Person
Mark Rylance
Acting · Born 1960-01-18 · Ashford, Kent, England, UK
Biography
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.
Known for
Screen Two
Charlie Raunce
Great Performances
King Henry V
Tony Awards
Self - Winner
Ready Player One
Anorak / Halliday
ScreenPlay
Conn Ellis
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Self
Dunkirk
Mr. Dawson
Wolf Hall
Thomas Cromwell
Bing
Narrator / Flop (voice)
Don't Look Up
Peter Isherwell
Filmography
- 2027On the Edge(voice)
- 2027The Nightingale
- 2025Searching for Shakespeare
- 2024Bing & Friends: Birthday CelebrationFlop (voice)
- 2024Spirit of Place
- 2023InlandDunleavy
- 2022Bones and AllSully
- 2022Sunday with Laura KuenssbergSelf
- 2022The Undeclared WarJohn Yeabsley
- 2022The Phantom of the OpenMaurice Flitcroft
- 2022The OutfitLeonard Burling
- 2021Don't Look UpPeter Isherwell
- 2020Bing’s Christmas and Other StoriesFlop
- 2020The Trial of the Chicago 7William Kunstler
- 2020Waiting for the BarbariansThe Magistrate
- 2019My Grandparents' WarSelf
- 2019The FlaneurNarrator
- 2018Nothing Is Truer than TruthSelf
- 2018Ready Player OneAnorak / Halliday
- 2017DunkirkMr. Dawson
- 2016The BFGThe BFG
- 2016The ColoradoSelf - Narrator (voice)
- 2016A Case of the Cold War: Bridge of SpiesSelf
- 2015Bridge of SpiesRudolf Abel
- 2015Wolf Hall: The Inside StorySelf
- 2015The GunmanTerrance Cox
- 2015Wolf HallThomas Cromwell
- 2014Days and NightsStephen
- 2014BingNarrator / Flop (voice)
- 2014We Are ManySelf
- 2013Muse of FireSelf
- 2012Twelfth NightOlivia
- 2011AnonymousCondell
- 2011BlitzRoberts
- 2010Inside The InstituteSelf
- 2008The Other Boleyn GirlSir Thomas Boleyn
- 2007Hamlet {Solo}Self
- 2005Shakespeare's GlobeHimself
- 2005The Government InspectorDr. David Kelly
- 2004Measure for Measure: Live from The GlobeVincentio, Duke of Vienna
- 2004Measure for Measure: Live from the GlobeVincentio, Duke of Vienna
- 2003Richard II - Live at Shakespeare's GlobeRichard II
- 2003LeonardoLeonardo
- 2001Much Ado About SomethingHimself
- 2001IntimacyJay
- 1997Henry V at Shakespeare's GlobeHenry V
- 1996LovingCharlie Raunce
- 1995Angels and InsectsWilliam Adamson
- 1995Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human LifeJakob
- 1993In LambethWilliam Blake
- 1993Love Lies BleedingConn Ellis
- 1992The Grass ArenaJohn Healy
- 1991Prospero's BooksFerdinand
- 1991Incident in Judaea
- 1987Hearts of FireFizz
- 1986ScreenPlayConn Ellis
- 1986The McGuffinGavin
- 1985Wallenberg: A Hero's StoryNikki Fodor
- 1985Screen TwoCharlie Raunce
- 1971Great PerformancesKing Henry V
- 1956Tony AwardsSelf - Winner
- —The Way of the WindSatan
- —ArtificialGeoffrey Hinton
- —Nice Fish
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