Mark Rylance wins top Bafta TV Award

Mark Rylance is celebrating once more after scoring the leading actor prize at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (Bafta) TV Awards.

The 56-year-old earned both an Oscar and Bafta Film award for his role in Bridge of Spies, and he locked up another accolade at the London ceremony for his work in acclaimed series Wolf Hall, reported the Daily Mirror.

Surprisingly, Rylance admitted winning the TV trophy was actually more nerve wracking than the other high-profile prizegivings he’s attended this year. “I’m so much more nervous at this ceremony tonight than I’ve (been)... Because I’ve been rather celebrated this year, more than is good for any man!”

“(I’ve been) at the Academy Awards and the Golden Globes, and Australian Academy Awards, but this - the quality of the talent here, and the wit and everything tonight, it makes you want to stay home and watch television. But I was more nervous than I’ve ever been than any of those other things.”