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Mark Gatiss ( /ˈɡeɪ.tɪs/ gay-tis; 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 has both written for and acted in the TV series Doctor Who and Sherlock. Gatiss was born in Sedgefield, England, where he grew up opposite the Edwardian psychiatric hospital where both his parents worked. His childhood passions included watching Doctor Who and Hammer Horror films on television, reading Sherlock Holmes and H. G. Wells, and collecting fossils. All of these interests have fuelled his creative... MORE

Mark Gatiss ( /ˈɡeɪ.tɪs/ gay-tis; 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 has both written for and acted in the TV series Doctor Who and Sherlock. Gatiss was born in Sedgefield, England, where he grew up opposite the Edwardian psychiatric hospital where both his parents worked. His childhood passions included watching Doctor Who and Hammer Horror films on television, reading Sherlock Holmes and H. G. Wells, and collecting fossils. All of these interests have fuelled his creative work as an adult. He attended Heighington CE Primary School and Woodham Comprehensive School in Newton Aycliffe; at the latter, he was two years ahead of Paul Magrs, who would also go on to write Doctor Who fiction. He is openly gay and featured on The Independent on Sunday's Pink List of influential gay people in the UK in 2010 and 2011. He is in a civil partnership with actor Ian Hallard, and has a Labrador, 'Bunsen'. He once built a Victorian laboratory in their London home, as the fulfilment of another childhood dream. Following his childhood interest in Doctor Who, Gatiss's early writing was LESS