Mark Rylance
- Known for
- Acting
- 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.
Known for
Acting 53
- 2027On the Edge as (voice)
- 2027The Nightingale
- 2026Artificial as Geoffrey Hinton
- 2026The Way of the Wind as Satan
- 2026Nice Fish
- 2025Searching for Shakespeare
- 2024Bing & Friends: Birthday Celebration as Flop (voice)
- 2024Spirit of Place
- 2023Inland as Dunleavy
- 2022Bones and All as Sully
- 2022The Phantom of the Open as Maurice Flitcroft
- 2022The Outfit as Leonard Burling
- 2021Don't Look Up as Peter Isherwell
- 2020Bing’s Christmas and Other Stories as Flop
- 2020The Trial of the Chicago 7 as William Kunstler
- 2020Waiting for the Barbarians as The Magistrate
- 2019The Flaneur as Narrator
- 2018Nothing Is Truer than Truth as Self
- 2018Ready Player One as Anorak / Halliday
- 2017Dunkirk as Mr. Dawson
- 2016The BFG as The BFG
- 2016The Colorado as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2016A Case of the Cold War: Bridge of Spies as Self
- 2015Bridge of Spies as Rudolf Abel
- 2015Wolf Hall: The Inside Story as Self
- 2015The Gunman as Terrance Cox
- 2014Days and Nights as Stephen
- 2014We Are Many as Self
- 2013Muse of Fire as Self
- 2012Twelfth Night as Olivia
- 2011Anonymous as Condell
- 2011Blitz as Roberts
- 2010Inside The Institute as Self
- 2008The Other Boleyn Girl as Sir Thomas Boleyn
- 2007Hamlet {Solo} as Self
- 2005Shakespeare's Globe as Himself
- 2005The Government Inspector as Dr. David Kelly
- 2004Measure for Measure: Live from The Globe as Vincentio, Duke of Vienna
- 2004Measure for Measure: Live from the Globe as Vincentio, Duke of Vienna
- 2003Richard II - Live at Shakespeare's Globe as Richard II
- 2001Much Ado About Something as Himself
- 2001Intimacy as Jay
- 1997Henry V at Shakespeare's Globe as Henry V
- 1996Loving as Charlie Raunce
- 1995Angels and Insects as William Adamson
- 1995Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life as Jakob
- 1993In Lambeth as William Blake
- 1993Love Lies Bleeding as Conn Ellis
- 1992The Grass Arena as John Healy
- 1991Prospero's Books as Ferdinand
- 1991Incident in Judaea
- 1987Hearts of Fire as Fizz
- 1986The McGuffin as Gavin
Directing 1
- 2026Nice Fish · director
Production 2
- 2026Nice Fish · producer
- 2022The Phantom of the Open · executive producer
Writing 1
- 2026Nice Fish · screenplay