Charles Dance

Charles Dance

Known for
Acting
Born
October 10, 1946 (age 80)
Birthplace
Redditch, Worcestershire, England, UK

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Charles Dance, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Filmography

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A Patriot

A Patriot

Movie · as Dr. Hastings

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The Liar poster

The Liar

Movie · as Tickford

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Viy 3: Travel to India poster

Viy 3: Travel to India

Movie

2028
The Batman: Part II poster

The Batman: Part II

Movie · as Christopher Dent

2026
Ladies First poster

Ladies First

Movie · as Fred Powell

2026
The Big Fat Quiz of Telly poster

The Big Fat Quiz of Telly

Movie · as Self - Guest

2026
My Duchess poster

My Duchess

Movie · as Lord Mountbatten

2025
Frankenstein poster

Frankenstein

Movie · as Leopold Frankenstein

2025
Creditors poster

Creditors

Movie · as Gustaf

2025
Wildcat poster

Wildcat

Movie · as Frasier Mahoney

2025
Washington Black poster

Washington Black

TV · as James Wilde · 2 eps

2024
Rumours poster

Rumours

Movie · as Edison Wolcott

2024
The First Omen poster

The First Omen

Movie · as Father Harris

2024
Samaná Sunrise poster

Samaná Sunrise

Movie · as Noah Blum

2024
Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters poster

Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters

Movie · as Narrator

2024
Testament: The Story of Moses poster

Testament: The Story of Moses

TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 3 eps

2024
Renaissance: The Blood and the Beauty poster

Renaissance: The Blood and the Beauty

TV · as Old Michaelangelo · 3 eps

2024
The Day of the Jackal poster

The Day of the Jackal

TV · as Timothy Winthrop · 6 eps

2024
Churchill at War poster

Churchill at War

TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 4 eps

2023
Savage Waters poster

Savage Waters

Movie · as Narrator

2023
Rabbit Hole poster

Rabbit Hole

TV · as Dr. Ben Wilson · 8 eps

2022
The Hanging Sun poster

The Hanging Sun

Movie · as Jacob

2022
Lancaster poster

Lancaster

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2022
Portrait of the Queen poster

Portrait of the Queen

Movie · as Narrator

2022
Against the Ice poster

Against the Ice

Movie · as Minister Neergaard

2022
The Sandman poster

The Sandman

TV · as Roderick Burgess · 1 ep

2022
The Serpent Queen poster

The Serpent Queen

TV · as Clement VII · 1 ep

2022
This England poster

This England

TV · as Max Hastings · 1 ep

2021
The Magic of the Movies: Behind the Scenes of David Fincher's Mank poster

The Magic of the Movies: Behind the Scenes of David Fincher's Mank

Movie · as Self

2021
The Book Of Vision poster

The Book Of Vision

Movie · as Dr. Johan Anmuth

2021
The King's Man poster

The King's Man

Movie · as Kitchener

2021
Moley poster

Moley

TV · as Mr. Moley (voice) · 52 eps

2020
Mank poster

Mank

Movie · as William Randolph Hearst

2020
Rise of Empires: Ottoman poster

Rise of Empires: Ottoman

TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 12 eps

2020
The Singapore Grip poster

The Singapore Grip

TV · as Mr Webb · 1 ep

2019
Master Moley by Royal Invitation poster

Master Moley by Royal Invitation

Movie · as Mr. James Moley (voice)

2019
Iron Mask poster

Iron Mask

Movie · as Lord Dudley

2019
Fanny Lye Deliver'd poster

Fanny Lye Deliver'd

Movie · as John Lye

2019
Godzilla: King of the Monsters poster

Godzilla: King of the Monsters

Movie · as Alan Jonah

2019
The Widow poster

The Widow

TV · as Martin Benson · 8 eps

2018
Euphoria poster

Euphoria

Movie · as Mr. Daren

2018
Happy New Year, Colin Burstead poster

Happy New Year, Colin Burstead

Movie · as Uncle Bertie

2018
Spitfire poster

Spitfire

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2018
Johnny English Strikes Again poster

Johnny English Strikes Again

Movie · as Agent Seven

2018
The Muppets Take The O2

The Muppets Take The O2

Movie · as Self

2018
Hero poster

Hero

Movie · as Charles Reynard

2018
The Little Drummer Girl poster

The Little Drummer Girl

TV · as Commander Picton · 6 eps

2018
Hang Ups poster

Hang Ups

TV · as Jeremy Pitt · 2 eps

2018
The Woman in White poster

The Woman in White

TV · as Mr Fairle · 5 eps

2017
That Good Night poster

That Good Night

Movie · as The Visitor

2017
Wimbledon Official Film 2017 poster

Wimbledon Official Film 2017

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2016
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies poster

