Mark Rylance
Acting • Born 1960-01-18
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.
Filmography
59 credits
Inside The Institute
Movie • 2010
Self
Prospero's Books
Movie • 1991
Ferdinand
Intimacy
Movie • 2001
Jay
Angels and Insects
Movie • 1995
William Adamson
The Other Boleyn Girl
Movie • 2008
Sir Thomas Boleyn
Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life
Movie • 1995
Jakob
Measure for Measure: Live from The Globe
Movie • 2004
Vincentio, Duke of Vienna
Henry V at Shakespeare's Globe
Movie • 1997
Henry V
Much Ado About Something
Movie • 2001
Himself
Richard II - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
Movie • 2003
Richard II
Muse of Fire
Movie • 2013
Self
Days and Nights
Movie • 2014
Stephen
Loving
Movie • 1996
Charlie Raunce
Bing’s Christmas and Other Stories
Movie • 2020
Flop
The Grass Arena
Movie • 1992
John Healy
The Government Inspector
Movie • 2005
Dr. David Kelly
Bridge of Spies
Movie • 2015
Rudolf Abel
Inland
Movie • 2023
Dunleavy
The BFG
Movie • 2016
The BFG
We Are Many
Movie • 2014
Self
Twelfth Night
Movie • 2012
Olivia
The Gunman
Movie • 2015
Terrance Cox
The McGuffin
Movie • 1986
Gavin
Dunkirk
Movie • 2017
Mr. Dawson
Hearts of Fire
Movie • 1987
Fizz
Ready Player One
Movie • 2018
Anorak / Halliday
Blitz
Movie • 2011
Roberts
Anonymous
Movie • 2011
Condell
Shakespeare's Globe
Movie • 2005
Himself
Love Lies Bleeding
Movie • 1993
Conn Ellis
In Lambeth
Movie • 1993
William Blake
Waiting for the Barbarians
Movie • 2019
The Magistrate
Nothing Is Truer than Truth
Movie • 2018
Self
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Movie • 2020
William Kunstler
The Way of the Wind
Movie
Satan
The Phantom of the Open
Movie • 2022
Maurice Flitcroft
Don't Look Up
Movie • 2021
Peter Isherwell
The Outfit
Movie • 2022
Leonard Burling
Bones and All
Movie • 2022
Sully
Spirit of Place
Movie • 2024
Bing & Friends: Birthday Celebration
Movie • 2024
Flop (voice)
Wolf Hall: The Inside Story
Movie • 2015
Self
Searching for Shakespeare
Movie • 2025
Hamlet {Solo}
Movie • 2007
Self
A Case of the Cold War: Bridge of Spies
Movie • 2016
Self
Measure for Measure: Live from the Globe
Movie • 2004
Vincentio, Duke of Vienna
Artificial
Movie
Geoffrey Hinton
The Colorado
Movie • 2016
Self - Narrator (voice)
On the Edge
Movie
(voice)
The Nightingale
Movie • 2027
Incident in Judaea
Movie • 1991
Wolf Hall
TV • 2015
Thomas Cromwell
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
TV • 2022
Self
Bing
TV • 2014
Narrator / Flop (voice)
The Undeclared War
TV • 2022
John Yeabsley
Leonardo
TV • 2003
Leonardo
My Grandparents' War
TV • 2019
Self
Wallenberg: A Hero's Story
TV • 1985
Nikki Fodor
Great Performances
TV • 1971
King Henry V