Mark Rylance
Known For
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.
Most Known For
Great Performances
as King Henry V
Ready Player One
as Anorak / Halliday
Don't Look Up
as Peter Isherwell
Bing
as Narrator / Flop (voice)
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
as Self
Dunkirk
as Mr. Dawson
Wolf Hall
as Thomas Cromwell
The BFG
as The BFG
Bones and All
as Sully
Bridge of Spies
as Rudolf Abel
Blitz
as Roberts
Intimacy
as Jay
The Undeclared War
as John Yeabsley
The Outfit
as Leonard Burling
The Trial of the Chicago 7
as William Kunstler
The Other Boleyn Girl
as Sir Thomas Boleyn
The Gunman
as Terrance Cox
Anonymous
as Condell
Waiting for the Barbarians
as The Magistrate
Leonardo
as Leonardo