Charles Dance
- Acting
- October 10, 1946 · Redditch, Worcestershire, England, UK
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.
Known for
Filmography
- The Batman: Part II · Christopher Dent
- My Duchess · Lord Mountbatten
- Ladies First · Fred Powell
- The Big Fat Quiz of Telly · Self
- Wildcat · Frasier Mahoney
- Frankenstein · Leopold Frankenstein
- Creditors · Gustaf
- Washington Black · James Wilde
- Churchill at War · Self
- Renaissance: The Blood and the Beauty · Old Michaelangelo
- Samaná Sunrise · Noah Blum
- The Day of the Jackal · Timothy Winthrop
- Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters · Narrator
- Rumours · Edison Wolcott
- The First Omen · Father Harris
- Testament: The Story of Moses · Self
- Savage Waters · Narrator
- Rabbit Hole · Dr. Ben Wilson
- Portrait of the Queen · Narrator
- This England · Max Hastings
- The Hanging Sun · Jacob
- The Serpent Queen · Clement VII
- The Sandman · Roderick Burgess
- Lancaster · Narrator (Voice)
- Against the Ice · Minister Neergaard
- The King's Man · Kitchener
- Moley · Mr. Moley (Voice)
- The Book Of Vision · Dr. Johan Anmuth
- The Magic of the Movies: Behind the Scenes of David Fincher's Mank · Self
- Mank · William Randolph Hearst
- The Singapore Grip · Mr Webb
- Rise of Empires: Ottoman · Self
- Master Moley by Royal Invitation · Mr. James Moley (Voice)
- Fanny Lye Deliver'd · John Lye
- Iron Mask · Lord Dudley
- Godzilla: King of the Monsters · Alan Jonah
- The Widow · Martin Benson
- The Little Drummer Girl · Commander Picton
- Happy New Year, Colin Burstead · Uncle Bertie
- Johnny English Strikes Again · Agent Seven
- Hero · Charles Reynard
- Hang Ups · Jeremy Pitt
- Spitfire · Narrator (Voice)
- The Muppets Take The O2 · Self
- The Woman in White · Mr Fairle
- Euphoria · Mr. Daren
- Wimbledon Official Film 2017 · Narrator (Voice)
- That Good Night · The Visitor
- Savage Kingdom · Self
- Underworld: Blood Wars · Thomas
- The Crown · Lord Mountbatten
- Ghostbusters · Harold Fillmore
- Me Before You · Stephen Traynor
- Pride and Prejudice and Zombies · Mr. Bennet
- Despite the Falling Snow · Old Alexander Ivanov
- And Then There Were None · Justice Lawrence Wargrave
- Childhood's End · Karellen
- Instruments of Darkness · Duncan
- Victor Frankenstein · Frankenstein
- Deadline Gallipoli · Sir Ian Hamilton
- Woman in Gold · Sherman
- Child 44 · Major Grachev
- Admiral · King Charles II
- Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience · Tywin Lannister
- The Imitation Game · Commander Denniston
- The Great Fire · Lord Denton
- Dracula Untold · Master Vampire
- Retrospective · Jonathan Hoyle
- Forbidden Empire · Lord Dudley
- The Science of Doctor Who · Self
- Speeches That Shook the World · Self
- Patrick · Doctor Roget
- Was It Something I Said? · Self
- Justin and the Knights of Valour · Legantir (Voice)
- Father's Day · Don
- Common Ground · Floyd
- The Relics of Buddha · Narrator (Voice)
- Secret State · John Hodder
- The Door · Thomas Arlington
- The Mapmaker · Rowan