Curiosidades de Mark Rylance

His grandmother was Irish.

When he won his Tonys in 2008 and 2011, he didn't give standard acceptance speeches or thank people. Instead, both times he gave Zen-like, non sequitur recitations of works by poet Louis Jenkins. In 2008, he recited "Backcountry". In 2011, he recited "Walking Through a Wall".

In 1989, played both Hamlet and Romeo in repertoire for the Royal Shakespeare Company.