Mark Rylance
Acting
Born January 18, 1960 · Ashford, Kent, England, UK
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.
Films (48)
The Nightingale
2027
Searching for Shakespeare
2025
Bing & Friends: Birthday Celebration
2024
Spirit of Place
2024
Inland
2023
Bones and All
2022
The Phantom of the Open
2022
The Outfit
2022
Don't Look Up
2021
Bing’s Christmas and Other Stories
2020
The Trial of the Chicago 7
2020
Waiting for the Barbarians
2019
Nothing Is Truer than Truth
2018
Ready Player One
2018
Dunkirk
2017
The BFG
2016
The Colorado
2016
A Case of the Cold War: Bridge of Spies
2016
Bridge of Spies
2015
Wolf Hall: The Inside Story
2015
The Gunman
2015
Days and Nights
2014
We Are Many
2014
Muse of Fire
2013
Twelfth Night
2012
Anonymous
2011
Blitz
2011
Inside The Institute
2010
The Other Boleyn Girl
2008
Hamlet {Solo}
2007
Shakespeare's Globe
2005
The Government Inspector
2005
Measure for Measure: Live from The Globe
2004
Measure for Measure: Live from the Globe
2004
Richard II - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
2003
Much Ado About Something
2001
Intimacy
2001
Henry V at Shakespeare's Globe
1997
Loving
1996
Angels and Insects
1995
Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life
1995
In Lambeth
1993
Love Lies Bleeding
1993
The Grass Arena
1992
Prospero's Books
1991
Incident in Judaea
1991
Hearts of Fire
1987
The McGuffin
1986