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.
★7.6
MOVIE2025
Frankenstein
as Leopold Frankenstein
★7.9
MOVIE2016
Me Before You
as Stephen Traynor
★6.1
MOVIE2025
Wildcat
as Frasier Mahoney
★8.0
MOVIE2014
The Imitation Game
as Commander Denniston
★6.7
MOVIE2019
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
as Alan Jonah
★6.0
MOVIE2026
Ladies First
as Fred Powell
★6.7
MOVIE2021
The King's Man
as Kitchener
★5.3
MOVIE2016
Ghostbusters
as Harold Fillmore
MOVIE2028
The Batman: Part II
as Charles Dent
★6.4
MOVIE1992
Alien³
as Clemens
★6.1
MOVIE2019
Iron Mask
as Lord Dudley
★6.3
MOVIE2018
Johnny English Strikes Again
as Agent Seven
★6.8
MOVIE2024
The First Omen
as Father Harris
★5.9
MOVIE2016
Underworld: Blood Wars
as Thomas
★6.5
MOVIE1981
For Your Eyes Only
as Claus
★6.3
MOVIE2015
Child 44
as Major Grachev
★6.3
MOVIE2012
Underworld: Awakening
as Thomas
★6.5
MOVIE2014
Dracula Untold
as Master Vampire
★6.5
MOVIE1993
Last Action Hero
as Benedict
★6.2
MOVIE2016
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
as Mr. Bennet
★5.5
MOVIE2007
The Contractor
as DCS Andrew Windsor
★6.0
MOVIE2015
Victor Frankenstein
as Frankenstein
★6.5
MOVIE2003
Swimming Pool
as John Bosload
★5.9
MOVIE1986
The Golden Child
as Sardo Numspa
★6.2
MOVIE2011
Ironclad
as Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury
★6.8
MOVIE2001
Gosford Park
as Raymond Stockbridge
★5.3
MOVIE2011
Your Highness
as King Tallious
★6.7
MOVIE2020
Mank
as William Randolph Hearst
★6.1
MOVIE2002
Ali G Indahouse
as Deputy Prime Minister David Carlton
★6.3
MOVIE2018
Euphoria
as Mr. Daren
★7.3
MOVIE2015
Woman in Gold
as Sherman
★6.1
MOVIE1994
China Moon
as Rupert Munro
★6.6
MOVIE2006
Scoop
as Mr. Malcolm
★5.9
MOVIE2014
Forbidden Empire
as Lord Dudley
★5.9
MOVIE2013
Justin and the Knights of Valour
as Legantir (voice)
★6.8
MOVIE2022
Against the Ice
as Minister Neergaard
★6.4
MOVIE2006
Starter for 10
as Michael Harbinson
★5.4
MOVIE1996
Space Truckers
as Nabel / Macanudo
★6.4
MOVIE1988
Pascali's Island
as Anthony Bowles
★6.9
MOVIE1996
Michael Collins
as Soames
★6.6
MOVIE1998
Hilary and Jackie
as Derek du Pré
★8.2
MOVIE2024
Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters
as Narrator
★6.1
MOVIE1987
White Mischief
as Josslyn Hay
★6.5
MOVIE2015
Admiral
as King Charles II
★4.9
MOVIE2024
Rumours
as Edison Wolcott
★5.1
MOVIE2011
There Be Dragons
as Solono
★5.7
MOVIE2016
Despite the Falling Snow
as Old Alexander Ivanov
★5.2
MOVIE1995
The Surgeon
as Dr. Ed Mittlesbay
★6.0
MOVIE2021
The Book Of Vision
as Dr. Johan Anmuth
★6.5
MOVIE2012
The Mapmaker
as Rowan
★6.3
MOVIE2019
Fanny Lye Deliver'd
as John Lye
★5.7
MOVIE1985
Plenty
as Raymond Brock
★5.0
MOVIE1998
What Rats Won't Do
as Gerald Burton Jr
★5.4
MOVIE2012
Midnight's Children
as William Methwold
★4.9
MOVIE2013
Patrick
as Doctor Roget
MOVIE2026
The Big Fat Quiz of Telly
as Self - Guest
★3.9
MOVIE1997
The Blood Oranges
as Cyril
★4.7
MOVIE2012
St George's Day
as Trenchard
★6.9
MOVIE2001
Dark Blue World
as Wing Commander Bentley
★6.9
MOVIE2017
That Good Night
as The Visitor
★8.3
