Mark Rylance
Known for ActingBorn 1960-01-18Ashford, Kent, England, UK
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
Ready Player One
2018 · as Anorak / Halliday
Dunkirk
2017 · as Mr. Dawson
Don't Look Up
2021 · as Peter Isherwell
The BFG
2016 · as The BFG
Bridge of Spies
2015 · as Rudolf Abel
Bones and All
2022 · as Sully
Intimacy
2001 · as Jay
Blitz
2011 · as Roberts
The Other Boleyn Girl
2008 · as Sir Thomas Boleyn
The Outfit
2022 · as Leonard Burling
The Trial of the Chicago 7
2020 · as William Kunstler
The Gunman
2015 · as Terrance Cox
The Nightingale
2027
Angels and Insects
1995 · as William Adamson
Anonymous
2011 · as Condell
Muse of Fire
2013 · as Self
Artificial
as Geoffrey Hinton
Waiting for the Barbarians
2020 · as The Magistrate