Charles Dance
Known for Acting · 190 credits
- Born
- 1946-10-10 (age 79)
- Place of birth
- Redditch, Worcestershire, England, UK
- Also known as
- Walter Charles Dance · Волтер Чарльз Денс
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.
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Known For
TV Shows (71)
Game of Thrones
2011
as Tywin Lannister
The Crown
2016
as Lord Mountbatten
Top Gear
2002
as Self
Play for Today
1970
The Sandman
2022
as Roderick Burgess
Natural World
1983
The One Show
2006
as Self
Merlin
2008
as Aredian
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004
as Septimus Bligh
The Flying Doctors
1986
as Minister
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Borghejm
The Day of the Jackal
2024
as Timothy Winthrop
Screen Two
1985
as Paul Hatcher / Professor Mandry
Playhouse
1974
as Siegfried Sassoon
Foyle's War
2002
as Guy Spencer
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
as Robert Smythe
The Professionals
1977
as Parker
Would I Lie to You?
2007
as Self
Film '72
1971
as Self
Strike Back
2010
as Conrad Knox
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
2011
as Self - Participant
An Audience with...
1978
as Self
Room 101
1994
as Self
Who Do You Think You Are?
2004
as Self
And Then There Were None
2015
as Justice Lawrence Wargrave
Moley
2021
as Mr. Moley (voice)
Bleak House
2005
as Mr. Tulkinghorn
Rabbit Hole
2023
as Dr. Ben Wilson
The Serpent Queen
2022
as Clement VII
Rise of Empires: Ottoman
2020
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Childhood's End
2015
as Karellen
Jam and Jerusalem
2006
as Self
Testament: The Story of Moses
2024
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Father Brown
1974
as Commandant Neil O'Brien
The Jewel in the Crown
1984
as Guy Perron
The Little Drummer Girl
2018
as Commander Picton
The Widow
2019
as Martin Benson
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
2000
Fingersmith
2005
as Mr. Chistopher Lilly
Raffles
1977
The Great Fire
2014
as Lord Denton
To the Ends of the Earth
2005
as Sir Henry Somerset
Savage Kingdom
2016
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Going Postal
2010
as Lord Vetinari
Deadline Gallipoli
2015
as Sir Ian Hamilton
Henry VIII
2003
as Edward Stafford
Neverland
2011
as Dr. Fludd
Churchill at War
2024
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Dan Dare: Pilot of the Future
2002
as Colonel Simon Lasker (voice)
Trinity
2009
as Dr. Edmund Maltravers
This England
2022
as Max Hastings
Hang Ups
2018
as Jeremy Pitt
The Singapore Grip
2020
as Mr Webb
The Phantom of the Opera
1990
as Erik/The Phantom
Secret State
2012
as John Hodder
Time for Murder
1985
as James Latimer
Out on a Limb
1987
as Gerry Stamford
The Woman in White
2018
as Frederick Fairlie
Saint John Bosco Mission to Love
2004
as Marchese Clementi
Last Rights
2005
as Richard Wheeler
Movies (119)
Frankenstein
2025
as Leopold Frankenstein
Me Before You
2016
as Stephen Traynor
Wildcat
2025
as Frasier Mahoney
The Imitation Game
2014
as Commander Denniston
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
2019
as Alan Jonah
Ladies First
2026
as Fred Powell
The King's Man
2021
as Kitchener
Ghostbusters
2016
as Harold Fillmore
The Batman: Part II
2028
as Charles Dent
Alien³
1992
as Clemens
Iron Mask
2019
as Lord Dudley
Johnny English Strikes Again
2018
as Agent Seven
The First Omen
2024
as Father Harris
Underworld: Blood Wars
2016
as Thomas
For Your Eyes Only
1981
as Claus
Child 44
2015
as Major Grachev
Underworld: Awakening
2012
as Thomas
Dracula Untold
2014
as Master Vampire
Last Action Hero
1993
as Benedict
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
2016
as Mr. Bennet
The Contractor
2007
as DCS Andrew Windsor
Victor Frankenstein
2015
as Frankenstein
Swimming Pool
2003
as John Bosload
The Golden Child
1986
as Sardo Numspa
Ironclad
2011
as Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury
Gosford Park
2001
as Raymond Stockbridge
Your Highness
2011
as King Tallious
Mank
2020
as William Randolph Hearst
Ali G Indahouse
2002
as Deputy Prime Minister David Carlton
Euphoria
2018
as Mr. Daren
Woman in Gold
2015
as Sherman
China Moon
1994
as Rupert Munro
Scoop
2006
as Mr. Malcolm
