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Mark Rylance
Actor, Producer
Born January 18, 1960 (64 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.
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
Filmography
| 2024 | Bing & Friends: Birthday Celebration · as Flop (voice) |
| 2022 | Bones and All · as Sully |
| 2022 | Inland · as Dunleavy |
| 2022 | Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg (TV Series) |
| 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 |
| 2021 | |
| 2020 | Bing's Christmas & Other Stories · as Flop |
| 2020 | The Trial of the Chicago 7 · as William Kunstler |
| 2019 | Waiting for the Barbarians · as The Magistrate |
| 2018 | RiffTrax: Ready Player One · as James Halliday |
| 2018 | Ready Player One · as Anorak / Halliday |
| 2017 | Dunkirk · as Mr. Dawson |
| 2016 | |
| 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 | Shakespeare's Globe Theatre: Twelfth Night · as Olivia |
| 2011 | Anonymous · as Condell |
| 2011 | |
| 2008 | The Other Boleyn Girl · as Sir Thomas Boleyn |
| 2005 | The Government Inspector · as Dr. David Kelly |
| 2003 | Richard II · as Richard Ii |
| 2003 | Celebrity Naked Ambition · as Cast |
| 2003 | Leonardo (2003) (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 |