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

Movie · as Mr. Bennet

2016
Me Before You poster

Me Before You

Movie · as Stephen Traynor

2016
Despite the Falling Snow poster

Despite the Falling Snow

Movie · as Old Alexander Ivanov

2016
Underworld: Blood Wars poster

Underworld: Blood Wars

Movie · as Thomas

2016
Ghostbusters poster

Ghostbusters

Movie · as Harold Fillmore

2016
The Crown poster

The Crown

TV · as Lord Mountbatten · 5 eps

2016
Savage Kingdom poster

Savage Kingdom

TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 19 eps

2015
Instruments of Darkness poster

Instruments of Darkness

Movie · as Duncan

2015
Admiral poster

Admiral

Movie · as King Charles II

2015
Woman in Gold poster

Woman in Gold

Movie · as Sherman

2015
Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience poster

Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience

Movie · as Tywin Lannister

2015
Child 44 poster

Child 44

Movie · as Major Grachev

2015
Victor Frankenstein poster

Victor Frankenstein

Movie · as Frankenstein

2015
Childhood's End poster

Childhood's End

TV · as Karellen · 3 eps

2015
And Then There Were None poster

And Then There Were None

TV · as Justice Lawrence Wargrave · 3 eps

2015
Deadline Gallipoli poster

Deadline Gallipoli

TV · as Sir Ian Hamilton · 2 eps

2014
The Imitation Game poster

The Imitation Game

Movie · as Commander Denniston

2014
Dracula Untold poster

Dracula Untold

Movie · as Master Vampire

2014
Forbidden Empire poster

Forbidden Empire

Movie · as Lord Dudley

2014
Retrospective poster

Retrospective

Movie · as Jonathan Hoyle

2014
The Great Fire poster

The Great Fire

TV · as Lord Denton · 4 eps

2013
The Relics of Buddha poster

The Relics of Buddha

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2013
Justin and the Knights of Valour poster

Justin and the Knights of Valour

Movie · as Legantir (voice)

2013
Patrick poster

Patrick

Movie · as Doctor Roget

2013
The Science of Doctor Who poster

The Science of Doctor Who

Movie · as Self

2013
Father's Day poster

Father's Day

Movie · as Don

2013
Speeches That Shook the World poster

Speeches That Shook the World

Movie · as Self

2013
Was It Something I Said? poster

Was It Something I Said?

TV · as Self - Narrator · 1 ep

2013
Common Ground

Common Ground

TV · as Floyd · 1 ep

2012
Underworld: Awakening poster

Underworld: Awakening

Movie · as Thomas

2012
St George's Day poster

St George's Day

Movie · as Trenchard

2012
Midnight's Children poster

Midnight's Children

Movie · as William Methwold

2012
The Mapmaker

The Mapmaker

Movie · as Rowan

2012
The Door poster

The Door

Movie · as Thomas Arlington

2012
Secret State poster

Secret State

TV · as John Hodder · 4 eps

2011
There Be Dragons poster

There Be Dragons

Movie · as Solono

2011
Your Highness poster

Your Highness

Movie · as King Tallious

2011
Ironclad poster

Ironclad

Movie · as Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury

2011
Going Postal 2in1 poster

Going Postal 2in1

Movie · as Lord Vetinari

2011
Game of Thrones poster

Game of Thrones

TV · as Tywin Lannister · 35 eps

2011
Neverland poster

Neverland

TV · as Dr. Fludd · 2 eps

2011
Rosamunde Pilcher's Shades of Love poster

Rosamunde Pilcher's Shades of Love

TV · as Edmund Aird · 4 eps

2011
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip poster

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

TV · as Self - Participant · 1 ep

2010
Paris Connections poster

Paris Connections

Movie · as Aleksandr Borinski

2010
The Clerk's Tale

The Clerk's Tale

Movie · as Ralph

2010
The Commuter

The Commuter

Movie · as The Traffic Warden

2010
Going Postal poster

Going Postal

TV · as Lord Vetinari · 2 eps

2010
Drama Trails

Drama Trails

TV · 1 ep

2010
Strike Back poster

Strike Back

TV · as Conrad Knox · 10 eps

2009
Trinity poster

Trinity

TV · as Dr. Edmund Maltravers · 8 eps

2008
Dickens' Secret Lover

Dickens' Secret Lover

Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)

2008
Merlin poster

Merlin

TV · as Aredian · 1 ep

2007
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas poster

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

Movie · as Self

2007
Consenting Adults poster

Consenting Adults

Movie · as Jack Wolfenden

2007
The Contractor poster

The Contractor

Movie · as DCS Andrew Windsor

2007
Intervention poster

Intervention

Movie · as Private Investigator

2007
Fallen Angel poster

Fallen Angel

TV · as David Byfield · 3 eps

2007
Would I Lie to You? poster

Would I Lie to You?

