Sir David Mark Rylance Waters (born 18 January 1960 in Ashford, Kent, England) is an English actor, theatre director, and playwright.
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.
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Wikipedia: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q324572
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Filmography (Movies)
Searching for Shakespeare
Character:
Release Date:10/04/2025
Bing & Friends: Birthday Celebration
Character:Flop (voice)
Release Date:27/09/2024
Spirit of Place
Character:
Release Date:13/09/2024
Inland
Character:Dunleavy
Release Date:16/06/2023
Bones and All
Character:Sully
Release Date:18/11/2022
The Phantom of the Open
Character:Maurice Flitcroft
Release Date:18/03/2022
The Outfit
Character:Leonard Burling
Release Date:25/02/2022
Don't Look Up
Character:Peter Isherwell
Release Date:08/12/2021
Bing’s Christmas and Other Stories
Character:Flop
Release Date:25/11/2020
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Character:William Kunstler
Release Date:25/09/2020
Waiting for the Barbarians
Character:The Magistrate
Release Date:06/09/2019
Nothing Is Truer than Truth
Character:Self
Release Date:29/04/2018
Ready Player One
Character:Anorak / Halliday
Release Date:28/03/2018
Dunkirk
Character:Mr. Dawson
Release Date:19/07/2017
The BFG
Character:The BFG
Release Date:01/06/2016
The Colorado
Character:Self - Narrator (voice)
Release Date:18/05/2016
A Case of the Cold War: Bridge of Spies
Character:Self
Release Date:02/02/2016
Bridge of Spies
Character:Rudolf Abel
Release Date:15/10/2015
Wolf Hall: The Inside Story
Character:Self
Release Date:25/02/2015
The Gunman
Character:Terrance Cox
Release Date:16/02/2015
Days and Nights
Character:Stephen
Release Date:26/09/2014
We Are Many
Character:Self
Release Date:08/06/2014
Muse of Fire
Character:Self
Release Date:26/09/2013
Twelfth Night
Character:Olivia
Release Date:04/05/2012
Anonymous
Character:Condell
Release Date:21/10/2011
Blitz
Character:Roberts
Release Date:20/05/2011
Inside The Institute
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/2010
The Other Boleyn Girl
Character:Sir Thomas Boleyn
Release Date:28/02/2008
Hamlet {Solo}
Character:Self
Release Date:13/09/2007
Shakespeare's Globe
Character:Himself
Release Date:03/07/2005
The Government Inspector
Character:Dr. David Kelly
Release Date:17/03/2005
Measure for Measure: Live from The Globe
Character:Vincentio, Duke of Vienna
Release Date:04/09/2004
Measure for Measure: Live from the Globe
Character:Vincentio, Duke of Vienna
Release Date:04/09/2004
Richard II - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
Character:Richard II
Release Date:06/09/2003
Much Ado About Something
Character:Himself
Release Date:08/09/2001
Intimacy
Character:Jay
Release Date:20/01/2001
Henry V at Shakespeare's Globe
Character:Henry V
Release Date:05/11/1997
Loving
Character:Charlie Raunce
Release Date:19/10/1996
Angels and Insects
Character:William Adamson
Release Date:10/09/1995
Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life
Character:Jakob
Release Date:01/08/1995
In Lambeth
Character:William Blake
Release Date:04/07/1993
Love Lies Bleeding
Character:Conn Ellis
Release Date:14/06/1993
The Grass Arena
Character:John Healy
Release Date:19/01/1992
Prospero's Books
Character:Ferdinand
Release Date:30/08/1991
Hearts of Fire
Character:Fizz
Release Date:06/11/1987
The McGuffin
Character:Gavin
Release Date:12/01/1986
Television Appearances
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Character:Self
The Undeclared War
Character:John Yeabsley
My Grandparents' War
Character:Self
Wolf Hall
Character:Thomas Cromwell
Bing
Character:Narrator / Flop (voice)
Leonardo
Character:Leonardo
Wallenberg: A Hero's Story
Character:Nikki Fodor
Great Performances
Character:King Henry V
Tony Awards
Character:Self - Winner
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