Guardian, 26th July 2011

BAFTA TV special: Mark Gatiss

To celebrate tonight's Philips British Academy Television Awards, Mark Gatiss, co-creator of The League of Gentlemen and Sherlock, tells us about his love of TV.

Mark Gatiss, The Observer, 22nd May 2011

Mark Gatiss: My family values

The actor and writer talks about his family.

Alistair Duncan, The Guardian, 23rd October 2010

Mark Gatiss: the journey of a geek made good

Mark Gatiss, the brains behind TV's Sherlock and Doctor Who, is a man in demand. Michael Deacon met him.

Michael Deacon, The Telegraph, 15th October 2010

Interview: Mark Gatiss, actor and writer

Mark Gatiss is everywhere this month, but he found time to speak about his acting, writing and the maxim that keeps us all on tenterhooks.

Lee Randall, The Scotsman, 6th October 2010

Mark Gatiss: 'Golden age' of TV has now passed

Sherlock creator Mark Gatiss has complained that British actors working in television are being underpaid, claiming a "golden age" has passed in terms of performers' earnings.

Matthew Hemley, The Stage, 29th September 2010

Mark Gatiss hails vinyl influence

Mark Gatiss has revealed that he was influenced to become a comedy writer and performer by the Monty Python team and Rowan Atkinson.

Mayer Nissim, Digital Spy, 4th March 2010

Hallowe'en isn't until Saturday but here's comedian Reece Shearsmith (from The League of Gentlemen) in a haunted house in Hackney, with a bunch of other entertainers as keen as he is on ghosts, apparitions and macabre manifestations, to discuss the history of horror in entertainment. This week, together with Vic Reeves, Mark Gatiss and Yvette Fielding (often found on satellite TV, being gripped by spooky emanations), they discuss classic scary shows from British radio and TV and their essential ingredients. Next week, films.

Gillian Reynolds, The Telegraph, 29th October 2009

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