Charles Dance
Acting
Born: October 10, 1946 (age 80) · Redditch, Worcestershire, England, UK
Highest Rated
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. 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
Game of Thrones
2011
The Imitation Game
2014
Me Before You
2016
Ghostbusters
2016
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
2019
Dracula Untold
2014
Alien³
1992
The King's Man
2021
Underworld: Awakening
2012
Underworld: Blood Wars
2016
Frankenstein
2025
Last Action Hero
1993
Photos (10)
Movies (102)
The Imitation Game
Commander Denniston
Frankenstein
Leopold Frankenstein
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
Alan Jonah
Child 44
Major Grachev
Me Before You
Stephen Traynor
Alien³
Clemens
For Your Eyes Only
Claus
Johnny English Strikes Again
Agent Seven
The King's Man
Kitchener
Wildcat
Frasier Mahoney
Underworld: Blood Wars
Thomas
The First Omen
Father Harris
Ladies First
Fred Powell
Underworld: Awakening
Thomas
Last Action Hero
Benedict
Dracula Untold
Master Vampire
Victor Frankenstein
Frankenstein
Ghostbusters
Harold Fillmore
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Mr. Bennet
Your Highness
King Tallious
Swimming Pool
John Bosload
Starter for 10
Michael Harbinson
Scoop
Mr. Malcolm
Iron Mask
Lord Dudley
Mank
William Randolph Hearst
Woman in Gold
Sherman
Gosford Park
Raymond Stockbridge
The Golden Child
Sardo Numspa
Against the Ice
Minister Neergaard
Ali G Indahouse
Deputy Prime Minister David Carlton
The Contractor
DCS Andrew Windsor
Justin and the Knights of Valour
Legantir (voice)
Admiral
King Charles II
Ironclad
Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury
Space Truckers
Nabel / Macanudo
China Moon
Rupert Munro
Hilary and Jackie
Derek du Pré
Pascali's Island
Anthony Bowles
Michael Collins
Soames
There Be Dragons
Solono
Forbidden Empire
Lord Dudley
Master Moley by Royal Invitation
Mr. James Moley (voice)
Hero
Charles Reynard
Plenty
Raymond Brock
White Mischief
Josslyn Hay
Despite the Falling Snow
Old Alexander Ivanov
The Surgeon
Dr. Ed Mittlesbay
Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience
Tywin Lannister
Going Postal 2in1
Lord Vetinari
Euphoria
Mr. Daren
Midnight's Children
William Methwold
Rumours
Edison Wolcott
Lancaster
Narrator (voice)
Fanny Lye Deliver'd
John Lye
Samaná Sunrise
Noah Blum
Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters
Narrator
Spitfire
Narrator (voice)
The Hanging Sun
Jacob
The Book Of Vision
Dr. Johan Anmuth
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
Ralph Nickleby
Don't Go Breaking My Heart
Frank
Out of the Shadows
Michael Hayden
Happy New Year, Colin Burstead
Uncle Bertie
Patrick
Doctor Roget
The Blood Oranges
Cyril
That Good Night
The Visitor
What Rats Won't Do
Gerald Burton Jr
St George's Day
Trenchard
Kabloonak
Robert Flaherty
Father's Day
Don
Saint John Bosco Mission to Love
Marchese Clementi
Goldeneye
Ian Fleming
Good Morning, Babylon
D.W. Griffith
Intervention
Private Investigator
Savage Waters
2023
First Born
Edward Forester
Titanic: Birth of a Legend
Narrator (voice)
Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes
Sir Henry Carlyle
La valle di pietra
Surveyor
Dark Blue World
Wing Commander Bentley
Paris Connections
Aleksandr Borinski
Rainy Day Women
John Truman
The McGuffin
Paul Hatcher
Black and White
Roderic Chamberlain
Twice Upon a Time
Battar Master of Ceremonies
Wimbledon Official Film 2017
Narrator (voice)
Creditors
Gustaf
Retrospective
Jonathan Hoyle
Dreams of Leaving
Colin
Little Eyolf
