Claim: Bridge of Spies stars an actor.

Sir David Mark Rylance Waters -LRB- born 18 January 1960 -RRB- is an English actor , theatre director and playwright . He was the first artistic director of Shakespeare 's Globe in London , from 1995 to 2005 . His film appearances include Prospero 's Books -LRB- 1991 -RRB- , Angels and Insects -LRB- 1995 -RRB- , Institute Benjamenta -LRB- 1996 -RRB- , and Intimacy -LRB- 2001 -RRB- . Rylance won the Academy Award and the BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Rudolf Abel in Bridge of Spies -LRB- 2015 -RRB- .   He played the title role in Steven Spielberg 's The BFG -LRB- 2016 -RRB- , a live-action film adaptation of the children 's book by Roald Dahl . He will appear in Christopher Nolan 's Dunkirk -LRB- 2017 -RRB- based on the British evacuation in World War II , and as James Halliday in Spielberg 's 2018 film adaptation of Ready Player One .   After training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London , Rylance made his professional debut at the Citizens Theatre , Glasgow in 1980 . 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 for Best Actor for Boeing Boeing in 2008 , Jerusalem in 2011 , and Best Featured Actor for Twelfth Night in 2014 .   On television , he won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actor for his role as David Kelly in the 2005 Channel 4 drama The Government Inspector and for playing Thomas Cromwell in the 2015 BBC Two miniseries Wolf Hall . For Wolf Hall , he also received Emmy and Golden Globe nominations .   Rylance is a patron of the London International Festival of Theatre . He is also a patron of the London-based charity Peace Direct which supports peace-builders in areas of conflict , and of the British Stop the War Coalition . He is also a long-time supporter of British NGO Conscience : Taxes For Peace Not War .   In 2016 , he was named in the Time 100 list of the most influential people in the world .