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Mark Rylance

Born 18 January 1960 · Ashford, 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.

Films and shows

  1. 2027On the Edge1h 15m(voice)
  2. 2027The Nightingale
  3. 2026Artificial2h 20m
  4. 2025Searching for Shakespeare1h 33m
  5. 2024Bing & Friends: Birthday Celebration1h 6mFlop (voice)
  6. 2024Spirit of Place26m
  7. 2023Inland1h 22mDunleavy
  8. 2022The Phantom of the Open1h 46mMaurice Flitcroft
  9. 2022The Outfit1h 45mLeonard Burling
  10. 2022Bones and All2h 11mSully
  11. 2021Don't Look Up2h 18mPeter Isherwell
  12. 2020Waiting for the Barbarians1h 52mThe Magistrate
  13. 2020Bing’s Christmas and Other Stories52mFlop
  14. 2020The Trial of the Chicago 72h 10mWilliam Kunstler
  15. 2019The Flaneur14mNarrator
  16. 2018Nothing Is Truer than Truth1h 15mSelf
  17. 2018Ready Player One2h 20mAnorak / Halliday
  18. 2017Dunkirk1h 47mMr. Dawson
  19. 2016The Colorado1h 31mSelf - Narrator (voice)
  20. 2016The BFG1h 57mThe BFG
  21. 2016A Case of the Cold War: Bridge of Spies17mSelf
  22. 2015Wolf Hall2 seasonsThomas Cromwell
  23. 2015Bridge of Spies2h 21mRudolf Abel
  24. 2015The Gunman1h 55mTerrance Cox
  25. 2015Wolf Hall: The Inside Story30mSelf
  26. 2014Bing2 seasonsNarrator / Flop (voice)
  27. 2014We Are Many1h 44mSelf
  28. 2014Days and Nights1h 32mStephen
  29. 2013Muse of Fire1h 23mSelf
  30. 2012Twelfth Night2h 55mOlivia
  31. 2011Blitz1h 37mRoberts
  32. 2011Anonymous2h 10mCondell
  33. 2010Inside The Institute30mSelf
  34. 2008The Other Boleyn Girl1h 56mSir Thomas Boleyn
  35. 2007Hamlet {Solo}47mSelf
  36. 2005The Government Inspector1h 49mDr. David Kelly
  37. 2005Shakespeare's Globe50mHimself
  38. 2004Measure for Measure: Live from The Globe2h 53mVincentio, Duke of Vienna
  39. 2004Measure for Measure: Live from the Globe2h 53mVincentio, Duke of Vienna
  40. 2003Richard II - Live at Shakespeare's Globe3h 30mRichard II
  41. 2003Leonardo1 seasonLeonardo
  42. 2001Intimacy2hJay
  43. 2001Much Ado About Something1h 10mHimself
  44. 1997Henry V at Shakespeare's Globe49mHenry V
  45. 1996Loving1h 35mCharlie Raunce
  46. 1995Angels and Insects1h 58mWilliam Adamson
  47. 1995Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life1h 45mJakob
  48. 1993Love Lies Bleeding1h 29mConn Ellis
  49. 1993In Lambeth1hWilliam Blake
  50. 1991The Grass Arena1h 30mJohn Healy
  51. 1991Prospero's Books2h 6mFerdinand
  52. 1991Incident in Judaea1h 35m
  53. 1987Hearts of Fire1h 35mFizz
  54. 1986The McGuffin2hGavin
  55. 1985Wallenberg: A Hero's Story1 seasonNikki Fodor
  56. The Way of the WindSatan
  57. Nice Fish