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Mark Rylance in London 2015

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).

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Director(s) Notes Ref.
1987 Hearts of Fire Fizz Richard Marquand [1]
1991 The Grass Arena John Healy Gillies MacKinnon [2]
Prospero's Books Ferdinand Peter Greenaway [2]
1995 Institute Benjamenta Jakob von Gunten Brothers Quay [2]
Angels & Insects William Adamson Philip Haas [2]
2001 Intimacy Jay Patrice Chéreau [2]
2008 The Other Boleyn Girl Thomas Boleyn Justin Chadwick [2]
2009 Nocturne Frank Nataasha Van Kampen Short film [3]
2011 Anonymous Henry Condell Roland Emmerich [2]
Blitz Bruce Roberts Elliott Lester [4]
2013 Days and Nights Stephen Christian Camargo [5]
2015 The Gunman Terrance Cox Pierre Morel [2]
Bridge of Spies Rudolf Abel Steven Spielberg [2]
2016 The BFG The BFG Voice and motion capture [2]
2017 Dunkirk Mr Dawson Christopher Nolan [2]
2018 Ready Player One James Halliday / Anorak Steven Spielberg [2]
2019 Waiting for the Barbarians Magistrate Ciro Guerra [2]
The Flaneur Narrator Lyall Stephens Short film
2020 The Trial of the Chicago 7 William Kunstler Aaron Sorkin [2]
2021 The Phantom of the Open Maurice Flitcroft Craig Roberts [2]
Don't Look Up Peter Isherwell Adam McKay [2]
2022 The Outfit Leonard Graham Moore [2]
Bones and All Sully Luca Guadagnino [2]
Inland Dunleavy Fridtjof Ryder [2]
TBA The Way of the Wind Satan Terrence Malick Post-production [6]

Television

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
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]

Theatre

Year Title Role Venue Ref.
1981 Desperado Corner Bazza Citizens' Theatre [9]
1982 The Tempest Ariel Royal Shakespeare Company [10]
1983–84 Peter Pan Peter Pan Royal Shakespeare Company [10]
1985 Kiss of the Spiderwoman Valentin Bush Theatre
1986 A Midsummer Night's Dream Puck Royal Opera House [10]
1989 Hamlet Hamlet Royal Shakespeare Company [10]
Romeo and Juliet Romeo [10]
1991 Hamlet Hamlet American Repertory Theater [10]
The Seagull Treplev Pittsburgh Public Theater
1993 Henry V Henry V Theatre for a New Audience [10]
Much Ado About Nothing Benedick Queens Theatre [11]
1994 As You Like It Touchstone Theatre for a New Audience
True West Lee/Austin Donmar Warehouse [12]
1995 Macbeth Macbeth Greenwich Theatre
2000 Life x 3 Henry Royal National Theatre [13]
2003 Twelfth Night Olivia Chicago Shakespeare Theater [14]
2007 I am Shakespeare Frank UK tour [15]
Boeing Boeing Robert Comedy Theatre [10]
2008 Longacre Theatre [16]
Peer Gynt Peer Gynt Guthrie Theater [17]
2009 Endgame Hamm Duchess Theatre [10]
Jerusalem Johnny Byron Royal Court Theatre [10]
2010 Apollo Theatre [10]
La Bete Valere Comedy Theatre [10]
2010–11 Music Box Theatre [16]
2011 Jerusalem Johnny Byron Music Box Theatre [16]
2011–12 Apollo Theatre [10]
2012–13 Richard III and Twelfth Night Richard III / Olivia Apollo Theatre / Repertory [10]
2013 Nice Fish Ron Guthrie Theater
2013–14 Richard III and Twelfth Night Richard III / Olivia Belasco Theatre / Repertory [16]
2015 Farinelli and the King Philip V of Spain Sam Wanamaker Playhouse
Duke of York's Theatre
2016 Nice Fish Ron St. Ann's Warehouse [18]
2016–17 Harold Pinter Theatre
2017–18 Farinelli and the King Philip V of Spain Belasco Theatre [16]
2019 Shakespeare within the Abbey Richard III Royal Shakespeare Company
2022 Jerusalem Johnny Byron Apollo Theatre
2022 Dr Semmelweis Ignaz Semmelweis Bristol Old Vic
2023 Harold Pinter Theatre

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
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
The Storm Daemones
Labrax
The Weather
2012 Richard III Richard III
Twelfth Night Olivia
2018 Othello Iago

References

  1. ^ "Sir Mark Rylance: the greatest actor of his generation". GQ. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s "Mark Rylance". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  3. ^ "Rylance quits after death of stepdaughter". The Independent. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  4. ^ "Mark Rylance says he quit film acting because he 'hated' being part of 'horrible' movie Blitz". Yahoo News. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  5. ^ "EXCLUSIVE: Mark and Juliet Rylance, Allison Janney and Katie Holmes Spend a Weekend in the Country in "Days and Nights" Trailer (Video)". Playbill. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  6. ^ "Terrence Malick Is 'Very Happy' with 'The Way of the Wind' Progress — but There's Still No Release Timeline". IndieWire. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Mark Rylance -IMDB". IMDB. Retrieved 12 April 2024. [ unreliable source?]
  8. ^ "Mark Rylance, Simon Pegg Headline Peter Kosminsky's 'The Undeclared War' For Peacock & Channel 4". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  9. ^ "Mark Rylance Theatre Credits and Bio". New York Theatre Guide. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  10. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Mark Rylance Theatre Credits". Abouttheartist. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  11. ^ Taylor, Paul (8 July 1993). "Something out of nothing: Paul Taylor applauds Mark Rylance". The Independent. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
  12. ^ "Joe Penhall: the best performance I've ever seen". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  13. ^ "Life x 3". Variety. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  14. ^ "Twelfth Night". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  15. ^ "I Am Shakespeare". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  16. ^ a b c d e "Mark Rylance (performer)". Playbill. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  17. ^ "Complete Casting for Guthrie's Peer Gynt with Mark Rylance". Playbill. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  18. ^ "Nice Fish". St Ann's Warehouse. Retrieved 2 November 2015.

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