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Mark Rylance

Actor, ProducerBorn January 18, 1960 (65 years)
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.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Blitz
  • The Gunman
  • Waiting for the Barbarians
  • Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream That One Calls Human Life

Known For

  • Bridge of Spies
  • Dunkirk
  • The BFG
  • Don't Look Up
  • The Outfit
  • Ready Player One
  • The Trial of the Chicago 7
  • Wolf Hall
  • Bones and All
  • The Other Boleyn Girl
  • Waiting for the Barbarians
  • Intimacy
  • The Gunman
  • The Phantom of the Open
  • Blitz
  • Angels and Insects
  • Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream That One Calls Human Life
  • Prospero's Books
  • Bing
  • Shakespeare's Globe Theatre: Twelfth Night

Featured Videos

    Filmography

    2025
    2024
    2022
    Bones and All · as Sully
    2022
    Inland · as Dunleavy
    2022
    2022
    The Undeclared War (TV Series) · as John Yeabsley
    2022
    The Outfit · as Leonard Burling
    2021
    Don't Look Up · as Peter Isherwell
    2021
    The Phantom of the Open · as Maurice Flitcroft
    2020
    2020
    The Trial of the Chicago 7 · as William Kunstler
    2019
    2018
    RiffTrax: Ready Player One · as James Halliday
    2018
    Ready Player One · as Anorak / Halliday
    2017
    Dunkirk · as Mr. Dawson
    2016
    The BFG · as The Bfg
    2015
    Bridge of Spies · as Rudolf Abel
    2015
    The Gunman · as Terrance Cox
    2015
    Wolf Hall (TV Series) · as Thomas Cromwell
    2014
    Days and Nights · as Stephen
    2014
    Bing (TV Series) · as Narrator / Flop (voice)
    2013
    2011
    Anonymous · as Condell
    2011
    Blitz · as Roberts
    2008
    The Other Boleyn Girl · as Sir Thomas Boleyn
    2005
    The Government Inspector · as Dr. David Kelly
    2003
    Richard II · as Richard Ii
    2003
    2003
    Leonardo (TV Series) · as Leonardo
    2001
    Intimacy · as Jay
    1995
    Loving · as Charlie Raunce
    1995
    1995
    Angels and Insects · as William Adamson
    1991
    Prospero's Books · as Ferdinand
    1987
    Hearts of Fire · as Fizz
    1987
    Biography (TV Series) · as Hamlet
    1986
    Screenplay (1986) (TV Series) · as Conn Ellis
    1985
    Wallenberg: A Hero's Story · as Nikki Fodor
    1985
    Wallenberg: A Hero's Story (TV Series) · as Nikki Fodor
    1984
    Screen Two (TV Series) · as Charlie Raunce
    1971
    Great Performances (TV Series) · as King Henry V

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