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