Mark Rylance on screen and stage

Mark Rylance is an English actor known for his work in film, television and theatre.

Mark Rylance in London 2015

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 in Boeing-Boeing (2008), Jerusalem (2011), and Twelfth Night (2014). He was also 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 as Rudolf Abel in Steven Spielberg's historical drama Bridge of Spies (2015) he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He further collaborated with Spielberg acting in The BFG (2016) and Ready Player One (2018). He 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 (Jesus of Nazareth)	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]
2024	Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light	Thomas Cromwell	6 episodes

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	American Repertory Theater
			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
2024	Juno and the Paycock	Captain Jack Boyle	Gielgud Theatre	[19]

Shakespeare's Globe

Along with Rylance's above stage performances, he has also appeared often at the Shakespeare's Globe in 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