Charles Dance
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Oct 10, 1946 (age 79)
- Place of birth
- Redditch, Worcestershire, England, UK
- Credits
- 193
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.
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Known for
Game of Thrones
2011TV
Tywin Lannister
The Imitation Game
2014Movie
Commander Denniston
Me Before You
2016Movie
Stephen Traynor
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
2019Movie
Alan Jonah
Ghostbusters
2016Movie
Harold Fillmore
Dracula Untold
2014Movie
Master Vampire
Filmography
The Batman: Part II
2028Movie
Christopher Dent
Ladies First
2026Movie
Fred Powell
The Big Fat Quiz of Telly
2026Movie
Self - Guest
Wildcat
2025Movie
Frasier Mahoney
Frankenstein
2025Movie
Leopold Frankenstein
Creditors
2025Movie
Gustaf
Churchill at War
2024TV
Self - Narrator (voice)
Renaissance: The Blood and the Beauty
2024TV
Old Michaelangelo
Samaná Sunrise
2024Movie
Noah Blum
The Day of the Jackal
2024TV
Timothy Winthrop
Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters
2024Movie
Narrator
Rumours
2024Movie
Edison Wolcott
The First Omen
2024Movie
Father Harris
Testament: The Story of Moses
2024TV
Self - Narrator (voice)
Savage Waters
2023Movie
Rabbit Hole
2023TV
Dr. Ben Wilson
Portrait of the Queen
2022Movie
This England
2022TV
Max Hastings
The Hanging Sun
2022Movie
Jacob
The Serpent Queen
2022TV
Clement VII
The Sandman
2022TV
Roderick Burgess
Lancaster
2022Movie
Narrator (voice)
Against the Ice
2022Movie
Minister Neergaard
The King's Man
2021Movie
Kitchener
Moley
2021TV
Mr. Moley (voice)
The Book Of Vision
2021Movie
Dr. Johan Anmuth
The Magic of the Movies: Behind the Scenes of David Fincher's Mank
2021Movie
Self
Mank
2020Movie
William Randolph Hearst
The Singapore Grip
2020TV
Mr Webb
Rise of Empires: Ottoman
2020TV
Self - Narrator (voice)
Master Moley by Royal Invitation
2019Movie
Mr. James Moley (voice)
Fanny Lye Deliver'd
2019Movie
John Lye
Iron Mask
2019Movie
Lord Dudley
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
2019Movie
Alan Jonah
The Widow
2019TV
Martin Benson
The Little Drummer Girl
2018TV
Commander Picton
Happy New Year, Colin Burstead
2018Movie
Uncle Bertie
Johnny English Strikes Again
2018Movie
Agent Seven
Hero
2018Movie
Charles Reynard
Hang Ups
2018TV
Jeremy Pitt
Spitfire
2018Movie
Narrator (voice)
The Muppets Take The O2
2018Movie
Self
The Woman in White
2018TV
Frederick Fairlie
Euphoria
2018Movie
Mr. Daren
Wimbledon Official Film 2017
2017Movie
Narrator (voice)
That Good Night
2017Movie
The Visitor
Savage Kingdom
2016TV
Self - Narrator (voice)
Underworld: Blood Wars
2016Movie
Thomas
The Crown
2016TV
Lord Mountbatten
Ghostbusters
2016Movie
Harold Fillmore
Me Before You
2016Movie
Stephen Traynor
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
2016Movie
Mr. Bennet
Despite the Falling Snow
2016Movie
Old Alexander Ivanov
And Then There Were None
2015TV
Justice Lawrence Wargrave
Childhood's End
2015TV
Karellen
Instruments of Darkness
2015Movie
Duncan
Victor Frankenstein
2015Movie
Frankenstein
Deadline Gallipoli
2015TV
Sir Ian Hamilton
Woman in Gold
2015Movie
Sherman
Child 44
2015Movie
Major Grachev
Admiral
2015Movie
King Charles II
Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience
2015Movie
Tywin Lannister
The Imitation Game
2014Movie
Commander Denniston
The Great Fire
2014TV
Lord Denton
Dracula Untold
2014Movie
Master Vampire
Retrospective
2014Movie
Jonathan Hoyle
Forbidden Empire
2014Movie
Lord Dudley
The Science of Doctor Who
2013Movie
Self
Speeches That Shook the World
2013Movie
Self
Patrick
2013Movie
Doctor Roget
Was It Something I Said?
2013TV
Self - Narrator
Justin and the Knights of Valour
2013Movie
Legantir (voice)
Father's Day
2013Movie
Don
The Relics of Buddha
2013Movie
Narrator (voice)
Secret State
2012TV
John Hodder
The Door
2012Movie
Thomas Arlington
The Mapmaker
2012Movie
Rowan
St George's Day
2012Movie
Trenchard
Midnight's Children
2012Movie
William Methwold
Underworld: Awakening
2012Movie
Thomas
Neverland
2011TV
Dr. Fludd
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
2011TV
Self - Participant
Going Postal 2in1
2011Movie
Lord Vetinari
Rosamunde Pilcher's Shades of Love
2011TV
Edmund Aird
Game of Thrones
2011TV
Tywin Lannister
Your Highness
2011Movie
King Tallious
There Be Dragons
2011Movie
Solono
Ironclad
2011Movie
Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury
The Commuter
2010Movie
The Traffic Warden
Paris Connections
2010Movie
Aleksandr Borinski
Drama Trails
2010TV
Going Postal
2010TV
Lord Vetinari
The Clerk's Tale
2010Movie
Ralph
Strike Back
2010TV
Conrad Knox
Trinity
2009TV
Dr. Edmund Maltravers
Merlin
2008TV
Aredian
Dickens' Secret Lover
2008Movie
Self - Narrator (voice)
Consenting Adults
2007Movie
Jack Wolfenden
Would I Lie to You?