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2006
Twice Upon a Time poster

Twice Upon a Time

Movie · as Battar Master of Ceremonies

2006
Starter for 10 poster

Starter for 10

Movie · as Michael Harbinson

2006
Scoop poster

Scoop

Movie · as Mr. Malcolm

2006
The One Show poster

The One Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2006
Jam and Jerusalem poster

Jam and Jerusalem

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2005
Titanic: Birth of a Legend poster

Titanic: Birth of a Legend

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2005
Bleak House poster

Bleak House

TV · as Mr. Tulkinghorn · 15 eps

2005
Fingersmith poster

Fingersmith

TV · as Mr. Chistopher Lilly · 3 eps

2005
To the Ends of the Earth poster

To the Ends of the Earth

TV · as Sir Henry Somerset · 3 eps

2005
Last Rights poster

Last Rights

TV · as Richard Wheeler · 3 eps

2004
Saint John Bosco Mission to Love poster

Saint John Bosco Mission to Love

Movie · as Marchese Clementi

2004
When Hitler Invaded Britain poster

When Hitler Invaded Britain

Movie · as Narrator

2004
Who Do You Think You Are? poster

Who Do You Think You Are?

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2004
Agatha Christie's Marple poster

Agatha Christie's Marple

TV · as Septimus Bligh · 1 ep

2004
Saint John Bosco Mission to Love poster

Saint John Bosco Mission to Love

TV · as Marchese Clementi · 2 eps

2003
Swimming Pool poster

Swimming Pool

Movie · as John Bosload

2003
Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³' poster

Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2003
Henry VIII poster

Henry VIII

TV · as Duke of Buckingham · 2 eps

2003
Looking for Victoria

Looking for Victoria

TV · as Charles Greville · 1 ep

2002
Ali G Indahouse poster

Ali G Indahouse

Movie · as Deputy Prime Minister David Carlton

2002
Black and White poster

Black and White

Movie · as Roderic Chamberlain

2002
The Making of Gosford Park poster

The Making of Gosford Park

Movie · as Self (uncredited)

2002
Foyle's War poster

Foyle's War

TV · as Guy Spencer · 1 ep

2002
Top Gear poster

Top Gear

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2002
Dan Dare: Pilot of the Future poster

Dan Dare: Pilot of the Future

TV · as Colonel Simon Lasker (voice) · 2 eps

2001
Gosford Park poster

Gosford Park

Movie · as Raymond Stockbridge

2001
Dark Blue World poster

Dark Blue World

Movie · as Wing Commander Bentley

2001
Alien Evolution poster

Alien Evolution

Movie · as Self / Clemens

2001
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby poster

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

Movie · as Ralph Nickleby

2001
Jurij poster

Jurij

Movie · as K (Padre di Jurij)

2001
Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes poster

Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes

TV · as Sir Henry Carlyle · 1 ep

2001
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby poster

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

TV · as Ralph Nickleby · 2 eps

2000
Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes poster

Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes

Movie · as Sir Henry Carlyle

2000
Justice in Wonderland

Justice in Wonderland

Movie · as Neil Hamilton

2000
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)

Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)

TV · as Kenneth Crisby · 1 ep

1999
Don't Go Breaking My Heart poster

Don't Go Breaking My Heart

Movie · as Frank

1999
Chrono-Perambulator

Chrono-Perambulator

Movie · as James 'Dougie' Douglas

1998
Hilary and Jackie poster

Hilary and Jackie

Movie · as Derek du Pré

1998
What Rats Won't Do poster

What Rats Won't Do

Movie · as Gerald Burton Jr

1997
In the Presence of Mine Enemies poster

In the Presence of Mine Enemies

Movie · as Captain Richter

1997
The Blood Oranges poster

The Blood Oranges

Movie · as Cyril

1997
Rebecca poster

Rebecca

TV · as Maxim de Winter · 2 eps

1997
Trial & Retribution poster

Trial & Retribution

TV · as Greg Harwood · 2 eps

1996
Space Truckers poster

Space Truckers

Movie · as Nabel / Macanudo

1996
Undertow poster

Undertow

Movie · as Lyle Yates

1996
Michael Collins poster

Michael Collins

Movie · as Soames

1995
The Surgeon poster

The Surgeon

Movie · as Dr. Ed Mittlesbay

1994
China Moon poster

China Moon

Movie · as Rupert Munro

1994
Shortcut to Paradise poster

Shortcut to Paradise

Movie · as Quinn

1994
Kabloonak poster

Kabloonak

Movie · as Robert Flaherty

1994
Room 101 poster

Room 101

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1993
Last Action Hero poster

