Mark Rylance
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 18, 1960 (age 66)
- Birthplace
- 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.
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Filmography
The Way of the Wind
Movie · as Satan
Nice Fish
Movie
On the Edge
Movie · as (voice)
The Nightingale
Movie
Artificial
Movie · as Geoffrey Hinton
Searching for Shakespeare
Movie
Spirit of Place
Movie
Bing & Friends: Birthday Celebration
Movie · as Flop (voice)
Inland
Movie · as Dunleavy
The Phantom of the Open
Movie · as Maurice Flitcroft
The Outfit
Movie · as Leonard Burling
Bones and All
Movie · as Sully
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Undeclared War
TV · as John Yeabsley · 4 eps
Don't Look Up
Movie · as Peter Isherwell
Bing’s Christmas and Other Stories
Movie · as Flop
Waiting for the Barbarians
Movie · as The Magistrate
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Movie · as William Kunstler
The Flaneur
Movie · as Narrator
My Grandparents' War
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Ready Player One
Movie · as Anorak / Halliday
Nothing Is Truer than Truth
Movie · as Self
Dunkirk
Movie · as Mr. Dawson
The BFG
Movie · as The BFG
A Case of the Cold War: Bridge of Spies
Movie · as Self
The Colorado
Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)
Bridge of Spies
Movie · as Rudolf Abel
The Gunman
Movie · as Terrance Cox
Wolf Hall: The Inside Story
Movie · as Self
Wolf Hall
TV · as Thomas Cromwell · 12 eps
Days and Nights
Movie · as Stephen
We Are Many
Movie · as Self
Bing
TV · as Narrator / Flop (voice) · 105 eps
Muse of Fire
Movie · as Self
Twelfth Night
Movie · as Olivia
Blitz
Movie · as Roberts
Anonymous
Movie · as Condell
Inside The Institute
Movie · as Self
The Other Boleyn Girl
Movie · as Sir Thomas Boleyn
Hamlet {Solo}
Movie · as Self
The Government Inspector
Movie · as Dr. David Kelly
Shakespeare's Globe
Movie · as Himself
Measure for Measure: Live from The Globe
Movie · as Vincentio, Duke of Vienna
Measure for Measure: Live from the Globe
Movie · as Vincentio, Duke of Vienna
Richard II - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
Movie · as Richard II
Leonardo
TV · as Leonardo · 3 eps
Intimacy
Movie · as Jay
Much Ado About Something
Movie · as Himself
Henry V at Shakespeare's Globe
Movie · as Henry V
Loving
Movie · as Charlie Raunce
Angels and Insects
Movie · as William Adamson
Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life
Movie · as Jakob
Love Lies Bleeding
Movie · as Conn Ellis
In Lambeth
Movie · as William Blake
Prospero's Books
Movie · as Ferdinand
The Grass Arena
Movie · as John Healy
Incident in Judaea
Movie
Hearts of Fire
Movie · as Fizz
The McGuffin
Movie · as Gavin
ScreenPlay
TV · as Conn Ellis · 1 ep
Wallenberg: A Hero's Story
TV · as Nikki Fodor · 2 eps
Screen Two
TV · as Charlie Raunce · 1 ep
American Playhouse
TV · as William Adamson · 1 ep
The South Bank Show
TV · 1 ep
Great Performances
TV · as King Henry V · 1 ep
Tony Awards
TV · as Self - Winner · 2 eps