Mark Rylance
18 January 1960,
Show History:
Current Role
Mark Rylance is currently starring as Valere in La Bete.Early Life
Rylance was born in 18 January 1960 in Ashford Kent. His parents moved to Connecticut in the United States and to Wisconsin in 1969. He studied at the University School of Milwaukee where his dad was a teacher and went on to win a scholarship at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts (RADA).Career Highlights
Rylance has appeared many a times with the Royal Shakespeare Company playing the title roles in Hamlet (1988) which toured Ireland and England for a year and the US for two year and Romeo in Romeo and Juliet(1988). He became the first artistic director of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in 1995.Rylance also hit the stage in Boeing Boeing in London (2007) and on Broadway (2008). He is currently starring as Valere in la Bete.
Interesting Facts
Rylance is a supporter of the human rights organization Survival International.Awards
- BBC Radio TImes Award for Best Newcomer(1991) for the film The Grass Arena
- Olivier Award for Best Actor(1993) for Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing
- British Academy Television Award for Best Actor(2005) for playing the lead role of British weapons expert David Kelly in The Government Inspector
- Drama Desk and Tony Awards for his performance in Boeing Boeing
