Charles Dance
ActingAlso Known As
Walter Charles Dance, Волтер Чарльз Денс
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.
Movies
(123 total)
The Imitation Game
as Commander Denniston
Me Before You
as Stephen Traynor
Ghostbusters
as Harold Fillmore
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
as Alan Jonah
Dracula Untold
as Master Vampire
Alien³
as Clemens
The King's Man
as Kitchener
Underworld: Awakening
as Thomas
Underworld: Blood Wars
as Thomas
Frankenstein
as Leopold Frankenstein
Last Action Hero
as Benedict
Johnny English Strikes Again
as Agent Seven
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
as Mr. Bennet
Victor Frankenstein
as Frankenstein
For Your Eyes Only
as Claus
Child 44
as Major Grachev
Mank
as William Randolph Hearst
Scoop
as Mr. Malcolm
Ali G Indahouse
as Deputy Prime Minister David Carlton
Woman in Gold
as Sherman
TV Shows
(65 total)
Game of Thrones
as Tywin Lannister
The Sandman
as Roderick Burgess
The Crown
as Lord Mountbatten
Merlin
as Aredian
The Day of the Jackal
as Timothy Winthrop
Top Gear
as Self
And Then There Were None
as Justice Lawrence Wargrave
Childhood's End
as Karellen
Strike Back
as Conrad Knox
Rise of Empires: Ottoman
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Rabbit Hole
as Dr. Ben Wilson
The Little Drummer Girl
as Commander Picton
Neverland
as Dr. Fludd
Going Postal
as Lord Vetinari
The Widow
as Martin Benson
The Serpent Queen
as Clement VII
Agatha Christie's Marple
as Septimus Bligh
Would I Lie to You?
as Self
Foyle's War
as Guy Spencer
Fingersmith
as Mr. Chistopher Lilly