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Charles Dance

Acting 79 years old Redditch, Worcestershire, England, UK ★ 2.5
Born: October 10, 1946

Biography

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
Game of Thrones Tywin Lannister 2011
The Crown
The Crown Lord Mountbatten 2016
Agatha Christie's Marple
Agatha Christie's Marple Septimus Bligh 2004
The Day of the Jackal
The Day of the Jackal Timothy Winthrop 2024
The Sandman
The Sandman Roderick Burgess 2022

Jimmy's Seen (3)

The First Omen
The First Omen Father Harris 2024
Mank
Mank William Randolph Hearst 2020
The King's Man
The King's Man Kitchener 2021

Filmography

Acting Credits (188)

The Batman: Part II
The Batman: Part II Charles Dent 2027
Ladies First
Ladies First Fred Powell 2026
The Big Fat Quiz of Telly
The Big Fat Quiz of Telly Self - Guest 2026
Wildcat
Wildcat Frasier Mahoney 2025
Frankenstein
Frankenstein Leopold Frankenstein 2025
Creditors
Creditors Gustaf 2025
Churchill at War
Churchill at War Self - Narrator (voice) 2024
Renaissance: The Blood and the Beauty
Renaissance: The Blood and the Beauty Old Michaelangelo 2024
Samaná Sunrise
Samaná Sunrise Noah Blum 2024
The Day of the Jackal
The Day of the Jackal Timothy Winthrop 2024
Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters
Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters Narrator 2024
The Big Fat Quiz of Telly
The Big Fat Quiz of Telly Self 2024
Rumours
Rumours Edison Wolcott 2024
The First Omen
The First Omen Father Harris 2024
Testament: The Story of Moses
Testament: The Story of Moses Self - Narrator (voice) 2024
Savage Waters
Savage Waters 2023
Rabbit Hole
Rabbit Hole Dr. Ben Wilson 2023
Portrait of the Queen
Portrait of the Queen 2022
This England
This England Max Hastings 2022
The Hanging Sun
The Hanging Sun Jacob 2022
The Serpent Queen
The Serpent Queen Clement VII 2022
The Sandman
The Sandman Roderick Burgess 2022
Lancaster
Lancaster Narrator (voice) 2022
Against the Ice
Against the Ice Minister Neergaard 2022
The King's Man
The King's Man Kitchener 2021
Moley
Moley Mr. Moley (voice) 2021
The Book Of Vision
The Book Of Vision Dr. Johan Anmuth 2021
The Magic of the Movies: Behind the Scenes of David Fincher's Mank
The Magic of the Movies: Behind the Scenes of David Fincher's Mank Self 2021
Mank
Mank William Randolph Hearst 2020
The Singapore Grip
The Singapore Grip Mr Webb 2020
Rise of Empires: Ottoman
Rise of Empires: Ottoman Self - Narrator (voice) 2020
Master Moley by Royal Invitation
Master Moley by Royal Invitation Mr. James Moley (voice) 2019
Fanny Lye Deliver'd
Fanny Lye Deliver'd John Lye 2019
Iron Mask
Iron Mask Lord Dudley 2019
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
Godzilla: King of the Monsters Alan Jonah 2019
The Widow
The Widow Martin Benson 2019
The Little Drummer Girl
The Little Drummer Girl Commander Picton 2018
Happy New Year, Colin Burstead
Happy New Year, Colin Burstead Uncle Bertie 2018
Johnny English Strikes Again
Johnny English Strikes Again Agent Seven 2018
Hang Ups
Hang Ups Jeremy Pitt 2018
Spitfire
Spitfire Narrator (voice) 2018
The Muppets Take The O2
The Muppets Take The O2 Self 2018
The Woman in White
The Woman in White Frederick Fairlie 2018
Euphoria
Euphoria Mr. Daren 2018
Wimbledon Official Film 2017
Wimbledon Official Film 2017 Narrator (voice) 2017
That Good Night
That Good Night The Visitor 2017
Savage Kingdom
Savage Kingdom Self - Narrator (voice) 2016
Underworld: Blood Wars
Underworld: Blood Wars Thomas 2016
The Crown
The Crown Lord Mountbatten 2016
Ghostbusters
Ghostbusters Harold Fillmore 2016
Me Before You
Me Before You Stephen Traynor 2016
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies Mr. Bennet 2016
Despite the Falling Snow
