Sir David Mark Rylance Waters (born 18 January 1960) is an English actor, playwright, and theatre director. He was the first artistic director of Shakespeare's Globe in London, between 1995 and 2005. He appeared in the West End productions of "Much Ado About Nothing" in 1994 and "Jerusalem" in 2010, winning the Olivier Award for Best Actor for both. He has also appeared on Broadway, winning three Tony Awards: two for Best Actor for "Boeing Boeing" in 2008 and "Jerusalem" in 2011, and one for Best Featured Actor for "Twelfth Night" in 2014. He received Best Actor nominations for "Richard III" in 2014 and "Farinelli and the King" in 2017. He is one of only eight actors to have twice won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play, while his nominations for "Richard III" and "Twelfth Night" in 2014 make him one of only six performers to be nominated in two acting categories in the same year.

Rylance's film appearances include "Prospero's Books" (1991), "Angels and Insects" (1995), "Institute Benjamenta" (1996), "Intimacy" (2001), and "The Other Boleyn Girl" (2008). Rylance attracted attention for his portrayal of Rudolf Abel in Steven Spielberg's "Bridge of Spies" (2015). He won the Academy Award and BAFTA for Best Supporting Actor for his performance and subsequently collaborated with Spielberg, playing the title role in "The BFG" (2016), a live-action film adaptation of the children's book by Roald Dahl, and James Halliday in "Ready Player One" (2018).

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