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, based on the novel of the same name.

Mark Rylance

Biography

Known For

Dunkirk

Ready Player One

Don't Look Up

Bridge of Spies

The BFG

The Trial of the Chicago 7

The Other Boleyn Girl

Blitz

Bones and All

The Outfit

The Gunman

Anonymous

Intimacy

Waiting for the Barbarians

Wolf Hall

The Phantom of the Open

Prospero's Books

The Undeclared War

Angels and Insects

Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life

Great Performances

Days and Nights

We Are Many

Hearts of Fire

Wallenberg: A Hero's Story

American Playhouse

Much Ado About Something

Inland

Twelfth Night

Screen Two

The South Bank Show

Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg

Nothing Is Truer than Truth

Leonardo

Loving

My Grandparents' War

Richard II - Live at Shakespeare's Globe

Muse of Fire

The Grass Arena

The McGuffin