Mark Rylance

Acting · Born 1960-01-18 in Ashford, Kent, England, UK

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,…

Filmography

• Bridge of Spies as Rudolf Abel
• Dunkirk as Mr. Dawson
• Ready Player One as Anorak / Halliday
• The Trial of the Chicago 7 as William Kunstler
• Don't Look Up as Peter Isherwell
• The Outfit as Leonard Burling
• Bones and All as Sully
• Prospero's Books as Ferdinand
• Intimacy as Jay
• Angels and Insects as William Adamson

TV

• Wolf Hall as Thomas Cromwell
• Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg as Self
• Bing as Narrator / Flop (voice)
• The Undeclared War as John Yeabsley
• Leonardo as Leonardo
• My Grandparents' War as Self
• Wallenberg: A Hero's Story as Nikki Fodor
• Great Performances as King Henry V