Despite the Falling Snow Old Alexander Ivanov 2016
And Then There Were None
And Then There Were None Justice Lawrence Wargrave 2015
Childhood's End
Childhood's End Karellen 2015
Instruments of Darkness
Instruments of Darkness Duncan 2015
Victor Frankenstein
Victor Frankenstein Frankenstein 2015
Deadline Gallipoli
Deadline Gallipoli Sir Ian Hamilton 2015
Woman in Gold
Woman in Gold Sherman 2015
Child 44
Child 44 Major Grachev 2015
Admiral
Admiral King Charles II 2015
Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience
Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience Tywin Lannister 2015
The Imitation Game
The Imitation Game Commander Denniston 2014
The Great Fire
The Great Fire Lord Denton 2014
Dracula Untold
Dracula Untold Master Vampire 2014
Retrospective
Retrospective Jonathan Hoyle 2014
Forbidden Empire
Forbidden Empire Lord Dudley 2014
The Science of Doctor Who
The Science of Doctor Who Self 2013
Speeches That Shook the World
Speeches That Shook the World Self 2013
Patrick
Patrick Doctor Roget 2013
Was It Something I Said?
Was It Something I Said? Self - Narrator 2013
Justin and the Knights of Valour
Justin and the Knights of Valour Legantir (voice) 2013
Father's Day
Father's Day Don 2013
The Relics of Buddha
The Relics of Buddha Narrator (voice) 2013
Secret State
Secret State John Hodder 2012
The Door
The Door Thomas Arlington 2012
The Mapmaker
The Mapmaker Rowan 2012
St George's Day
St George's Day Trenchard 2012
Midnight's Children
Midnight's Children William Methwold 2012
Underworld: Awakening
Underworld: Awakening Thomas 2012
Neverland
Neverland Dr. Fludd 2011
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip Self - Participant 2011
Rosamunde Pilcher's Shades of Love
Rosamunde Pilcher's Shades of Love Edmund Aird 2011
Game of Thrones
Game of Thrones Tywin Lannister 2011
Your Highness
Your Highness King Tallious 2011
There Be Dragons
There Be Dragons Solono 2011
Ironclad
Ironclad Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury 2011
The Commuter
The Commuter The Traffic Warden 2010
Paris Connections
Paris Connections Aleksandr Borinski 2010
Drama Trails
Drama Trails 2010
Going Postal
Going Postal Lord Vetinari 2010
The Clerk's Tale
The Clerk's Tale Ralph 2010
Strike Back
Strike Back Conrad Knox 2010
Trinity
Trinity Dr. Edmund Maltravers 2009
Merlin
Merlin Aredian 2008
Dickens' Secret Lover
Dickens' Secret Lover Self - Narrator (voice) 2008
Consenting Adults
Consenting Adults Jack Wolfenden 2007
Would I Lie to You?
Would I Lie to You? Self 2007
The Contractor
The Contractor DCS Andrew Windsor 2007
Fallen Angel
Fallen Angel David Byfield 2007
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas Self 2007
Intervention
Intervention Private Investigator 2007
Jam and Jerusalem
Jam and Jerusalem Self 2006
Twice Upon a Time
Twice Upon a Time Battar Master of Ceremonies 2006
Starter for 10
Starter for 10 Michael Harbinson 2006
The One Show
The One Show Self 2006
Scoop
Scoop Mr. Malcolm 2006
Bleak House
Bleak House Mr. Tulkinghorn 2005
To the Ends of the Earth
To the Ends of the Earth Sir Henry Somerset 2005
Titanic: Birth of a Legend
Titanic: Birth of a Legend Narrator (voice) 2005
Fingersmith
Fingersmith Mr. Chistopher Lilly 2005
Last Rights
Last Rights Richard Wheeler 2005
Agatha Christie's Marple
Agatha Christie's Marple Septimus Bligh 2004
Who Do You Think You Are?
Who Do You Think You Are? Self 2004
Saint John Bosco Mission to Love
Saint John Bosco Mission to Love Marchese Clementi 2004
Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'
Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³' Self (archive footage) 2003
Looking for Victoria
Looking for Victoria Charles Greville 2003
Henry VIII
