Charles Dance 1946 79
Charles Dance 1946 79
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.
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2025 Frankenstein
2025 A Patriot as Dr. Hastings
2025 The Liar as Tickford
2025 Ladies First
2024 Amanece en Samaná as Noah Blum
2024 Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters as Narrator
2024 The Big Fat Quiz of Telly as Self
2024 Rumours as Edison Wolcott
2024 The First Omen as Father Harris
2023 Savage Waters
2022 The Hanging Sun as Jacob
2022 Lancaster as Narrator (voice)
2022 Against the Ice as Minister Neergaard
2021 The King's Man as Kitchener
2021 The Book of Vision as Dr. Johan Anmuth
2021 The Magic of the Movies: Behind the Scenes of David Fincher's Mank as Self
2020 Mank as William Randolph Hearst
2019 Master Moley by Royal Invitation as Mr. James Moley (voice)
2019 Fanny Lye Deliver'd as John Lye
2019 Iron Mask as Lord Dudley
2019 Godzilla: King of the Monsters as Alan Jonah
2018 Happy New Year, Colin Burstead as Uncle Bertie
2018 Johnny English Strikes Again as Agent Seven
2018 Spitfire as Narrator (voice)
2018 The Muppets Take The O2 as Self
2018 Euphoria as Mr. Daren
2017 Wimbledon Official Film 2017 as Narrator (voice)
2017 That Good Night as The Visitor
2016 Underworld: Blood Wars as Thomas
2016 Ghostbusters as Harold Fillmore
2016 Me Before You as Stephen Traynor
2016 Pride and Prejudice and Zombies as Mr. Bennet
2016 Despite the Falling Snow as Old Alexander Ivanov
2015 Victor Frankenstein as Frankenstein
2015 Instruments of Darkness as Duncan
2015 Woman in Gold as Sherman
2015 Child 44 as Major Grachev
2015 Admiral as King Charles II
2015 Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience as Tywin Lannister
2014 The Imitation Game as Commander Denniston
2014 Dracula Untold as Master Vampire
2014 Retrospective as Jonathan Hoyle
2014 Forbidden Empire as Lord Dudley
2013 The Science of Doctor Who as Self
2013 Speeches That Shook the World as Self
2013 Patrick as Doctor Roget
2013 Justin and the Knights of Valour as Legantir (voice)
2013 Father's Day as Don
2013 The Relics of Buddha as Narrator (voice)
2012 The Door as Thomas Arlington
2012 The Mapmaker as Rowan
2012 St George's Day as Trenchard
2012 Midnight's Children as William Methwold
2012 Underworld: Awakening as Thomas
2011 Rosamunde Pilcher: Shades of Love-The Scandal
2011 Rosamunde Pilcher: Shades of Love-The Reunion
2011 Your Highness as King Tallious
2011 There Be Dragons as Solono
2011 Ironclad as Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury
2010 Rosamunde Pilcher: Shades of Love-A Healing Heart
2010 Rosamunde Pilcher: Shades of Love-Family Secret
2010 The Commuter as The Traffic Warden
2010 Paris Connections as Aleksandr Borinski
2010 The Clerk's Tale as Ralph
2008 Dickens' Secret Lover as Self - Narrator (voice)
2007 Consenting Adults as Jack Wolfenden
2007 The Contractor as DCS Andrew Windsor
2007 The 50 Greatest Television Dramas as Self
2007 Intervention as Private Investigator
2006 Twice Upon a Time as Battar Master of Ceremonies
2006 Starter for 10 as Michael Harbinson
2006 Scoop as Mr. Malcolm
2005 Titanic: Birth of a Legend as Narrator (voice)
2004 Ladies in Lavender Screenplay, Director, Executive Producer
2004 Saint John Bosco Mission to Love as Marchese Clementi
2003 Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³' as Self (archive footage)
2003 Swimming Pool as John Bosload
2002 Black and White as Roderic Chamberlain
2002 The Making of 'Gosford Park' as Self (uncredited)
2002 Ali G Indahouse as Deputy Prime Minister David Carlton
2001 Gosford Park as Raymond Stockbridge
2001 Alien Evolution as Self / Clemens
2001 Jurij
2001 Dark Blue World as Wing Commander Bentley
2001 The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby as Ralph Nickleby
2000 Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes as Sir Henry Carlyle
1999 Chrono-Perambulator as James 'Dougie' Douglas
1999 Don't Go Breaking My Heart as Frank
1998 Hilary and Jackie as Derek Du Pré
1998 What Rats Won't Do as Gerald Burton Jr
1997 The Blood Oranges as Cyril
1997 In the Presence of Mine Enemies as Captain Richter
1996 Michael Collins as Soames
1996 Space Truckers as Nabel / Macanudo
1996 Undertow as Lyle Yates
1995 The Surgeon as Dr. Ed Mittlesbay
1994 Shortcut to Paradise as Quinn
1994 China Moon as Rupert Munro
1994 Kabloonak as Robert Flaherty
1993 Century as Professor Mandry
1993 Last Action Hero as Benedict
1992 Alien³ as Clemens
1992 La valle di pietra as Surveyor
1989 Goldeneye as Ian Fleming
1988 First Born as Edward Forester
1988 Out of the Shadows as Michael Hayden
1988 Pascali's Island as Anthony Bowles
1987 White Mischief as Josslyn Hay
1987 Hidden City as James Richards
1987 Good Morning, Babylon as D.W. Griffith
1986 The Golden Child as Sardo Numspa
1986 The McGuffin as Paul Hatcher
1985 Plenty as Raymond Brock
1984 Rainy Day Women as John Truman
1982 Little Eyolf as Borghejm
1981 For Your Eyes Only as Claus
1980 Fatal Spring as Siegfried Sassoon
1980 Dreams of Leaving as Colin