Charles Dance
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1946-10-10 (78 years old)
Place of Birth
Redditch, Worcestershire, England, UK
Charles Dance
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.
Known For
Acting
The Liar
as Tickford
A Patriot
as Dr. Hastings
(2025)
Frankenstein
as Baron Leopold Frankenstein
(2024)
The First Omen
as Father Harris
(2024)
Rumours
as Edison Wolcott
(2024)
Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters
as Narrator
(2024)
The Big Fat Quiz of Telly
as Self
(2024)
Samaná Sunrise
as Noah Blum
(2023)
(2022)
Against the Ice
as Minister Neergaard
(2022)
The Hanging Sun
as Jacob
(2022)
Lancaster
as Narrator (voice)
(2022)
(2021)
The King's Man
as Kitchener
(2021)
The Book of Vision
as Dr. Johan Anmuth
(2021)
(2020)
Mank
as William Randolph Hearst
(2019)
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
as Alan Jonah
(2019)
Fanny Lye Deliver'd
as John Lye
(2019)
Iron Mask
as Lord Dudley
(2019)
Master Moley by Royal Invitation
as Mr. James Moley (voice)
(2018)
Johnny English Strikes Again
as Agent Seven
(2018)
Euphoria
as Mr. Daren
(2018)
Happy New Year, Colin Burstead
as Uncle Bertie
(2018)
Spitfire
as Narrator (voice)
(2018)
The Muppets Take The O2
as Self
(2017)
That Good Night
as The Visitor
(2017)
Wimbledon Official Film 2017
as Narrator (voice)
(2016)
Me Before You
as Stephen Traynor
(2016)
Underworld: Blood Wars
as Thomas
(2016)
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
as Mr. Bennet
(2016)
Ghostbusters
as Harold Fillmore
(2016)
Despite the Falling Snow
as Old Alexander Ivanov
(2015)
Child 44
as Major Grachev
(2015)
Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience
as Tywin Lannister
(2015)
Woman in Gold
as Sherman
(2015)
Victor Frankenstein
as Frankenstein
(2015)
Instruments of Darkness
as Duncan
(2015)
Admiral
as King Charles II
(2014)
The Imitation Game
as Commander Denniston
(2014)
Dracula Untold
as Master Vampire
(2014)
Forbidden Empire
as Lord Dudley
(2014)
Retrospective
as Jonathan Hoyle
(2013)
(2013)
Patrick
as Doctor Roget
(2013)
Justin and the Knights of Valour
as Legantir (voice)
(2013)
Father's Day
as Don
(2013)
The Science of Doctor Who
as Self
(2013)
The Relics of Buddha
as Narrator (voice)
(2012)
Underworld: Awakening
as Thomas
(2012)
Midnight's Children
as William Methwold
(2012)
St George's Day
as Trenchard
(2012)
The Door
as Thomas Arlington
(2012)
The Mapmaker
as Rowan
(2011)
Ironclad
as Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury
(2011)
Your Highness
as King Tallious
(2011)
There Be Dragons
as Solono
(2011)
(2011)
(2010)
Paris Connections
as Aleksandr Borinski
(2010)
(2010)
(2010)
The Commuter
as The Traffic Warden
(2010)
The Clerk's Tale
as Ralph
(2008)
Dickens' Secret Lover
as Self - Narrator (voice)
(2007)
The Contractor
as DCS Andrew Windsor
(2007)
Intervention
as Private Investigator
(2007)
Consenting Adults
as Jack Wolfenden
(2007)
(2006)
Starter for 10
as Michael Harbinson
(2006)
Scoop
as Mr. Malcolm
(2006)
Twice Upon a Time
as Battar Master of Ceremonies
(2005)
Titanic: Birth of a Legend
as Narrator (voice)
(2004)
Saint John Bosco Mission to Love
as Marchese Clementi
(2003)
Swimming Pool
as John Bosload
(2003)
Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'
as Self (archive footage)
(2002)
Ali G Indahouse
as Deputy Prime Minister David Carlton
(2002)
Black and White
as Roderic Chamberlain
(2002)
The Making of 'Gosford Park'
as Self (uncredited)
(2001)
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
as Ralph Nickleby
(2001)
Gosford Park
as Raymond Stockbridge
(2001)
Dark Blue World
as Wing Commander Bentley
(2001)
Alien Evolution
as Self / Clemens
(2001)
(2000)
Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes
as Sir Henry Carlyle
(1999)
Don't Go Breaking My Heart
as Frank
(1999)
Chrono-Perambulator
as James 'Dougie' Douglas
(1998)
Hilary and Jackie
as Derek Du Pré
(1998)
What Rats Won't Do
as Gerald Burton Jr
(1997)
The Blood Oranges
as Cyril
(1997)
In the Presence of Mine Enemies
as Captain Richter
(1996)
Michael Collins
as Soames
(1996)
Space Truckers
as Nabel / Macanudo
(1996)
Undertow
as Lyle Yates
(1995)
The Surgeon
as Dr. Ed Mittlesbay
(1994)
China Moon
as Rupert Munro
(1994)
Kabloonak
as Robert Flaherty
(1994)
Shortcut to Paradise
as Quinn
(1993)
Last Action Hero
as Benedict
(1993)
Century
as Professor Mandry
(1992)
Alien³
as Clemens
(1992)
La valle di pietra
as Surveyor
(1989)
Goldeneye
as Ian Fleming
(1988)
Out of the Shadows
as Michael Hayden
(1988)
Pascali's Island
as Anthony Bowles
(1988)
First Born
as Edward Forester
(1987)
Good Morning, Babylon
as D.W. Griffith
(1987)
White Mischief
as Josslyn Hay
(1987)
Hidden City
as James Richards
(1986)
The Golden Child
as Sardo Numspa
(1986)
The McGuffin
as Paul Hatcher
(1985)
Plenty
as Raymond Brock
(1984)
Rainy Day Women
as John Truman
(1982)
Little Eyolf
as Borghejm
(1981)
For Your Eyes Only
as Claus
(1980)
Fatal Spring
as Siegfried Sassoon
(1980)
Dreams of Leaving
as Colin
Crew
(2004)
Ladies in Lavender
Director, Screenplay, Executive Producer