Charles Dance
Age: N/A | From: Redditch, Worcestershire, England, UK
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: 찰스 댄스 , Чарльз Дэнс , 查尔斯·丹斯 , Walter Charles Dance
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Redditch, Worcestershire, England, UK
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Movie Involvements: 93
TV Involvements: 45
Most Famous Work
Biography
Walter Charles Dance OBE (born October 10, 1946 in Redditch, Worcestershire) 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.
Most Famous Work
The Flying Doctors
(1986) Minister
The Professionals
(1977) Parker
Tales of the Unexpected
(1979) Robert Smythe
Game of Thrones
(2011) Tywin Lannister
The Crown
(2016) Lord Mountbatten
Play of the Month
(1965) Borghejm
Moley
(2021) Mr. Moley (voice)
Who Do You Think You Are?
(2004) SelfActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | N/A | |
| Father Harris | ||
| 2023 | N/A | |
| Dr. Ben Wilson | ||
| 2022 | N/A | |
| Max Hastings | ||
| Jacob | ||
| Clement VII | ||
| Roderick Burgess | ||
| Narrator (voice) | ||
| Minister Neergaard | ||
| 2021 | Kitchener | |
| Mr. Moley (voice) | ||
| John Lye | ||
| Dr. Johan Anmuth | ||
| Self | ||
| 2020 | William Randolph Hearst | |
| Mr. James Moley (voice) | ||
| Mr Webb | ||
| Self - Narrator (voice) | ||
| 2019 | Lord Dudley | |
| Alan Jonah | ||
| Martin Benson | ||
| 2018 | Commander Picton | |
| Uncle Bertie | ||
| Agent Seven | ||
| Jeremy Pitt | ||
| Narrator (voice) | ||
| Self | ||
| Frederick Fairlie | ||
| Mr. Daren | ||
| 2017 | Narrator (voice) | |
| The Visitor | ||
| 2016 | Self - Narrator (voice) | |
| Thomas | ||
| Lord Mountbatten | ||
| Harold Fillmore | ||
| Stephen Traynor | ||
| Mr. Bennet | ||
| Old Alexander Ivanov | ||
| 2015 | Justice Lawrence Wargrave | |
| Karellen | ||
| Duncan | ||
| Frankenstein | ||
| Sir Ian Hamilton | ||
| Sherman | ||
| Major Grachev | ||
| King Charles II | ||
| Tywin Lannister | ||
| 2014 | Commander Denniston | |
| Lord Denton | ||
| Master Vampire | ||
| Jonathan Hoyle | ||
| Lord Dudley | ||
| 2013 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| Doctor Roget | ||
| Legantir (voice) | ||
| Don | ||
| Narrator (voice) | ||
| 2012 | John Hodder | |
| Trenchard | ||
| Thomas Arlington | ||
| Rowan | ||
| Trenchard | ||
| William Methwold | ||
| Thomas | ||
| 2011 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| Dr. Fludd | ||
| Self - Participant | ||
| Edmund Aird | ||
| Tywin Lannister | ||
| King Tallious | ||
| Solono | ||
| Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury | ||
| 2010 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| The Traffic Warden | ||
| Aleksandr Borinski | ||
| N/A | ||
| Lord Vetinari | ||
| Ralph | ||
| Conrad Knox | ||
| 2009 | Dr. Edmund Maltravers | |
| 2008 | Aredian | |
| Self - Narrator (voice) | ||
| 2007 | Jack Wolfenden | |
| DCS Andrew Windsor | ||
| Self | ||
| David Byfield | ||
| Self | ||
| Private Investigator | ||
| 2006 | Battar Master of Ceremonies | |
| Michael Harbinson | ||
| Self | ||
| Mr. Malcolm | ||
| 2005 | Mr. Tulkinghorn | |
| Sir Henry Somerset | ||
| Narrator (voice) | ||
| Mr. Chistopher Lilly | ||
| 2004 | Self - Guest | |
| Septimus Bligh | ||
| Self | ||
| Marchese Clementi | ||
| 2003 | Self (archive footage) | |
| Edward Stafford, duque de Buckingham | ||
| John Bosload | ||
| 2002 | Roderic Chamberlain | |
| N/A | ||
| Self (uncredited) | ||
| Deputy Prime Minister David Carlton | ||
| 2001 | Raymond Stockbridge | |
| Self / Clemens | ||
| Sir Henry Carlyle | ||
| N/A | ||
| Wing Commander Bentley | ||
| Ralph Nickleby | ||
| 2000 | N/A | |
| Sir Henry Carlyle | ||
| 1999 | James 'Dougie' Douglas | |
| Frank | ||
| 1998 | Derek Du Pré | |
| Gerald Burton Jr | ||
| 1997 | N/A | |
| Cyril | ||
| Captain Richter | ||
| Maxim de Winter | ||
| 1996 | Soames | |
| Lyle Yates | ||
| Nabel / Macanudo | ||
| 1995 | Dr. Ed Mittlesbay | |
| 1994 | Quinn | |
| Self | ||
| Rupert Munro | ||
| Robert Flaherty | ||
| 1993 | Professor Mandry | |
| Benedict | ||
| 1992 | Clemens | |
| Surveyor | ||
| 1990 | The Phantom of the Opera | |
| 1989 | Ian Fleming | |
| 1988 | N/A | |
| Edward Forester | ||
| Michael Hayden | ||
| Anthony Bowles | ||
| 1987 | Josslyn Hay | |
| James Richards | ||
| D.W. Griffith | ||
| Gerry Stamford | ||
| 1986 | Sardo Numspa | |
| Minister | ||
| Paul Hatcher | ||
| Raymond Brock | ||
| Paul Hatcher | ||
| 1984 | John Truman | |
| Guy Perron | ||
| 1983 | N/A | |
| 1982 | Borghejm | |
| Edward Hartford-Jones | ||
| 1981 | Claus | |
| 1980 | Colin | |
| 1979 | Robert Smythe | |
| 1978 | Self | |
| 1977 | Parker | |
| N/A | ||
| 1975 | Prince Eddy | |
| 1974 | N/A | |
| 1970 | N/A | |
| 1965 | Borghejm | |
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| Tickford | ||
| Dr. Hastings | ||
| Timothy Winthrop | ||
| Dr. Ben Wilson | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Directing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Director | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Screenplay | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Executive Producer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |