Charles Dance
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.
Known For
John Bosload
Swimming Pool
Sardo Numspa
The Golden Child
Self
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
Claus
For Your Eyes Only
Raymond Stockbridge
Gosford Park
Battar Master of Ceremonies
Désaccord Parfait
Clemens
Alien³
Rupert Munro
China Moon
Benedict
Last Action Hero
Raymond Brock
Plenty
Michael Harbinson
Starter for 10
Josslyn Hay
White Mischief
Solono
There Be Dragons
Wing Commander Bentley
Tmavomodrý svět
King Tallious
Your Highness
Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury
Ironclad
D.W. Griffith
Good Morning, Babilonia
Derek Du Pré
Hilary and Jackie
Thomas
Underworld: Awakening
Narrator (voice)
Les reliques du Bouddha
Self (archive footage)
Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'
Captain Richter
In the Presence of Mine Enemies
Frank
Don't Go Breaking My Heart
Marchese Clementi
Don Bosco
Ian Fleming
Goldeneye
Cyril
The Blood Oranges
Trenchard
St George's Day
Legantir (voice)
Justin and the Knights of Valour
Anthony Bowles
Pascali's Island
Dr. Ed Mittlesbay
Exquisite Tenderness
Mr. James Moley (voice)
Master Moley by Royal Invitation
Self / Clemens
Alien Evolution
Jack Wolfenden
Consenting Adults
Quinn
Desvío al paraíso
Doctor Roget
Patrick
Duncan
Instruments of Darkness
Jacob
The Hanging Sun
DCS Andrew Windsor
The Contractor
La vague perdue
Sir Henry Carlyle
Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes
Aleksandr Borinski
Paris Connections
Self
The Science of Doctor Who
Commander Denniston
The Imitation Game
Nabel / Macanudo
Space Truckers
Michael Hayden
Out of the Shadows
Ralph Nickleby
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
Deputy Prime Minister David Carlton
Ali G Indahouse
Borghejm
Little Eyolf
Jurij
Lyle Yates
Undertow
Professor Mandry
Century
Master Vampire
Dracula Untold
Narrator (voice)
Titanic: Birth of a Legend
Mr. Bennet
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
King Charles II
Michiel de Ruyter
Sherman
Woman in Gold
Narrator (voice)
Lancaster
Edison Wolcott
Rumours
Tywin Lannister
Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience
Dr. Hastings
A Patriot
Leopold Frankenstein
Frankenstein
Portrait of the Queen
Roderic Chamberlain
Black and White
Major Grachev
Child 44
William Methwold
Midnight's Children
Stephen Traynor
Me Before You
Paul Hatcher
The McGuffin
Self
The Magic of the Movies: Behind the Scenes of David Fincher's Mank
Father Harris
The First Omen
Don
Father's Day
Old Alexander Ivanov
Despite the Falling Snow
Rowan
The Mapmaker
Thomas
Underworld: Blood Wars
Mr. Malcolm
Scoop
Lord Dudley
Вий
Jonathan Hoyle
Retrospective
Harold Fillmore
Ghostbusters
Mr. Daren
Euphoria
Ralph
The Clerk's Tale
Soames
Michael Collins
Self - Narrator (voice)
Dickens' Secret Lover
Lord Dudley
Тайна печати Дракона
Frankenstein
Victor Frankenstein
Robert Flaherty
Kabloonak
Noah Blum
Amanece en Samaná
The Traffic Warden
The Commuter
Colin
Dreams of Leaving
James Richards
Hidden City
John Lye
Fanny Lye Deliver'd
Alan Jonah
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
The Visitor
That Good Night
Rosamunde Pilcher: Shades of Love-Family Secret
Rosamunde Pilcher: Shades of Love-A Healing Heart
Rosamunde Pilcher: Shades of Love-The Scandal
Rosamunde Pilcher: Shades of Love-The Reunion
Edward Forester
First Born
Dr. Johan Anmuth
The Book Of Vision
Uncle Bertie
Happy New Year, Colin Burstead
John Truman
Rainy Day Women
Self
Speeches That Shook the World
Thomas Arlington
The Door
Narrator (voice)
Spitfire
Agent Seven
Johnny English Strikes Again
Narrator (voice)
Wimbledon Official Film 2017
Kitchener
The King's Man
James 'Dougie' Douglas
Chrono-Perambulator
William Randolph Hearst
Mank
Surveyor
La valle di pietra
Self
The Muppets Take The O2
Gerald Burton Jr
What Rats Won't Do
Self (uncredited)
The Making of Gosford Park
Tickford
The Liar
На пороге бессмертия: Путешествие в Индию
Minister Neergaard
Against the Ice
Private Investigator
Intervention
Siegfried Sassoon
Fatal Spring
Narrator
Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters
Ladies First
Self
The Big Fat Quiz of Telly
Gustaf
Creditors
Frasier Mahoney
Wildcat
Self - Guest
The Big Fat Quiz of Telly
Tywin Lannister
World of Westeros Ambient Video
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
123
Gender
Male
Birthday
1946-10-10
Place of Birth
Redditch, Worcestershire, England, UK
Also Known As
Walter Charles Dance