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Mark Rylance

Acting

  • Born
  • January 18, 1960
  • Place of birth
  • 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.

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Great Performances poster
Great Performances
1971
Tony Awards poster
Tony Awards
1956
The South Bank Show poster
The South Bank Show
1978
American Playhouse poster
American Playhouse
1982
Screen Two poster
Screen Two
1985
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg poster
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
2022
ScreenPlay poster
ScreenPlay
1986
Ready Player One poster
Ready Player One
2018
Bing poster
Bing
2014
Dunkirk poster
Dunkirk
2017
Wolf Hall poster
Wolf Hall
2015
Don't Look Up poster
Don't Look Up
2021
Bridge of Spies poster
Bridge of Spies
2015
The Undeclared War poster
The Undeclared War
2022
The BFG poster
The BFG
2016
Intimacy poster
Intimacy
2001
Bones and All poster
Bones and All
2022
The Outfit poster
The Outfit
2022
Blitz poster
Blitz
2011
The Other Boleyn Girl poster
The Other Boleyn Girl
2008
The Trial of the Chicago 7 poster
The Trial of the Chicago 7
2020
Artificial poster
Artificial
2026
Waiting for the Barbarians poster
Waiting for the Barbarians
2020
The Gunman poster
The Gunman
2015
The Colorado poster
The Colorado
2016
The Nightingale poster
The Nightingale
2027
My Grandparents' War poster
My Grandparents' War
2019
Anonymous poster
Anonymous
2011
The Phantom of the Open poster
The Phantom of the Open
2022
Wallenberg: A Hero's Story poster
Wallenberg: A Hero's Story
1985
The Way of the Wind poster
The Way of the Wind
Angels and Insects poster
Angels and Insects
1995
Much Ado About Something poster
Much Ado About Something
2001
We Are Many poster
We Are Many
2014
Days and Nights poster
Days and Nights
2014
Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life poster
Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life
1995
Muse of Fire poster
Muse of Fire
2013
Prospero's Books poster
Prospero's Books
1991
Hearts of Fire poster
Hearts of Fire
1987
Leonardo poster
Leonardo
2003
Bing & Friends: Birthday Celebration poster
Bing & Friends: Birthday Celebration
2024
Twelfth Night poster
Twelfth Night
2012
Richard II - Live at Shakespeare's Globe poster
Richard II - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
2003
Loving poster
Loving
1996
On the Edge poster
On the Edge
2027
Measure for Measure: Live from The Globe poster
Measure for Measure: Live from The Globe
2004
A Case of the Cold War: Bridge of Spies poster
A Case of the Cold War: Bridge of Spies
2016
Nice Fish
Measure for Measure: Live from the Globe poster
Measure for Measure: Live from the Globe
2004
Nothing Is Truer than Truth poster
Nothing Is Truer than Truth
2018
Hamlet {Solo} poster
Hamlet {Solo}
2007
Bing’s Christmas and Other Stories poster
Bing’s Christmas and Other Stories
2020
The McGuffin poster
The McGuffin
1986
In Lambeth poster
In Lambeth
1993
The Government Inspector poster
The Government Inspector
2005
Henry V at Shakespeare's Globe poster
Henry V at Shakespeare's Globe
1997
Love Lies Bleeding poster
Love Lies Bleeding
1993
Wolf Hall: The Inside Story
2015
Incident in Judaea
1991
The Grass Arena poster
The Grass Arena
1991
Shakespeare's Globe poster
Shakespeare's Globe
2005
Inland poster
Inland
2023
The Flaneur
2019
Spirit of Place poster
Spirit of Place
2024
Inside The Institute poster
Inside The Institute
2010
Searching for Shakespeare poster
Searching for Shakespeare
2025

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