Mark Rylance
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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
Credits
Ready Player One (2018)
as Anorak / Halliday
Dunkirk (2017)
as Mr. Dawson
Bridge of Spies (2015)
as Rudolf Abel
Don't Look Up (2021)
as Peter Isherwell
Intimacy (2001)
as Jay
The BFG (2016)
as The BFG
Bones and All (2022)
as Sully
The Other Boleyn Girl (2008)
as Sir Thomas Boleyn
The Outfit (2022)
as Leonard Burling
Blitz (2011)
as Roberts
The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)
as William Kunstler
The Gunman (2015)
as Terrance Cox
Waiting for the Barbarians (2020)
as The Magistrate
Anonymous (2011)
as Condell
The Phantom of the Open (2022)
as Maurice Flitcroft
The Colorado (2016)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Nightingale (2027)
Actor
Muse of Fire (2013)
as Self
Artificial (—)
as Geoffrey Hinton
Prospero's Books (1991)
as Ferdinand
Richard II - Live at Shakespeare's Globe (2003)
as Richard II
Angels and Insects (1995)
as William Adamson
We Are Many (2014)
as Self
Twelfth Night (2012)
as Olivia
Incident in Judaea (1991)
Actor
Hearts of Fire (1987)
as Fizz
The Way of the Wind (—)
as Satan
Days and Nights (2014)
as Stephen
The Flaneur (2019)
as Narrator
A Case of the Cold War: Bridge of Spies (2016)
as Self
Nice Fish (—)
Actor
Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life (1995)
as Jakob
The McGuffin (1986)
as Gavin
Love Lies Bleeding (1993)
as Conn Ellis
On the Edge (2027)
as (voice)
Bing & Friends: Birthday Celebration (2024)
as Flop (voice)
The Government Inspector (2005)
as Dr. David Kelly
Hamlet {Solo} (2007)
as Self
In Lambeth (1993)
as William Blake
The Grass Arena (1992)
as John Healy
Measure for Measure: Live from The Globe (2004)
as Vincentio, Duke of Vienna
Loving (1996)
as Charlie Raunce
Inland (2023)
as Dunleavy
Wolf Hall: The Inside Story (2015)
as Self
Measure for Measure: Live from the Globe (2004)
as Vincentio, Duke of Vienna
Nothing Is Truer than Truth (2018)
as Self
Henry V at Shakespeare's Globe (1997)
as Henry V
Spirit of Place (2024)
Actor
Bing’s Christmas and Other Stories (2020)
as Flop
Searching for Shakespeare (2025)
Actor
Shakespeare's Globe (2005)
as Himself
Inside The Institute (2010)
as Self
Much Ado About Something (2001)
as Himself