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.
2024
as Thomas Cromwell
2024
as Flop (voice)
2024
2023
as Dunleavy
2022
as Sully
2022
as John Yeabsley
2022
as Maurice Flitcroft
2022
as Leonard Burling
2021
as Peter Isherwell
2021
2020
as Flop
2020
as William Kunstler
2019
as Self
2019
as The Magistrate
2018
as Self
2018
as Anorak / Halliday
2017
as Mr. Dawson
2016
as The BFG
2015
as Rudolf Abel
2015
as Terrance Cox
2015
as Thomas Cromwell
2014
as Stephen
2014
as Narrator / Flop (voice)
2014
as Self
2013
as Self
2012
as Olivia
2011
as Condell
2011
as Roberts
2010
as Self
2008
as Sir Thomas Boleyn
2005
as Himself
2005
as Dr. David Kelly
2004
as Vincentio, Duke of Vienna
2003
as Richard II
2003
as Leonardo
2001
as Himself
2001
as Jay
1997
as Henry V
1996
as Charlie Raunce
1995
as William Adamson
1995
as Jakob
1993
as William Blake
1993
as Conn Ellis
1992
as John Healy
1991
as Ferdinand
1987
as Fizz
1986
as Gavin
1985
as Nikki Fodor
1985
as Nikki Fodor
1971
as King Henry V
1956
as Self - Winner
as Satan