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Mark Rylance wins Bafta for role of Thomas Cromwell in Wolf Hall

Kent's Mark Rylance has added a TV Bafta to the Oscar he won earlier this year.

He has been named best actor for his role in Wolf Hall, which also won best drama series.

The Ashford-born star played Thomas Cromwell and said he was very aware they could only portray a tiny slice of the book, and didn't want to let fans down.

Mark Rylance is excellent as Thomas Cromwell in Wolf Hall
Mark Rylance is excellent as Thomas Cromwell in Wolf Hall

He said: "What we did film didn't seem to disappoint people too much.

"I might not have had six pages of thought between being asked a question as Thomas Cromwell and answering, but I had a page and a half at times."

In February he was also named best supporting actor at the film Bafta awards.

He picked up the honour for his latest film role as a Soviet agent in Steven Spielberg's Cold War thriller Bridge of Spies.

Wolf Hall filmed in The Long Gallery at Penshurst Place & Gardens. Picture: © Company Pictures/Playground Entertainment/BBC MMXIV
Wolf Hall filmed in The Long Gallery at Penshurst Place & Gardens. Picture: © Company Pictures/Playground Entertainment/BBC MMXIV
The Baron's Hall at Penshurst Place
The Baron's Hall at Penshurst Place

He starred alongside Tom Hanks in the movie, in which he played officer Rudolf Abel, who is arrested in 1950s New York and prosecuted as a spy.

Later that month he clinched the ultimate award - the Oscar, for his part in the same movie.

Kent can also claim another honour in last night's Baftas - the series Wolf Hall was partly filmed in Penshurst Place in the county.

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