Charles Dance
Walter Charles Dance OBE (born October 10, 1946 in Redditch, Worcestershire) 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.
Acted in
Renaissance: The Blood and the Beauty
2024
as Old Michaelangelo
Amanece en Samaná
2024
The Day of the Jackal
2024
as Timothy Winthrop
Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters
2024
as Narrator
Rumours
2024
as Edison Wolcott
The Big Fat Quiz of Telly
2024
as Self
The First Omen
2024
as Father Harris
Testament: The Story of Moses
2024
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Savage Waters
2023
Rabbit Hole
2023
as Dr. Ben Wilson
Portrait of the Queen
2022
This England
2022
as Max Hastings
The Hanging Sun
2022
as Jacob
The Serpent Queen
2022
as Clement VII
The Sandman
2022
as Roderick Burgess
Lancaster
2022
as Narrator (voice)
Against the Ice
2022
as Minister Neergaard
The King's Man
2021
as Kitchener
Moley
2021
as Mr. Moley (voice)
The Book of Vision
2021
as Dr. Johan Anmuth
The Magic of the Movies: Behind the Scenes of David Fincher's Mank
2021
as Self
Mank
2020
as William Randolph Hearst
The Singapore Grip
2020
as Mr Webb
Rise of Empires: Ottoman
2020
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Master Moley by Royal Invitation
2019
as Mr. James Moley (voice)
Fanny Lye Deliver'd
2019
as John Lye
Iron Mask
2019
as Lord Dudley
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
2019
as Alan Jonah
The Widow
2019
as Martin Benson
The Little Drummer Girl
2018
as Commander Picton
Happy New Year, Colin Burstead
2018
as Uncle Bertie
Johnny English Strikes Again
2018
as Agent Seven
Hang Ups
2018
as Jeremy Pitt
Spitfire
2018
as Narrator (voice)
The Muppets Take The O2
2018
as Self
The Woman in White
2018
as Frederick Fairlie
Euphoria
2018
as Mr. Daren
Wimbledon Official Film 2017
2017
as Narrator (voice)
That Good Night
2017
as The Visitor
Savage Kingdom
2016
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Underworld: Blood Wars
2016
as Thomas
The Crown
2016
as Lord Mountbatten
Ghostbusters
2016
as Harold Fillmore
Me Before You
2016
as Stephen Traynor
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
2016
as Mr. Bennet
Despite the Falling Snow
2016
as Old Alexander Ivanov
And Then There Were None
2015
as Justice Lawrence Wargrave
Childhood's End
2015
as Karellen
Instruments of Darkness
2015
as Duncan
Victor Frankenstein
2015
as Frankenstein
Deadline Gallipoli
2015
as Sir Ian Hamilton
Woman in Gold
2015
as Sherman
Child 44
2015
as Major Grachev
Admiral
2015
as King Charles II
Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience
2015
as Tywin Lannister
The Imitation Game
2014
as Commander Denniston
The Great Fire
2014
as Lord Denton
Dracula Untold
2014
as Master Vampire
Retrospective
2014
as Jonathan Hoyle
Forbidden Empire
2014
as Lord Dudley
The Science of Doctor Who
2013
as Self
Speeches That Shook the World
2013
as Self
Patrick
2013
as Doctor Roget
Justin and the Knights of Valour
2013
as Legantir (voice)
Father's Day
2013
as Don
The Relics of Buddha
2013
as Narrator (voice)
Secret State
2012
as John Hodder
The Door
2012
as Thomas Arlington
The Mapmaker
2012
as Rowan
St George's Day
2012
as Trenchard
Midnight's Children
2012
as William Methwold
Underworld: Awakening
2012
as Thomas
Rosamunde Pilcher: Shades of Love-The Scandal
2011
Rosamunde Pilcher: Shades of Love-The Reunion
2011
Neverland
2011
as Dr. Fludd
Rosamunde Pilcher's Shades of Love
2011
as Edmund Aird
Game of Thrones
2011
as Tywin Lannister
Your Highness
2011
as King Tallious
There Be Dragons
2011
as Solono
Ironclad
2011
as Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury
Rosamunde Pilcher: Shades of Love-Family Secret
2010
Rosamunde Pilcher: Shades of Love-A Healing Heart
2010
The Commuter
2010
as The Traffic Warden
Paris Connections
2010
as Aleksandr Borinski
Drama Trails
2010
Going Postal
2010
as Lord Vetinari
The Clerk's Tale
2010
as Ralph
Strike Back
2010
as Conrad Knox
Trinity
2009
as Dr. Edmund Maltravers
Merlin
2008
as Aredian
Dickens' Secret Lover
2008
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Consenting Adults
2007
as Jack Wolfenden
The Contractor
2007
as DCS Andrew Windsor
Would I Lie to You?
