Mark Rylance
Known for: Acting
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
Series
Great Performances
King Henry V
1971
Series
Tony Awards
Self - Winner
1956
Series
The South Bank Show
1978
Series
American Playhouse
William Adamson
1982
Series
Screen Two
Charlie Raunce
1985
Series
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Self
2022
Series
ScreenPlay
Conn Ellis
1986
Film
Ready Player One
Anorak / Halliday
2018
Series
Bing
Narrator / Flop (voice)
2014
Film
Dunkirk
Mr. Dawson
2017
Series
Wolf Hall
Thomas Cromwell
2015
Film
Don't Look Up
Peter Isherwell
2021
Film
Bridge of Spies
Rudolf Abel
2015
Series
The Undeclared War
John Yeabsley
2022
Film
The BFG
The BFG
2016
Film
Intimacy
Jay
2001
Film
Bones and All
Sully
2022
Film
The Outfit
Leonard Burling
2022
Film
Blitz
Roberts
2011
Film
The Other Boleyn Girl
Sir Thomas Boleyn
2008
Film
The Trial of the Chicago 7
William Kunstler
2020
Film
Artificial
Geoffrey Hinton
2026
Film
Waiting for the Barbarians
The Magistrate
2020
Film
The Gunman
Terrance Cox
2015
Film
The Colorado
Self - Narrator (voice)
2016
Film
The Nightingale
2027
Series
My Grandparents' War
Self
2019
Film
Anonymous
Condell
2011
Film
The Phantom of the Open
Maurice Flitcroft
2022
Series
Wallenberg: A Hero's Story
Nikki Fodor
1985
Film
The Way of the Wind
Satan
Film
Angels and Insects
William Adamson
1995
Film
Much Ado About Something
Himself
2001
Film
We Are Many
Self
2014
Film
Days and Nights
Stephen
2014
Film
Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life
Jakob
1995
Film
Muse of Fire
Self
2013
Film
Prospero's Books
Ferdinand
1991
Film
Hearts of Fire
Fizz
1987
Series
Leonardo
Leonardo
2003
Film
Bing & Friends: Birthday Celebration
Flop (voice)
2024
Film
Twelfth Night
Olivia
2012
Film
Richard II - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
Richard II
2003
Film
Loving
Charlie Raunce
1996
Film
On the Edge
(voice)
2027
Film
Measure for Measure: Live from The Globe
Vincentio, Duke of Vienna
2004
Film
A Case of the Cold War: Bridge of Spies
Self
2016
Nice Fish
Film
Measure for Measure: Live from the Globe
Vincentio, Duke of Vienna
2004
Film
Nothing Is Truer than Truth
Self
2018
Film
Hamlet {Solo}
Self
2007
Film
Bing’s Christmas and Other Stories
Flop
2020
Film
The McGuffin
Gavin
1986
Film
In Lambeth
William Blake
1993
Film
The Government Inspector
Dr. David Kelly
2005
Film
Henry V at Shakespeare's Globe
Henry V
1997
Film
Love Lies Bleeding
Conn Ellis
1993
Wolf Hall: The Inside Story
Self
2015
Incident in Judaea
1991
Film
The Grass Arena
John Healy
1991
Film
Shakespeare's Globe
Himself
2005
Film
Inland
Dunleavy
2023
The Flaneur
Narrator
2019
Film
Spirit of Place
2024
Film
Inside The Institute
Self
2010
Film
Searching for Shakespeare
2025