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
Alien³ (1992)
as Clemens
Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)
as Alan Jonah
Me Before You (2016)
as Stephen Traynor
The King's Man (2021)
as Kitchener
Ghostbusters (2016)
as Harold Fillmore
Underworld: Blood Wars (2016)
as Thomas
Last Action Hero (1993)
as Benedict
For Your Eyes Only (1981)
as Claus
Johnny English Strikes Again (2018)
as Agent Seven
The First Omen (2024)
as Father Harris
Underworld: Awakening (2012)
as Thomas
Swimming Pool (2003)
as John Bosload
Scoop (2006)
as Mr. Malcolm
Dracula Untold (2014)
as Master Vampire
Wildcat (2025)
as Frasier Mahoney
Child 44 (2015)
as Major Grachev
Iron Mask (2019)
as Lord Dudley
My Duchess (2026)
as Lord Mountbatten
White Mischief (1987)
as Josslyn Hay
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016)
as Mr. Bennet
The Batman: Part II (2028)
as Christopher Dent
Ironclad (2011)
as Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury
Ladies First (2026)
as Fred Powell
Mank (2020)
as William Randolph Hearst
The Golden Child (1986)
as Sardo Numspa
Gosford Park (2001)
as Raymond Stockbridge
Justin and the Knights of Valour (2013)
as Legantir (voice)
Ali G Indahouse (2002)
as Deputy Prime Minister David Carlton
Your Highness (2011)
as King Tallious
Woman in Gold (2015)
as Sherman
Against the Ice (2022)
as Minister Neergaard
Victor Frankenstein (2015)
as Frankenstein
The Mapmaker (2012)
as Rowan
Spitfire (2018)
as Narrator (voice)
Creditors (2025)
as Gustaf
Hero (2018)
as Charles Reynard
Lancaster (2022)
as Narrator (voice)
Forbidden Empire (2014)
as Lord Dudley
China Moon (1994)
as Rupert Munro
The Contractor (2007)
as DCS Andrew Windsor
Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters (2024)
as Narrator
Hilary and Jackie (1998)
as Derek du Pré
Admiral (2015)
as King Charles II
Despite the Falling Snow (2016)
as Old Alexander Ivanov
Michael Collins (1996)
as Soames
Rumours (2024)
as Edison Wolcott
Very Like a Whale (1981)
as Party Guest
Retrospective (2014)
as Jonathan Hoyle
Pascali's Island (1988)
as Anthony Bowles
The Fatal Spring (1980)
as Siegfried Sassoon
Euphoria (2018)
as Mr. Daren
Starter for 10 (2006)
as Michael Harbinson
Going Postal 2in1 (2011)
as Lord Vetinari
Dark Blue World (2001)
as Wing Commander Bentley
The Big Fat Quiz of Telly (2026)
as Self - Guest
Space Truckers (1996)
as Nabel / Macanudo
Midnight's Children (2012)
as William Methwold
Fanny Lye Deliver'd (2019)
as John Lye
Justice in Wonderland (2000)
as Neil Hamilton
There Be Dragons (2011)
as Solono
Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience (2015)
as Tywin Lannister
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas (2007)
as Self
Plenty (1985)
as Raymond Brock
The Relics of Buddha (2013)
as Narrator (voice)
Portrait of the Queen (2022)
as Narrator
Patrick (2013)
as Doctor Roget
Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³' (2003)
as Self (archive footage)
Father's Day (2013)
as Don
The Book Of Vision (2021)
as Dr. Johan Anmuth
Happy New Year, Colin Burstead (2018)
as Uncle Bertie
Savage Waters (2023)
as Narrator
Master Moley by Royal Invitation (2019)
as Mr. James Moley (voice)
St George's Day (2012)
as Trenchard
Shortcut to Paradise (1994)
as Quinn
When Hitler Invaded Britain (2004)
as Narrator
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (2001)
as Ralph Nickleby
Good Morning, Babylon (1987)
as D.W. Griffith
Hidden City (1987)
as James Richards
Alien Evolution (2001)
as Self / Clemens
Viy 3: Travel to India (—)
Actor
The Surgeon (1995)
as Dr. Ed Mittlesbay
What Rats Won't Do (1998)
as Gerald Burton Jr
Don't Go Breaking My Heart (1999)
as Frank
The Making of Gosford Park (2002)
as Self (uncredited)
That Good Night (2017)
as The Visitor
The Hanging Sun (2022)
as Jacob
Black and White (2002)
as Roderic Chamberlain
Titanic: Birth of a Legend (2005)
as Narrator (voice)
Saint John Bosco Mission to Love (2004)
as Marchese Clementi
Intervention (2007)
as Private Investigator
Undertow (1996)
as Lyle Yates
The Blood Oranges (1997)
as Cyril
Goldeneye (1989)
as Ian Fleming
Samaná Sunrise (2024)
as Noah Blum
Speeches That Shook the World (2013)
as Self
Kabloonak (1994)
as Robert Flaherty
In the Presence of Mine Enemies (1997)
as Captain Richter
The Science of Doctor Who (2013)
as Self
The Liar (—)
as Tickford
The Making of 'Alien³' (1992)
as Self
Paris Connections (2010)
as Aleksandr Borinski
Out of the Shadows (1988)
as Michael Hayden
The Magic of the Movies: Behind the Scenes of David Fincher's Mank (2021)
as Self
Twice Upon a Time (2006)
as Battar Master of Ceremonies
Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes (2000)
as Sir Henry Carlyle
Rainy Day Women (1984)
as John Truman
Little Eyolf (1982)
as Borghejm
The Muppets Take The O2 (2018)
as Self
Wimbledon Official Film 2017 (2017)
as Narrator (voice)
Consenting Adults (2007)
as Jack Wolfenden
La valle di pietra (1992)
as Surveyor
A Patriot (—)
as Dr. Hastings
Instruments of Darkness (2015)
as Duncan
The McGuffin (1986)
as Paul Hatcher
Century (1993)
as Professor Mandry
The Commuter (2010)
as The Traffic Warden
The Door (2012)
as Thomas Arlington
Dreams of Leaving (1980)
as Colin
Jurij (2001)
as K (Padre di Jurij)
First Born (1988)
as Edward Forester
Chrono-Perambulator (1999)
as James 'Dougie' Douglas
The Clerk's Tale (2010)
as Ralph
Dickens' Secret Lover (2008)
as Self - Narrator (voice)