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 Shakespeares Globe in London, between 1995 and 2005. His film appearances include Prosperos 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 Spielbergs The BFG (2016), a live-action film adaptation of the childrens book by Roald Dahl, and appeared in Christopher Nolans Dunkirk (2017), based on the British evacuation in World War II. He appeared as James Halliday in Spielbergs 2018 film Ready Player One, based on the novel of the same name.

Movies unavailable from Mark Rylance

Inside The Institute

Self

Movie 2010

Prospero's Books

Ferdinand

Movie 1991

Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life

Jakob

Movie 1995

Measure for Measure: Live from The Globe

Vincentio, Duke of Vienna

Movie 2004

Henry V at Shakespeare's Globe

Henry V

Movie 1997

Much Ado About Something

Himself

Movie 2001

Richard II - Live at Shakespeare's Globe

Richard II

Movie 2003

Muse of Fire

Self

Movie 2013

Loving

Charlie Raunce

Movie 1996

Bing’s Christmas and Other Stories

Flop

Movie 2020

The Grass Arena

John Healy

Movie 1992

The Government Inspector

Dr. David Kelly

Movie 2005

Bridge of Spies

Rudolf Abel

Movie 2015

Inland

Dunleavy

Movie 2023

We Are Many

Self

Movie 2014

The McGuffin

Gavin

Movie 1986

Hearts of Fire

Fizz

Movie 1987

Shakespeare's Globe

Himself

Movie 2005

In Lambeth

William Blake

Movie 1993

Waiting for the Barbarians

The Magistrate

Movie 2019

Nothing Is Truer than Truth

Self

Movie 2018

Don't Look Up

Peter Isherwell

Movie 2021

The Outfit

Leonard Burling

Movie 2022

Spirit of Place

Movie 2024

Bing & Friends: Birthday Celebration

Flop (voice)

Movie 2024

Wolf Hall: The Inside Story

Self

Movie 2015

Tv series unavailable from Mark Rylance

Tony Awards

Self - Winner

Tv 1956

Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg

Tv 2022

The Undeclared War

John Yeabsley

Tv 2022

Leonardo

Leonardo

Tv 2003

My Grandparents' War

Self

Tv 2019

Wallenberg: A Hero's Story

Nikki Fodor

Tv 1985

Great Performances

King Henry V

Tv 1971