Cast
Charles Dance
Acting
Cast
Charles Dance
Known for
Acting
Born
1946-10-10
From
Redditch, Worcestershire, England, UK
Also known as Walter Charles Dance, Волтер Чарльз Денс
Biography
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.
Ladies First
as Fred Powell
Frankenstein
as Leopold Frankenstein
Wildcat
as Frasier Mahoney
The Imitation Game
as Commander Denniston
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
as Alan Jonah
Me Before You
as Stephen Traynor
The King's Man
as Kitchener
Alien³
as Clemens
Ghostbusters
as Harold Fillmore
Underworld: Blood Wars
as Thomas
For Your Eyes Only
as Claus
Iron Mask
as Lord Dudley
Underworld: Awakening
as Thomas
Johnny English Strikes Again
as Agent Seven
Euphoria
as Mr. Daren
Last Action Hero
as Benedict
The First Omen
as Father Harris
Dracula Untold
as Master Vampire
Scoop
as Mr. Malcolm
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
as Mr. Bennet
Gosford Park
as Raymond Stockbridge
Swimming Pool
as John Bosload
Mank
as William Randolph Hearst
The Golden Child
as Sardo Numspa
Your Highness
as King Tallious
Child 44
as Major Grachev
Victor Frankenstein
as Frankenstein
Michael Collins
as Soames
Ali G Indahouse
as Deputy Prime Minister David Carlton
Untitled The Batman Sequel
as Charles Dent
Ironclad
as Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury
Woman in Gold
as Sherman
Forbidden Empire
as Lord Dudley
Against the Ice
as Minister Neergaard
The Contractor
as DCS Andrew Windsor
Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience
as Tywin Lannister
Plenty
as Raymond Brock
China Moon
as Rupert Munro
Space Truckers
as Nabel / Macanudo
Starter for 10
as Michael Harbinson
Rumours
as Edison Wolcott
Hilary and Jackie
as Derek du Pré
White Mischief
as Josslyn Hay
The Blood Oranges
as Cyril
Justin and the Knights of Valour
as Legantir (voice)
Patrick
as Doctor Roget
World of Westeros Ambient Video
as Tywin Lannister
Hidden City
as James Richards
Fanny Lye Deliver'd
as John Lye
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
as Self
Despite the Falling Snow
as Old Alexander Ivanov
Dark Blue World
as Wing Commander Bentley
Saint John Bosco Mission to Love
as Marchese Clementi
Pascali's Island
as Anthony Bowles
There Be Dragons
as Solono
Intervention
as Private Investigator
What Rats Won't Do
as Gerald Burton Jr
Admiral
as King Charles II
Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters
as Narrator
Alien Evolution
as Self / Clemens
Goldeneye
as Ian Fleming
Good Morning, Babylon
as D.W. Griffith
Happy New Year, Colin Burstead
as Uncle Bertie
The Hanging Sun
as Jacob
Century
as Professor Mandry
St George's Day
as Trenchard
Don't Go Breaking My Heart
as Frank
The Magic of the Movies: Behind the Scenes of David Fincher's Mank
as Self
The Making of Gosford Park
as Self (uncredited)
Viy 3: Travel to India
Undertow
as Lyle Yates
The Relics of Buddha
as Narrator (voice)
In the Presence of Mine Enemies
as Captain Richter
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
as Ralph Nickleby
Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'
as Self (archive footage)
Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes
as Sir Henry Carlyle
The Book Of Vision
as Dr. Johan Anmuth
The Liar
as Tickford
The Big Fat Quiz of Telly
as Self - Guest
Master Moley by Royal Invitation
as Mr. James Moley (voice)
Samaná Sunrise
as Noah Blum
Instruments of Darkness
as Duncan
Black and White
as Roderic Chamberlain
The Surgeon
as Dr. Ed Mittlesbay
The Commuter
as The Traffic Warden
Father's Day
as Don
Midnight's Children
as William Methwold
Spitfire
as Narrator (voice)
Lancaster
as Narrator (voice)
Twice Upon a Time
as Battar Master of Ceremonies
The Big Fat Quiz of Telly
as Self
The Muppets Take The O2
as Self
Little Eyolf
as Borghejm
Out of the Shadows
as Michael Hayden
The Mapmaker
as Rowan
The McGuffin
as Paul Hatcher
Consenting Adults
as Jack Wolfenden
That Good Night
as The Visitor
Retrospective
as Jonathan Hoyle
Kabloonak
as Robert Flaherty
Fatal Spring
as Siegfried Sassoon
Paris Connections
as Aleksandr Borinski
Creditors
as Gustaf
Shortcut to Paradise
as Quinn
First Born
as Edward Forester
A Patriot
as Dr. Hastings
Titanic: Birth of a Legend
as Narrator (voice)
Speeches That Shook the World
as Self
Wimbledon Official Film 2017
as Narrator (voice)
Dreams of Leaving
as Colin
The Door
as Thomas Arlington
La valle di pietra
as Surveyor
Jurij
Rainy Day Women
as John Truman
Portrait of the Queen
The Science of Doctor Who
as Self
Chrono-Perambulator
as James 'Dougie' Douglas
The Clerk's Tale
as Ralph
Dickens' Secret Lover
as Self - Narrator (voice)
