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
2027
2024
- Bing & Friends: Birthday Celebration as Flop (voice)
- Spirit of Place
2023
- Inland as Dunleavy
2022
- Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg as Self
- The Outfit as Leonard Burling
- Bones and All as Sully
- The Undeclared War as John Yeabsley
- The Phantom of the Open as Maurice Flitcroft
2021
- Don't Look Up as Peter Isherwell
2020
- The Trial of the Chicago 7 as William Kunstler
- Waiting for the Barbarians as The Magistrate
- Bing’s Christmas and Other Stories as Flop
2019
- My Grandparents' War as Self
- The Flaneur as Narrator
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
- A Case of the Cold War: Bridge of Spies as Self
- The Colorado as Self - Narrator (voice)
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
- The Government Inspector as Dr. David Kelly
- Shakespeare's Globe as Himself
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
- Leonardo as Leonardo
- Richard II - Live at Shakespeare's Globe as Richard II
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
- Incident in Judaea
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