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Mark Rylance

Mark Rylance

Birthday: 1960-01-18 | Place of Birth: Ashford, Kent, UK

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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2022
The Outfit

as    Leonard Burling

2022
The Phantom of the Open

as    Maurice Flitcroft

2021
Don't Look Up

as    Peter Isherwell

2020
The Trial of the Chicago 7

as    William Kunstler

2019
Waiting for the Barbarians

as    The Magistrate

2018
Ready Player One

as    James Halliday / Anorak

2017
Dunkirk

as    Mr. Dawson

2016
The BFG

as    The BFG

2015
Bridge of Spies

as    Rudolf Abel

2015
The Gunman

as    Terrance Cox

2015
Wolf Hall

as    Thomas Cromwell

2014
Bing

as    Narrator / Flop (voice)

2014
We Are Many

as    Self

2013
Muse of Fire

as    Self

2008
The Other Boleyn Girl

as    Sir Thomas Boleyn

2001
Intimacy

as    Jay

1995
Angels and Insects

as    William Adamson

1991
Prospero's Books

as    Ferdinand

1985
Wallenberg: A Hero's Story

as    Nikki Fodor