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
(2024)
The First Omen
as Father Harris
(2024)
Rumours
as Edison Wolcott
(2024)
Amanece en Samaná
as Noah Blum
(2024)
The Big Fat Quiz of Telly
as Self
(2024)
Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters
as Narrator
(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)
Iron Mask
as Lord Dudley
(2019)
Fanny Lye Deliver'd
as John Lye
(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)
Underworld: Blood Wars
as Thomas
(2016)
Me Before You
as Stephen Traynor
(2016)
Ghostbusters
as Harold Fillmore
(2016)
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
as Mr. Bennet
(2016)
Despite the Falling Snow
as Old Alexander Ivanov
(2015)
Child 44
as Major Grachev
(2015)
Victor Frankenstein
as Frankenstein
(2015)
Woman in Gold
as Sherman
(2015)
Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience
as Tywin Lannister
(2015)
Admiral
as King Charles II
(2015)
Instruments of Darkness
as Duncan
(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)
Justin and the Knights of Valour
as Legantir (voice)
(2013)
Patrick
as Doctor Roget
(2013)
(2013)
The Science of Doctor Who
as Self
(2013)
Father's Day
as Don
(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 Mapmaker
as Rowan
(2012)
The Door
as Thomas Arlington
(2011)
Ironclad
as Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury
(2011)
Your Highness
as King Tallious
(2011)
There Be Dragons
as Solono
(2011)
(2011)
(2010)
(2010)
The Commuter
as The Traffic Warden
(2010)
(2010)
Paris Connections
as Aleksandr Borinski
(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)
(2007)
Consenting Adults
as Jack Wolfenden
(2006)
Scoop
as Mr. Malcolm
(2006)
Starter for 10
as Michael Harbinson
(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)
The Making of 'Gosford Park'
as Self (uncredited)
(2002)
Black and White
as Roderic Chamberlain
(2001)
Gosford Park
as Raymond Stockbridge
(2001)
Dark Blue World
as Wing Commander Bentley
(2001)
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
as Ralph Nickleby
(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)
Pascali's Island
as Anthony Bowles
(1988)
Out of the Shadows
as Michael Hayden
(1988)
First Born
as Edward Forester
(1987)
White Mischief
as Josslyn Hay
(1987)
Good Morning, Babylon
as D.W. Griffith
(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)
Dreams of Leaving
as Colin
(1980)
Fatal Spring
as Siegfried Sassoon
Crew
(2004)
Ladies in Lavender
Screenplay, Director, Executive Producer