Is Mark Rylance our greatest living actor? Ask anyone lucky enough to have seen him play Johnny “Rooster” Byron in the triumphant return last year of Jez Butterworth’s Jerusalem to the West End. Audiences and critics alike were at one with the playwright’s own verdict that Rylance’s performance was “the closest thing to magic I’ve ever seen”. Having started his career in the theatre with the RSC, where his Romeos and Olivias, Henrys and Hamlets were highly acclaimed, he then ran Shakespeare’s Globe with considerable success for 10 years from 1995. But it was not until he played Thomas Cromwell in the BBC’s adaptation of Wolf Hall that Rylance became a household name. Hollywood quickly beckoned with roles in The BFG, Dunkirk, Ready Player One, Don’t Look Up and Bones and All to name just a few. His mesmerising portrayal of Rudolf Abel in Steven Spielberg’s Bridge of Spies netted him an Oscar for best supporting actor. Yet it’s the stage that excites Rylance the most. “It’s a thousand times more enjoyable [than film],” he said recently. And now he is back in the West End, practising his unique brand of alchemy in Dr Semmelweis, a play he has created with writer Stephen Brown, which is transferring from the Bristol Old Vic. Tom Morris, of War Horse, directs. Now’s your chance to quiz Rylance about his storied career. How does he conjure such magic on stage and screen? What drew him to the character of maverick Hungarian physician Ignaz Semmelweis? And is he still in touch with King Charles over their shared love of Shakespeare, ley lines and crop circles? To submit a question, please fill in the form below, email review@observer.co.uk or tweet @ObsNewReview by 4pm Tuesday 30 May. Send us your questions Share your questions for Mark Rylance using the form below. Please share your story if you are 18 or over, anonymously if you wish. For more information please see our terms of service and privacy policy.