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Mark Rylance

Sir Mark Rylance 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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Born:
Jan 18, 1960 In Ashford, Kent, UK
Movie/TV Credits:
40
First Appeared:
In the movie The Way of the Wind
Latest Project:
Movie Inland 2023-06-16
Known For
Poster of Waiting for the Barbarians
Poster of Nothing Is Truer than Truth
Poster of Wolf Hall
Poster of Bing
Filmography
Movie The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara Pope Pius IX 2025
Movie The Way of the Wind Satan 2025
Movie Inland Dunleavy 2023-06-16
Movie The Outfit Leonard Burling 2022-02-25
Movie Bones and All Sully 2022-11-18
Movie The Phantom of the Open Maurice Flitcroft 2022-03-18
Movie Don't Look Up Peter Isherwell 2021-12-07
Movie The Trial of the Chicago 7 William Kunstler 2020-09-25
Movie Waiting for the Barbarians The Magistrate 2019-09-06
Movie Nothing Is Truer than Truth 2018-04-29
Movie Ready Player One James Halliday / Anorak 2018-03-28
Movie Dunkirk Mr. Dawson 2017-07-19
Movie The BFG The BFG 2016-06-01
Movie The Gunman Terrance Cox 2015-02-16
Movie Bridge of Spies Rudolf Abel 2015-10-15
Series Wolf Hall Thomas Cromwell 2015-01-21
Movie We Are Many Self 2014-06-08
Movie Days and Nights Stephen 2014-09-26
Series Bing Narrator / Flop (voice) 2014-06-09
Movie Muse of Fire Self 2013-09-26
Movie Twelfth Night Olivia 2012-05-04
Movie Anonymous Condell 2011-10-21
Movie Blitz Roberts 2011-05-20
Movie The Other Boleyn Girl Sir Thomas Boleyn 2008-02-28
Movie Shakespeare's Globe Himself 2005-07-03
Movie The Government Inspector Dr. David Kelly 2005-03-17
Movie Richard II - Live at Shakespeare's Globe Richard II 2003-09-06
Movie Intimacy Jay 2001-01-20
Movie Much Ado About Something Himself 2001-09-08
Movie Henry V at Shakespeare's Globe Henry V 1997-11-05
Movie Loving Charlie Raunce 1996-10-19
Movie Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life Jakob 1995-08-01
Movie Angels and Insects William Adamson 1995-09-10
Movie In Lambeth William Blake 1993-07-04
Movie Love Lies Bleeding Conn Ellis 1993-06-14
Movie The Grass Arena John Healy 1992-01-19
Movie Prospero's Books Ferdinand 1991-08-30
Movie Hearts of Fire Fizz 1987-11-06
Movie The McGuffin Gavin 1986-01-12
Movie Wallenberg: A Hero's Story Nikki Fodor 1985-04-07