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)
(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)
Amanece en Samaná
as Noah Blum
(2023)
(2022)
Against the Ice
as Minister Neergaard
(2022)
The Hanging Sun
as Jacob
(2022)
(2022)
Lancaster
as Narrator (voice)
(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)
The Muppets Take The O2
as Self
(2018)
Happy New Year, Colin Burstead
as Uncle Bertie
(2018)
Spitfire
as Narrator (voice)
(2017)
That Good Night
as The Visitor
(2017)
Wimbledon Official Film 2017
as Narrator (voice)
(2016)
Me Before You
as Stephen Traynor
(2016)
Ghostbusters
as Harold Fillmore
(2016)
Underworld: Blood Wars
as Thomas
(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)
Woman in Gold
as Sherman
(2015)
Admiral
as King Charles II
(2015)
Victor Frankenstein
as Frankenstein
(2015)
Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience
as Tywin Lannister
(2015)
Instruments of Darkness
as Duncan
(2015)
(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)
Father's Day
as Don
(2013)
The Relics of Buddha
as Narrator (voice)
(2013)
The Science of Doctor Who
as Self
(2012)
Underworld: Awakening
as Thomas
(2012)
St George's Day
as Trenchard
(2012)
Midnight's Children
as William Methwold
(2012)
The Door
as Thomas Arlington
(2012)
The Mapmaker
as Rowan
(2011)
Your Highness
as King Tallious
(2011)
Ironclad
as Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury
(2011)
There Be Dragons
as Solono
(2011)
(2011)
(2010)
(2010)
The Commuter
as The Traffic Warden
(2010)
Paris Connections
as Aleksandr Borinski
(2010)
(2010)
The Clerk's Tale
as Ralph
(2008)
Dickens' Secret Lover
as Self - Narrator (voice)
(2007)
The Contractor
as DCS Andrew Windsor
(2007)
(2007)
Consenting Adults
as Jack Wolfenden
(2007)
Intervention
as Private Investigator
(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)
Gosford Park
as Raymond Stockbridge
(2001)
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
as Ralph Nickleby
(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)
Space Truckers
as Nabel / Macanudo
(1996)
Michael Collins
as Soames
(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)
First Born
as Edward Forester
(1988)
Out of the Shadows
as Michael Hayden
(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)
Fatal Spring
as Siegfried Sassoon
(1980)
Dreams of Leaving
as Colin
Crew
(2004)
Ladies in Lavender
Director, Screenplay, Executive Producer