Mark Rylance wins Leading Actor BAFTA for Wolf Hall | BAFTA TV Awards 2016

[@paulcurran1139]

One of the best performances by any actor that I've ever seen. Masterly.

[@MarkMuscat-fr1ug]

A masterclass from Mark Rylance - deserves every praise - such joy to watch

[@monicacall7532]

Mark Rylance WAS Cromwell. He absolutely deserved this award. Too bad he didn’t win the EMMY too. That was shameful.

[@MrDavey2010]

Rylance is so natural and so talented. Very modest too when he’s such a superb actor.

[@suzycreamchez123]

I absolutely loved his performance in Wolf Hall.

[@fabulousmyriad267]

For anyone else, this would a rambling speech instead Mark is so genuine and thoughtful in his enthusiasm.

[@Nigelsmom2136]

Always such humility. Truly a class act.

[@glr4275]

I'm Italian and I think that the acceptance speech of Mark Rylance is beautiful and true to the core and I admire him for it. He's a brilliant British actor.

[@willwhite1575]

What a brilliant man.

[@samanthajefferson7922]

Love him in Wolf Hall. Brilliant

[@jfholso]

Love Mark Rylance and Love Wolf Hall

[@irenaresman5138]

Amazing sir Rylance, congratulations!

[@patradcliffe6162]

What a sweet man! 🥰

[@lisamgreenleaf]

Why is he so adorable 🥰

[@EilishGleeson]

mark Rylance is absolutely amazing as Cromwell

[@Ditto463]

What a lovely speech, even including non acting people who love jokes, stories and baking cakes. Wonderful!

[@ahmedfakhir]

Such a remarkable and cultivated gentleman!

[@carolineofscots]

Wolf Hall is a masterpiece. And Mark is so eloquent and generous. Fantastic actor, everyone involved must have been so proud when they saw what they created. I thought it was the best drama id watched in years. Id love to see a third series.

[@francoisbeland7188]

I was very much impressed by the series. Up to a point, that it inspires my daily life !

[@quietmeow2936]

Only in England could the magnificent Wolf Hall be made. A production filled with extraordinarily fine actors and fantastic locations and with a masterful crew of genius behind the scenes craftmen and women! Mark Rylance was absolutely stunning as Cromwell!

[@helenabright5741]

Pure Genius. Thank you. x

[@kebhMI]

The most beautiful Helen McCrory...

[@steviejd5803]

If the award was for the actor most like being himself and not acting, I’d agree.

[@dianamarquez4774]

By the way, there were Moors in 16th century England who were not slaves. Moors was the term for black individuals.

[@PrivatePrivate-so4if]

What awful interviewers. How hot is your suit etc. etc! Shame on BAFTA and the BBC for not having people of higher quality asking those questions. The Academy has been dumbing down for years just like the BBC I’m sad to say.They didn’t deserve the quality of Mark Rylance’s responses.

[@sm2593]

They were just making light of the situation and making it less serious. Doesn't make them awful interviewers, they asked some very good questions

[@PrivatePrivate-so4if]

@ We have to differ. There is a time for trivia and there’s a time for professionalism and respect.

[@davidmorton504]

Brilliant series totally ruined by the woke brigade. Saw an interview with the producer claiming that the only thing that wasn't accurate about the films portrayal of 1536 was the use of fake beaver skins instead of real ones. What about all the actors in it of African heritage - guards , lords etc? England in 1536 wasn't a diverse multicultural community. Im sure the woke brigade will condescendingly say my ignorance means I don't understand that anyone of any colour can play any part. So why not have a more diverse range of actors working in the fields in the film '10 years a slave' or represented amongst the tribesman in the film 'Zulu' ?

[@sm2593]

You're so lame that this ruined a show for you. Get over yourself. You have some really issues if a few black and brown extras ruined a show for you.

[@annephillips1870]

Tudor England was a much more multicultural world than you seem to think it was.

[@AP-dv5vk]

It’s “12 years a slave”….not 10. That film was specifically about the mass-scale subjugation and systematic dehumanisation of humans based on the colour of their skin, so of course the casting couldn’t be colour blind. In Wolf Hall, you’ll find that the hair and eye colours and skin tones of the white actors are not exactly faithful to those whom they represent. Do you take umbrage with that fact? Or are you fixated solely on non-white actors? If the latter, then that speaks to a prejudice of yours.