Charles Dance
male

Born on October 10, 1946 (78 years old)
From Redditch, Worcestershire, England, UK
Known for Acting
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.
Cast Credits
- 2025
- 2024
Rumours
as
Edison Wolcott
2024
The First Omen
as
Father Harris
2024
Amanece en Samaná
as
Noah Blum
2024
Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters
as
Narrator
2024
The Big Fat Quiz of Telly
as
Self
2024
Testament: The Story of Moses
as
Self - Narrator (voice)
2024
Renaissance: The Blood and the Beauty
as
Old Michaelangelo
2024
The Day of the Jackal
as
Timothy Winthrop
2024
- 2023
- 2022
- 2021
- 2019
- 2018
- 2017
- 2016
- 2015
Instruments of Darkness
as
Duncan
2015
Admiral
as
King Charles II
2015
Woman in Gold
as
Sherman
2015
Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience
as
Tywin Lannister
2015
Child 44
as
Major Grachev
2015
Victor Frankenstein
as
Frankenstein
2015
Woman in Gold
2015
Childhood's End
as
Karellen
2015
And Then There Were None
as
Justice Lawrence Wargrave
2015
Deadline Gallipoli
as
Sir Ian Hamilton
2015
- 2014
- 2013
- 2012
- 2011
There Be Dragons
as
Solono
2011
Your Highness
as
King Tallious
2011
Ironclad
as
Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury
2011
Rosamunde Pilcher: Shades of Love-The Reunion
2011
Rosamunde Pilcher: Shades of Love-The Scandal
2011
Game of Thrones
as
Tywin Lannister
2011
Neverland
as
Dr. Fludd
2011
Rosamunde Pilcher's Shades of Love
as
Edmund Aird
2011
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
as
Self - Participant
2011
- 2010
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Paris Connections
as
Aleksandr Borinski
2010
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The Clerk's Tale
as
Ralph
2010
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The Commuter
as
The Traffic Warden
2010
Rosamunde Pilcher: Shades of Love-Family Secret
2010
Rosamunde Pilcher: Shades of Love-A Healing Heart
2010
Going Postal
as
Lord Vetinari
2010
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Drama Trails
2010
Strike Back
as
Conrad Knox
2010
- 2008
- 2007
- 2006
- 2005
- 2004
- 2003
- 2002
- 2001
- 2000
- 1999
- 1998
- 1997
- 1996
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- 1994
- 1993
- 1992
- 1989
- 1988
- 1987
- 1986
- 1982
- 2020
- 2009
- 1984
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- 1983
- 1981
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- 1978
- 1977
- 1975
- 1974
- 1970
- 1965