2007TV
Self
The Contractor
2007Movie
DCS Andrew Windsor
Fallen Angel
2007TV
David Byfield
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
2007Movie
Self
Intervention
2007Movie
Private Investigator
Jam and Jerusalem
2006TV
Self
Starter for 10
2006Movie
Michael Harbinson
Twice Upon a Time
2006Movie
Battar Master of Ceremonies
The One Show
2006TV
Self
Scoop
2006Movie
Mr. Malcolm
Bleak House
2005TV
Mr. Tulkinghorn
To the Ends of the Earth
2005TV
Sir Henry Somerset
Titanic: Birth of a Legend
2005Movie
Narrator (voice)
Fingersmith
2005TV
Mr. Chistopher Lilly
Last Rights
2005TV
Richard Wheeler
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004TV
Septimus Bligh
Who Do You Think You Are?
2004TV
Self
Saint John Bosco Mission to Love
2004Movie
Marchese Clementi
Saint John Bosco Mission to Love
2004TV
Marchese Clementi
Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'
2003Movie
Self (archive footage)
Looking for Victoria
2003TV
Charles Greville
Henry VIII
2003TV
Duke of Buckingham
Swimming Pool
2003Movie
John Bosload
Black and White
2002Movie
Roderic Chamberlain
Foyle's War
2002TV
Guy Spencer
Top Gear
2002TV
Self
Dan Dare: Pilot of the Future
2002TV
Colonel Simon Lasker (voice)
The Making of Gosford Park
2002Movie
Self (uncredited)
Ali G Indahouse
2002Movie
Deputy Prime Minister David Carlton
Gosford Park
2001Movie
Raymond Stockbridge
Alien Evolution
2001Movie
Self / Clemens
Jurij
2001Movie
Dark Blue World
2001Movie
Wing Commander Bentley
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
2001Movie
Ralph Nickleby
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
2001TV
Ralph Nickleby
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
2000TV
Justice in Wonderland
2000Movie
Neil Hamilton
Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes
2000Movie
Sir Henry Carlyle
Chrono-Perambulator
1999Movie
James 'Dougie' Douglas
Don't Go Breaking My Heart
1999Movie
Frank
Hilary and Jackie
1998Movie
Derek du Pré
What Rats Won't Do
1998Movie
Gerald Burton Jr
The Blood Oranges
1997Movie
Cyril
In the Presence of Mine Enemies
1997Movie
Captain Richter
Rebecca
1997TV
Maxim de Winter
Michael Collins
1996Movie
Soames
Space Truckers
1996Movie
Nabel / Macanudo
Undertow
1996Movie
Lyle Yates
The Surgeon
1995Movie
Dr. Ed Mittlesbay
Shortcut to Paradise
1994Movie
Quinn
Room 101
1994TV
Self
China Moon
1994Movie
Rupert Munro
Kabloonak
1994Movie
Robert Flaherty
Century
1993Movie
Professor Mandry
Last Action Hero
1993Movie
Benedict
Alien³
1992Movie
Clemens
La valle di pietra
1992Movie
Surveyor
The Making of 'Alien³'
1992Movie
Self
The Phantom of the Opera
1990TV
Erik/The Phantom
Goldeneye
1989Movie
Ian Fleming
First Born
1988Movie
Edward Forester
First Born
1988TV
Edward Forester
Out of the Shadows
1988Movie
Michael Hayden
Pascali's Island
1988Movie
Anthony Bowles
White Mischief
1987Movie
Josslyn Hay
Hidden City
1987Movie
James Richards
Good Morning, Babylon
1987Movie
D.W. Griffith
Out on a Limb
1987TV
Gerry Stamford
The Golden Child
1986Movie
Sardo Numspa
The Flying Doctors
1986TV
Minister
The McGuffin
1986Movie
Paul Hatcher
Time for Murder
1985TV
James Latimer
Plenty
1985Movie
Raymond Brock
Screen Two
1985TV
Paul Hatcher, Professor Mandry
The Secret Servant
1984TV
SAS Major Harry Maxim
Rainy Day Women
1984Movie
John Truman
The Jewel in the Crown
1984TV
Guy Perron
Natural World
1983TV
Little Eyolf
1982Movie
Borghejm
For Your Eyes Only
1981Movie
Claus
Fatal Spring
1980Movie
Siegfried Sassoon
Dreams of Leaving
1980Movie
Colin
Tales of the Unexpected
1979TV
Robert Smythe
An Audience with...
1978TV
Self
The Professionals
1977TV
Parker
Raffles
1977TV
Father Brown
1974TV
Commandant Neil O'Brien
The Inheritors
1974TV
Simon Leadbetter
Playhouse
1974TV
Siegfried Sassoon
Film '72
1971TV
Self
Play for Today
1970TV
BBC Play of the Month
1965TV
Borghejm
Viy 3: Travel to India
Movie
The Liar
Movie
Tickford
A Patriot
Movie
Dr. Hastings