Mark Rylance

Birthday: 1960-01-18
Birthplace: Ashford, Kent, England, UK
Gender: Male
Drafted: 196
Drafted By: Zac E. Chan
Owned By: Zac E. Chan
Owned Wins: 0
Owned Noms: 0
Win Bonus: 3
Nom Bonus: 0
Total Points: 0

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.

Career Statisics

Season Age Movie Role Result Points
2016 56 Bridge of Spies (2015) Supporting Actor Win 0
Career 0

Transaction History

Date Location Team Receives Team Receives Team Receives

Credits

Year Title Character
The Way of the Wind Satan
2025-04-10 Searching for Shakespeare
2024-12-15 Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light Thomas Cromwell
2024-09-27 Bing & Friends: Birthday Celebration Flop (voice)
2024-09-13 Spirit of Place
2023-06-16 Inland Dunleavy
2022-11-18 Bones and All Sully
2022-03-18 The Phantom of the Open Maurice Flitcroft
2022-02-25 The Outfit Leonard Burling
2021-12-08 Don't Look Up Peter Isherwell
2020-11-25 Bing’s Christmas and Other Stories Flop
2020-09-25 The Trial of the Chicago 7 William Kunstler
2019-09-06 Waiting for the Barbarians The Magistrate
2018-03-28 Ready Player One Anorak / Halliday
2017-07-19 Dunkirk Mr. Dawson
2016-06-01 The BFG The BFG
2015-10-15 Bridge of Spies Rudolf Abel
2015-02-16 The Gunman Terrance Cox
2014-09-26 Days and Nights Stephen
2012-05-04 Twelfth Night Olivia
2011-10-21 Anonymous Condell
2011-05-20 Blitz Roberts
2008-02-28 The Other Boleyn Girl Sir Thomas Boleyn
2005-03-17 The Government Inspector Dr. David Kelly
2004-09-04 Measure for Measure: Live from The Globe Vincentio, Duke of Vienna
2003-09-06 Richard II - Live at Shakespeare's Globe Richard II
2001-01-20 Intimacy Jay
1997-11-05 Henry V at Shakespeare's Globe Henry V
1996-10-19 Loving Charlie Raunce
1995-09-10 Angels and Insects William Adamson
1995-08-01 Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life Jakob
1993-07-04 In Lambeth William Blake
1993-06-14 Love Lies Bleeding Conn Ellis
1992-01-19 The Grass Arena John Healy
1991-08-30 Prospero's Books Ferdinand
1987-11-06 Hearts of Fire Fizz
1986-01-12 The McGuffin Gavin