Mark Rylance

About

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.

Known for

Great PerformancesSeries • 1971American PlayhouseSeries • 1982Screen TwoSeries • 1985Ready Player OneMovie • 2018DunkirkMovie • 2017Don't Look UpMovie • 2021The BFGMovie • 2016Bones and AllMovie • 2022ScreenPlaySeries • 1986Bridge of SpiesMovie • 2015Wolf HallSeries • 2015The Other Boleyn GirlMovie • 2008BingSeries • 2014The OutfitMovie • 2022The Undeclared WarSeries • 2022The GunmanMovie • 2015The Trial of the Chicago 7Movie • 2020IntimacyMovie • 2001BlitzMovie • 2011Waiting for the BarbariansMovie • 2020AnonymousMovie • 2011The Phantom of the OpenMovie • 2022Prospero's BooksMovie • 1991Angels and InsectsMovie • 1995