Mark Rylance

Sir David Mark Rylance Waters (lahir 18 Januari 1960 di Ashford, Kent, Inggris) adalah aktor, sutradara teater, dan penulis drama Inggris. Dia adalah direktur artistik pertama Shakespeare's Globe di London, antara tahun 1995 dan 2005. Penampilan filmnya termasuk Prospero's Books (1991), Angels and Insects (1995), Institute Benjamenta (1996), dan Intimacy (2001). Rylance memenangkan Academy Award dan BAFTA Award untuk Aktor Pendukung Terbaik atas perannya sebagai Rudolf Abel di Bridge of Spies (2015). Rylance memainkan peran utama dalam The BFG (2016) karya Steven Spielberg, sebuah film aksi langsung yang diadaptasi dari buku anak-anak karya Roald Dahl, dan muncul dalam Dunkirk (2017) karya Christopher Nolan, berdasarkan evakuasi Inggris dalam Perang Dunia II. Dia muncul sebagai James Halliday dalam film Spielberg tahun 2018 Ready Player One, berdasarkan novel dengan judul yang sama.

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.