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
- 2024 · Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light as Thomas Cromwell
- 2024 · Bing & Friends: Birthday Celebration as Flop (voice)
- 2024 · Spirit of Place as
- 2023 · Inland as Dunleavy
- 2022 · Bones and All as Sully
- 2022 · Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg as
- 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
- 2021 · Shakespeare: The Man Behind the Name as
- 2020 · Bing’s Christmas and Other Stories as Flop
- 2020 · The Trial of the Chicago 7 as William Kunstler
- 2019 · My Grandparents' War as Self
- 2019 · Waiting for the Barbarians as The Magistrate
- 2018 · Nothing Is Truer than Truth as Self
- 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 · Days and Nights as Stephen
- 2014 · Bing as Narrator / Flop (voice)
- 2014 · We Are Many as Self
- 2013 · Muse of Fire as Self
- 2012 · Twelfth Night as Olivia
- 2011 · Anonymous as Condell
- 2011 · Blitz as Roberts
- 2010 · Inside The Institute as Self
- 2008 · The Other Boleyn Girl as Sir Thomas Boleyn
- 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
- 2003 · Richard II - Live at Shakespeare's Globe as Richard II
- 2003 · Leonardo as Leonardo
- 2001 · Much Ado About Something as Himself
- 2001 · Intimacy as Jay
- 1997 · Henry V at Shakespeare's Globe as Henry V
- 1996 · Loving as Charlie Raunce
- 1995 · Angels and Insects as William Adamson
- 1995 · Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life as Jakob
- 1993 · In Lambeth as William Blake
- 1993 · Love Lies Bleeding as Conn Ellis
- 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
- 1985 · Wallenberg: A Hero's Story as Nikki Fodor
- 1971 · Great Performances as King Henry V
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Winner
- Future · The Way of the Wind as Satan