Acting
GenderMale
BirthdayJanuary 17, 1960 (65 years old)
Place of BirthAshford, Kent, England, 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.
Inside The Institute
Prospero's Books
Intimacy
Angels and Insects
The Other Boleyn Girl
Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life
Measure for Measure: Live from The Globe
Henry V at Shakespeare's Globe
Much Ado About Something
Richard II - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
Muse of Fire
Days and Nights
Loving
Bing’s Christmas and Other Stories
The Grass Arena
The Government Inspector
Bridge of Spies
Inland
The BFG
We Are Many
Twelfth Night
The Gunman
The McGuffin
Dunkirk
Hearts of Fire
Ready Player One
Blitz
Anonymous
Shakespeare's Globe
Love Lies Bleeding
In Lambeth
Waiting for the Barbarians
Nothing Is Truer than Truth
The Trial of the Chicago 7
The Way of the Wind
The Phantom of the Open
Don't Look Up
The Outfit
Bones and All
Spirit of Place
Bing & Friends: Birthday Celebration
Wolf Hall: The Inside Story
Wolf Hall
Tony Awards
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Bing
The Undeclared War
Leonardo
My Grandparents' War
Wallenberg: A Hero's Story
Great Performances