Charles Dance
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1946-10-10
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.
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The Golden Child
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The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
Feb 03, 2007
For Your Eyes Only
Jun 24, 1981
Gosford Park
Dec 26, 2001
Twice Upon a Time
Nov 08, 2006
Alien³
May 22, 1992
China Moon
Mar 04, 1994
Last Action Hero
Jun 18, 1993
Plenty
Sep 20, 1985
Starter for 10
Sep 13, 2006
White Mischief
Nov 10, 1987
There Be Dragons
Mar 25, 2011
Dark Blue World
May 17, 2001
Your Highness
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Ironclad
Mar 03, 2011
Good Morning, Babylon
May 13, 1987
Hilary and Jackie
Dec 30, 1998
Underworld: Awakening
Jan 19, 2012
The Relics of Buddha
Jan 01, 2013
Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'
Dec 02, 2003
In the Presence of Mine Enemies
Apr 20, 1997
Don't Go Breaking My Heart
Feb 12, 1999
Saint John Bosco Mission to Love
Sep 22, 2004
Goldeneye
Aug 26, 1989
The Blood Oranges
Sep 07, 1997
St George's Day
Sep 07, 2012
Justin and the Knights of Valour
Aug 09, 2013
Pascali's Island
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The Surgeon
Jan 13, 1995
Master Moley by Royal Invitation
Nov 16, 2019
Alien Evolution
Oct 12, 2001
Consenting Adults
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Shortcut to Paradise
Aug 14, 1994
Patrick
Oct 15, 2013
Instruments of Darkness
Nov 10, 2015
The Hanging Sun
Sep 12, 2022
The Contractor
Jul 10, 2007
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Oct 27, 2023
Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes
Jan 05, 2000
Paris Connections
Sep 06, 2010
The Science of Doctor Who
Nov 14, 2013
The Imitation Game
Nov 14, 2014
Space Truckers
Oct 04, 1996
Out of the Shadows
Sep 02, 1988
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
Apr 08, 2001
Ali G Indahouse
Mar 21, 2002
Little Eyolf
Jul 19, 1982
Jurij
Aug 06, 2001
Undertow
Mar 26, 1996
Century
Dec 31, 1993
Dracula Untold
Oct 01, 2014
Titanic: Birth of a Legend
May 05, 2005
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Feb 04, 2016
Admiral
Jan 29, 2015
Woman in Gold
Mar 20, 2015
Lancaster
May 27, 2022
Rumours
Jul 01, 2024
Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience
Jan 29, 2015
A Patriot
Frankenstein
Nov 01, 2025
Portrait of the Queen
Nov 22, 2022
Black and White
Oct 31, 2002
Child 44
Mar 15, 2015
Midnight's Children
Aug 31, 2012
Me Before You
Jun 01, 2016
The McGuffin
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The Magic of the Movies: Behind the Scenes of David Fincher's Mank
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The First Omen
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Father's Day
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Despite the Falling Snow
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The Mapmaker
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Underworld: Blood Wars
Nov 24, 2016
Scoop
Jul 27, 2006
Forbidden Empire
Jan 30, 2014
Retrospective
Jul 14, 2014
Ghostbusters
Jul 14, 2016
Euphoria
Feb 01, 2018
The Clerk's Tale
May 20, 2010
Michael Collins
Oct 25, 1996
Dickens' Secret Lover
Jun 16, 2008
Iron Mask
Aug 16, 2019
Victor Frankenstein
Nov 10, 2015
Kabloonak
Jan 01, 1994
Amanece en Samaná
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The Commuter
Oct 26, 2010
Dreams of Leaving
Jan 17, 1980
Hidden City
Jun 24, 1987
Fanny Lye Deliver'd
Oct 10, 2019
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
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That Good Night
Jun 20, 2017
Rosamunde Pilcher: Shades of Love-Family Secret
Dec 25, 2010
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The Book of Vision
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Happy New Year, Colin Burstead
Oct 11, 2018
Rainy Day Women
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Speeches That Shook the World
Nov 06, 2013
The Door
Oct 12, 2012
Spitfire
Jul 20, 2018
Johnny English Strikes Again
Sep 13, 2018
Wimbledon Official Film 2017
Oct 23, 2017
The King's Man
Dec 22, 2021
Chrono-Perambulator
Dec 12, 1999
Mank
Nov 13, 2020
La valle di pietra
Jan 01, 1992
The Muppets Take The O2
Jul 13, 2018
What Rats Won't Do
Jul 01, 1998
The Making of 'Gosford Park'
Jun 18, 2002
The Liar
Viy 3: Travel to India
Against the Ice
Feb 10, 2022
Intervention
Jan 01, 2007
Fatal Spring
Nov 07, 1980
Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters
Oct 31, 2024
Ladies First
The Big Fat Quiz of Telly
Aug 23, 2024
Woman in Gold
Nov 18, 2015
Game of Thrones
Apr 17, 2011
The One Show
Aug 14, 2006
Tales of the Unexpected
Mar 24, 1979
The Professionals
Dec 30, 1977
Bleak House
Oct 27, 2005
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
Mar 18, 2000
The Jewel in the Crown
Jan 09, 1984
Foyle's War
Oct 27, 2002
Trinity
Sep 20, 2009
Fallen Angel
Mar 11, 2007
Going Postal
May 30, 2010
Raffles
Feb 25, 1977
Trial & Retribution
Oct 19, 1997
Play for Today
Oct 15, 1970
Fingersmith
Mar 27, 2005
Rebecca
Jan 05, 1997
Natural World
Oct 30, 1983
Neverland
Dec 04, 2011
Father Brown
Sep 26, 1974
Drama Trails
Aug 01, 2010
Strike Back
May 05, 2010
Secret State
Nov 07, 2012
Would I Lie to You?
Jun 16, 2007
Who Do You Think You Are?
Oct 12, 2004
Childhood's End
Dec 14, 2015
The Phantom of the Opera
Mar 18, 1990
And Then There Were None
Dec 26, 2015
Merlin
Sep 20, 2008
Edward the Seventh
Apr 01, 1975
Deadline Gallipoli
Apr 19, 2015
Moley
Oct 06, 2021
Rosamunde Pilcher's Shades of Love
Apr 24, 2011
An Audience with...
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To the Ends of the Earth
Jul 06, 2005
The Flying Doctors
May 15, 1986
The Crown
Nov 04, 2016
Out on a Limb
Jan 18, 1987
Savage Kingdom
Nov 25, 2016
Rabbit Hole
Mar 26, 2023
The Great Fire
Oct 16, 2014
Nancy Astor
Feb 10, 1982
Room 101
Jul 04, 1994
The Woman in White
Apr 22, 2018
The Widow
Feb 28, 2019
The Sandman
Aug 05, 2022
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Oct 24, 2011
Testament: The Story of Moses
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Henry VIII
Oct 12, 2003
This England
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Time for Murder
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The Serpent Queen
Sep 11, 2022
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Dec 12, 2004
Rise of Empires: Ottoman
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Screen Two
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The Singapore Grip
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The Little Drummer Girl
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Aug 08, 2018
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Top Gear
Oct 20, 2002
The Day of the Jackal
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Playhouse
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