Borghejm
Portrait of the Queen
2022
Consenting Adults
Jack Wolfenden
In the Presence of Mine Enemies
Captain Richter
Hidden City
James Richards
Shortcut to Paradise
Quinn
Fatal Spring
Siegfried Sassoon
The Door
Thomas Arlington
The Relics of Buddha
Narrator (voice)
Undertow
Lyle Yates
Century
Professor Mandry
Instruments of Darkness
Duncan
Jurij
2001
TV Shows (54)
Game of Thrones
Tywin Lannister · 35 eps
The Crown
Lord Mountbatten · 5 eps
Play for Today
1 eps
The Day of the Jackal
Timothy Winthrop · 6 eps
BBC Play of the Month
Borghejm · 1 eps
Tales of the Unexpected
Robert Smythe · 1 eps
Agatha Christie's Marple
Septimus Bligh · 1 eps
The Sandman
Roderick Burgess · 1 eps
Natural World
1 eps
The Professionals
Parker · 1 eps
Merlin
Aredian · 1 eps
Screen Two
Paul Hatcher · 1 eps
Screen Two
Professor Mandry · 1 eps
The Flying Doctors
Minister · 1 eps
Foyle's War
Guy Spencer · 1 eps
Strike Back
Conrad Knox · 10 eps
Playhouse
Siegfried Sassoon · 1 eps
The Little Drummer Girl
Commander Picton · 6 eps
Rabbit Hole
Dr. Ben Wilson · 8 eps
The Serpent Queen
Clement VII · 1 eps
Bleak House
Mr. Tulkinghorn · 15 eps
Moley
Mr. Moley (voice) · 52 eps
This England
Max Hastings · 1 eps
And Then There Were None
Justice Lawrence Wargrave · 3 eps
The Great Fire
Lord Denton · 4 eps
Henry VIII
Duke of Buckingham · 2 eps
Childhood's End
Karellen · 3 eps
Father Brown
Commandant Neil O'Brien · 1 eps
Going Postal
Lord Vetinari · 2 eps
Neverland
Dr. Fludd · 2 eps
The Jewel in the Crown
Guy Perron · 5 eps
Out on a Limb
Gerry Stamford · 2 eps
The Widow
Martin Benson · 8 eps
Secret State
John Hodder · 4 eps
Dan Dare: Pilot of the Future
Colonel Simon Lasker (voice) · 2 eps
To the Ends of the Earth
Sir Henry Somerset · 3 eps
The Singapore Grip
Mr Webb · 1 eps
Raffles
1 eps
The Woman in White
Frederick Fairlie · 1 eps
The Phantom of the Opera
Erik/The Phantom · 2 eps
Fingersmith
Mr. Chistopher Lilly · 3 eps
The Secret Servant
SAS Major Harry Maxim · 3 eps
Hang Ups
Jeremy Pitt · 2 eps
Trinity
Dr. Edmund Maltravers · 8 eps
Deadline Gallipoli
Sir Ian Hamilton · 2 eps
Time for Murder
James Latimer · 1 eps
Fallen Angel
David Byfield · 3 eps
Rosamunde Pilcher's Shades of Love
Edmund Aird · 4 eps
First Born
Edward Forester · 3 eps
Saint John Bosco Mission to Love
Marchese Clementi · 2 eps
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
Ralph Nickleby · 2 eps
Rebecca
Maxim de Winter · 2 eps
Last Rights
Richard Wheeler · 3 eps
Renaissance: The Blood and the Beauty
Old Michaelangelo · 3 eps
Self / Appearances (22)
The One Show
Self · 1 eps
Top Gear
Self · 1 eps
Would I Lie to You?
Self · 1 eps
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Self - Participant · 1 eps
An Audience with...
Self · 1 eps
Who Do You Think You Are?
Self · 1 eps
Churchill at War
Self - Narrator (voice) · 4 eps
Testament: The Story of Moses
Self - Narrator (voice) · 3 eps
Room 101
Self · 1 eps
Rise of Empires: Ottoman
Self - Narrator (voice) · 12 eps
Savage Kingdom
Self - Narrator (voice) · 19 eps
Jam and Jerusalem
Self · 2 eps
Was It Something I Said?
Self - Narrator · 1 eps
The Big Fat Quiz of Telly
Self - Guest
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
Self
Speeches That Shook the World
Self
Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'
Self (archive footage)
The Making of Gosford Park
Self (uncredited)
The Science of Doctor Who
Self
The Making of 'Alien³'
Self
Alien Evolution
Self / Clemens
The Magic of the Movies: Behind the Scenes of David Fincher's Mank
Self
