Mark Rylance
Acting
Born: January 18, 1960 (age 66) · آشفورد بمقاطعة كينت، إنجلترا
Highest Rated
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
Dunkirk
2017
Ready Player One
2018
Don't Look Up
2021
Bridge of Spies
2015
The BFG
2016
The Trial of the Chicago 7
2020
The Other Boleyn Girl
2008
Blitz
2011
Bones and All
2022
The Outfit
2022
The Gunman
2015
Anonymous
2011
Photos (6)
Movies (36)
Dunkirk
Mr. Dawson
Bridge of Spies
Rudolf Abel
Ready Player One
Anorak / Halliday
Don't Look Up
Peter Isherwell
The BFG
The BFG
Intimacy
Jay
Bones and All
Sully
Blitz
Roberts
The Outfit
Leonard Burling
The Trial of the Chicago 7
William Kunstler
The Other Boleyn Girl
Sir Thomas Boleyn
Waiting for the Barbarians
The Magistrate
The Gunman
Terrance Cox
Anonymous
Condell
The Phantom of the Open
Maurice Flitcroft
Prospero's Books
Ferdinand
Richard II - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
Richard II
Angels and Insects
William Adamson
Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life
Jakob
Hearts of Fire
Fizz
Twelfth Night
Olivia
Days and Nights
Stephen
The Government Inspector
Dr. David Kelly
Love Lies Bleeding
Conn Ellis
The McGuffin
Gavin
Bing & Friends: Birthday Celebration
Flop (voice)
In Lambeth
William Blake
Inland
Dunleavy
The Grass Arena
John Healy
Measure for Measure: Live from the Globe
Vincentio, Duke of Vienna
Spirit of Place
2024
Measure for Measure: Live from The Globe
Vincentio, Duke of Vienna
Henry V at Shakespeare's Globe
Henry V
Loving
Charlie Raunce
Searching for Shakespeare
2025
Bing’s Christmas and Other Stories
Flop
TV Shows (9)
American Playhouse
William Adamson · 1 eps
Great Performances
King Henry V · 1 eps
Screen Two
Charlie Raunce · 1 eps
ScreenPlay
Conn Ellis · 1 eps
Wolf Hall
Thomas Cromwell · 12 eps
Bing
Narrator / Flop (voice) · 105 eps
The Undeclared War
John Yeabsley · 4 eps
Wallenberg: A Hero's Story
Nikki Fodor · 2 eps
Leonardo
Leonardo · 3 eps
Self / Appearances (12)
Tony Awards
Self - Winner · 2 eps
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Self · 1 eps
My Grandparents' War
Self · 1 eps
The Colorado
Self - Narrator (voice)
Muse of Fire
Self
We Are Many
Self
Hamlet {Solo}
Self
A Case of the Cold War: Bridge of Spies
Self
Nothing Is Truer than Truth
Self
Much Ado About Something
Himself
Inside The Institute
Self
Shakespeare's Globe
Himself
