Charles Dance
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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 Mountbatten in the third and fourth seasons of The Crown (2019–2020), for which he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series. Description above from the Wikipedia article Charles Dance, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Credits
The Imitation Game (2014)
as Commander Denniston
Frankenstein (2025)
as Leopold Frankenstein
Me Before You (2016)
as Stephen Traynor
Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)
as Alan Jonah
The King's Man (2021)
as Kitchener
Alien³ (1992)
as Clemens
Wildcat (2025)
as Frasier Mahoney
Ghostbusters (2016)
as Harold Fillmore
Underworld: Blood Wars (2016)
as Thomas
Child 44 (2015)
as Major Grachev
Johnny English Strikes Again (2018)
as Agent Seven
The First Omen (2024)
as Father Harris
Last Action Hero (1993)
as Benedict
For Your Eyes Only (1981)
as Claus
Underworld: Awakening (2012)
as Thomas
Ladies First (2026)
as Fred Powell
Dracula Untold (2014)
as Master Vampire
Iron Mask (2019)
as Lord Dudley
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016)
as Mr. Bennet
Victor Frankenstein (2015)
as Frankenstein
Ali G Indahouse (2002)
as Deputy Prime Minister David Carlton
The Golden Child (1986)
as Sardo Numspa
Gosford Park (2001)
as Raymond Stockbridge
Mank (2020)
as William Randolph Hearst
The Batman: Part II (2028)
as Christopher Dent
Swimming Pool (2003)
as John Bosload
The Contractor (2007)
as DCS Andrew Windsor
Woman in Gold (2015)
as Sherman
China Moon (1994)
as Rupert Munro
Scoop (2006)
as Mr. Malcolm
Ironclad (2011)
as Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury
Your Highness (2011)
as King Tallious
Forbidden Empire (2014)
as Lord Dudley
Space Truckers (1996)
as Nabel / Macanudo
Against the Ice (2022)
as Minister Neergaard
Rumours (2024)
as Edison Wolcott
Justin and the Knights of Valour (2013)
as Legantir (voice)
Euphoria (2018)
as Mr. Daren
Despite the Falling Snow (2016)
as Old Alexander Ivanov
Hilary and Jackie (1998)
as Derek du Pré
Michael Collins (1996)
as Soames
Starter for 10 (2006)
as Michael Harbinson
White Mischief (1987)
as Josslyn Hay
Admiral (2015)
as King Charles II
There Be Dragons (2011)
as Solono
Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience (2015)
as Tywin Lannister
Pascali's Island (1988)
as Anthony Bowles
Fanny Lye Deliver'd (2019)
as John Lye
Patrick (2013)
as Doctor Roget
Dark Blue World (2001)
as Wing Commander Bentley
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (2001)
as Ralph Nickleby
Midnight's Children (2012)
as William Methwold
Plenty (1985)
as Raymond Brock
The Big Fat Quiz of Telly (2026)
as Self - Guest
Good Morning, Babylon (1987)
as D.W. Griffith
The Surgeon (1995)
as Dr. Ed Mittlesbay
Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters (2024)
as Narrator
Happy New Year, Colin Burstead (2018)
as Uncle Bertie
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas (2007)
as Self
Master Moley by Royal Invitation (2019)
as Mr. James Moley (voice)
The Mapmaker (2012)
as Rowan
The Blood Oranges (1997)
as Cyril
Spitfire (2018)
as Narrator (voice)
The Magic of the Movies: Behind the Scenes of David Fincher's Mank (2021)
as Self
Instruments of Darkness (2015)
as Duncan
The Book Of Vision (2021)
as Dr. Johan Anmuth
The Hanging Sun (2022)
as Jacob
St George's Day (2012)
as Trenchard
Saint John Bosco Mission to Love (2004)
as Marchese Clementi
Alien Evolution (2001)
as Self / Clemens
Goldeneye (1989)
as Ian Fleming
What Rats Won't Do (1998)
as Gerald Burton Jr
Viy 3: Travel to India (—)
Actor
Lancaster (2022)
as Narrator (voice)
Twice Upon a Time (2006)
as Battar Master of Ceremonies
Retrospective (2014)
as Jonathan Hoyle
Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes (2000)
as Sir Henry Carlyle
The Liar (—)
as Tickford
The Commuter (2010)
as The Traffic Warden
Undertow (1996)
as Lyle Yates
The Muppets Take The O2 (2018)
as Self
Samaná Sunrise (2024)
as Noah Blum
Consenting Adults (2007)
as Jack Wolfenden
Father's Day (2013)
as Don
The McGuffin (1986)
as Paul Hatcher
Century (1993)
as Professor Mandry
A Patriot (—)
as Dr. Hastings
The Making of Gosford Park (2002)
as Self (uncredited)
Intervention (2007)
as Private Investigator
Rainy Day Women (1984)
as John Truman
The Science of Doctor Who (2013)
as Self
In the Presence of Mine Enemies (1997)
as Captain Richter
Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³' (2003)
as Self (archive footage)
The Door (2012)
as Thomas Arlington
Hidden City (1987)
as James Richards
Titanic: Birth of a Legend (2005)
as Narrator (voice)
Black and White (2002)
as Roderic Chamberlain
Little Eyolf (1982)
as Borghejm
Portrait of the Queen (2022)
Actor
That Good Night (2017)
as The Visitor
Out of the Shadows (1988)
as Michael Hayden
Justice in Wonderland (2000)
as Neil Hamilton
First Born (1988)
as Edward Forester
La valle di pietra (1992)
as Surveyor
Creditors (2025)
as Gustaf
Paris Connections (2010)
as Aleksandr Borinski
Speeches That Shook the World (2013)
as Self
Kabloonak (1994)
as Robert Flaherty
Don't Go Breaking My Heart (1999)
as Frank
Savage Waters (2023)
Actor
The Big Fat Quiz of Telly (2024)
as Self
Dreams of Leaving (1980)
as Colin
Wimbledon Official Film 2017 (2017)
as Narrator (voice)
Dickens' Secret Lover (2008)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Fatal Spring (1980)
as Siegfried Sassoon
Chrono-Perambulator (1999)
as James 'Dougie' Douglas
The Clerk's Tale (2010)
as Ralph
The Relics of Buddha (2013)
as Narrator (voice)
Jurij (2001)
Actor
Shortcut to Paradise (1994)
as Quinn