Acting
Mark Rylance
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
On the Edge
Film · 2027
The Nightingale
Film · 2027
Artificial
Film · 2026
Searching for Shakespeare
Film · 2025
Spirit of Place
Film · 2024
Bing & Friends: Birthday Celebration
Film · 2024
Inland
Film · 2023
The Phantom of the Open
Film · 2022
The Outfit
Film · 2022
Bones and All
Film · 2022
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Series · 2022
The Undeclared War
Series · 2022
Don't Look Up
Film · 2021
Bing’s Christmas and Other Stories
Film · 2020
Waiting for the Barbarians
Film · 2020
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Film · 2020
The Flaneur
Film · 2019
My Grandparents' War
Series · 2019
Ready Player One
Film · 2018
Nothing Is Truer than Truth
Film · 2018
Dunkirk
Film · 2017
The BFG
Film · 2016
A Case of the Cold War: Bridge of Spies
Film · 2016
The Colorado
Film · 2016
Bridge of Spies
Film · 2015
The Gunman
Film · 2015
Wolf Hall: The Inside Story
Film · 2015
Wolf Hall
Series · 2015
Days and Nights
Film · 2014
We Are Many
Film · 2014
Bing
Series · 2014
Muse of Fire
Film · 2013
Twelfth Night
Film · 2012
Blitz
Film · 2011
Anonymous
Film · 2011
Inside The Institute
Film · 2010
The Other Boleyn Girl
Film · 2008
Hamlet {Solo}
Film · 2007
The Government Inspector
Film · 2005
Shakespeare's Globe
Film · 2005
Measure for Measure: Live from The Globe
Film · 2004
Measure for Measure: Live from the Globe
Film · 2004
Richard II - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
Film · 2003
Leonardo
Series · 2003
Intimacy
Film · 2001
Much Ado About Something
Film · 2001
Henry V at Shakespeare's Globe
Film · 1997
Loving
Film · 1996
Angels and Insects
Film · 1995
Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life
Film · 1995
Love Lies Bleeding
Film · 1993
In Lambeth
Film · 1993
Prospero's Books
Film · 1991
The Grass Arena
Film · 1991
Incident in Judaea
Film · 1991
Hearts of Fire
Film · 1987
The McGuffin
Film · 1986
ScreenPlay
Series · 1986
Wallenberg: A Hero's Story
Series · 1985
Screen Two
Series · 1985
American Playhouse
Series · 1982
The South Bank Show
Series · 1978
Great Performances
Series · 1971
Tony Awards
Series · 1956
The Way of the Wind
Film
Nice Fish
Film