Mark Rylance
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
Credits
- 2027 · The Nightingale as
- 2024 · Bing & Friends: Birthday Celebration as Flop (voice)
- 2022 · Bones and All as Sully
- 2022 · Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg as Self
- 2022 · The Undeclared War as John Yeabsley
- 2022 · The Phantom of the Open as Maurice Flitcroft
- 2022 · The Outfit as Leonard Burling
- 2021 · Don't Look Up as Peter Isherwell
- 2020 · The Trial of the Chicago 7 as William Kunstler
- 2020 · Waiting for the Barbarians as The Magistrate
- 2018 · Ready Player One as Anorak / Halliday
- 2017 · Dunkirk as Mr. Dawson
- 2016 · The BFG as The BFG
- 2015 · Bridge of Spies as Rudolf Abel
- 2015 · The Gunman as Terrance Cox
- 2015 · Wolf Hall as Thomas Cromwell
- 2014 · Bing as Narrator / Flop (voice)
- 2013 · Muse of Fire as Self
- 2011 · Anonymous as Condell
- 2011 · Blitz as Roberts
- 2008 · The Other Boleyn Girl as Sir Thomas Boleyn
- 2001 · Much Ado About Something as Himself
- 2001 · Intimacy as Jay
- 1997 · Henry V at Shakespeare's Globe as Henry V
- 1995 · Angels and Insects as William Adamson
- 1993 · In Lambeth as William Blake
- 1991 · Incident in Judaea as
- 1986 · ScreenPlay as Conn Ellis
- 1985 · Screen Two as Charlie Raunce
- 1982 · American Playhouse as William Adamson
- 1971 · Great Performances as King Henry V
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Winner
- Future · Nice Fish as
- 2027 · On the Edge as (voice)
- 1993 · Love Lies Bleeding as Conn Ellis
- Future · Artificial as Geoffrey Hinton
- Future · The Way of the Wind as Satan
- 2025 · Searching for Shakespeare as
- 2024 · Spirit of Place as
- 2023 · Inland as Dunleavy
- 2020 · Bing’s Christmas and Other Stories as Flop
- 2019 · My Grandparents' War as Self
- 2019 · The Flaneur as Narrator
- 2018 · Nothing Is Truer than Truth as Self
- 2016 · The Colorado as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2016 · A Case of the Cold War: Bridge of Spies as Self
- 2015 · Wolf Hall: The Inside Story as Self
- 2014 · Days and Nights as Stephen
- 2014 · We Are Many as Self
- 2012 · Twelfth Night as Olivia
- 2010 · Inside The Institute as Self
- 2007 · Hamlet {Solo} as Self
- 2005 · Shakespeare's Globe as Himself
- 2005 · The Government Inspector as Dr. David Kelly
- 2004 · Measure for Measure: Live from the Globe as Vincentio, Duke of Vienna
- 2004 · Measure for Measure: Live from The Globe as Vincentio, Duke of Vienna
- 2003 · Richard II - Live at Shakespeare's Globe as Richard II
- 2003 · Leonardo as Leonardo
- 1996 · Loving as Charlie Raunce
- 1995 · Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life as Jakob
- 1992 · The Grass Arena as John Healy
- 1991 · Prospero's Books as Ferdinand
- 1987 · Hearts of Fire as Fizz
- 1986 · The McGuffin as Gavin
- 1985 · Wallenberg: A Hero's Story as Nikki Fodor