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.
Upcoming Movies
Filmography
On the Edge
The Nightingale
Searching for Shakespeare
Bing & Friends: Birthday Celebration
Spirit of Place
Inland
Bones and All
The Phantom of the Open
The Outfit
Don't Look Up
Bing’s Christmas and Other Stories
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Waiting for the Barbarians
The Flaneur
Nothing Is Truer than Truth
Ready Player One
Dunkirk
The BFG
The Colorado
A Case of the Cold War: Bridge of Spies
Bridge of Spies
The Gunman
Days and Nights
