Mark Rylance

Sir Mark Rylance
Rylance promoting The BFG at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival
Born	David Mark Rylance Waters (1960-01-18) 18 January 1960 Ashford, Kent, England
Education	University School of Milwaukee Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Occupation(s)	Actor, theatre director, playwright
Years active	1980–present
Height	5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Spouse	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 movie 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).

In 2016, he was named in the Time 100 list of the most influential people in the world.

Other websites

• Mark Rylance on IMDb
• Mark Rylance at the Internet Broadway Database
• Official homepage Archived 2011-06-24 at the Wayback Machine
• Interview on Farinelli (theatre play), Bridge of Spies (film) etc. Oct-2015
• Interview with Mark Rylance at the Globe on wisdom, Sir Francis Bacon, Shakespeare Jun-94
• Mark Rylance performing the Peacebuilder, Henri Ladyi, Congo
• doollee.com listing of Rylance's works written for the stage Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine