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.
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Movies (53)
On the Edge
2027 · (voice)
The Nightingale
2027
Artificial
2026 · Geoffrey Hinton
Searching for Shakespeare
2025
Bing & Friends: Birthday Celebration
2024 · Flop (voice)
Spirit of Place
2024
Inland
2023 · Dunleavy
Hasta los huesos
2022 · Sully
El profesional amateur
2022 · Maurice Flitcroft, Executive Producer
El Sastre de la Mafia
2022 · Leonard Burling
No miren arriba
2021 · Peter Isherwell
Bing’s Christmas and Other Stories
2020 · Flop
El juicio de los 7 de Chicago
2020 · William Kunstler
Esperando a los Bárbaros
2020 · The Magistrate
The Flaneur
2019 · Narrator
Nothing Is Truer than Truth
2018 · Self
Ready Player One: Comienza el juego
2018 · Anorak / Halliday
Dunkerque
2017 · Mr. Dawson
El buen amigo gigante
2016 · The BFG
The Colorado
2016 · Self - Narrator (voice)
A Case of the Cold War: Bridge of Spies
2016 · Self
Puente de espías
2015 · Rudolf Abel
Wolf Hall: The Inside Story
2015 · Self
The Gunman: El objetivo
2015 · Terrance Cox
Days and Nights
2014 · Stephen
We Are Many
2014 · Self
Muse of Fire
2013 · Self
Twelfth Night
2012 · Olivia
Anonymous
2011 · Condell
Persecución mortal
2011 · Roberts
Inside The Institute
2010 · Self
La otra Reina
2008 · Sir Thomas Boleyn
Hamlet {Solo}
2007 · Self
Shakespeare's Globe
2005 · Himself
The Government Inspector
2005 · Dr. David Kelly
Measure for Measure: Live from The Globe
2004 · Vincentio, Duke of Vienna
Measure for Measure: Live from the Globe
2004 · Vincentio, Duke of Vienna
Richard II - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
2003 · Richard II
Much Ado About Something
2001 · Himself
Intimidad
2001 · Jay
Henry V at Shakespeare's Globe
1997 · Henry V
Loving
1996 · Charlie Raunce
Angels and Insects
1995 · William Adamson
Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life
1995 · Jakob
In Lambeth
1993 · William Blake
Love Lies Bleeding
1993 · Conn Ellis
The Grass Arena
1991 · John Healy
Prospero's Books
1991 · Ferdinand
Incident in Judaea
1991
Hearts of Fire
1987 · Fizz
The McGuffin
1986 · Gavin
The Way of the Wind
· Satan
Nice Fish
· Director, Screenplay, Producer
TV shows (13)
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
2022 · Self
The Undeclared War
2022 · John Yeabsley
My Grandparents' War
2019 · Self
Wolf Hall
2015 · Thomas Cromwell
Bing
2014 · Narrator / Flop (voice)
Leonardo
2003 · Leonardo
ScreenPlay
1986 · Conn Ellis
Wallenberg: A Hero's Story
1985 · Nikki Fodor
Screen Two
1985 · Charlie Raunce
American Playhouse
1982 · William Adamson
The South Bank Show
1978
Great Performances
1971 · King Henry V
Tony Awards
1956 · Self - Winner