• Eminem poses for a photo with Carson Daly on set of TRL at the MTV Studios in New York City on May 10, 2000.

Eminem poses for a photo with Carson Daly on set of TRL at the MTV Studios in New York City on May 10, 2000. (Photo : Getty Images/Scott Gries)

With an Academy Award and 15 Grammy Awards, Marshall Mathers III, who is professionally known as Eminem, is one of the best rappers of all time. He was born on Oct. 17, 1972 in St. Joseph, Missouri.

While Eminem was celebrating his 44th birthday on Oct. 17, Monday, Mark Gatiss was celebrating his 50th. The latter was born in Sedgefield, England.

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On the small screen, Gatiss is set to reprise his role as Mycroft Holmes in "Sherlock" Season 4, which will premiere in 2017. On the big screen, he is set to star in "Denial" with Rachel Weisz, Tom Wilkinson, Timothy Spall, Jack Lowden and Andrew Scott, among others.

Aside from sharing the same birthday, Eminem and Gatiss are both phenomenal. Watch the music video of Eminem's song "Phenomenal" from the soundtrack of "Southpaw" here: