Mark Rylance

Mark Rylance (born January 18, 1960, Ashford, Kent, England) is a British theater actor and director recognized not only for his period-specific enactments of both male and female roles in the works of William Shakespeare but also for his poignant portrayals of contemporary characters. Rylance, habitually consumed by his roles, often kept in character—both onstage and offstage—for the duration of a production. Although a British citizen, Rylance spent most of his childhood and youth in...