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