
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.

Great Performances
TV • 1971

Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
TV • 2022

Dunkirk
MOVIE • 2017

Wolf Hall
TV • 2015

Don't Look Up
MOVIE • 2021

Bing
TV • 2014

Ready Player One
MOVIE • 2018

The BFG
MOVIE • 2016

Bridge of Spies
MOVIE • 2015

Blitz
MOVIE • 2011

Intimacy
MOVIE • 2001

The Undeclared War
TV • 2022

Bones and All
MOVIE • 2022

The Other Boleyn Girl
MOVIE • 2008

The Trial of the Chicago 7
MOVIE • 2020

The Gunman
MOVIE • 2015

Waiting for the Barbarians
MOVIE • 2019

The Outfit
MOVIE • 2022