Mark Rylance
Acting
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.
Born: January 18, 1960
Place of Birth: Ashford, Kent, England, UK
Known For
Filmography
as Flop (voice)
as Dunleavy
as Sully
as John Yeabsley
as Maurice Flitcroft
as Leonard Burling
as Peter Isherwell
as William Kunstler
as Self
as The Magistrate
as Self
as Anorak / Halliday
as Mr. Dawson
as The BFG
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as Rudolf Abel
as Terrance Cox
as Thomas Cromwell
as Stephen
as Narrator / Flop (voice)
as Self
as Self
as Olivia
as Condell
as Roberts
as Self
as Sir Thomas Boleyn
as Self
as Himself
as Dr. David Kelly
as Vincentio, Duke of Vienna
as Vincentio, Duke of Vienna
as Richard II
as Leonardo
as Himself
as Jay
as Henry V
as Charlie Raunce
as William Adamson
as William Blake
as Conn Ellis
as John Healy
as Ferdinand
as Fizz
as Gavin
as Nikki Fodor
as King Henry V
as Self - Winner
as Satan