Last Action Hero

Movie · as Benedict

1993
Century poster

Century

Movie · as Professor Mandry

1992
Alien³ poster

Alien³

Movie · as Clemens

1992
La valle di pietra poster

La valle di pietra

Movie · as Surveyor

1992
The Making of 'Alien³' poster

The Making of 'Alien³'

Movie · as Self

1990
The Phantom of the Opera poster

The Phantom of the Opera

TV · as Erik/The Phantom · 2 eps

1989
Goldeneye poster

Goldeneye

Movie · as Ian Fleming

1988
Pascali's Island poster

Pascali's Island

Movie · as Anthony Bowles

1988
Out of the Shadows poster

Out of the Shadows

Movie · as Michael Hayden

1988
First Born poster

First Born

Movie · as Edward Forester

1988
First Born poster

First Born

TV · as Edward Forester · 3 eps

1988
Mission: Impossible poster

Mission: Impossible

TV · as Prime Minister · 1 ep

1987
White Mischief poster

White Mischief

Movie · as Josslyn Hay

1987
Good Morning, Babylon poster

Good Morning, Babylon

Movie · as D.W. Griffith

1987
Hidden City poster

Hidden City

Movie · as James Richards

1987
Out on a Limb poster

Out on a Limb

TV · as Gerry Stamford · 2 eps

1986
The Golden Child poster

The Golden Child

Movie · as Sardo Numspa

1986
The McGuffin poster

The McGuffin

Movie · as Paul Hatcher

1986
The Flying Doctors poster

The Flying Doctors

TV · as Minister · 1 ep

1985
Plenty poster

Plenty

Movie · as Raymond Brock

1985
Screen Two poster

Screen Two

TV · as Paul Hatcher, Professor Mandry · 1 ep

1985
Time for Murder poster

Time for Murder

TV · as James Latimer · 1 ep

1984
Rainy Day Women poster

Rainy Day Women

Movie · as John Truman

1984
The Jewel in the Crown poster

The Jewel in the Crown

TV · as Guy Perron · 5 eps

1984
The Secret Servant poster

The Secret Servant

TV · as SAS Major Harry Maxim · 3 eps

1983
Natural World poster

Natural World

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1982
Little Eyolf poster

Little Eyolf

Movie · as Borghejm

1982
Nancy Astor poster

Nancy Astor

TV · as Edward Hartford-Jones · 1 ep

1982
Frost in May poster

Frost in May

TV · as Reynaud Callaghan · 1 ep

1982
Wogan poster

Wogan

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1981
For Your Eyes Only poster

For Your Eyes Only

Movie · as Claus

1981
Very Like a Whale poster

Very Like a Whale

Movie · as Party Guest

1980
Dreams of Leaving poster

Dreams of Leaving

Movie · as Colin

1980
The Fatal Spring poster

The Fatal Spring

Movie · as Siegfried Sassoon

1979
Tales of the Unexpected poster

Tales of the Unexpected

TV · as Robert Smythe · 1 ep

1978
An Audience with... poster

An Audience with...

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1977
The Professionals poster

The Professionals

TV · as Parker · 1 ep

1977
Raffles poster

Raffles

TV · as Teddy Garland · 1 ep

1975
Edward the Seventh poster

Edward the Seventh

TV · as Prince Eddy · 2 eps

1974
Playhouse poster

Playhouse

TV · as Siegfried Sassoon · 1 ep

1974
The Inheritors

The Inheritors

TV · as Simon Leadbetter · 1 ep

1974
Father Brown poster

Father Brown

TV · as Commandant Neil O'Brien · 1 ep

1971
Film '72

Film '72

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1970
Play for Today poster

Play for Today

TV · as Captain John Truman, Colin · 1 ep

1965
BBC Play of the Month poster

BBC Play of the Month

TV · as Borghejm · 1 ep

1965
Call My Bluff poster

Call My Bluff

TV · as Self · 2 eps