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