Acting • AGE 66
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 Lond...


On the Edge
(voice)
2027

The Nightingale
2027

Searching for Shakespeare
2025

Bing & Friends: Birthday Celebration
Flop (voice)
2024

Spirit of Place
2024

Inland
Dunleavy
2023

Bones and All
Sully
2022

Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Self
2022

The Undeclared War
John Yeabsley
2022

The Phantom of the Open
Maurice Flitcroft
2022

The Outfit
Leonard Burling
2022

Don't Look Up
Peter Isherwell
2021

Bing’s Christmas and Other Stories
Flop
2020

The Trial of the Chicago 7
William Kunstler
2020

Waiting for the Barbarians
The Magistrate
2020

My Grandparents' War
Self
2019

The Flaneur
Narrator
2019

Nothing Is Truer than Truth
Self
2018

Ready Player One
Anorak / Halliday
2018

Dunkirk
Mr. Dawson
2017

The BFG
The BFG
2016

The Colorado
Self - Narrator (voice)
2016

A Case of the Cold War: Bridge of Spies
Self
2016

Bridge of Spies
Rudolf Abel
2015

The Gunman
Terrance Cox
2015

Wolf Hall
Thomas Cromwell
2015

Days and Nights
Stephen
2014

Bing
Narrator / Flop (voice)
2014

We Are Many
Self
2014

Muse of Fire
Self
2013

Twelfth Night
Olivia
2012

Anonymous
Condell
2011

Blitz
Roberts
2011

Inside The Institute
Self
2010

The Other Boleyn Girl
Sir Thomas Boleyn
2008

Hamlet {Solo}
Self
2007

Shakespeare's Globe
Himself
2005

The Government Inspector
Dr. David Kelly
2005

Measure for Measure: Live from The Globe
Vincentio, Duke of Vienna
2004

Measure for Measure: Live from the Globe
Vincentio, Duke of Vienna
2004

Richard II - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
Richard II
2003

Leonardo
Leonardo
2003

Much Ado About Something
Himself
2001

Intimacy
Jay
2001

Henry V at Shakespeare's Globe
Henry V
1997

Loving
Charlie Raunce
1996

Angels and Insects
William Adamson
1995

Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life
Jakob
1995

In Lambeth
William Blake
1993

Love Lies Bleeding
Conn Ellis
1993

The Grass Arena
John Healy
1992

Prospero's Books
Ferdinand
1991

Hearts of Fire
Fizz
1987

ScreenPlay
Conn Ellis
1986

The McGuffin
Gavin
1986

Wallenberg: A Hero's Story
Nikki Fodor
1985

Screen Two
Charlie Raunce
1985

Great Performances
King Henry V
1971

Tony Awards
Self - Winner
1956

The Way of the Wind
Satan

Artificial
Geoffrey Hinton