2007
as Self
Fallen Angel
2007
as David Byfield
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
2007
as Self
Intervention
2007
as Private Investigator
Twice Upon a Time
2006
as Battar Master of Ceremonies
Starter for 10
2006
as Michael Harbinson
Scoop
2006
as Mr. Malcolm
Bleak House
2005
as Mr. Tulkinghorn
To the Ends of the Earth
2005
as Sir Henry Somerset
Titanic: Birth of a Legend
2005
as Narrator (voice)
Fingersmith
2005
as Mr. Chistopher Lilly
Big Fat Quiz
2004
as Self - Guest
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004
as Septimus Bligh
Who Do You Think You Are?
2004
as Self
Saint John Bosco Mission to Love
2004
as Marchese Clementi
Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'
2003
as Self (archive footage)
Henry VIII
2003
as Edward Stafford
Swimming Pool
2003
as John Bosload
Black and White
2002
as Roderic Chamberlain
Foyle's War
2002
The Making of 'Gosford Park'
2002
as Self (uncredited)
Ali G Indahouse
2002
as Deputy Prime Minister David Carlton
Gosford Park
2001
as Raymond Stockbridge
Alien Evolution
2001
as Self / Clemens
Murder Rooms: Mysteries of the Real Sherlock Holmes
2001
as Sir Henry Carlyle
Jurij
2001
Dark Blue World
2001
as Wing Commander Bentley
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
2001
as Ralph Nickleby
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
2000
Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes
2000
as Sir Henry Carlyle
Chrono-Perambulator
1999
as James 'Dougie' Douglas
Don't Go Breaking My Heart
1999
as Frank
Hilary and Jackie
1998
as Derek Du Pré
What Rats Won't Do
1998
as Gerald Burton Jr
Trial & Retribution
1997
The Blood Oranges
1997
as Cyril
In the Presence of Mine Enemies
1997
as Captain Richter
Rebecca
1997
as Maxim de Winter
Michael Collins
1996
as Soames
Space Truckers
1996
as Nabel / Macanudo
Undertow
1996
as Lyle Yates
The Surgeon
1995
as Dr. Ed Mittlesbay
Shortcut to Paradise
1994
as Quinn
China Moon
1994
as Rupert Munro
Kabloonak
1994
as Robert Flaherty
Century
1993
as Professor Mandry
Last Action Hero
1993
as Benedict
Alien³
1992
as Clemens
La valle di pietra
1992
as Surveyor
The Phantom of the Opera
1990
as The Phantom of the Opera
Goldeneye
1989
as Ian Fleming
First Born
1988
as Edward Forester
First Born
1988
Out of the Shadows
1988
as Michael Hayden
Pascali's Island
1988
as Anthony Bowles
White Mischief
1987
as Josslyn Hay
Hidden City
1987
as James Richards
Good Morning, Babylon
1987
as D.W. Griffith
Out on a Limb
1987
as Gerry Stamford
The Golden Child
1986
as Sardo Numspa
The Flying Doctors
1986
as Minister
The McGuffin
1986
as Paul Hatcher
Time for Murder
1985
as James Latimer
Plenty
1985
as Raymond Brock
Screen Two
1985
as Paul Hatcher
Rainy Day Women
1984
as John Truman
The Jewel in the Crown
1984
as Guy Perron
Natural World
1983
Little Eyolf
1982
as Borghejm
Nancy Astor
1982
as Edward Hartford-Jones
For Your Eyes Only
1981
as Claus
Fatal Spring
1980
as Siegfried Sassoon
Dreams of Leaving
1980
as Colin
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
as Robert Smythe
The Professionals
1977
as Parker
Raffles
1977
Edward the Seventh
1975
as Prince Eddy
Father Brown
1974
Play for Today
1970
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Borghejm
A Patriot
as Dr. Hastings
Frankenstein
The Liar
as Tickford
Viy 3: Travel to India