History Creator / MarkGatiss

* AwesomeDearBoy: He said that his role on ''BeingHuman'' was his favorite. He said that since he grew up a huge fan of ChristopherLee and HammerHorror films, getting to play the ''Being Human''-verse equivalent of Dracula was a dream come true.

Gatiss is a long-time big ''Doctor Who'' fan, to put it mildly; he has written for seven of the Doctors, wrote and acted in three official approved spoofs and contributed to seven ''AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho'' audios. Topping all of that though are his writing credits for the television show proper; [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E3TheUnquietDead "The Unquiet Dead"]] for Nine, [[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E7TheIdiotsLantern "The Idiot's Lantern"]] for Ten and [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E3VictoryOfTheDaleks "Victory of the Daleks"]], [[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E9NightTerrors "Night Terrors"]]", [[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E8ColdWar "Cold War"]] and [[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E11TheCrimsonHorror "The Crimson Horror"]] for Eleven.

* AwesomeDearBoy: He recently said that his role on ''BeingHuman'' was his favorite. He said that since he grew up a huge fan of ChristopherLee and HammerHorror films, getting to play the ''Being Human''-verse equivalent of Dracula was a dream come true.

Will also be appearing in the fifth series of ''Series/HorribleHistories'', along with fellow ''League of Gentlemen'' stars Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton.

Gatiss is a long-time big ''Doctor Who'' fan, to put it mildly; he has written for seven of the Doctors, wrote and acted in three official approved spoofs and contributed to seven ''AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho'' audios. Topping all of that though are his writing credits for the television show proper; "[[Recap/DoctorWhoNSS1E3TheUnquietDead The Unquiet Dead]]" for Nine, "[[Recap/DoctorWhoNSS2E7TheIdiotsLantern The Idiot's Lantern]]" for Ten and "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E3VictoryOfTheDaleks Victory of the Daleks]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E9NightTerrors Night Terrors]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E08ColdWar Cold War]]" and "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E11TheCrimsonHorror The Crimson Horror]]" for Eleven.

He provided an uncredited voice for a space spitfire pilot in "Victory of the Daleks" and "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E7AGoodManGoesToWar A Good Man Goes to War]]", as well as other roles in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoNSS3E6TheLazarusExperiment The Lazarus Experiment]]" and "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E13TheWeddingOfRiverSong The Wedding of River Song]]" (the latter under a pseudonym and heavy prosthetics), making him the ''only'' person to write ''and'' appear in the ''DoctorWho'' TV series no less than four times.

* CreatorCameo: Plays (uncredited both times) a Spitfire pilot in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E03VictoryOfTheDaleks Victory of the Daleks]]" and [[spoiler: Mycroft Holmes]] in ''Series/{{Sherlock}}''.
* DyeingForYourArt: Dyed his hair darker for [[spoiler:the part of Mycroft Holmes]] in ''Series/{{Sherlock}}''.

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* ''{{Sherlock}}''

And as if that wasn't enough, he's also the first person to play ''both'' the Doctor (in "The Web of Caves", a comedy spoof) and the Master (in [[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoUnboundE2SympathyForTheDevil "Sympathy for the Devil"]], a BigFinish WhatIf audio).

He appeared in a [[LiveEpisode live version]] of ''Series/TheQuatermassExperiment'' in 2005 with DavidTennant. During a break in rehearsals, Tennant whispered to him that he was the new Doctor that Gatiss would write "The Idiot's Lantern" for.

* NoBisexual: He made a controversal statement that "a lot of people who say they are bisexual aren't.".

He has also been announced as a cast member in season four of ''Series/GameOfThrones'', playing an as-yet-unknown character.

* {{Adorkable}}
* AttractiveBentGender: Several times in ''Series/TheLeagueOfGentlemen''.

