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Mark Rylance

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Mark Rylance

Born January 18, 1960 in Ashford, Kent, England, UK42 films

Sir David Mark Rylance Waters (born 18 January 1960 in Ashford, Kent, England) is an English actor, theatre director, and playwright.

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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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Ready Player One posterFirst watchReady Player One20187.6as Anorak / HallidayWhen the creator of a popular video game system dies, a virtual contest is created to compete for his fortune.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Dunkirk poster7.5Dunkirk2017Don't Look Up poster7.1Don't Look Up2021Bridge of Spies poster7.2Bridge of Spies2015The Trial of the Chicago 7 poster7.7The Trial of the Chicago 72020Bones and All poster7.0Bones and All2022The Other Boleyn Girl poster6.7The Other Boleyn Girl2008The BFG poster6.3The BFG2016The Outfit poster7.1The Outfit2022

Filmography

42 films as actor
  1. TBAThe Way of the WindSatan
  2. TBANice Fish
  3. 2027On the Edge(voice)
  4. 2027The Nightingale
  5. 2026ArtificialGeoffrey Hinton
  6. 2024Bing & Friends: Birthday CelebrationFlop (voice)
  7. 2024Spirit of Place
  8. 2023InlandDunleavy
  9. 2022Bones and AllSully
  10. 2022The Phantom of the OpenMaurice Flitcroft
  11. 2022The OutfitLeonard Burling
  12. 2021Don't Look UpPeter Isherwell
  13. 2020Bing’s Christmas and Other StoriesFlop
  14. 2020The Trial of the Chicago 7William Kunstler
  15. 2020Waiting for the BarbariansThe Magistrate
  16. 2019The FlaneurNarrator
  17. 2018Ready Player OneAnorak / Halliday
  18. 2017DunkirkMr. Dawson
  19. 2016The BFGThe BFG
  20. 2015Bridge of SpiesRudolf Abel
  21. 2015The GunmanTerrance Cox
  22. 2014Days and NightsStephen
  23. 2012Twelfth NightOlivia
  24. 2011AnonymousCondell
  25. 2011BlitzRoberts
  26. 2008The Other Boleyn GirlSir Thomas Boleyn
  27. 2005The Government InspectorDr. David Kelly
  28. 2004Measure for Measure: Live from The GlobeVincentio, Duke of Vienna
  29. 2004Measure for Measure: Live from the GlobeVincentio, Duke of Vienna
  30. 2003Richard II - Live at Shakespeare's GlobeRichard II
  31. 2001IntimacyJay
  32. 1997Henry V at Shakespeare's GlobeHenry V
  33. 1996LovingCharlie Raunce
  34. 1995Angels and InsectsWilliam Adamson
  35. 1995Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human LifeJakob
  36. 1993In LambethWilliam Blake
  37. 1993Love Lies BleedingConn Ellis
  38. 1992The Grass ArenaJohn Healy
  39. 1991Prospero's BooksFerdinand
  40. 1991Incident in Judaea
  41. 1987Hearts of FireFizz
  42. 1986The McGuffinGavin