Charles Dance
Acting
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
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movieThe Batman: Part II
2027
Charles Dent
movieLadies First
2026
Fred Powell
movieThe Big Fat Quiz of Telly
2026
Self - Guest
movieWildcat
2025
Frasier Mahoney
movieFrankenstein
2025
Leopold Frankenstein
movieCreditors
2025
Gustaf
tvChurchill at War
2024
Self - Narrator (voice)
tvRenaissance: The Blood and the Beauty
2024
Old Michaelangelo
movieSamaná Sunrise
2024
Noah Blum
tvThe Day of the Jackal
2024
Timothy Winthrop
movieRumours
2024
Edison Wolcott
movieThe First Omen
2024
Father Harris
tvTestament: The Story of Moses
2024
Self - Narrator (voice)
tvRabbit Hole
2023
Dr. Ben Wilson
tvThis England
2022
Max Hastings
tvThe Serpent Queen
2022
Clement VII
tvThe Sandman
2022
Roderick Burgess
movieLancaster
2022
Narrator (voice)
movieAgainst the Ice
2022
Minister Neergaard
movieThe King's Man
2021
Kitchener
tvMoley
2021
Mr. Moley (voice)
movieThe Book Of Vision
2021
Dr. Johan Anmuth
movieMank
2020
William Randolph Hearst
tvThe Singapore Grip
2020
Mr Webb
tvRise of Empires: Ottoman
2020
Self - Narrator (voice)
movieMaster Moley by Royal Invitation
2019
Mr. James Moley (voice)
movieFanny Lye Deliver'd
2019
John Lye
movieIron Mask
2019
Lord Dudley
movieGodzilla: King of the Monsters
2019
Alan Jonah
tvThe Widow
2019
Martin Benson
tvThe Little Drummer Girl
2018
Commander Picton
movieHappy New Year, Colin Burstead
2018
Uncle Bertie
movieJohnny English Strikes Again
2018
Agent Seven
tvHang Ups
2018
Jeremy Pitt
movieSpitfire
2018
Narrator (voice)
tvThe Woman in White
2018
Frederick Fairlie
movieEuphoria
2018
Mr. Daren
movieWimbledon Official Film 2017
2017
Narrator (voice)
movieThat Good Night
2017
The Visitor
tvSavage Kingdom
2016
Self - Narrator (voice)
tvThe Crown
2016
Lord Mountbatten
movieGhostbusters
2016
Harold Fillmore
movieMe Before You
2016
Stephen Traynor
moviePride and Prejudice and Zombies
2016
Mr. Bennet
movieDespite the Falling Snow
2016
Old Alexander Ivanov
tvAnd Then There Were None
2015
Justice Lawrence Wargrave
tvChildhood's End
2015
Karellen
movieVictor Frankenstein
2015
Frankenstein
tvDeadline Gallipoli
2015
Sir Ian Hamilton
movieWoman in Gold
2015
Sherman
movieChild 44
2015
Major Grachev
movieAdmiral
2015
King Charles II
movieGame of Thrones The IMAX Experience
2015
Tywin Lannister
movieThe Imitation Game
2014
Commander Denniston
tvThe Great Fire
2014
Lord Denton
movieDracula Untold
2014
Master Vampire
movieRetrospective
2014
Jonathan Hoyle
movieForbidden Empire
2014
Lord Dudley
moviePatrick
2013
Doctor Roget
tvWas It Something I Said?
