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