Name: Mark Rylance
Date of Birth: 18 January 1960 University School of Milwaukee (Wisconsin), Class of 1978. He was awarded the Laurence Olivier Theatre Award in 1994 (1993 season) for Best Actor for his performance in Much Ado About Nothing. He was nominated for a 2003 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best Actor of 2002 for his performance in Twelfth Night performed at the Shakespeare's Globe Theatre. He was awarded the 2002 London Critics Circle Theatre Award for Best Shakespearian Performance for his role in Twelfth Night performed at the Shakespeare's Globe Theatre. ... He was awarded the 2002 London Evening Standard Theatre Award for Special Award for the 2002 Globe Season of Cupid and Psyche. Became an Associate Member of the RSC. Graduated from RADA. In 1989, played both Hamlet and Romeo in repertoire for the Royal Shakespeare Company. Rylance is his paternal grandfather's middle name. His family moved to the US in 1962, when his father was hired to teach at the Choate School, in Connecticut. They moved to Milwaukee in 1969, where his father was in charge of upper-level English at the University School. Read more Mark Rylance movies (actor)User Comments |
