Actor
Charles Dance
Born October 10, 1946 in Redditch, Worcestershire, England, UK105 films
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.
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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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First watchThe Imitation Game20148.0as Commander DennistonBased on the real life story of legendary cryptanalyst Alan Turing, the film portrays the nail-biting race against time by Turing and his brilliant team of code-breakers at Britain's…View filmEssential films
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105 films as actor- TBAA PatriotDr. Hastings
- TBAThe LiarTickford
- TBAViy 3: Travel to India
- 2028The Batman: Part IIChristopher Dent
- 2026Ladies FirstFred Powell
- 2025WildcatFrasier Mahoney
- 2025FrankensteinLeopold Frankenstein
- 2025CreditorsGustaf
- 2024Samaná SunriseNoah Blum
- 2024RumoursEdison Wolcott
- 2024The First OmenFather Harris
- 2022The Hanging SunJacob
- 2022Against the IceMinister Neergaard
- 2021The King's ManKitchener
- 2021The Book Of VisionDr. Johan Anmuth
- 2020MankWilliam Randolph Hearst
- 2019Master Moley by Royal InvitationMr. James Moley (voice)
- 2019Fanny Lye Deliver'dJohn Lye
- 2019Iron MaskLord Dudley
- 2019Godzilla: King of the MonstersAlan Jonah
- 2018Happy New Year, Colin BursteadUncle Bertie
- 2018Johnny English Strikes AgainAgent Seven
- 2018HeroCharles Reynard
- 2018EuphoriaMr. Daren
- 2017Wimbledon Official Film 2017Narrator (voice)
- 2017That Good NightThe Visitor
- 2016Underworld: Blood WarsThomas
- 2016GhostbustersHarold Fillmore
- 2016Me Before YouStephen Traynor
- 2016Pride and Prejudice and ZombiesMr. Bennet
- 2016Despite the Falling SnowOld Alexander Ivanov
- 2015Instruments of DarknessDuncan
- 2015Victor FrankensteinFrankenstein
- 2015Woman in GoldSherman
- 2015Child 44Major Grachev
- 2015AdmiralKing Charles II
- 2015Game of Thrones The IMAX ExperienceTywin Lannister
- 2014The Imitation GameCommander Denniston
- 2014Dracula UntoldMaster Vampire
- 2014RetrospectiveJonathan Hoyle
- 2014Forbidden EmpireLord Dudley
- 2013PatrickDoctor Roget
- 2013Justin and the Knights of ValourLegantir (voice)
- 2013Father's DayDon
- 2013The Relics of BuddhaNarrator (voice)
- 2012The DoorThomas Arlington
- 2012The MapmakerRowan
- 2012St George's DayTrenchard
- 2012Midnight's ChildrenWilliam Methwold
- 2012Underworld: AwakeningThomas
- 2011Going Postal 2in1Lord Vetinari
- 2011Your HighnessKing Tallious
- 2011There Be DragonsSolono
- 2011IroncladStephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury
- 2010The CommuterThe Traffic Warden
- 2010Paris ConnectionsAleksandr Borinski
- 2010The Clerk's TaleRalph
- 2007Consenting AdultsJack Wolfenden
- 2007The ContractorDCS Andrew Windsor
- 2007InterventionPrivate Investigator
- 2006Starter for 10Michael Harbinson
- 2006Twice Upon a TimeBattar Master of Ceremonies
- 2006ScoopMr. Malcolm
- 2004Saint John Bosco Mission to LoveMarchese Clementi
- 2003Swimming PoolJohn Bosload
- 2002Black and WhiteRoderic Chamberlain
- 2002Ali G IndahouseDeputy Prime Minister David Carlton
- 2001Gosford ParkRaymond Stockbridge
- 2001Jurij
- 2001Dark Blue WorldWing Commander Bentley
- 2001The Life and Adventures of Nicholas NicklebyRalph Nickleby
- 2000Justice in WonderlandNeil Hamilton
- 2000Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock HolmesSir Henry Carlyle
- 1999Chrono-PerambulatorJames 'Dougie' Douglas
- 1999Don't Go Breaking My HeartFrank
- 1998Hilary and JackieDerek du Pré
- 1998What Rats Won't DoGerald Burton Jr
- 1997The Blood OrangesCyril
- 1997In the Presence of Mine EnemiesCaptain Richter
- 1996Michael CollinsSoames
- 1996Space TruckersNabel / Macanudo
- 1996UndertowLyle Yates
- 1995The SurgeonDr. Ed Mittlesbay
- 1994Shortcut to ParadiseQuinn
- 1994China MoonRupert Munro
- 1994KabloonakRobert Flaherty
- 1993CenturyProfessor Mandry
- 1993Last Action HeroBenedict
- 1992Alien³Clemens
- 1992La valle di pietraSurveyor
- 1989GoldeneyeIan Fleming
- 1988First BornEdward Forester
- 1988Out of the ShadowsMichael Hayden
- 1988Pascali's IslandAnthony Bowles
- 1987White MischiefJosslyn Hay
- 1987Hidden CityJames Richards
- 1987Good Morning, BabylonD.W. Griffith
- 1986The Golden ChildSardo Numspa
- 1986The McGuffinPaul Hatcher
- 1985PlentyRaymond Brock
- 1984Rainy Day WomenJohn Truman
- 1982Little EyolfBorghejm
- 1981For Your Eyes OnlyClaus
- 1980Fatal SpringSiegfried Sassoon
- 1980Dreams of LeavingColin