Mark Rylance
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jan 18, 1960 (age 66)
- Place of birth
- Ashford, Kent, England, UK
- Credits
- 66
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
Filmography
On the Edge
2027Movie
(voice)
The Nightingale
2027Movie
Artificial
2026Movie
Geoffrey Hinton
Searching for Shakespeare
2025Movie
Bing & Friends: Birthday Celebration
2024Movie
Flop (voice)
Spirit of Place
2024Movie
Inland
2023Movie
Dunleavy
Bones and All
2022Movie
Sully
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
2022TV
Self
The Undeclared War
2022TV
John Yeabsley
The Phantom of the Open
2022Movie
Maurice Flitcroft
The Outfit
2022Movie
Leonard Burling
Don't Look Up
2021Movie
Peter Isherwell
Bing’s Christmas and Other Stories
2020Movie
Flop
The Trial of the Chicago 7
2020Movie
William Kunstler
Waiting for the Barbarians
2020Movie
The Magistrate
My Grandparents' War
2019TV
Self
The Flaneur
2019Movie
Narrator
Nothing Is Truer than Truth
2018Movie
Self
Ready Player One
2018Movie
Anorak / Halliday
Dunkirk
2017Movie
Mr. Dawson
The BFG
2016Movie
The BFG
The Colorado
2016Movie
Self - Narrator (voice)
A Case of the Cold War: Bridge of Spies
2016Movie
Self
Bridge of Spies
2015Movie
Rudolf Abel
Wolf Hall: The Inside Story
2015Movie
Self
The Gunman
2015Movie
Terrance Cox
Wolf Hall
2015TV
Thomas Cromwell
Days and Nights
2014Movie
Stephen
Bing
2014TV
Narrator / Flop (voice)
We Are Many
2014Movie
Self
Muse of Fire
2013Movie
Self
Twelfth Night
2012Movie
Olivia
Anonymous
2011Movie
Condell
Blitz
2011Movie
Roberts
Inside The Institute
2010Movie
Self
The Other Boleyn Girl
2008Movie
Sir Thomas Boleyn
Hamlet {Solo}
2007Movie
Self
Shakespeare's Globe
2005Movie
Himself
The Government Inspector
2005Movie
Dr. David Kelly
Measure for Measure: Live from The Globe
2004Movie
Vincentio, Duke of Vienna
Measure for Measure: Live from the Globe
2004Movie
Vincentio, Duke of Vienna
Richard II - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
2003Movie
Richard II
Leonardo
2003TV
Leonardo
Much Ado About Something
2001Movie
Himself
Intimacy
2001Movie
Jay
Henry V at Shakespeare's Globe
1997Movie
Henry V
Loving
1996Movie
Charlie Raunce
Angels and Insects
1995Movie
William Adamson
Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life
1995Movie
Jakob
In Lambeth
1993Movie
William Blake
Love Lies Bleeding
1993Movie
Conn Ellis
The Grass Arena
1991Movie
John Healy
Prospero's Books
1991Movie
Ferdinand
Incident in Judaea
1991Movie
Hearts of Fire
1987Movie
Fizz
ScreenPlay
1986TV
Conn Ellis
The McGuffin
1986Movie
Gavin
Wallenberg: A Hero's Story
1985TV
Nikki Fodor
Screen Two
1985TV
Charlie Raunce
American Playhouse
1982TV
William Adamson
The South Bank Show
1978TV
Great Performances
1971TV
King Henry V
Tony Awards
1956TV
Self - Winner
The Way of the Wind
Movie
Satan
Nice Fish
Movie