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Charles Dance

Charles Dance

Actor · Born 1946-10-10 · Redditch, Worcestershire, England, UK

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Biography

Walter Charles Dance OBE (born 10 October 1946) is an English actor. He is known for playing intimidating, authoritarian characters and villains. Dance started his career on stage with the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) before appearing in film and television. For his services to drama, he was appointed an OBE by Queen Elizabeth II in 2006. He made his feature film debut in the James Bond film For Your Eyes Only (1981). He has since appeared in a string of critically acclaimed period films, including Michael Collins (1996), Gosford Park (2001), The Imitation Game (2014), Mank (2020), and The King's Man (2021). He has also appeared in the films The Golden Child (1986), Alien 3 (1992), Last Action Hero (1993), Dracula Untold (2014), and Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019). He made his directorial film debut with the drama film Ladies in Lavender (2004), which he also wrote and executive-produced. On television, Dance played Guy Perron in The Jewel in the Crown (1984), Mr Tulkinghorn in Bleak House (2005), for which he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie, Tywin Lannisterin Game of Thrones (2011–2015), and Lord Mountbatt…

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Game of Thrones (2011) — Tywin Lannister
  2. The Imitation Game (2014) — Commander Denniston
  3. Me Before You (2016) — Stephen Traynor
  4. Ghostbusters (2016) — Harold Fillmore
  5. Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) — Alan Jonah
  6. Dracula Untold (2014) — Master Vampire
  7. Alien³ (1992) — Clemens
  8. The King's Man (2021) — Kitchener
  9. Underworld: Awakening (2012) — Thomas
  10. Underworld: Blood Wars (2016) — Thomas
  11. Frankenstein (2025) — Leopold Frankenstein
  12. Last Action Hero (1993) — Benedict
  13. Johnny English Strikes Again (2018) — Agent Seven
  14. The Sandman (2022) — Roderick Burgess
  15. The Crown (2016) — Lord Mountbatten
  16. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016) — Mr. Bennet
  17. Victor Frankenstein (2015) — Frankenstein
  18. For Your Eyes Only (1981) — Claus
  19. Child 44 (2015) — Major Grachev
  20. Mank (2020) — William Randolph Hearst
  21. Scoop (2006) — Mr. Malcolm
  22. Ali G Indahouse (2002) — Deputy Prime Minister David Carlton
  23. Woman in Gold (2015) — Sherman
  24. Your Highness (2011) — King Tallious
  25. The First Omen (2024) — Father Harris
  26. Gosford Park (2001) — Raymond Stockbridge
  27. The Day of the Jackal (2024) — Timothy Winthrop
  28. The Golden Child (1986) — Sardo Numspa
  29. Merlin (2008) — Aredian
  30. Top Gear (2002) — Self
  31. Ironclad (2011) — Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury
  32. Swimming Pool (2003) — John Bosload
  33. And Then There Were None (2015) — Justice Lawrence Wargrave
  34. Against the Ice (2022) — Minister Neergaard
  35. Iron Mask (2019) — Lord Dudley
  36. Michael Collins (1996) — Soames
  37. Starter for 10 (2006) — Michael Harbinson
  38. Childhood's End (2015) — Karellen
  39. Ladies First (2026) — Fred Powell
  40. Strike Back (2010) — Conrad Knox

Directed

  1. Ladies in Lavender (2004) — Director