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
Acting
2003
asJohn Bosload
1986
asSardo Numspa
2007
asSelf
1981
asClaus
2001
asRaymond Stockbridge
2006
asBattar Master of Ceremonies
1992
asClemens
1994
asRupert Munro
1993
asBenedict
1985
asRaymond Brock
2006
asMichael Harbinson
1987
asJosslyn Hay
2011
asSolono
2001
asWing Commander Bentley
2011
asKing Tallious
2011
asStephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury
1987
asD.W. Griffith
1998
asDerek Du Pré
2012
asThomas
2013
asNarrator (voice)
2003
asSelf (archive footage)
1997
asCaptain Richter
1999
asFrank
2004
asMarchese Clementi
1989
asIan Fleming
1997
asCyril
2012
asTrenchard
2013
asLegantir (voice)
1988
asAnthony Bowles
1995
asDr. Ed Mittlesbay
2019
asMr. James Moley (voice)
2001
asSelf / Clemens
2007
asJack Wolfenden
1994
asQuinn
2013
asDoctor Roget
2015
asDuncan
2022
asJacob
2007
asDCS Andrew Windsor
2023
as
2000
asSir Henry Carlyle
2010
asAleksandr Borinski
2013
asSelf
2014
asCommander Denniston
1996
asNabel / Macanudo
1988
asMichael Hayden
2001
asRalph Nickleby
2002
asDeputy Prime Minister David Carlton
1982
asBorghejm
2001
as
1996
asLyle Yates
1993
asProfessor Mandry
2014
asMaster Vampire
2005
asNarrator (voice)
2016
asMr. Bennet
2015
asKing Charles II
2015
asSherman
2022
asNarrator (voice)
2024
asEdison Wolcott
2015
asTywin Lannister
asDr. Hastings
2025
as
2022
as
2002
asRoderic Chamberlain
2015
asMajor Grachev
2012
asWilliam Methwold
2016
asStephen Traynor
1986
asPaul Hatcher
2021
asSelf
2024
asFather Harris
2013
asDon
2016
asOld Alexander Ivanov
2012
asRowan
2016
asThomas
2006
asMr. Malcolm
2014
asLord Dudley
2014
asJonathan Hoyle
2016
asHarold Fillmore
2018
asMr. Daren
2010
asRalph
1996
asSoames
2008
asSelf - Narrator (voice)
2019
asLord Dudley
2015
asFrankenstein
1994
asRobert Flaherty
2024
asNoah Blum
2010
asThe Traffic Warden
1980
asColin
1987
asJames Richards
2019
asJohn Lye
2019
asAlan Jonah
2017
asThe Visitor
2010
as
2010
as
2011
as
2011
as
1988
asEdward Forester
2021
asDr. Johan Anmuth
2018
asUncle Bertie
1984
asJohn Truman
2013
asSelf
2012
asThomas Arlington
2018
asNarrator (voice)
2018
asAgent Seven
2017
asNarrator (voice)
2021
asKitchener
1999
asJames 'Dougie' Douglas
2020
asWilliam Randolph Hearst
1992
asSurveyor
2018
asSelf
1998
asGerald Burton Jr
2002
asSelf (uncredited)
asTickford
as
2022
asMinister Neergaard
2007
asPrivate Investigator
1980
asSiegfried Sassoon
2024
asNarrator
as 
2024
asSelf
2015
as
asTywin Lannister
asSelf
asRobert Smythe
asParker
asMr. Tulkinghorn
as
asGuy Perron
asGuy Spencer
asDr. Edmund Maltravers
asDavid Byfield
asLord Vetinari
as
as
as
asMr. Chistopher Lilly
asMaxim de Winter
as
asDr. Fludd
asas 
asConrad Knox
asJohn Hodder
asSelf
asBorghejm
asSelf
asKarellen
asThe Phantom of the Opera
asJustice Lawrence Wargrave
asAredian
asPrince Eddy
asSir Ian Hamilton
asMr. Moley (voice)
asEdmund Aird
asSelf
asSir Henry Somerset
asMinister
asLord Mountbatten
asGerry Stamford
asSelf - Narrator (voice)
asDr. Ben Wilson
asLord Denton
asEdward Hartford-Jones
asSelf
asFrederick Fairlie
asMartin Benson
asRoderick Burgess
asSelf - Participant
asSelf - Narrator (voice)
asEdward Stafford
asMax Hastings
asJames Latimer
asClement VII
asSeptimus Bligh
asSelf - Narrator (voice)
as
asPaul Hatcher
asMr Webb
asCommander Picton
asJeremy Pitt
asOld Michaelangelo
asSelf
asTimothy Winthrop
Production
2004
asCrew
Directing
2004
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