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Charles Dance

Charles Dance

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

10/10/1946

Age

79 years old

Place of Birth

Redditch, Worcestershire, England, UK

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 Wid... Read More

Known For

Rumours

Rumours

Savage Waters

Savage Waters

The Hanging Sun

The Hanging Sun

Lancaster

Lancaster

Master Moley by Royal Invitation

Master Moley by Royal Invitation

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

Instruments of Darkness

Instruments of Darkness

Woman in Gold

Woman in Gold

Admiral

Admiral

Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience

Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience

Filmography

Cast

2024

Rumours

as Edison Wolcott

2023

Savage Waters

2022

The Hanging Sun

as Jacob

2022

Lancaster

as Narrator (voice)

2019

Master Moley by Royal Invitation

as Mr. James Moley (voice)

2016

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

as Mr. Bennet

2015

Instruments of Darkness

as Duncan

2015

Woman in Gold

as Sherman

2015

Admiral

as King Charles II

2015

Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience

as Tywin Lannister

2014

The Imitation Game

as Commander Denniston

2014

Dracula Untold

as Master Vampire

2013

The Science of Doctor Who

as Self

2013

Patrick

as Doctor Roget

2013

Justin and the Knights of Valour

as Legantir (voice)

2013

The Relics of Buddha

as Narrator (voice)

2012

St George's Day

as Trenchard

2012

Underworld: Awakening

as Thomas

2011

Your Highness

as King Tallious

2011

There Be Dragons

as Solono

2011

Ironclad

as Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbur...

2010

Paris Connections

as Aleksandr Borinski

2007

Consenting Adults

as Jack Wolfenden

2007

The Contractor

as DCS Andrew Windsor

2007

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

as Self

2006

Twice Upon a Time

as Battar Master of Ceremonies

2006

Starter for 10

as Michael Harbinson

2005

Titanic: Birth of a Legend

as Narrator (voice)

2004

Saint John Bosco Mission to Love

as Marchese Clementi

2003

Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'

as Self (archive footage)

2003

Swimming Pool

as John Bosload

2002

Ali G Indahouse

as Deputy Prime Minister David Carlton

2001

Gosford Park

as Raymond Stockbridge

2001

Alien Evolution

as Self / Clemens

2001

Jurij

2001

Dark Blue World

as Wing Commander Bentley

2001

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nick...

as Ralph Nickleby

2000

Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of She...

as Sir Henry Carlyle

1999

Don't Go Breaking My Heart

as Frank

1998

Hilary and Jackie

as Derek Du Pré

1997

The Blood Oranges

as Cyril

1997

In the Presence of Mine Enemies

as Captain Richter

1996

Space Truckers

as Nabel / Macanudo

1996

Undertow

as Lyle Yates

1995

The Surgeon

as Dr. Ed Mittlesbay

1994

Shortcut to Paradise

as Quinn

1994

China Moon

as Rupert Munro

1993

Century

as Professor Mandry

1993

Last Action Hero

as Benedict

1992

Alien³

as Clemens

1989

Goldeneye

as Ian Fleming

1988

Out of the Shadows

as Michael Hayden

1988

Pascali's Island

as Anthony Bowles

1987

White Mischief

as Josslyn Hay

1987

Good Morning, Babylon

as D.W. Griffith

1986

The Golden Child

as Sardo Numspa

1985

Plenty

as Raymond Brock

1982

Little Eyolf

as Borghejm

1981

For Your Eyes Only

as Claus

2025

Frankenstein

2024

Amanece en Samaná

as Noah Blum

2024

Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters

as Narrator

2024

The Big Fat Quiz of Telly

as Self

2024

The First Omen

as Father Harris

2022

Portrait of the Queen

2022

Against the Ice

as Minister Neergaard

2021

The King's Man

as Kitchener

2021

The Book of Vision

as Dr. Johan Anmuth

2021

The Magic of the Movies: Behind the Scen...

as Self

2020

Mank

as William Randolph Hearst

2019

Fanny Lye Deliver'd

as John Lye

2019

Iron Mask

as Lord Dudley

2019

Godzilla: King of the Monsters

as Alan Jonah

2018

Happy New Year, Colin Burstead

as Uncle Bertie

2018

Johnny English Strikes Again

as Agent Seven

2018

Spitfire

as Narrator (voice)

2018

The Muppets Take The O2

as Self

2018

Euphoria

as Mr. Daren

2017

Wimbledon Official Film 2017

as Narrator (voice)

2017

That Good Night

as The Visitor

2016

Underworld: Blood Wars

as Thomas

2016

Ghostbusters

as Harold Fillmore

2016

Me Before You

as Stephen Traynor

2016

Despite the Falling Snow

as Old Alexander Ivanov

2015

Woman in Gold

2015

Victor Frankenstein

as Frankenstein

2015

Child 44

as Major Grachev

2014

Retrospective

as Jonathan Hoyle

2014

Forbidden Empire

as Lord Dudley

2013

Speeches That Shook the World

as Self

2013

Father's Day

as Don

2012

The Door

as Thomas Arlington

2012

The Mapmaker

as Rowan

2012

Midnight's Children

as William Methwold

2011

Rosamunde Pilcher: Shades of Love-The Re...

2011

Rosamunde Pilcher: Shades of Love-The Sc...

2010

Rosamunde Pilcher: Shades of Love-Family...

2010

Rosamunde Pilcher: Shades of Love-A Heal...

2010

The Commuter

as The Traffic Warden

2010

The Clerk's Tale

as Ralph

2008

Dickens' Secret Lover

as Self - Narrator (voice)

2007

Intervention

as Private Investigator

2006

Scoop

as Mr. Malcolm

2002

Black and White

as Roderic Chamberlain

2002

The Making of 'Gosford Park'

as Self (uncredited)

1999

Chrono-Perambulator

as James 'Dougie' Douglas

1998

What Rats Won't Do

as Gerald Burton Jr

1996

Michael Collins

as Soames

1994

Kabloonak

as Robert Flaherty

1992

La valle di pietra

as Surveyor

1988

First Born

as Edward Forester

1987

Hidden City

as James Richards

1986

The McGuffin

as Paul Hatcher

1984

Rainy Day Women

as John Truman

1980

Fatal Spring

as Siegfried Sassoon

1980

Dreams of Leaving

as Colin

Crew

2004

Ladies in Lavender

as Director

2004

Ladies in Lavender

as Screenplay

2004

Ladies in Lavender

as Executive Producer