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
Frankenstein (2025)
as Leopold Frankenstein
Me Before You (2016)
as Stephen Traynor
The Imitation Game (2014)
as Commander Denniston
Ladies First (2026)
as Fred Powell
Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)
as Alan Jonah
Wildcat (2025)
as Frasier Mahoney
The King's Man (2021)
as Kitchener
The Contractor (2007)
as DCS Andrew Windsor
Alien³ (1992)
as Clemens
Ghostbusters (2016)
as Harold Fillmore
Iron Mask (2019)
as Lord Dudley
Dracula Untold (2014)
as Master Vampire
The Batman: Part II (2027)
as Charles Dent
Underworld: Blood Wars (2016)
as Thomas
Space Truckers (1996)
as Nabel / Macanudo
For Your Eyes Only (1981)
as Claus
Johnny English Strikes Again (2018)
as Agent Seven
Underworld: Awakening (2012)
as Thomas
Last Action Hero (1993)
as Benedict
Gosford Park (2001)
as Raymond Stockbridge
The First Omen (2024)
as Father Harris
Child 44 (2015)
as Major Grachev
The Golden Child (1986)
as Sardo Numspa
Ironclad (2011)
as Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury
Woman in Gold (2015)
as Sherman
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016)
as Mr. Bennet
Swimming Pool (2003)
as John Bosload
Mank (2020)
as William Randolph Hearst
Against the Ice (2022)
as Minister Neergaard
Ali G Indahouse (2002)
as Deputy Prime Minister David Carlton
Your Highness (2011)
as King Tallious
Saint John Bosco Mission to Love (2004)
as Marchese Clementi
Scoop (2006)
as Mr. Malcolm
Euphoria (2018)
as Mr. Daren
Victor Frankenstein (2015)
as Frankenstein
Forbidden Empire (2014)
as Lord Dudley
China Moon (1994)
as Rupert Munro
White Mischief (1987)
as Josslyn Hay
Starter for 10 (2006)
as Michael Harbinson
Michael Collins (1996)
as Soames
Justin and the Knights of Valour (2013)
as Legantir (voice)
There Be Dragons (2011)
as Solono
Rumours (2024)
as Edison Wolcott
Hilary and Jackie (1998)
as Derek du Pré
Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience (2015)
as Tywin Lannister
Despite the Falling Snow (2016)
as Old Alexander Ivanov
Patrick (2013)
as Doctor Roget
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (2001)
as Ralph Nickleby
The Blood Oranges (1997)
as Cyril
Plenty (1985)
as Raymond Brock
Fanny Lye Deliver'd (2019)
as John Lye
Pascali's Island (1988)
as Anthony Bowles
St George's Day (2012)
as Trenchard
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas (2007)
as Self
Admiral (2015)
as King Charles II
Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes (2000)
as Sir Henry Carlyle
Viy 3: Travel to India (—)
Actor
Speeches That Shook the World (2013)
as Self
Twice Upon a Time (2006)
as Battar Master of Ceremonies
The Liar (—)
as Tickford
Dark Blue World (2001)
as Wing Commander Bentley
The Mapmaker (2012)
as Rowan
The McGuffin (1986)
as Paul Hatcher
The Hanging Sun (2022)
as Jacob
Goldeneye (1989)
as Ian Fleming
Happy New Year, Colin Burstead (2018)
as Uncle Bertie
The Door (2012)
as Thomas Arlington
That Good Night (2017)
as The Visitor
Good Morning, Babylon (1987)
as D.W. Griffith
Little Eyolf (1982)
as Borghejm
The Surgeon (1995)
as Dr. Ed Mittlesbay
The Making of Gosford Park (2002)
as Self (uncredited)
Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters (2024)
as Narrator
Intervention (2007)
as Private Investigator
Undertow (1996)
as Lyle Yates
The Commuter (2010)
as The Traffic Warden
The Magic of the Movies: Behind the Scenes of David Fincher's Mank (2021)
as Self
Midnight's Children (2012)
as William Methwold
Don't Go Breaking My Heart (1999)
as Frank
What Rats Won't Do (1998)
as Gerald Burton Jr
Hidden City (1987)
as James Richards
The Big Fat Quiz of Telly (2026)
as Self - Guest
First Born (1988)
as Edward Forester
The Book Of Vision (2021)
as Dr. Johan Anmuth
Spitfire (2018)
as Narrator (voice)
Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³' (2003)
as Self (archive footage)
Black and White (2002)
as Roderic Chamberlain
Fatal Spring (1980)
as Siegfried Sassoon
A Patriot (—)
as Dr. Hastings
Paris Connections (2010)
as Aleksandr Borinski
Alien Evolution (2001)
as Self / Clemens
Century (1993)
as Professor Mandry
The Muppets Take The O2 (2018)
as Self
Dreams of Leaving (1980)
as Colin
Shortcut to Paradise (1994)
as Quinn
Master Moley by Royal Invitation (2019)
as Mr. James Moley (voice)
Instruments of Darkness (2015)
as Duncan
The Big Fat Quiz of Telly (2024)
as Self
Father's Day (2013)
as Don
Consenting Adults (2007)
as Jack Wolfenden
Samaná Sunrise (2024)
as Noah Blum
In the Presence of Mine Enemies (1997)
as Captain Richter
Savage Waters (2023)
Actor
Titanic: Birth of a Legend (2005)
as Narrator (voice)
Chrono-Perambulator (1999)
as James 'Dougie' Douglas
Out of the Shadows (1988)
as Michael Hayden
Rainy Day Women (1984)
as John Truman
Jurij (2001)
Actor
Lancaster (2022)
as Narrator (voice)
La valle di pietra (1992)
as Surveyor
Retrospective (2014)
as Jonathan Hoyle
Creditors (2025)
as Gustaf
Wimbledon Official Film 2017 (2017)
as Narrator (voice)
The Clerk's Tale (2010)
as Ralph
The Science of Doctor Who (2013)
as Self
Dickens' Secret Lover (2008)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Relics of Buddha (2013)
as Narrator (voice)
Portrait of the Queen (2022)
Actor
Kabloonak (1994)
as Robert Flaherty