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Sir Mark Rylance | |
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 Rylance promoting The BFG at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival | |
| Born | David Mark Rylance Waters 18 January 1960 |
| 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) |
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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.[1]
- ↑ "Mark Rylance by Steven Spielberg: TIME 100". TIME.com. Archived from the original on 26 April 2016. Retrieved 27 April 2016.