MOVIE2018
The Muppets Take The O2
as Self
★8.6
MOVIE2015
Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience
as Tywin Lannister
★8.0
MOVIE2015
Instruments of Darkness
as Duncan
★5.5
MOVIE2013
Father's Day
as Don
★7.2
MOVIE2018
Spitfire
as Narrator (voice)
★6.2
MOVIE2002
Black and White
as Roderic Chamberlain
★7.8
MOVIE2003
Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'
as Self (archive footage)
★5.6
MOVIE2022
The Hanging Sun
as Jacob
★6.8
MOVIE2004
Saint John Bosco Mission to Love
as Marchese Clementi
★6.8
MOVIE2022
Lancaster
as Narrator (voice)
★5.5
MOVIE2007
Intervention
as Private Investigator
★6.1
MOVIE1987
Good Morning, Babylon
as D.W. Griffith
★5.4
MOVIE1994
Shortcut to Paradise
as Quinn
★5.3
MOVIE2002
The Making of Gosford Park
as Self (uncredited)
MOVIE2025
Creditors
as Gustaf
★5.9
MOVIE2001
Alien Evolution
as Self / Clemens
MOVIE2014
Retrospective
as Jonathan Hoyle
★6.4
MOVIE2018
Happy New Year, Colin Burstead
as Uncle Bertie
★5.7
MOVIE1997
In the Presence of Mine Enemies
as Captain Richter
MOVIETBA
Viy 3: Travel to India
★7.6
MOVIE2001
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
as Ralph Nickleby
★5.9
MOVIE1989
Goldeneye
as Ian Fleming
★5.7
MOVIE2024
Samaná Sunrise
as Noah Blum
MOVIE2010
The Clerk's Tale
as Ralph
MOVIE2024
The Big Fat Quiz of Telly
as Self
★3.3
MOVIE2010
Paris Connections
as Aleksandr Borinski
★7.0
MOVIE1982
Little Eyolf
as Borghejm
MOVIE2013
The Relics of Buddha
as Narrator (voice)
★5.9
MOVIE2006
Twice Upon a Time
as Battar Master of Ceremonies
★5.2
MOVIE1999
Don't Go Breaking My Heart
as Frank
★5.0
MOVIE2007
Consenting Adults
as Jack Wolfenden
★7.0
MOVIE1992
La valle di pietra
as Surveyor
★5.4
MOVIE1987
Hidden City
as James Richards
★5.8
MOVIE2019
Master Moley by Royal Invitation
as Mr. James Moley (voice)
★6.5
MOVIE1986
The McGuffin
as Paul Hatcher
MOVIE2021
The Magic of the Movies: Behind the Scenes of David Fincher's Mank
as Self
MOVIE1980
Fatal Spring
as Siegfried Sassoon
★5.7
MOVIE1996
Undertow
as Lyle Yates
★5.1
MOVIE1993
Century
as Professor Mandry
★6.5
MOVIE1988
Out of the Shadows
as Michael Hayden
★7.0
MOVIE1980
Dreams of Leaving
as Colin
MOVIETBA
The Liar
as Tickford
★7.7
MOVIE2005
Titanic: Birth of a Legend
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE2007
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
as Self
★8.0
MOVIE2000
Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes
as Sir Henry Carlyle
★6.0
MOVIE2022
Portrait of the Queen
★5.5
MOVIE2010
The Commuter
as The Traffic Warden
MOVIE2013
Speeches That Shook the World
as Self
MOVIE2008
Dickens' Secret Lover
as Self - Narrator (voice)
★7.0
MOVIE2023
Savage Waters
★7.3
MOVIE2013
The Science of Doctor Who
as Self
MOVIETBA
A Patriot
as Dr. Hastings
★7.5
MOVIE1994
Kabloonak
as Robert Flaherty
★5.5
MOVIE2017
Wimbledon Official Film 2017
as Narrator (voice)
★10.0
MOVIE1999
Chrono-Perambulator
as James 'Dougie' Douglas
★7.0
MOVIE1984
Rainy Day Women
as John Truman
MOVIE2012
The Door
as Thomas Arlington
★7.0
MOVIE1988
First Born
as Edward Forester
★8.0
MOVIE2001