Acting
Charles Dance
EN, RU, ES, NL cinema · 126 credits
Born
10 October 1946 (age 80)
Birthplace
Redditch, Worcestershire, England, UK
Also known as Walter Charles Dance · Волтер Чарльз Денс
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Charles Dance, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Filmography
A Patriot
A Patriot
as Dr. Hastings
The Liar
as Tickford
The Batman: Part II
as Christopher Dent
Ladies First
as Fred Powell
The Big Fat Quiz of Telly
as Self - Guest
My Duchess
as Lord Mountbatten
Frankenstein
as Leopold Frankenstein
Creditors
as Gustaf
Wildcat
as Frasier Mahoney
Rumours
as Edison Wolcott
The First Omen
as Father Harris
Samaná Sunrise
as Noah Blum
Savage Waters
as Narrator
The Hanging Sun
as Jacob
Lancaster
as Narrator (voice)
Portrait of the Queen
as Narrator
Against the Ice
as Minister Neergaard
The Book Of Vision
as Dr. Johan Anmuth
The King's Man
as Kitchener
Mank
as William Randolph Hearst
Master Moley by Royal Invitation
as Mr. James Moley (voice)
Iron Mask
as Lord Dudley
Fanny Lye Deliver'd
as John Lye
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
as Alan Jonah
Euphoria
as Mr. Daren
Happy New Year, Colin Burstead
as Uncle Bertie
Spitfire
as Narrator (voice)
Johnny English Strikes Again
as Agent Seven
Hero
as Charles Reynard
That Good Night
as The Visitor
Wimbledon Official Film 2017
as Narrator (voice)
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
as Mr. Bennet
Me Before You
as Stephen Traynor
Despite the Falling Snow
as Old Alexander Ivanov
Underworld: Blood Wars
as Thomas
Ghostbusters
as Harold Fillmore
Instruments of Darkness
as Duncan
Admiral
as King Charles II
Woman in Gold
as Sherman
Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience
as Tywin Lannister
Child 44
as Major Grachev
Victor Frankenstein
as Frankenstein
The Imitation Game
as Commander Denniston
Dracula Untold
as Master Vampire
Forbidden Empire
as Lord Dudley
Retrospective
as Jonathan Hoyle
The Relics of Buddha
as Narrator (voice)
Justin and the Knights of Valour
as Legantir (voice)
Patrick
as Doctor Roget
Father's Day
as Don
Underworld: Awakening
as Thomas
St George's Day
as Trenchard
Midnight's Children
as William Methwold
The Door
as Thomas Arlington
There Be Dragons
as Solono
Your Highness
as King Tallious
Ironclad
as Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury
Going Postal 2in1
as Lord Vetinari
Paris Connections
as Aleksandr Borinski
The Commuter
2010
The Commuter
as The Traffic Warden
Dickens' Secret Lover
2008
Dickens' Secret Lover
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Consenting Adults
as Jack Wolfenden
The Contractor
as DCS Andrew Windsor
Intervention
as Private Investigator
Twice Upon a Time
as Battar Master of Ceremonies
Starter for 10
as Michael Harbinson
Scoop
as Mr. Malcolm
Titanic: Birth of a Legend
as Narrator (voice)
Saint John Bosco Mission to Love
as Marchese Clementi
When Hitler Invaded Britain
as Narrator
Ladies in Lavender
Director, Screenplay, Executive Producer
Swimming Pool
as John Bosload
Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'
as Self (archive footage)
Ali G Indahouse
as Deputy Prime Minister David Carlton
Black and White
as Roderic Chamberlain
The Making of Gosford Park
as Self (uncredited)
Gosford Park
as Raymond Stockbridge
Dark Blue World
as Wing Commander Bentley
Alien Evolution
as Self / Clemens
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
as Ralph Nickleby
Jurij
as K (Padre di Jurij)
Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes
as Sir Henry Carlyle
Justice in Wonderland
2000
Justice in Wonderland
as Neil Hamilton
Chrono-Perambulator
1999
Chrono-Perambulator
as James 'Dougie' Douglas
Hilary and Jackie
as Derek du Pré
What Rats Won't Do
as Gerald Burton Jr
In the Presence of Mine Enemies
as Captain Richter
The Blood Oranges
as Cyril
Space Truckers
as Nabel / Macanudo
Undertow
as Lyle Yates
Michael Collins
as Soames
The Surgeon
as Dr. Ed Mittlesbay
China Moon
as Rupert Munro
Shortcut to Paradise
as Quinn
Kabloonak
as Robert Flaherty
Last Action Hero
as Benedict
Century
as Professor Mandry
Alien³
as Clemens
La valle di pietra
as Surveyor
Goldeneye
as Ian Fleming
Pascali's Island
as Anthony Bowles
Out of the Shadows
as Michael Hayden
First Born
as Edward Forester
White Mischief
as Josslyn Hay
Good Morning, Babylon
as D.W. Griffith
Hidden City
as James Richards
The Golden Child
as Sardo Numspa
The McGuffin
as Paul Hatcher
Plenty
as Raymond Brock
Rainy Day Women
as John Truman
Little Eyolf
as Borghejm
For Your Eyes Only
as Claus
Very Like a Whale
as Party Guest
Dreams of Leaving
as Colin
The Fatal Spring
as Siegfried Sassoon