Mark Rylance
Born: 1960-01-18 in Ashford, Kent, England, UK
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2024
- Spirit of Place
- Bing & Friends: Birthday Celebration as Flop (voice)
2023
- Inland as Dunleavy
2022
- Bones and All as Sully
- Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg as Self
- The Outfit as Leonard Burling
- The Phantom of the Open as Maurice Flitcroft
- The Undeclared War as John Yeabsley
2021
- Don't Look Up as Peter Isherwell
2020
- The Trial of the Chicago 7 as William Kunstler
- Bing’s Christmas and Other Stories as Flop
2019
- Waiting for the Barbarians as The Magistrate
- My Grandparents' War as Self
2018
- Ready Player One as Anorak / Halliday
- Nothing Is Truer than Truth as Self
2017
- Dunkirk as Mr. Dawson
2016
- The BFG as The BFG
- The Colorado as Self - Narrator (voice)
- A Case of the Cold War: Bridge of Spies as Self
2015
- Wolf Hall as Thomas Cromwell
- Bridge of Spies as Rudolf Abel
- The Gunman as Terrance Cox
- Wolf Hall: The Inside Story as Self
2014
- Bing as Narrator / Flop (voice)
- Days and Nights as Stephen
- We Are Many as Self
2013
- Muse of Fire as Self
2012
- Twelfth Night as Olivia
2010
- Inside The Institute as Self
2008
- The Other Boleyn Girl as Sir Thomas Boleyn
2007
- Hamlet {Solo} as Self
2005
- Shakespeare's Globe as Himself
- The Government Inspector as Dr. David Kelly
2004
- Measure for Measure: Live from the Globe as Vincentio, Duke of Vienna
- Measure for Measure: Live from The Globe as Vincentio, Duke of Vienna
2003
- Richard II - Live at Shakespeare's Globe as Richard II
- Leonardo as Leonardo
2001
- Intimacy as Jay
- Much Ado About Something as Himself
1997
- Henry V at Shakespeare's Globe as Henry V
1996
- Loving as Charlie Raunce
1995
- Angels and Insects as William Adamson
- Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life as Jakob
1993
- Love Lies Bleeding as Conn Ellis
- In Lambeth as William Blake
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
1971
- Great Performances as King Henry V
1956
- Tony Awards as Self - Winner