Forbidden Empire
2014
as Lord Dudley
Justin and the Knights of Valour
2013
as Legantir (voice)
Against the Ice
2022
as Minister Neergaard
Starter for 10
2006
as Michael Harbinson
Space Truckers
1996
as Nabel / Macanudo
Pascali's Island
1988
as Anthony Bowles
Michael Collins
1996
as Soames
Hilary and Jackie
1998
as Derek du Pré
Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters
2024
as Narrator
White Mischief
1987
as Josslyn Hay
Admiral
2015
as King Charles II
Rumours
2024
as Edison Wolcott
There Be Dragons
2011
as Solono
Despite the Falling Snow
2016
as Old Alexander Ivanov
The Surgeon
1995
as Dr. Ed Mittlesbay
The Book Of Vision
2021
as Dr. Johan Anmuth
The Mapmaker
2012
as Rowan
Fanny Lye Deliver'd
2019
as John Lye
Plenty
1985
as Raymond Brock
What Rats Won't Do
1998
as Gerald Burton Jr
Midnight's Children
2012
as William Methwold
Patrick
2013
as Doctor Roget
The Big Fat Quiz of Telly
2026
as Self - Guest
The Blood Oranges
1997
as Cyril
St George's Day
2012
as Trenchard
Dark Blue World
2001
as Wing Commander Bentley
That Good Night
2017
as The Visitor
The Muppets Take The O2
2018
as Self
Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience
2015
as Tywin Lannister
Instruments of Darkness
2015
as Duncan
Father's Day
2013
as Don
Spitfire
2018
as Narrator (voice)
Black and White
2002
as Roderic Chamberlain
Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'
2003
as Self (archive footage)
The Hanging Sun
2022
as Jacob
Saint John Bosco Mission to Love
2004
as Marchese Clementi
Lancaster
2022
as Narrator (voice)
Intervention
2007
as Private Investigator
Good Morning, Babylon
1987
as D.W. Griffith
Shortcut to Paradise
1994
as Quinn
The Making of Gosford Park
2002
as Self (uncredited)
Creditors
2025
as Gustaf
Alien Evolution
2001
as Self / Clemens
Retrospective
2014
as Jonathan Hoyle
Happy New Year, Colin Burstead
2018
as Uncle Bertie
In the Presence of Mine Enemies
1997
as Captain Richter
Viy 3: Travel to India
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
2001
as Ralph Nickleby
Goldeneye
1989
as Ian Fleming
Samaná Sunrise
2024
as Noah Blum
The Clerk's Tale
2010
as Ralph
The Big Fat Quiz of Telly
2024
as Self
Paris Connections
2010
as Aleksandr Borinski
Little Eyolf
1982
as Borghejm
The Relics of Buddha
2013
as Narrator (voice)
Twice Upon a Time
2006
as Battar Master of Ceremonies
Don't Go Breaking My Heart
1999
as Frank
Consenting Adults
2007
as Jack Wolfenden
La valle di pietra
1992
as Surveyor
Hidden City
1987
as James Richards
Master Moley by Royal Invitation
2019
as Mr. James Moley (voice)
The McGuffin
1986
as Paul Hatcher
The Magic of the Movies: Behind the Scenes of David Fincher's Mank
2021
as Self
Fatal Spring
1980
as Siegfried Sassoon
Undertow
1996
as Lyle Yates
Century
1993
as Professor Mandry
Out of the Shadows
1988
as Michael Hayden
Dreams of Leaving
1980
as Colin
The Liar
as Tickford
Titanic: Birth of a Legend
2005
as Narrator (voice)
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
2007
as Self
Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes
2000
as Sir Henry Carlyle
Portrait of the Queen
2022
The Commuter
2010
as The Traffic Warden
Speeches That Shook the World
2013
as Self
Dickens' Secret Lover
2008
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Savage Waters
2023
The Science of Doctor Who
2013
as Self
A Patriot
as Dr. Hastings
Kabloonak
1994
as Robert Flaherty
Wimbledon Official Film 2017
2017
as Narrator (voice)
Chrono-Perambulator
1999
as James 'Dougie' Douglas
Rainy Day Women
1984
as John Truman
The Door
2012
as Thomas Arlington
First Born
1988
as Edward Forester
Jurij
2001
About Charles Dance
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… With 190 credits spanning from 1965 to 2028, Charles Dance has appeared in 119 films and 71 TV shows.
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Most Popular Charles Dance Movies
- Frankenstein (2025) — as Leopold Frankenstein
- Me Before You (2016) — as Stephen Traynor
- Wildcat (2025) — as Frasier Mahoney
- The Imitation Game (2014) — as Commander Denniston
- Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) — as Alan Jonah
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