Mark Rylance
| Sir Mark Rylance | |
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Rylance promoting The BFG at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival
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| Born |
David Mark Rylance Waters 18 January 1960 Ashford, Kent, England |
| Education |
University School of Milwaukee Royal Academy of Dramatic Art |
| Occupation | Actor, theatre director, playwright |
| Years active | 1980–present |
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) |
| Spouse(s) | Claire van Kampen (m. 1989) |
Sir David Mark Rylance Waters (born 18 January 1960) is an English actor, theatre director and playwright. He was the first artistic director of Shakespeare's Globe in London, from 1995 to 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 the BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Rudolf Abel in Bridge of Spies (2015).
He played the title role in Steven Spielberg's The BFG (2016), a live-action film adaptation of the children's book by Roald Dahl. He will appear in Christopher Nolan's Dunkirk (2017) based on the British evacuation in World War II, and as James Halliday in Spielberg's 2018 film adaptation of Ready Player One.
After training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, Rylance made his professional debut at the Citizens Theatre, Glasgow in 1980. He appeared in the West End productions of Much Ado About Nothing in 1994 and Jerusalem in 2010, winning the Olivier Award for Best Actor for both. He has also appeared on Broadway, winning three Tony Awards for Best Actor for Boeing Boeing in 2008, Jerusalem in 2011, and Twelfth Night in 2015.
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