Henry VIII Edward Stafford 2003
Swimming Pool
Swimming Pool John Bosload 2003
Black and White
Black and White Roderic Chamberlain 2002
Foyle's War
Foyle's War Guy Spencer 2002
Top Gear
Top Gear Self 2002
Dan Dare: Pilot of the Future
Dan Dare: Pilot of the Future Colonel Simon Lasker (voice) 2002
The Making of Gosford Park
The Making of Gosford Park Self (uncredited) 2002
Ali G Indahouse
Ali G Indahouse Deputy Prime Minister David Carlton 2002
Gosford Park
Gosford Park Raymond Stockbridge 2001
Alien Evolution
Alien Evolution Self / Clemens 2001
Jurij
Jurij 2001
Dark Blue World
Dark Blue World Wing Commander Bentley 2001
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby Ralph Nickleby 2001
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) 2000
Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes
Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes Sir Henry Carlyle 2000
Chrono-Perambulator
Chrono-Perambulator James 'Dougie' Douglas 1999
Don't Go Breaking My Heart
Don't Go Breaking My Heart Frank 1999
Hilary and Jackie
Hilary and Jackie Derek du Pré 1998
What Rats Won't Do
What Rats Won't Do Gerald Burton Jr 1998
The Blood Oranges
The Blood Oranges Cyril 1997
In the Presence of Mine Enemies
In the Presence of Mine Enemies Captain Richter 1997
Rebecca
Rebecca Maxim de Winter 1997
Michael Collins
Michael Collins Soames 1996
Space Truckers
Space Truckers Nabel / Macanudo 1996
Undertow
Undertow Lyle Yates 1996
The Surgeon
The Surgeon Dr. Ed Mittlesbay 1995
Shortcut to Paradise
Shortcut to Paradise Quinn 1994
Room 101
Room 101 Self 1994
China Moon
China Moon Rupert Munro 1994
Kabloonak
Kabloonak Robert Flaherty 1994
Century
Century Professor Mandry 1993
Last Action Hero
Last Action Hero Benedict 1993
Alien³
Alien³ Clemens 1992
La valle di pietra
La valle di pietra Surveyor 1992
The Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom of the Opera Erik/The Phantom 1990
Goldeneye
Goldeneye Ian Fleming 1989
First Born
First Born Edward Forester 1988
First Born
First Born Edward Forester 1988
Out of the Shadows
Out of the Shadows Michael Hayden 1988
Pascali's Island
Pascali's Island Anthony Bowles 1988
White Mischief
White Mischief Josslyn Hay 1987
Hidden City
Hidden City James Richards 1987
Good Morning, Babylon
Good Morning, Babylon D.W. Griffith 1987
Out on a Limb
Out on a Limb Gerry Stamford 1987
The Golden Child
The Golden Child Sardo Numspa 1986
The Flying Doctors
The Flying Doctors Minister 1986
The McGuffin
The McGuffin Paul Hatcher 1986
Time for Murder
Time for Murder James Latimer 1985
Plenty
Plenty Raymond Brock 1985
Screen Two
Screen Two Paul Hatcher 1985
Screen Two
Screen Two Professor Mandry 1985
The Secret Servant
The Secret Servant SAS Major Harry Maxim 1984
Rainy Day Women
Rainy Day Women John Truman 1984
The Jewel in the Crown
The Jewel in the Crown Guy Perron 1984
Natural World
Natural World 1983
Little Eyolf
Little Eyolf Borghejm 1982
For Your Eyes Only
For Your Eyes Only Claus 1981
Fatal Spring
Fatal Spring Siegfried Sassoon 1980
Dreams of Leaving
Dreams of Leaving Colin 1980
Tales of the Unexpected
Tales of the Unexpected Robert Smythe 1979
An Audience with...
An Audience with... Self 1978
The Professionals
The Professionals Parker 1977
Raffles
Raffles 1977
Father Brown
Father Brown Commandant Neil O'Brien 1974
The Inheritors
The Inheritors Simon Leadbetter 1974
Playhouse
Playhouse Siegfried Sassoon 1974
Play for Today
Play for Today 1970
BBC Play of the Month
BBC Play of the Month Borghejm 1965
A Patriot
A Patriot Dr. Hastings
The Liar
The Liar Tickford
Viy 3: Travel to India
Viy 3: Travel to India

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Writing Credits (1)

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