Mark Rylance

Personal Info

Known For:
Acting

Birthday:
January 18, 1960

Place of Birth:
Ashford, Kent, England, UK

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Mark Rylance

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.

Known For

Filmography

Year Movie Role
2025 Searching for Shakespeare
2024 Spirit of Place
2024 Bing & Friends: Birthday Celebration Flop (voice)
2023 Inland Dunleavy
2022 The Phantom of the Open Maurice Flitcroft
2022 The Outfit Leonard Burling
2022 Bones and All Sully
2021 Don't Look Up Peter Isherwell
2020 Bing’s Christmas and Other Stories Flop
2020 The Trial of the Chicago 7 William Kunstler
2019 Waiting for the Barbarians The Magistrate
2018 Ready Player One Anorak / Halliday
2018 Nothing Is Truer than Truth Self
2017 Dunkirk Mr. Dawson
2016 The BFG The BFG
2015 Bridge of Spies Rudolf Abel
2015 The Gunman Terrance Cox
2015 Wolf Hall: The Inside Story Self
2014 Days and Nights Stephen
2014 We Are Many Self
2013 Muse of Fire Self
2012 Twelfth Night Olivia
2011 Blitz Roberts
2011 Anonymous Condell
2010 Inside The Institute Self
2008 The Other Boleyn Girl Sir Thomas Boleyn
2007 Hamlet {Solo} Self
2005 The Government Inspector Dr. David Kelly
2005 Shakespeare's Globe Himself
2004 Measure for Measure: Live from The Globe Vincentio, Duke of Vienna
2003 Richard II - Live at Shakespeare's Globe Richard II
2001 Intimacy Jay
2001 Much Ado About Something Himself
1997 Henry V at Shakespeare's Globe Henry V
1996 Loving Charlie Raunce
1995 Angels and Insects William Adamson
1995 Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life Jakob
1993 Love Lies Bleeding Conn Ellis
1993 In Lambeth William Blake
1992 The Grass Arena John Healy
1991 Prospero's Books Ferdinand
1987 Hearts of Fire Fizz
1986 The McGuffin Gavin
The Way of the Wind Satan
Year TV Show Role
2022 Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
2022 The Undeclared War John Yeabsley
2019 My Grandparents' War Self
2015 Wolf Hall Thomas Cromwell
2014 Bing Narrator / Flop (voice)
2003 Leonardo Leonardo
1985 Wallenberg: A Hero's Story Nikki Fodor
1971 Great Performances King Henry V
1956 Tony Awards Self - Winner
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