Mark Gatiss Joins the Foundation as a Patron

The Foundation is delighted to announce that actor, writer, director and producer Mark Gatiss has joined the Foundation as a Patron alongside existing Patrons, actor Rory Kinnear and writer/director Kirk Jones. We are thrilled to welcome Mark to the team.

Mark is best known as a member of The League of Gentlemen and as the co-creator, with Steven Moffat, and executive producer of the award-winning BBC series Sherlock, in which also starred as 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, created for the programme’s 50th anniversary celebrations.

He also co-created the BBC and Netflix drama Dracula and has written and directed several acclaimed BBC ghost stories, including The Room in the Tower, Woman of Stone, Lot No.249  and The Mezzotint. As an actor, his screen credits include Fantastic Four: First Steps, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning and The Final Reckoning, Operation Mincemeat, The Father, The Favourite, Christopher Robin, Gunpowder, Wolf Hall, Coalition and Game of Thrones.

His extensive stage work includes The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui (RSC), Coriolanus (Donmar Warehouse), The Boys in the Band (Park and Vaudeville Theatres), Three Days in the Country (National Theatre), for which he won the 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). In 2024 he won the Olivier Award for Best Actor playing Sir John Gielgud in ’The Motive and the Cue’ (National Theatre and Noel Coward Theatre).

Mark Gatiss’ involvement with the Foundation is particularly poignant, as he knew Mark very well, having worked with him on a number of productions.

Mark Gatiss said:
“It is a huge honour to become a patron of the Mark Milsome Foundation. I was privileged to know and admire Mark. We worked together on ’Sherlock’ and I have many happy memories of his creativity, endless enthusiasm and beaming smile.  He was the  embodiment of a ‘can do’ approach. I did some of my very first directing on the second unit of ‘Sherlock’  and couldn’t have asked for a kinder or more collaborative teacher. The work that continues in Mark’s name, fighting for higher standards in an often careless and ever-changing industry has never felt more urgent.”

Abbi Collins (MMF Chair) said:
“We are proud to welcome Mark to the Foundation and look forward to working with him as we continue to grow and further our mission to improve health and safety across the film and television industry.”