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Mark Rylance

Mark Rylance

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.

Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light

2024

as Thomas Cromwell

Bing & Friends: Birthday Celebration

2024

as Flop (voice)

Spirit of Place

2024

Inland

2023

as Dunleavy

Bones and All

2022

as Sully

The Undeclared War

2022

as John Yeabsley

The Phantom of the Open

2022

as Maurice Flitcroft

The Outfit

2022

as Leonard Burling

Don't Look Up

2021

as Peter Isherwell

Shakespeare: The Man Behind the Name

2021

Bing’s Christmas and Other Stories

2020

as Flop

The Trial of the Chicago 7

2020

as William Kunstler

My Grandparents' War

2019

as Self

Waiting for the Barbarians

2019

as The Magistrate

Nothing Is Truer than Truth

2018

as Self

Ready Player One

2018

as Anorak / Halliday

Dunkirk

2017

as Mr. Dawson

The BFG

2016

as The BFG

Bridge of Spies

2015

as Rudolf Abel

The Gunman

2015

as Terrance Cox

Wolf Hall

2015

as Thomas Cromwell

Days and Nights

2014

as Stephen

Bing

2014

as Narrator / Flop (voice)

We Are Many

2014

as Self

Muse of Fire

2013

as Self

Twelfth Night

2012

as Olivia

Anonymous

2011

as Condell

Blitz

2011

as Roberts

Inside The Institute

2010

as Self

The Other Boleyn Girl

2008

as Sir Thomas Boleyn

Shakespeare's Globe

2005

as Himself

The Government Inspector

2005

as Dr. David Kelly

Measure for Measure: Live from The Globe

2004

as Vincentio, Duke of Vienna

Richard II - Live at Shakespeare's Globe

2003

as Richard II

Leonardo

2003

as Leonardo

Much Ado About Something

2001

as Himself

Intimacy

2001

as Jay

Henry V at Shakespeare's Globe

1997

as Henry V

Loving

1996

as Charlie Raunce

Angels and Insects

1995

as William Adamson

Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life

1995

as Jakob

In Lambeth

1993

as William Blake

Love Lies Bleeding

1993

as Conn Ellis

The Grass Arena

1992

as John Healy

Prospero's Books

1991

as Ferdinand

Hearts of Fire

1987

as Fizz

The McGuffin

1986

as Gavin

Wallenberg: A Hero's Story

1985

as Nikki Fodor

Wallenberg: A Hero's Story

1985

as Nikki Fodor

Great Performances

1971

as King Henry V

Tony Awards

1956

as Self - Winner

The Way of the Wind

as Satan