Mark Rylance

Mark Rylance

Born 1960-01-18 (age 66) Ashford, Kent, England, UK
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Biography

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.

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Known For

Ready Player One
Ready Player One

2018

as Anorak / Halliday

Dunkirk
Dunkirk

2017

as Mr. Dawson

Don't Look Up
Don't Look Up

2021

as Peter Isherwell

Intimacy
Intimacy

2001

as Jay

The BFG
The BFG

2016

as The BFG

Bridge of Spies
Bridge of Spies

2015

as Rudolf Abel

Blitz
Blitz

2011

as Roberts

Bones and All
Bones and All

2022

as Sully

The Outfit
The Outfit

2022

as Leonard Burling

The Trial of the Chicago 7
The Trial of the Chicago 7

2020

as William Kunstler

The Other Boleyn Girl
The Other Boleyn Girl

2008

as Sir Thomas Boleyn

The Nightingale
Angels and Insects
Angels and Insects

1995

as William Adamson

Anonymous
Anonymous

2011

as Condell

The Gunman
The Gunman

2015

as Terrance Cox

Waiting for the Barbarians
Waiting for the Barbarians

2020

as The Magistrate

The Phantom of the Open
The Phantom of the Open

2022

as Maurice Flitcroft

The Way of the Wind
Muse of Fire
Muse of Fire

2013

as Self

Artificial
Artificial

as Geoffrey Hinton