Mark Rylance
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 18, 1960
- Birthplace
- 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
- Nice Fish
Nice Fish TBA
Actor, Director, Screenplay, Producer
The Way of the Wind TBA
as Satan
On the Edge 2027
as (voice)
The Nightingale 2027
Actor
Artificial 2026
as Geoffrey Hinton
Searching for Shakespeare 2025
Actor
Bing & Friends: Birthday Celebration 2024
as Flop (voice)
Spirit of Place 2024
Actor
Inland 2023
as Dunleavy
Bones and All 2022
as Sully
The Phantom of the Open 2022
as Maurice Flitcroft, Executive Producer
The Outfit 2022
as Leonard Burling
Don't Look Up 2021
as Peter Isherwell
Bing’s Christmas and Other Stories 2020
as Flop
The Trial of the Chicago 7 2020
as William Kunstler
Waiting for the Barbarians 2020
as The Magistrate
- The Flaneur
The Flaneur 2019
as Narrator
Nothing Is Truer than Truth 2018
as Self
Ready Player One 2018
as Anorak / Halliday
Dunkirk 2017
as Mr. Dawson
The BFG 2016
as The BFG
The Colorado 2016
as Self - Narrator (voice)
A Case of the Cold War: Bridge of Spies 2016
as Self
Bridge of Spies 2015
as Rudolf Abel
- Wolf Hall: The Inside Story
Wolf Hall: The Inside Story 2015
as Self
The Gunman 2015
as Terrance Cox
Days and Nights 2014
as Stephen
We Are Many 2014
as Self
Muse of Fire 2013
as Self
Twelfth Night 2012
as Olivia
Anonymous 2011
as Condell
Blitz 2011
as Roberts
Inside The Institute 2010
as Self
The Other Boleyn Girl 2008
as Sir Thomas Boleyn
Hamlet {Solo} 2007
as Self
Shakespeare's Globe 2005
as Himself
The Government Inspector 2005
as Dr. David Kelly
Measure for Measure: Live from the Globe 2004
as Vincentio, Duke of Vienna
Measure for Measure: Live from The Globe 2004
as Vincentio, Duke of Vienna
Richard II - Live at Shakespeare's Globe 2003
as Richard II
Much Ado About Something 2001
as Himself
Intimacy 2001
as Jay
Henry V at Shakespeare's Globe 1997
as Henry V
Loving 1996
as Charlie Raunce
Angels and Insects 1995
as William Adamson
Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life 1995
as Jakob
In Lambeth 1993
as William Blake
Love Lies Bleeding 1993
as Conn Ellis
The Grass Arena 1991
as John Healy
Prospero's Books 1991
as Ferdinand
- Incident in Judaea
Incident in Judaea 1991
Actor
Hearts of Fire 1987
as Fizz
The McGuffin 1986
as Gavin
Credits from TMDB.