Mark Rylance
Known for Acting
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
Ready Player One
2018
as Anorak / Halliday
Blitz
2011
as Roberts
Don't Look Up
2021
as Peter Isherwell
Dunkirk
2017
as Mr. Dawson
Bridge of Spies
2015
as Rudolf Abel
Bones and All
2022
as Sully
The BFG
2016
as The BFG
Intimacy
2001
as Jay
The Other Boleyn Girl
2008
as Sir Thomas Boleyn
The Outfit
2022
as Leonard Burling
The Trial of the Chicago 7
2020
as William Kunstler
The Gunman
2015
as Terrance Cox
The Nightingale
2027
Waiting for the Barbarians
2019
as The Magistrate
Anonymous
2011
as Condell
Angels and Insects
1995
as William Adamson
The Phantom of the Open
2022
as Maurice Flitcroft
The Phantom of the Open
2022
Executive Producer
The Way of the Wind
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as Satan
Muse of Fire
2013
as Self