
ACTING
Charles Dance
- Born
- Oct 10, 1946 in Redditch, Worcestershire, England, UK
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.
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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.
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Known for

Game of Thrones
TV · 2011
Tywin Lannister

The Imitation Game
Movie · 2014
Commander Denniston

Me Before You
Movie · 2016
Stephen Traynor

Godzilla: King of the Monsters
Movie · 2019
Alan Jonah

Ghostbusters
Movie · 2016
Harold Fillmore

Alien³
Movie · 1992
Clemens

Dracula Untold
Movie · 2014
Master Vampire

The King's Man
Movie · 2021
Kitchener

Underworld: Awakening
Movie · 2012
Thomas

Frankenstein
Movie · 2025
Leopold Frankenstein

Underworld: Blood Wars
Movie · 2016
Thomas

Last Action Hero
Movie · 1993
Benedict
FILMOGRAPHY
207 movie & TV credits
- 2028The Batman: Part IIMovie · Christopher Dent
- 2026My DuchessMovie · Lord Mountbatten
- 2026Ladies FirstMovie · Fred Powell
- 2026The Big Fat Quiz of TellyMovie · Self - Guest
- 2025WildcatMovie · Frasier Mahoney
- 2025FrankensteinMovie · Leopold Frankenstein
- 2025CreditorsMovie · Gustaf
- 2025Washington BlackTV · James Wilde
- 2024Churchill at WarTV · Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2024Renaissance: The Blood and the BeautyTV · Old Michaelangelo
- 2024Samaná SunriseMovie · Noah Blum
- 2024The Day of the JackalTV · Timothy Winthrop
- 2024Hammer: Heroes, Legends and MonstersMovie · Narrator
- 2024RumoursMovie · Edison Wolcott
- 2024The First OmenMovie · Father Harris
- 2024Testament: The Story of MosesTV · Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2023
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