Mark Rylance

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.

Known For

Tony Awards

Great Performances

Screen Two

Ready Player One

Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg

Dunkirk

Wolf Hall

Don't Look Up

All Movies (53)

• On the Edge2027 · as (voice)
• The Nightingale2027
• Searching for Shakespeare2025
• Bing & Friends: Birthday Celebration2024 · as Flop (voice)
• Spirit of Place2024
• Inland2023 · as Dunleavy
• Bones and All2022 · as Sully
• The Phantom of the Open2022 · as Maurice Flitcroft
• The Outfit2022 · as Leonard Burling
• Don't Look Up2021 · as Peter Isherwell
• Bing’s Christmas and Other Stories2020 · as Flop
• The Trial of the Chicago 72020 · as William Kunstler
• Waiting for the Barbarians2020 · as The Magistrate
• The Flaneur2019 · as Narrator
• Nothing Is Truer than Truth2018 · as Self
• Ready Player One2018 · as Anorak / Halliday
• Dunkirk2017 · as Mr. Dawson
• The BFG2016 · as The BFG
• The Colorado2016 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• A Case of the Cold War: Bridge of Spies2016 · as Self
• Bridge of Spies2015 · as Rudolf Abel
• Wolf Hall: The Inside Story2015 · as Self
• The Gunman2015 · as Terrance Cox
• Days and Nights2014 · as Stephen
• We Are Many2014 · as Self
• Muse of Fire2013 · as Self
• Twelfth Night2012 · as Olivia
• Anonymous2011 · as Condell
• Blitz2011 · as Roberts
• Inside The Institute2010 · as Self
• The Other Boleyn Girl2008 · as Sir Thomas Boleyn
• Hamlet {Solo}2007 · as Self
• Shakespeare's Globe2005 · as Himself
• The Government Inspector2005 · as Dr. David Kelly
• Measure for Measure: Live from The Globe2004 · as Vincentio, Duke of Vienna
• Measure for Measure: Live from the Globe2004 · as Vincentio, Duke of Vienna
• Richard II - Live at Shakespeare's Globe2003 · as Richard II
• Much Ado About Something2001 · as Himself
• Intimacy2001 · as Jay
• Henry V at Shakespeare's Globe1997 · as Henry V
• Loving1996 · as Charlie Raunce
• Angels and Insects1995 · as William Adamson
• Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life1995 · as Jakob
• In Lambeth1993 · as William Blake
• Love Lies Bleeding1993 · as Conn Ellis
• The Grass Arena1992 · as John Healy
• Prospero's Books1991 · as Ferdinand
• Incident in Judaea1991
• Hearts of Fire1987 · as Fizz
• The McGuffin1986 · as Gavin
• The Way of the Wind— · as Satan
• Artificial—
• Nice Fish—

All TV Shows (11)

• Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg2022 · as Self
• The Undeclared War2022 · as John Yeabsley
• My Grandparents' War2019 · as Self
• Wolf Hall2015 · as Thomas Cromwell
• Bing2014 · as Narrator / Flop (voice)
• Leonardo2003 · as Leonardo
• ScreenPlay1986 · as Conn Ellis
• Wallenberg: A Hero's Story1985 · as Nikki Fodor
• Screen Two1985 · as Charlie Raunce
• Great Performances1971 · as King Henry V
• Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Winner