- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- January 18, 1960
- Place of Birth
- Ashford, Kent, England, UK
Mark Rylance
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
movieOn the Edge
2027 · (voice)
movieThe Nightingale
2027
movieSearching for Shakespeare
2025
movieBing & Friends: Birthday Celebration
2024 · Flop (voice)
movieSpirit of Place
2024
movieInland
2023 · Dunleavy
movieBones and All
2022 · Sully
tvSunday with Laura Kuenssberg
2022 · Self
tvThe Undeclared War
2022 · John Yeabsley
movieThe Phantom of the Open
2022 · Maurice Flitcroft, Executive Producer
movieThe Outfit
2022 · Leonard Burling
movieDon't Look Up
2021 · Peter Isherwell
movieBing’s Christmas and Other Stories
2020 · Flop
movieThe Trial of the Chicago 7
2020 · William Kunstler
movieWaiting for the Barbarians
2020 · The Magistrate
tvMy Grandparents' War
2019 · Self
movieThe Flaneur
2019 · Narrator
movieNothing Is Truer than Truth
2018 · Self
movieReady Player One
2018 · Anorak / Halliday
movieDunkirk
2017 · Mr. Dawson
movieThe BFG
2016 · The BFG
movieThe Colorado
2016 · Self - Narrator (voice)
movieA Case of the Cold War: Bridge of Spies
2016 · Self
movieBridge of Spies
2015 · Rudolf Abel
Wolf Hall: The Inside Story
movieWolf Hall: The Inside Story
2015 · Self
movieThe Gunman
2015 · Terrance Cox
tvWolf Hall
2015 · Thomas Cromwell
movieDays and Nights
2014 · Stephen
tvBing
2014 · Narrator / Flop (voice)
movieWe Are Many
2014 · Self
movieMuse of Fire
2013 · Self
movieTwelfth Night
2012 · Olivia
movieAnonymous
2011 · Condell
movieBlitz
2011 · Roberts
movieInside The Institute
2010 · Self
movieThe Other Boleyn Girl
2008 · Sir Thomas Boleyn
movieHamlet {Solo}
2007 · Self
movieShakespeare's Globe
2005 · Himself
movieThe Government Inspector
2005 · Dr. David Kelly
movieMeasure for Measure: Live from The Globe
2004 · Vincentio, Duke of Vienna
movieMeasure for Measure: Live from the Globe
2004 · Vincentio, Duke of Vienna
movieRichard II - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
2003 · Richard II
tvLeonardo
2003 · Leonardo
movieMuch Ado About Something
2001 · Himself
movieIntimacy
2001 · Jay
movieHenry V at Shakespeare's Globe
1997 · Henry V
movieLoving
1996 · Charlie Raunce
movieAngels and Insects
1995 · William Adamson
movieInstitute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life
1995 · Jakob
movieIn Lambeth
1993 · William Blake
movieLove Lies Bleeding
1993 · Conn Ellis
movieThe Grass Arena
1992 · John Healy
movieProspero's Books
1991 · Ferdinand
Incident in Judaea
movieIncident in Judaea
1991
movieHearts of Fire
1987 · Fizz
tvScreenPlay
1986 · Conn Ellis
movieThe McGuffin
1986 · Gavin
tvWallenberg: A Hero's Story
1985 · Nikki Fodor
tvScreen Two
1985 · Charlie Raunce
tvGreat Performances
1971 · King Henry V
tvTony Awards
1956 · Self - Winner
movieThe Way of the Wind
— · Satan
movieArtificial
— · Geoffrey Hinton
Nice Fish
movieNice Fish
— · , Director, Screenplay, Producer