Mark Rylance

ActorProducer Jan 18 (age 66) Ashford, Kent, England, UK 1971–2027 (56 year career)

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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 pl…

Known For

Film

Ready Player One

Anorak / Halliday

Film

Dunkirk

Mr. Dawson

Film

Don't Look Up

Peter Isherwell

Film

Bridge of Spies

Rudolf Abel

Film

The Trial of the Chicago 7

William Kunstler

Film

Bones and All

Sully

Film

The BFG

Film

The Other Boleyn Girl

Sir Thomas Boleyn

Filmography

Acting (61)

Movies (51)

The Nightingale

2027 Upcoming

Feb 11

On the Edge

2026 Upcoming

as (voice)

Dec 3

Searching for Shakespeare

2025

10.0

Spirit of Place

2024

Bing & Friends: Birthday Celebration

2024

as Flop (voice)

Inland

as Dunleavy

Bones and All

as Sully

The Outfit

as Leonard Burling

The Phantom of the Open

as Maurice Flitcroft

Don't Look Up

as Peter Isherwell

The Trial of the Chicago 7

2020

as William Kunstler

7.7

Bing’s Christmas and Other Stories

2020

as Flop

Waiting for the Barbarians

2019

as The Magistrate

5.9

The Flaneur

2019

as Narrator

Ready Player One

2018

as Anorak / Halliday

7.6

Nothing Is Truer than Truth

as Self

Dunkirk

as Mr. Dawson

The BFG

as The BFG

The Colorado

as Self - Narrator (voice)

A Case of the Cold War: Bridge of Spies

2016

as Self

Bridge of Spies

as Rudolf Abel

The Gunman

as Terrance Cox

Wolf Hall: The Inside Story

2015

as Self

Days and Nights

as Stephen

We Are Many

as Self

Muse of Fire

as Self

Twelfth Night

as Olivia

Blitz

as Roberts

Anonymous

as Condell

Inside The Institute

as Self

The Other Boleyn Girl

2008

as Sir Thomas Boleyn

6.7

Hamlet {Solo}

2007

as Self

The Government Inspector

2005

as Dr. David Kelly

8.0

Shakespeare's Globe

2005

as Himself

Measure for Measure: Live from the Globe

2004

as Vincentio, Duke of Vienna

Measure for Measure: Live from The Globe

2004

as Vincentio, Duke of Vienna

Richard II - Live at Shakespeare's Globe

as Richard II

Intimacy

as Jay

Much Ado About Something

2001

as Himself

4.5

Henry V at Shakespeare's Globe

1997

as Henry V

Loving

as Charlie Raunce

Angels and Insects

as William Adamson

Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life

1995

as Jakob

7.7

Love Lies Bleeding

1993

as Conn Ellis

In Lambeth

1993

as William Blake

The Grass Arena

as John Healy

Prospero's Books

as Ferdinand

Hearts of Fire

as Fizz

The McGuffin

as Gavin

Artificial

as Geoffrey Hinton

The Way of the Wind

as Satan

Television (10)

Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg

as Self

The Undeclared War

as John Yeabsley

My Grandparents' War

as Self

Wolf Hall

as Thomas Cromwell

Bing

as Narrator / Flop (voice)

7.0

Leonardo

2003

as Leonardo

9.2

Wallenberg: A Hero's Story

as Nikki Fodor

Great Performances

as King Henry V

Tony Awards

as Self - Winner

Tony Awards

as Self - Winner

Crew (1)

Movies (1)

The Phantom of the Open

2022

Executive Producer

6.8