Mark Rylance was the first artistic director of Shakespeare's Globe in London.
Rylance was created a Knight Bachelor in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to theatre
 He has received three Tony Awards, making him 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 to be nominated in two acting categories in the same year

