Mark Rylance on screen and stage

Mark Rylance is an English actor, playwright and theatre director known for his work on stage and screen.
Rylance started his career with the Royal Shakespeare Company acting in numerous productions of William Shakespeare's work such as The Tempest, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Hamlet, and Romeo and Juliet. On the West End, he received two Laurence Olivier Awards for his roles in Much Ado About Nothing, and Jerusalem. On Broadway, he received three Tony Awards for his roles in Boeing-Boeing, Jerusalem, and Twelfth Night. He was also Tony-nominated for Richard III and Farinelli and the King.
He made his film debut in the musical Hearts of Fire. He acted in costume dramas playing Thomas Boleyn in The Other Boleyn Girl and Henry Condell in Anonymous. For his performance as Rudolf Abel in Steven Spielberg's historical drama Bridge of Spies he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He further collaborated with Spielberg acting in The BFG and Ready Player One. He also acted in Dunkirk, The Trial of the Chicago 7, Don't Look Up, The Outfit, and Bones and All.

Performances and works

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
1997	Henry V	Henry V
1998	The Merchant of Venice	Bassanio
1998	The Honest Whore	Hippolito
1999	Antony and Cleopatra	Cleopatra
2000	Hamlet	Hamlet
2001	Cymbeline	Cloten
2002	The Golden Ass	Lucius
2002	Twelfth Night	Olivia
2003	Richard II	Richard II
2004	Measure for Measure	Duke Vincentio
2005	The Tempest	Prospero Stephano Sebastian Alonso
2005	The Storm	Daemones Labrax The Weather
2012	Richard III	Richard III
2012	Twelfth Night	Olivia
2018	Othello	Iago