Mark Rylance

Mark Rylance

1/18/1960 (66 years old)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.

Filmography (64 titles)

On the EdgeMovie

On the Edge

(voice) · 2027

The NightingaleMovie

The Nightingale

2027

Searching for Shakespeare10.0Movie

Searching for Shakespeare

2025

Bing & Friends: Birthday CelebrationMovie

Bing & Friends: Birthday Celebration

Flop (voice) · 2024

Spirit of PlaceMovie

Spirit of Place

2024

Inland5.3Movie

Inland

Dunleavy · 2023

Bones and All7.0Movie

Bones and All

Sully · 2022

Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg2.8Show

Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg

Self · 2022

The Undeclared War6.5Show

The Undeclared War

John Yeabsley · 2022

The Phantom of the Open6.8Movie

The Phantom of the Open

Maurice Flitcroft · 2022

The Outfit7.1Movie

The Outfit

Leonard Burling · 2022

Don't Look Up7.1Movie

Don't Look Up

Peter Isherwell · 2021

Bing’s Christmas and Other StoriesMovie

Bing’s Christmas and Other Stories

Flop · 2020

The Trial of the Chicago 77.7Movie

The Trial of the Chicago 7

William Kunstler · 2020

Waiting for the Barbarians5.9Movie

Waiting for the Barbarians

The Magistrate · 2020

My Grandparents' War7.3Show

My Grandparents' War

Self · 2019

The FlaneurMovie

The Flaneur

Narrator · 2019

Nothing Is Truer than Truth3.5Movie

Nothing Is Truer than Truth

Self · 2018

Ready Player One7.6Movie

Ready Player One

Anorak / Halliday · 2018

Dunkirk7.5Movie

Dunkirk

Mr. Dawson · 2017

The BFG6.3Movie

The BFG

The BFG · 2016

The ColoradoMovie

The Colorado

Self - Narrator (voice) · 2016

A Case of the Cold War: Bridge of SpiesMovie

A Case of the Cold War: Bridge of Spies

Self · 2016

Bridge of Spies7.2Movie

Bridge of Spies

Rudolf Abel · 2015

Movie

Wolf Hall: The Inside Story

Self · 2015

The Gunman5.8Movie

The Gunman

Terrance Cox · 2015

Wolf Hall7.5Show

Wolf Hall

Thomas Cromwell · 2015

Days and Nights4.5Movie

Days and Nights

Stephen · 2014

BingShow

Bing

Narrator / Flop (voice) · 2014

We Are Many6.7Movie

We Are Many

Self · 2014