Charles Dance
Biography
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.
Acting (109 movies)
Swimming Pool
2003
The Golden Child
1986
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
2007
For Your Eyes Only
1981
Gosford Park
2001
Twice Upon a Time
2006
Alien³
1992
China Moon
1994
Last Action Hero
1993
Plenty
1985
Starter for 10
2006
White Mischief
1987
There Be Dragons
2011
Dark Blue World
2001
Your Highness
2011
Ironclad
2011
Good Morning, Babylon
1987
Hilary and Jackie
1998
Underworld: Awakening
2012
The Relics of Buddha
2013
Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'
2003
In the Presence of Mine Enemies
1997
Don't Go Breaking My Heart
1999
Saint John Bosco Mission to Love
2004
Goldeneye
1989
The Blood Oranges
1997
St George's Day
2012
Justin and the Knights of Valour
2013
Pascali's Island
1988
The Surgeon
1995
Master Moley by Royal Invitation
2019
Alien Evolution
2001
Consenting Adults
2007
Shortcut to Paradise
1994
Patrick
2013
Instruments of Darkness
2015
The Hanging Sun
2022
The Contractor
2007
Savage Waters
2023
Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes
2000
The Science of Doctor Who
2013
The Imitation Game
2014
Space Truckers
1996
Out of the Shadows
1988
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
2001
Ali G Indahouse
2002
Little Eyolf
1982
Jurij
2001
Undertow
1996
Century
1993
Dracula Untold
2014
Titanic: Birth of a Legend
2005
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
2016
Admiral
2015
Woman in Gold
2015
Lancaster
2022
Rumours
2024
Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience
2015
Frankenstein
2025
Portrait of the Queen
2022
Black and White
2002
Child 44
2015
Midnight's Children
2012
Me Before You
2016
The McGuffin
1986
The Magic of the Movies: Behind the Scenes of David Fincher's Mank
2021
The First Omen
2024
Father's Day
2013
Despite the Falling Snow
2016
Underworld: Blood Wars
2016
Scoop
2006
Forbidden Empire
2014
Retrospective
2014
Ghostbusters
2016
Euphoria
2018
Michael Collins
1996
Iron Mask
2019
Victor Frankenstein
2015
Kabloonak
1994
Samaná Sunrise
2024
Dreams of Leaving
1980
Hidden City
1987
Fanny Lye Deliver'd
2019
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
2019
That Good Night
2017
Rosamunde Pilcher: Shades of Love-Family Secret
2010
Rosamunde Pilcher: Shades of Love-A Healing Heart
2010
Rosamunde Pilcher: Shades of Love-The Reunion
2011
Rosamunde Pilcher: Shades of Love-The Scandal
2011
First Born
1988
The Book of Vision
2021
Happy New Year, Colin Burstead
2018
Rainy Day Women
1984
Speeches That Shook the World
2013
The Door
2012
Spitfire
2018
Johnny English Strikes Again
2018
Wimbledon Official Film 2017
2017
The King's Man
2021
Mank
2020
Directing (1 movie)
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Ladies in Lavender | 2004 | Screenplay |
| Ladies in Lavender | 2004 | Executive Producer |