Mark Rylance
Actor
Born January 18, 1960 in Ashford, Kent, England, UK
Sir David Mark Rylance Waters (born 18 January 1960 in Ashford, Kent, England) is an English actor, theatre director, and playwright. He was the first artistic director of Shakespeare's Globe in London, between 1995 and 2005. His film appearances include Prospero's Books (1991), Angels and Insects (1995), Institute Benjamenta (1996), and Intimacy (2001). Rylance won the Academy Award and BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Rudolf Abel in Bridge of Spies (2015). Rylance played the title role in Steven Spielberg's The BFG (2016), a live-action film adaptation of the children's book by Roald Dahl, and appeared in Christopher Nolan's Dunkirk (2017), based on the British evacuation in World War II. He appeared as James Halliday in Spielberg's 2018 film Ready Player One, based on the novel of the same name.
Filmography
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On the Edge
(voice)
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The Nightingale
The Way of the Wind
Satan
Artificial
Geoffrey Hinton
Searching for Shakespeare
Bing & Friends: Birthday Celebration
Flop (voice)
Spirit of Place
Inland
Dunleavy
Bones and All
Sully
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Self
The Undeclared War
John Yeabsley
The Phantom of the Open
Maurice Flitcroft
The Outfit
Leonard Burling
Don't Look Up
Peter Isherwell
Bing’s Christmas and Other Stories
Flop
The Trial of the Chicago 7
William Kunstler
Waiting for the Barbarians
The Magistrate
My Grandparents' War
Self
The Flaneur
Narrator
Nothing Is Truer than Truth
Self
Ready Player One
Anorak / Halliday
Dunkirk
Mr. Dawson
The BFG
The BFG
The Colorado
Self - Narrator (voice)
A Case of the Cold War: Bridge of Spies
Self
Bridge of Spies
Rudolf Abel
The Gunman
Terrance Cox
Wolf Hall
Thomas Cromwell
Days and Nights
Stephen
Bing
Narrator / Flop (voice)
We Are Many
Self
Muse of Fire
Self
Twelfth Night
Olivia
Anonymous
Condell
Blitz
Roberts
Inside The Institute
Self
The Other Boleyn Girl
Sir Thomas Boleyn
Hamlet {Solo}
Self
Shakespeare's Globe
Himself
The Government Inspector
Dr. David Kelly
Measure for Measure: Live from The Globe
Vincentio, Duke of Vienna
Measure for Measure: Live from the Globe
Vincentio, Duke of Vienna
Richard II - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
Richard II
Leonardo
Leonardo
Much Ado About Something
Himself
Intimacy
Jay
Henry V at Shakespeare's Globe
Henry V
Loving
Charlie Raunce
Angels and Insects
William Adamson
Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life
Jakob
In Lambeth
William Blake
Love Lies Bleeding
Conn Ellis
The Grass Arena
John Healy
Prospero's Books
Ferdinand
Hearts of Fire
Fizz
ScreenPlay
Conn Ellis
The McGuffin
Gavin
Wallenberg: A Hero's Story
Nikki Fodor
Screen Two
Charlie Raunce
Great Performances
King Henry V
Tony Awards
Self - Winner