Mark Rylance is an English actor known for his work in film, television and theatre.
Rylance started his career with the Royal Shakespeare Company acting in numerous productions of William Shakespeare's work such as The Tempest (1982), A Midsummer Night's Dream (1986), Hamlet (1989), and Romeo and Juliet (1989). On the West End, he received two Laurence Olivier Awards for his roles in Much Ado About Nothing (1994), and Jerusalem (2010). On Broadway, he received three Tony Awards for his roles on Boeing-Boeing (2008), Jerusalem (2011), and Twelfth Night (2014). He was Tony-nominated for Richard III (2014) and Farinelli and the King (2018).
He made his film debut in the musical Hearts of Fire (1987). He acted in costume dramas playing Thomas Boleyn in The Other Boleyn Girl (2008) and Henry Condell in Anonymous (2011). For his performance in Rudolf Abel in Steven Spielberg in the historical drama Bridge of Spies (2015) winning the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for the later. He further collaborated with Spielberg acting in The BFG (2016) and Ready Player One (2018). She also acted in Dunkirk (2017), The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020), Don't Look Up (2021), The Outfit (2022), and Bones and All (2022).
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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1985 | Wallenberg: A Hero's Story | Nikki Fodor | Television film | [7] |
1986–96 | Screen Two | Various roles | 3 episodes | [7] |
1991 | Incident in Judaea | Yeshua Ha Nozri | Television film | [7] |
1993 | ScreenPlay | Conn | Episode: "Love Lies Bleeding/L'Inconnue de Belfast" | [7] |
1995 | Biography | Himself / Hamlet | Episode: "The History of Hamlet" | [7] |
1997 | Great Performances | King Henry V | Episode: " Henry V at Shakespeare's Globe" | [7] |
2001 | Changing Stages | Himself | ||
2003 | Leonardo | Leonardo da Vinci | 3 episodes | [7] |
2003 | Richard II | Richard II | Television film | [7] |
2005 | The Government Inspector | David Kelly | Television film | [7] |
2014–15 | Bing | Flop (voice) | 78 episodes | [7] |
2015 | Wolf Hall | Thomas Cromwell | 6 episodes | [7] |
2022 | The Undeclared War | John Yeabsley | 5 episodes | [8] |
Shakespeare's Globe As well as Rylance's above stage performances, he has also appeared often at the Shakespeare's Globe, London.
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1996 | The Two Gentlemen of Verona | Proteus | |
1997 | A Chaste Maid in Cheapside | Mr. Allwit | |
Henry V | Henry V | ||
1998 | The Merchant of Venice | Bassanio | |
The Honest Whore | Hippolito | ||
1999 | Antony and Cleopatra | Cleopatra | |
2000 | Hamlet | Hamlet | |
2001 | Cymbeline | Cloten | |
2002 | The Golden Ass | Lucius | |
Twelfth Night | Olivia | ||
2003 | Richard II | Richard II | |
2004 | Measure for Measure | Duke Vincentio | |
2005 | The Tempest |
Prospero Stephano Sebastian Alonso |
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The Storm | Daemones Labrax The Weather |
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2012 | Richard III | Richard III | |
Twelfth Night | Olivia | ||
2018 | Othello | Iago |