Charles Dance
Acting
Born October 10, 1946 · Redditch, Worcestershire, England, UK
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.
Directed (1)
Acting (119)
The Big Fat Quiz of Telly
2026
World of Westeros Ambient Video
2025
Wildcat
2025
Frankenstein
2025
Creditors
2025
Samaná Sunrise
2024
Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters
2024
The Big Fat Quiz of Telly
2024
Rumours
2024
The First Omen
2024
Savage Waters
2023
Portrait of the Queen
2022
The Hanging Sun
2022
Lancaster
2022
Against the Ice
2022
The King's Man
2021
The Book Of Vision
2021
The Magic of the Movies: Behind the Scenes of David Fincher's Mank
2021
Mank
2020
Master Moley by Royal Invitation
2019
Fanny Lye Deliver'd
2019
Iron Mask
2019
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
2019
Happy New Year, Colin Burstead
2018
Johnny English Strikes Again
2018
Spitfire
2018
The Muppets Take The O2
2018
Euphoria
2018
Wimbledon Official Film 2017
2017
That Good Night
2017
Underworld: Blood Wars
2016
Ghostbusters
2016
Me Before You
2016
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
2016
Despite the Falling Snow
2016
Instruments of Darkness
2015
Victor Frankenstein
2015
Woman in Gold
2015
Child 44
2015
Admiral
2015
Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience
2015
The Imitation Game
2014
Dracula Untold
2014
Retrospective
2014
Forbidden Empire
2014
The Science of Doctor Who
2013
Speeches That Shook the World
2013
Patrick
2013
Justin and the Knights of Valour
2013
Father's Day
2013
The Relics of Buddha
2013
The Door
2012
The Mapmaker
2012
St George's Day
2012
Midnight's Children
2012
Underworld: Awakening
2012
Rosamunde Pilcher: Shades of Love-The Reunion
2011
Rosamunde Pilcher: Shades of Love-The Scandal
2011
Your Highness
2011
There Be Dragons
2011
Ironclad
2011
Rosamunde Pilcher: Shades of Love-Family Secret
2010
Rosamunde Pilcher: Shades of Love-A Healing Heart
2010
The Commuter
2010
Paris Connections
2010
The Clerk's Tale
2010
Dickens' Secret Lover
2008
Consenting Adults
2007
The Contractor
2007
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
2007
Intervention
2007
Twice Upon a Time
2006
Starter for 10
2006
Scoop
2006
Titanic: Birth of a Legend
2005
Saint John Bosco Mission to Love
2004
Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'
2003
Swimming Pool
2003
Black and White
2002
The Making of Gosford Park
2002
Ali G Indahouse
2002
Gosford Park
2001
Alien Evolution
2001
Jurij
2001
Dark Blue World
2001
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
2001
Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes
2000
Chrono-Perambulator
1999
Don't Go Breaking My Heart
1999
Hilary and Jackie
1998
What Rats Won't Do
1998
The Blood Oranges
1997
In the Presence of Mine Enemies
1997
Michael Collins
1996
Space Truckers
1996
Undertow
1996
The Surgeon
1995
Shortcut to Paradise
1994
China Moon
1994
Kabloonak
1994
Century
1993
Last Action Hero
1993
Alien³
1992
La valle di pietra
1992
Goldeneye
1989
First Born
1988
Out of the Shadows
1988
Pascali's Island
1988
White Mischief
1987
Hidden City
1987
Good Morning, Babylon
1987
The Golden Child
1986
The McGuffin
1986
Plenty
1985
Rainy Day Women
1984
Little Eyolf
1982
For Your Eyes Only
1981
Fatal Spring
1980
Dreams of Leaving
1980