
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.

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