Mark Rylance

Acting

Mark Rylance

Born January 18, 1960 · Ashford, Kent, England, UK (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 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 Aw…

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Ready Player OneReady Player One · 2018
Ready Player One
★ 7.62018
MovieAdventureAction
When the creator of a popular video game system dies, a virtual contest is created to compete for his fortune.
Bones and AllBones and All · 2022
Bones and All
★ 7.02022
MovieHorrorRomance
Abandoned by her father, a young woman embarks on a thousand-mile odyssey through the backroads of America where she meets a disenfranchised drifter. But despite their best efforts, all roads lead back to their terrifying pasts and to a final stand that will determine whether their love can survive their otherness.
DunkirkDunkirk · 2017
Dunkirk
★ 7.52017
MovieWarAction
The story of the miraculous evacuation of Allied soldiers from Belgium, Britain, Canada and France, who were cut off and surrounded by the German army from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk between May 26th and June 4th 1940 during World War II.
Don't Look UpDon't Look Up · 2021
Don't Look Up
★ 7.12021
MovieComedyScience Fiction
Two astronomers go on a media tour to warn humankind of a planet-killing comet hurtling toward Earth. The response from a distracted world: Meh.
Bridge of SpiesBridge of Spies · 2015
Bridge of Spies
★ 7.22015
MovieThrillerDrama
During the Cold War, the Soviet Union captures U.S. pilot Francis Gary Powers after shooting down his U-2 spy plane. Sentenced to 10 years in prison, Powers' only hope is New York lawyer James Donovan, recruited by a CIA operative to negotiate his release. Donovan boards a plane to Berlin, hoping to win the young man's freedom through a prisoner exchange. If all goes well, the Russians would get Rudolf Abel, the convicted spy who Donovan defended in court.
The Other Boleyn GirlThe Other Boleyn Girl · 2008
The Other Boleyn Girl
★ 6.72008
MovieDramaRomance
A sumptuous and sensual tale of intrigue, romance and betrayal set against the backdrop of a defining moment in European history: two beautiful sisters, Anne and Mary Boleyn, driven by their family's blind ambition, compete for the love of the handsome and passionate King Henry VIII.
The BFGThe BFG · 2016
The BFG
★ 6.32016
MovieAdventureFamily
An orphan little girl befriends a benevolent giant who takes her to Giant Country, where they attempt to stop the man-eating giants that are invading the human world.
The GunmanThe Gunman · 2015
The Gunman
★ 5.82015
MovieActionDrama
Eight years after fleeing the Congo following his assassination of that country's minister of mining, former assassin Jim Terrier is back, suffering from PTSD and digging wells to atone for his violent past. After an attempt is made on his life, Terrier flies to London to find out who wants him dead -- and why. Terrier's search leads him to a reunion with Annie, a woman he once loved, who is now married to an oily businessman with dealings in Africa.

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Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human LifeInstitute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life · 1995
Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life
★ 7.61995
MovieDramaMystery
Jakob arrives at the Institute Benjamenta (run by brother and sister Johannes and Lisa Benjamenta) to learn to become a servant. With seven other men, he studies under Lisa: absurd lessons of movement, drawing circles, and servility. He asks for a better room. No other students arrive and none leave for employment. Johannes is unhappy, imperious, and detached from the school's operation. Lisa is beautiful, at first tightly controlled, then on the verge of breakdown. There's a whiff of incest. Jakob is drawn to Lisa, and perhaps she to him. As winter sets in, she becomes catatonic. Things get worse; Johannes notes that all this has happened since Jakob came. Is there any cause and effect?

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