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.
Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1946-10-10
Place of birth
Redditch, Worcestershire, England, UK
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Cast
Swimming Pool
2003
6.50
The Golden Child
1986
5.93
For Your Eyes Only
1981
6.54
Gosford Park
2001
6.82
Twice Upon a Time
2006
5.90
Alien³
1992
6.38
China Moon
1994
6.10
Last Action Hero
1993
6.47
Plenty
1985
5.70
Starter for 10
2006
6.37
White Mischief
1987
6.00
There Be Dragons
2011
5.07
Dark Blue World
2001
6.85
Your Highness
2011
5.32
Ironclad
2011
6.14
Good Morning, Babylon
1987
6.10
Hilary and Jackie
1998
6.48
Underworld: Awakening
2012
6.33
The Relics of Buddha
2013
0.00
In the Presence of Mine Enemies
1997
4.80
Don't Go Breaking My Heart
1999
4.75
Saint John Bosco Mission to Love
2004
6.80
Goldeneye
1989
5.76
The Blood Oranges
1997
3.60
St George's Day
2012
4.72
Justin and the Knights of Valour
2013
5.91
Pascali's Island
1988
6.21
The Surgeon
1995
5.12
Master Moley by Royal Invitation
2019
5.80
Alien Evolution
2001
5.90
Consenting Adults
2007
5.00
Shortcut to Paradise
1994
5.00
Patrick
2013
4.97
Instruments of Darkness
2015
10.00
The Hanging Sun
2022
5.57
The Contractor
2007
5.60
Savage Waters
2023
0.00
Paris Connections
2010
3.30
The Science of Doctor Who
2013
7.30
The Imitation Game
2014
7.99
Space Truckers
1996
5.42
Out of the Shadows
1988
6.00
Ali G Indahouse
2002
6.05
Little Eyolf
1982
6.00
Jurij
2001
0.00
Undertow
1996
5.53
Century
1993
4.90
Dracula Untold
2014
6.45
Titanic: Birth of a Legend
2005
7.60
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
2016
6.17
Admiral
2015
6.50
Woman in Gold
2015
7.28
Lancaster
2022
6.80
Rumours
2024
4.84
A Patriot
0.00
Frankenstein
2025
7.70
Portrait of the Queen
2022
6.00
Black and White
2002
5.88
Child 44
2015
6.28
Midnight's Children
2012
5.46
Me Before You
2016
7.90
The McGuffin
1986
6.00
The First Omen
2024
6.84
Father's Day
2013
5.50
Despite the Falling Snow
2016
5.70
The Mapmaker
2012
6.50
Underworld: Blood Wars
2016
5.92
Scoop
2006
6.59
Forbidden Empire
2014
5.88
Retrospective
2014
0.00
Ghostbusters
2016
5.30
Euphoria
2018
6.20
The Clerk's Tale
2010
0.00
Michael Collins
1996
6.90
Dickens' Secret Lover
2008
0.00
Iron Mask
2019
6.09
Victor Frankenstein
2015
5.95
Kabloonak
1994
6.70
Samaná Sunrise
2024
5.50
The Commuter
2010
5.50
Dreams of Leaving
1980
7.00
Hidden City
1987
5.10
Fanny Lye Deliver'd
2019
6.34
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
2019
6.69
That Good Night
2017
6.90
First Born
1988
7.00
The Book Of Vision
2021
6.40
Happy New Year, Colin Burstead
2018
6.40
Rainy Day Women
1984
0.00
Speeches That Shook the World
2013
0.00
The Door
2012
0.00
Spitfire
2018
7.10
Johnny English Strikes Again
2018
6.30
Wimbledon Official Film 2017
2017
5.50
The King's Man
2021
6.72
Chrono-Perambulator
1999
0.00
Mank
2020
6.68
La valle di pietra
1992
6.00
The Muppets Take The O2
2018
9.50
What Rats Won't Do
1998
4.80
The Making of Gosford Park
2002
5.00
The Liar
0.00
Against the Ice
2022
6.78
Intervention
2007
1.00
Fatal Spring
1980
0.00
Ladies First
0.00
The Big Fat Quiz of Telly
2024
0.00
Creditors
2025
0.00
Wildcat
2025
5.90
The Big Fat Quiz of Telly
2026
0.00