2013
Self - Narrator
movieJustin and the Knights of Valour
2013
Legantir (voice)
movieThe Relics of Buddha
2013
Narrator (voice)
tvSecret State
2012
John Hodder
movieThe Door
2012
Thomas Arlington
movieSt George's Day
2012
Trenchard
movieMidnight's Children
2012
William Methwold
tvNeverland
2011
Dr. Fludd
tvCelebrity Antiques Road Trip
2011
Self - Participant
tvRosamunde Pilcher's Shades of Love
2011
Edmund Aird
tvGame of Thrones
2011
Tywin Lannister
movieYour Highness
2011
King Tallious
movieIronclad
2011
Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury
The Commuter
2010
The Traffic Warden
movieParis Connections
2010
Aleksandr Borinski
tvGoing Postal
2010
Lord Vetinari
tvStrike Back
2010
Conrad Knox
tvTrinity
2009
Dr. Edmund Maltravers
tvMerlin
2008
Aredian
Dickens' Secret Lover
2008
Self - Narrator (voice)
movieConsenting Adults
2007
Jack Wolfenden
movieThe Contractor
2007
DCS Andrew Windsor
tvFallen Angel
2007
David Byfield
movieIntervention
2007
Private Investigator
movieTwice Upon a Time
2006
Battar Master of Ceremonies
movieStarter for 10
2006
Michael Harbinson
movieScoop
2006
Mr. Malcolm
tvBleak House
2005
Mr. Tulkinghorn
tvTo the Ends of the Earth
2005
Sir Henry Somerset
movieTitanic: Birth of a Legend
2005
Narrator (voice)
tvFingersmith
2005
Mr. Chistopher Lilly
tvLast Rights
2005
Richard Wheeler
tvAgatha Christie's Marple
2004
Septimus Bligh
movieSaint John Bosco Mission to Love
2004
Marchese Clementi
tvSaint John Bosco Mission to Love
2004
Marchese Clementi
movieWreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'
2003
Self (archive footage)
Looking for Victoria
2003
Charles Greville
tvHenry VIII
2003
Edward Stafford
movieSwimming Pool
2003
John Bosload
movieBlack and White
2002
Roderic Chamberlain
tvFoyle's War
2002
Guy Spencer
tvTop Gear
2002
Self
tvDan Dare: Pilot of the Future
2002
Colonel Simon Lasker (voice)
movieThe Making of Gosford Park
2002
Self (uncredited)
movieAli G Indahouse
2002
Deputy Prime Minister David Carlton
movieGosford Park
2001
Raymond Stockbridge
movieAlien Evolution
2001
Self / Clemens
movieDark Blue World
2001
Wing Commander Bentley
movieThe Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
2001
Ralph Nickleby
tvThe Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
2001
Ralph Nickleby
movieMurder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes
2000
Sir Henry Carlyle
Chrono-Perambulator
1999
James 'Dougie' Douglas
movieHilary and Jackie
1998
Derek du Pré
movieWhat Rats Won't Do
1998
Gerald Burton Jr
movieIn the Presence of Mine Enemies
1997
Captain Richter
tvRebecca
1997
Maxim de Winter
movieMichael Collins
1996
Soames
movieSpace Truckers
1996
Nabel / Macanudo
movieUndertow
1996
Lyle Yates
movieThe Surgeon
1995
Dr. Ed Mittlesbay
tvRoom 101
1994
Self
movieChina Moon
1994
Rupert Munro
movieKabloonak
1994
Robert Flaherty
movieCentury
1993
Professor Mandry
movieLast Action Hero
1993
Benedict
movieAlien³
1992
Clemens
movieLa valle di pietra
1992
Surveyor
tvThe Phantom of the Opera
1990
Erik/The Phantom
movieGoldeneye
1989
Ian Fleming
movieFirst Born
1988
Edward Forester
tvFirst Born
1988
Edward Forester
movieOut of the Shadows
1988
Michael Hayden
moviePascali's Island
1988
Anthony Bowles
movieWhite Mischief
1987
Josslyn Hay
movieHidden City
1987
James Richards
movieGood Morning, Babylon
1987
D.W. Griffith
tvOut on a Limb
1987
Gerry Stamford
movieThe Golden Child
1986
Sardo Numspa
tvThe Flying Doctors
1986
Minister
movieThe McGuffin
1986
Paul Hatcher
tvTime for Murder
1985
James Latimer
moviePlenty
1985
Raymond Brock
tvScreen Two
1985
Paul Hatcher / Professor Mandry
tvThe Secret Servant
1984
SAS Major Harry Maxim
movieRainy Day Women
1984
John Truman
tvThe Jewel in the Crown
1984
Guy Perron
movieLittle Eyolf
1982
Borghejm
movieFatal Spring
1980
Siegfried Sassoon
tvTales of the Unexpected
1979
Robert Smythe
tvThe Professionals
1977
Parker
tvFather Brown
1974
Commandant Neil O'Brien
The Inheritors
1974
Simon Leadbetter
tvPlayhouse
1974
Siegfried Sassoon
tvBBC Play of the Month
1965
Borghejm
A Patriot
Dr. Hastings
movieThe Liar
Tickford
Directing1
movieLadies in Lavender
2004
Director
Production1
movieLadies in Lavender
2004
Executive Producer
Writing1
movieLadies in Lavender
2004
Screenplay