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.
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Movies (44)
Searching for Shakespeare
2025
Bing & Friends: Birthday Celebration
as Flop (voice)
2024
Spirit of Place
2024
Inland
as Dunleavy
2023
Bones and All
as Sully
2022
The Phantom of the Open
as Maurice Flitcroft
2022
The Outfit
as Leonard Burling
2022
Don't Look Up
as Peter Isherwell
2021
Bing’s Christmas and Other Stories
as Flop
2020
The Trial of the Chicago 7
as William Kunstler
2020
Waiting for the Barbarians
as The Magistrate
2019
Nothing Is Truer than Truth
as Self
2018
Ready Player One
as Anorak / Halliday
2018
Dunkirk
as Mr. Dawson
2017
The BFG
as The BFG
2016
The Colorado
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2016
A Case of the Cold War: Bridge of Spies
as Self
2016
Bridge of Spies
as Rudolf Abel
2015
Wolf Hall: The Inside Story
as Self
2015
The Gunman
as Terrance Cox
2015
Days and Nights
as Stephen
2014
We Are Many
as Self
2014
Muse of Fire
as Self
2013
Twelfth Night
as Olivia
2012
Anonymous
as Condell
2011
Blitz
as Roberts
2011
Inside The Institute
as Self
2010
The Other Boleyn Girl
as Sir Thomas Boleyn
2008
Hamlet {Solo}
as Self
2007
Shakespeare's Globe
as Himself
2005
The Government Inspector
as Dr. David Kelly
2005
Measure for Measure: Live from The Globe
as Vincentio, Duke of Vienna
2004
Measure for Measure: Live from the Globe
as Vincentio, Duke of Vienna
2004
Richard II - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
as Richard II
2003
Much Ado About Something
as Himself
2001
Intimacy
as Jay
2001
Henry V at Shakespeare's Globe
as Henry V
1997
Loving
as Charlie Raunce
1996
Angels and Insects
as William Adamson
1995
Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life
as Jakob
1995
In Lambeth
as William Blake
1993
Love Lies Bleeding
as Conn Ellis
1993
The Grass Arena
as John Healy
1992
Prospero's Books
as Ferdinand
1991