* LargeHam: Every scene [[spoiler:Mycroft Holmes]] is in in ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'' is simply ''made'' of this. [[EnsembleDarkhorse And the fans love him for it.]]
* NightmareFetishist: Grew up next to an abandoned mental hospital and is obsessed with Hammer Horror movies and other scary-type things.

* RealMenWearPink: Pink is definitely his color.
* StraightGay: And married to actor Ian Hallard since 2008. Sorry, girls (and boys)!
** Of course, that doesn't mean he isn't without his moments. He was recently asked which show he'd love to make a guest appearance on. His answer? ''Series/AmericasNextTopModel.''
* [[TallDarkAndHandsome Tall Ginger And Handsome]]

* WholesomeCrossdresser: Plays female character Val in ''Series/TheLeagueOfGentlemen''... ''nudist'' female character Val. And oh, how he gets away with it.

* WholesomeCrossdresser: Plays female character Val in ''Series/TheLeagueOfGentlemen''... ''nudist female character Val. And oh, how he gets away with it.

He is also one of the two creators of ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'', and plays the character of [[spoiler:Mycroft Holmes]].

Is also currently appearing in the fourth series of ''Series/HorribleHistories'', along with fellow ''League of Gentlemen'' stars Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton.

* AwesomeDearBoy: He recently said that his role on ''BeingHuman'' was his favorite. He said that since he grew up a huge fan of ChristopherLee and Hammer Horror films, getting to play the ''Being Human''-verse equivalent of Dracula was a dream come true.

He appeared in a [[LiveEpisode live version]] of ''TheQuatermassExperiment'' in 2005 with DavidTennant. During a break in rehearsals, Tennant whispered to him that he was the new Doctor that Gatiss would write "The Idiot's Lantern" for.

Gatiss is a long-time big ''Doctor Who'' fan, to put it mildly; he has written for seven of the Doctors, wrote and acted in three official approved spoofs and contributed to seven ''AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho'' audios. Topping all of that though are his writing credits for the television show proper; "[[Recap/DoctorWhoNSS1E3TheUnquietDead The Unquiet Dead]]" for Nine, "[[Recap/DoctorWhoNSS2E7TheIdiotsLantern The Idiot's Lantern]]" for Ten and "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E3VictoryOfTheDaleks Victory of the Daleks]]" and "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E9NightTerrors Night Terrors]]" for Eleven.

** Of course, that doesn't mean he isn't without his moments. He was recently asked which show he'd love to make a guest appearance on. His answer? ''AmericasNextTopModel.''

Gatiss is a long-time big ''Doctor Who'' fan, to put it mildly; he has written for seven of the Doctors, wrote and acted in three official approved spoofs and contributed to seven BigFinishDoctorWho audios. Topping all of that though are his writing credits for the television show proper; "[[Recap/DoctorWhoNSS1E3TheUnquietDead The Unquiet Dead]]" for Nine, "[[Recap/DoctorWhoNSS2E7TheIdiotsLantern The Idiot's Lantern]]" for Ten and "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E3VictoryOfTheDaleks Victory of the Daleks]]" and "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E9NightTerrors Night Terrors]]" for Eleven.

* AttractiveBentGender: Several times in ''TheLeagueOfGentlemen''.

* [[TallDarkAndHandsome Tall Ginger And Handsome]]

He provided an uncredited voice for a space spitfire pilot in "Victory of the Daleks" and "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E7AGoodManGoesToWar A Good Man Goes to War]]", as well as other roles in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoNSS3E6TheLazarusExperiment The Lazarus Experiment]]" and "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E13TheWeddingOfRiverSong The Wedding of River Song]]" (the latter under a pseudonym and heavy prosthetics), making him the ''only'' person to write and appear in ''Doctor Who'' no less than four times.

And as if that wasn't enough, he's also the first person to play ''both'' the Doctor (''The Web of Caves'', a comedy spoof) and the Master (''Sympathy for the Devil'', a Big Finish WhatIf audio).

* [[TallDarkAndHandsome Tall Ginger And Handsome]]

* BlueEyes