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Charles Dance

Charles Dance

Acting1946Redditch, Worcestershire, England, UK

Biography

Walter Charles Dance OBE (born 10 October 1946) is an English actor, screenwriter, and director. He typically plays strict, authoritarian characters or villains. He is best known for his roles as Tywin Lannister in Game of Thrones, Kitchener in The King's Man, Martin Benson in Amazon Prime's The Widow, Lord Mountbatten in Netflix's The Crown (for which he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series), Thomas in Underworld: Awakening and Underworld: Blood Wars, Harold Fillmore in Ghostbusters (2016), Mr. Bennet in Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Frankenstein in Victor Frankenstein, Master Vampire in Dracula Untold, Conrad Knox in the Cinemax series Strike Back, Raymond Stockbridge in Gosford Park, one-eyed hitman Benedict in Last Action Hero, Clemens in Alien³, Sardo Numpsa in The Golden Child, and Guy Perron in The Jewel in the Crown.

He 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 Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) by Queen Elizabeth II in 2006.

He made his directorial film debut with the drama film Ladies in Lavender (2004), which he also wrote and executive produced.

Acting History

Future
The Liar
as Tickford
A Patriot
as Dr. Hastings
2025
Wildcat
as Frasier Mahoney
Frankenstein
as Leopold Frankenstein
2024
The First Omen
as Father Harris
Testament: The Story of Moses
TVas Self - Narrator (voice)• 3 eps
The Day of the Jackal
TVas Timothy Winthrop• 6 eps
2023
Rabbit Hole
TVas Dr. Ben Wilson• 8 eps
2022
Against the Ice
as Minister Neergaard
The Serpent Queen
TVas Clement VII• 1 eps
This England
TVas Max Hastings
The Sandman
TVas Roderick Burgess• 1 eps
2021
The King's Man
as Kitchener
The Book Of Vision
as Dr. Johan Anmuth
Moley
TVas Mr. Moley (voice)
2020
Mank
as William Randolph Hearst
Rise of Empires: Ottoman
TVas Self - Narrator (voice)• 12 eps
The Singapore Grip
TVas Mr Webb
2019
Iron Mask
as Lord Dudley
The Widow
TVas Martin Benson
The Crown
TVas Lord Mountbatten• 5 eps
2018
Colin You Anus
as Uncle Bertie
Euphoria
as Mr. Daren
Spitfire
as Narrator (voice)
The Little Drummer Girl
TVas Commander Picton
Hang Ups
TVas Jeremy Pitt
The Woman in White
TVas Frederick Fairlie
2017
That Good Night
as The Visitor
Who Do You Think You Are?
TVas Self• 1 eps
2016
Me Before You
as Stephen Traynor
Ghostbusters
as Harold Fillmore
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
TVas Self - Participant• 1 eps
2015
Victor Frankenstein
as Frankenstein
Woman in Gold
as Sherman
Child 44
as Major Grachev
And Then There Were None
TVas Justice Lawrence Wargrave• 3 eps
Childhood's End
TVas Karellen• 3 eps
Deadline Gallipoli
TVas Sir Ian Hamilton
2014
Forbidden Empire
as Lord Dudley
The Imitation Game
as Commander Denniston
Dracula Untold
as Master Vampire
Room 101
TVas Self• 1 eps
The Great Fire
TVas Lord Denton• 4 eps
2013
Patrick
as Doctor Roget
Top Gear
TVas Self• 1 eps
Would I Lie to You?
TVas Self• 1 eps
2012
The Door
as Thomas Arlington
Midnight's Children
as William Methwold
St George's Day
as Trenchard
Secret State
TVas John Hodder• 4 eps
Strike Back
TVas Conrad Knox• 10 eps
2011
Ironclad
as Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury
Your Highness
as King Tallious
Neverland
TVas Dr. Fludd
Game of Thrones
TVas Tywin Lannister• 35 eps
2010
Paris Connections
as Aleksandr Borinski
2009
The One Show
TVas Self• 1 eps
Merlin
TVas Aredian• 1 eps
2007
The Contractor
as DCS Andrew Windsor
Fallen Angel
TVas David Byfield
2006
Scoop
as Mr. Malcolm
Twice Upon a Time
as Battar Master of Ceremonies
Starter for Ten
as Michael Harbinson
Agatha Christie's Marple
TVas Septimus Bligh• 1 eps
2005
Titanic: Birth of a Legend
as Narrator (voice)
Bleak House
TVas Mr. Tulkinghorn• 15 eps
Fingersmith
TVas Mr. Chistopher Lilly
2004
Ladies in Lavender
Executive Producer
2003
Swimming Pool
as John Bosload
2002
Black and White
as Roderic Chamberlain
Ali G Indahouse
as Deputy Prime Minister David Carlton
Foyle's War
TVas Guy Spencer• 1 eps
2001
Alien Evolution
as Self / Clemens
Gosford Park
as Raymond Stockbridge
Dark Blue World
as Wing Commander Bentley
2000
1999
Chrono-Perambulator
as James 'Dougie' Douglas
1998
Hilary and Jackie
as Derek Du Pré
1997
Rebecca
TVas Maxim de Winter• 2 eps
1996
Space Truckers
as Nabel / Macanudo
Undertow
as Lyle Yates
1995
The Surgeon
as Dr. Ed Mittlesbay
1994
China Moon
as Rupert Munro
Kabloonak
as Robert Flaherty
1993
Century
as Professor Mandry
Last Action Hero
as Benedict
1992
Alien³
as Clemens
1991
The Flying Doctors
TVas Minister• 1 eps
1990
The Phantom of the Opera
TVas The Phantom of the Opera
1989
Goldeneye
as Ian Fleming
1988
Out of the Shadows
as Michael Hayden
Pascali's Island
as Anthony Bowles
1987
Good Morning, Babylon
as D.W. Griffith
Hidden City
as James Richards
White Mischief
as Josslyn Hay
Tales of the Unexpected
TVas Robert Smythe• 1 eps
1986
The Golden Child
as Sardo Numspa
Screen Two
TVas Paul Hatcher• 1 eps
1985
Plenty
as Raymond Brock
An Audience with...
TVas Self• 1 eps
1984
Rainy Day Women
as John Truman
The Jewel in the Crown
TVas Guy Perron
1983
The Professionals
TVas Parker• 1 eps
1982
Little Eyolf
as Borghejm
BBC Play of the Month
TVas Borghejm• 1 eps
1981
1980
Fatal Spring
as Siegfried Sassoon
Playhouse
TVas Siegfried Sassoon• 1 eps
1977
1974

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
10/10/1946(79 years old)
Place of Birth
Redditch, Worcestershire, England, UK