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Sir David Mark Rylance Waters is an English actor, theatre director, and playwright. He was the first artistic director of Shakespeare's Globe in London, between 1995 and 2005. After training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, Rylance made his professional debut at the Citizens Theatre, Glasgow in 1980. He appeared in the West End productions of Much Ado About Nothing in 1994 and Jerusalem in 2010, winning the Olivier Award for Best Actor for both. He has also appeared on Broadway, winning three Tony Awards: two for Best Actor for Boeing Boeing in 2008 and Jerusalem in 2011, and one for Best Featured Actor for Twelfth Night in 2014. He received Best Actor nominations for Richard III in 2014 and Farinelli and the King in 2017. He is one of only eight actors to have won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play twice while his nominations for Richard III and Twelfth Night in 2014 make him one of only six performers to be nominated in two acting categories in the same year.
Birth Name
David Mark Rylance Waters
Born
Monday, 18 January 1960
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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My Extinction | Self | 2023 |
Bones and All | Sully | 2022 |
Inland | Dunleavy | 2022 |
The Undeclared War | John Yeabsley | 2022 |
The Outfit | Leonard / Leonard Burling | 2022 |
The Phantom of the Open | Maurice Flitcroft | 2022 |
Don't Look Up | Peter Isherwell | 2021 |
The Phantom of the Open | Maurice Flitcroft | 2021 |
The Way of the Wind | Satan | 2020 |
The Trial of the Chicago 7 | William Kunstler | 2020 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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My Extinction | Self | 2023 |
Bones and All | Sully | 2022 |
Inland | Dunleavy | 2022 |
The Undeclared War | John Yeabsley | 2022 |
The Outfit | Leonard / Leonard Burling | 2022 |
The Phantom of the Open | Maurice Flitcroft | 2022 |
Don't Look Up | Peter Isherwell | 2021 |
The Phantom of the Open | Maurice Flitcroft | 2021 |
The Way of the Wind | Satan | 2020 |
The Trial of the Chicago 7 | William Kunstler | 2020 |
My Grandparents' War | Self - Presenter | 2019 |
Waiting for the Barbarians | The Magistrate / Magistrate | 2019 |
Nothing Is Truer Than Truth | 2019 | |
RiffTrax: Ready Player One | James Halliday | 2018 |
The 72nd Annual Tony Awards | Self - Nominee | 2018 |
Hollywood Insider | Self | 2018 |
Ready Player One | Anorak / Halliday / James Halliday | 2018 |
Spielberg | Self / Rudolf Abel | 2017 |
Dunkirk | Mr. Dawson | 2017 |
The Oscars | Self - Presenter | 2017 |
The BFG | BFG / The BFG | 2016 |
73rd Golden Globe Awards | Self - Nominee | 2016 |
Bridge of Spies | Rudolf Abel | 2015 |
We Are Many | Himself / Self | 2015 |
The Gunman | Terrance Cox | 2015 |
Wolf Hall | Thomas Cromwell | 2015 |
Days and Nights | Stephen | 2014 |
Bing | Narrator / Flop (voice) / Flop | 2014 |
The 68th Annual Tony Awards | Self - Winner | 2014 |
Muse of Fire | Self | 2013 |
Celebrity Page | Self | 2013 |
Shakespeare's Globe Theatre: Twelfth Night | Olivia | 2013 |
The Broadway.com Show | Self | 2013 |
Shakespeare in Italy | Self | 2012 |
Last Will & Testament | Self | 2012 |
Anonymous | Condell | 2011 |
Fry's Planet Word | Self | 2011 |
Blitz | Roberts | 2011 |
The 62nd Annual Tony Awards | Self - Winner | 2008 |
The Other Boleyn Girl | Sir Thomas Boleyn | 2008 |
Made in Hollywood | Self | 2005 |
The Government Inspector | Dr. David Kelly | 2005 |
Leonardo | Leonardo | 2003 |
Much Ado About Something | Himself / Self | 2001 |
Intimacy | Jay | 2001 |
Theater Talk | Self - Guest | 1996 |
Angels and Insects | William Adamson | 1995 |
Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream That One Calls Human Life | Jakob | 1995 |
Prospero's Books | Ferdinand | 1991 |
Hearts of Fire | Fizz | 1987 |
Biography | Hamlet / Self | 1987 |
Wallenberg: A Hero's Story | Nikki Fodor | 1985 |
Screen Two | John Healy / Gavin / Charlie Raunce | 1985 |
The South Bank Show | Himself - Guest / Self - Guest | 1978 |
Film '72 | Self - Interviewee | 1971 |
Great Performances | King Henry V | 1971 |
Producer Filmography
Title | Year |
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Year | Type | Category | Won |
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2016 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture | Nominated |
2016 | Oscar | Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role | Won |
2016 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television | Nominated |
2015 | Emmy | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or a Movie | Nominated |