Mark Rylance
Acting
- Born:
- 1960-01-18
- Place of birth:
- 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.
Known For
Filmography
On the Edge
The Nightingale
Artificial
Searching for Shakespeare
Bing & Friends: Birthday Celebration
Spirit of Place
Inland
Bones and All
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
The Undeclared War
The Phantom of the Open
The Outfit
Don't Look Up
Bing’s Christmas and Other Stories
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Waiting for the Barbarians
My Grandparents' War
The Flaneur
Nothing Is Truer than Truth
Ready Player One
Dunkirk
The BFG
The Colorado
A Case of the Cold War: Bridge of Spies
Bridge of Spies
Wolf Hall: The Inside Story
The Gunman
Wolf Hall
Days and Nights
Bing
We Are Many
Muse of Fire
Twelfth Night
Anonymous
Blitz
Inside The Institute
The Other Boleyn Girl
Hamlet {Solo}
Shakespeare's Globe
The Government Inspector
Measure for Measure: Live from The Globe
Measure for Measure: Live from the Globe
Richard II - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
Leonardo
Much Ado About Something
Intimacy
Henry V at Shakespeare's Globe
Loving
Angels and Insects
Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life
In Lambeth
Love Lies Bleeding
The Grass Arena
Prospero's Books
Incident in Judaea
Hearts of Fire
ScreenPlay
The McGuffin
Wallenberg: A Hero's Story
Screen Two
American Playhouse
The South Bank Show
Great Performances
Tony Awards
The Way of the Wind
Nice Fish