Mark Rylance
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1960-01-18
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.
Also Known For
Inside The Institute
Jan 01, 2010
Prospero's Books
Aug 30, 1991
Intimacy
Jan 20, 2001
Angels and Insects
Sep 10, 1995
The Other Boleyn Girl
Feb 28, 2008
Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life
Aug 01, 1995
Measure for Measure: Live from The Globe
Sep 04, 2004
Henry V at Shakespeare's Globe
Nov 05, 1997
Much Ado About Something
Sep 08, 2001
Richard II - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
Sep 06, 2003
Muse of Fire
Sep 26, 2013
Days and Nights
Sep 26, 2014
Loving
Oct 19, 1996
Bing’s Christmas and Other Stories
Nov 25, 2020
The Grass Arena
Jan 19, 1992
The Government Inspector
Mar 17, 2005
Bridge of Spies
Oct 15, 2015
Inland
Jun 16, 2023
The BFG
Jun 01, 2016
We Are Many
Jun 08, 2014
Twelfth Night
May 04, 2012
The Gunman
Feb 16, 2015
The McGuffin
Jan 12, 1986
Dunkirk
Jul 19, 2017
Hearts of Fire
Nov 06, 1987
Ready Player One
Mar 28, 2018
Blitz
May 20, 2011
Anonymous
Oct 21, 2011
Shakespeare's Globe
Jul 03, 2005
Love Lies Bleeding
Jun 14, 1993
In Lambeth
Jul 04, 1993
Waiting for the Barbarians
Sep 06, 2019
Nothing Is Truer than Truth
Apr 29, 2018
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Sep 25, 2020
The Way of the Wind
The Phantom of the Open
Mar 18, 2022
Don't Look Up
Dec 08, 2021
The Outfit
Feb 25, 2022
Bones and All
Nov 18, 2022
Spirit of Place
Sep 13, 2024
Bing & Friends: Birthday Celebration
Sep 27, 2024
Wolf Hall: The Inside Story
Feb 25, 2015
Searching for Shakespeare
Apr 10, 2025
Hamlet {Solo}
Sep 13, 2007
Wolf Hall
Jan 21, 2015
Tony Awards
Apr 01, 1956
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Sep 04, 2022
Bing
Jun 09, 2014
The Undeclared War
Jun 30, 2022
Leonardo
Apr 20, 2003
My Grandparents' War
Nov 27, 2019
Wallenberg: A Hero's Story
Apr 08, 1985
