Mark Rylance
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1960-01-18 (65 years old)
Place of Birth
Ashford, Kent, England, UK
Mark Rylance
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.
Acting
The Way of the Wind
as Satan
(2025)
(2024)
Bing & Friends: Birthday Celebration
as Flop (voice)
(2024)
(2023)
Inland
as Dunleavy
(2022)
Bones and All
as Sully
(2022)
The Outfit
as Leonard Burling
(2022)
The Phantom of the Open
as Maurice Flitcroft
(2021)
Don't Look Up
as Peter Isherwell
(2020)
The Trial of the Chicago 7
as William Kunstler
(2020)
(2019)
Waiting for the Barbarians
as The Magistrate
(2018)
Ready Player One
as Anorak / Halliday
(2018)
Nothing Is Truer than Truth
as Self
(2017)
Dunkirk
as Mr. Dawson
(2016)
The BFG
as The BFG
(2015)
Bridge of Spies
as Rudolf Abel
(2015)
The Gunman
as Terrance Cox
(2015)
Wolf Hall: The Inside Story
as Self
(2014)
Days and Nights
as Stephen
(2014)
We Are Many
as Self
(2013)
Muse of Fire
as Self
(2012)
Twelfth Night
as Olivia
(2011)
Blitz
as Roberts
(2011)
Anonymous
as Condell
(2010)
Inside The Institute
as Self
(2008)
The Other Boleyn Girl
as Sir Thomas Boleyn
(2007)
Hamlet {Solo}
as Self
(2005)
The Government Inspector
as Dr. David Kelly
(2005)
Shakespeare's Globe
as Himself
(2004)
Measure for Measure: Live from The Globe
as Vincentio, Duke of Vienna
(2003)
Richard II - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
as Richard II
(2001)
Intimacy
as Jay
(2001)
Much Ado About Something
as Himself
(1997)
Henry V at Shakespeare's Globe
as Henry V
(1996)
Loving
as Charlie Raunce
(1995)
Angels and Insects
as William Adamson
(1995)
(1993)
Love Lies Bleeding
as Conn Ellis
(1993)
In Lambeth
as William Blake
(1992)
The Grass Arena
as John Healy
(1991)
Prospero's Books
as Ferdinand
(1987)
Hearts of Fire
as Fizz
(1986)
The McGuffin
as Gavin
Crew
(2022)
The Phantom of the Open
Executive Producer