
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
A Patriot
Movie · as Dr. Hastings

The Liar
Movie · as Tickford

Viy 3: Travel to India
Movie

The Batman: Part II
Movie · as Christopher Dent

Ladies First
Movie · as Fred Powell

The Big Fat Quiz of Telly
Movie · as Self - Guest

My Duchess
Movie · as Lord Mountbatten

Frankenstein
Movie · as Leopold Frankenstein

Creditors
Movie · as Gustaf

Wildcat
Movie · as Frasier Mahoney

Washington Black
TV · as James Wilde · 2 eps

Rumours
Movie · as Edison Wolcott

The First Omen
Movie · as Father Harris

Samaná Sunrise
Movie · as Noah Blum

Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters
Movie · as Narrator

Testament: The Story of Moses
TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 3 eps

Renaissance: The Blood and the Beauty
TV · as Old Michaelangelo · 3 eps

The Day of the Jackal
TV · as Timothy Winthrop · 6 eps

Churchill at War
TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 4 eps

Savage Waters
Movie · as Narrator

Rabbit Hole
TV · as Dr. Ben Wilson · 8 eps

The Hanging Sun
Movie · as Jacob

Lancaster
Movie · as Narrator (voice)

Portrait of the Queen
Movie · as Narrator

Against the Ice
Movie · as Minister Neergaard

The Sandman
TV · as Roderick Burgess · 1 ep

The Serpent Queen
TV · as Clement VII · 1 ep

This England
TV · as Max Hastings · 1 ep

The Magic of the Movies: Behind the Scenes of David Fincher's Mank
Movie · as Self

The Book Of Vision
Movie · as Dr. Johan Anmuth

The King's Man
Movie · as Kitchener

Moley
TV · as Mr. Moley (voice) · 52 eps

Mank
Movie · as William Randolph Hearst

Rise of Empires: Ottoman
TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 12 eps

The Singapore Grip
TV · as Mr Webb · 1 ep

Master Moley by Royal Invitation
Movie · as Mr. James Moley (voice)

Iron Mask
Movie · as Lord Dudley

Fanny Lye Deliver'd
Movie · as John Lye

Godzilla: King of the Monsters
Movie · as Alan Jonah

The Widow
TV · as Martin Benson · 8 eps

Euphoria
Movie · as Mr. Daren

Happy New Year, Colin Burstead
Movie · as Uncle Bertie

Spitfire
Movie · as Narrator (voice)

Johnny English Strikes Again
Movie · as Agent Seven
The Muppets Take The O2
Movie · as Self

Hero
Movie · as Charles Reynard

The Little Drummer Girl
TV · as Commander Picton · 6 eps

Hang Ups
TV · as Jeremy Pitt · 2 eps

The Woman in White
TV · as Mr Fairle · 5 eps

That Good Night
Movie · as The Visitor

Wimbledon Official Film 2017
Movie · as Narrator (voice)

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Movie · as Mr. Bennet

Me Before You
Movie · as Stephen Traynor

Despite the Falling Snow
Movie · as Old Alexander Ivanov

Underworld: Blood Wars
Movie · as Thomas

Ghostbusters
Movie · as Harold Fillmore

The Crown
TV · as Lord Mountbatten · 5 eps

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

Instruments of Darkness
Movie · as Duncan

Admiral
Movie · as King Charles II

Woman in Gold
Movie · as Sherman

Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience
Movie · as Tywin Lannister

Child 44
Movie · as Major Grachev

Victor Frankenstein
Movie · as Frankenstein

Childhood's End
TV · as Karellen · 3 eps

And Then There Were None
TV · as Justice Lawrence Wargrave · 3 eps

Deadline Gallipoli
TV · as Sir Ian Hamilton · 2 eps

The Imitation Game
Movie · as Commander Denniston

Dracula Untold
Movie · as Master Vampire

Forbidden Empire
Movie · as Lord Dudley

Retrospective
Movie · as Jonathan Hoyle

The Great Fire
TV · as Lord Denton · 4 eps

The Relics of Buddha
Movie · as Narrator (voice)

Justin and the Knights of Valour
Movie · as Legantir (voice)

Patrick
Movie · as Doctor Roget

The Science of Doctor Who
Movie · as Self

Father's Day
Movie · as Don

Speeches That Shook the World
Movie · as Self

Was It Something I Said?
TV · as Self - Narrator · 1 ep
Common Ground
TV · as Floyd · 1 ep

Underworld: Awakening
Movie · as Thomas

St George's Day
Movie · as Trenchard

Midnight's Children
Movie · as William Methwold
The Mapmaker
Movie · as Rowan

The Door
Movie · as Thomas Arlington

Secret State
TV · as John Hodder · 4 eps

There Be Dragons
Movie · as Solono

Your Highness
Movie · as King Tallious

Ironclad
Movie · as Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury

Going Postal 2in1
Movie · as Lord Vetinari

Game of Thrones
TV · as Tywin Lannister · 35 eps

Neverland
TV · as Dr. Fludd · 2 eps

Rosamunde Pilcher's Shades of Love
TV · as Edmund Aird · 4 eps

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
TV · as Self - Participant · 1 ep

Paris Connections
Movie · as Aleksandr Borinski
The Clerk's Tale
Movie · as Ralph
The Commuter
Movie · as The Traffic Warden

Going Postal
TV · as Lord Vetinari · 2 eps
Drama Trails
TV · 1 ep

Strike Back
TV · as Conrad Knox · 10 eps

Trinity
TV · as Dr. Edmund Maltravers · 8 eps
Dickens' Secret Lover
Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)

Merlin
TV · as Aredian · 1 ep

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
Movie · as Self

Consenting Adults
Movie · as Jack Wolfenden

The Contractor
Movie · as DCS Andrew Windsor

Intervention
Movie · as Private Investigator

Fallen Angel
TV · as David Byfield · 3 eps

Would I Lie to You?
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Twice Upon a Time
Movie · as Battar Master of Ceremonies

Starter for 10
Movie · as Michael Harbinson

Scoop
Movie · as Mr. Malcolm

The One Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Jam and Jerusalem
TV · as Self · 2 eps

Titanic: Birth of a Legend
Movie · as Narrator (voice)

Bleak House
TV · as Mr. Tulkinghorn · 15 eps

Fingersmith
TV · as Mr. Chistopher Lilly · 3 eps

To the Ends of the Earth
TV · as Sir Henry Somerset · 3 eps

Last Rights
TV · as Richard Wheeler · 3 eps

Saint John Bosco Mission to Love
Movie · as Marchese Clementi

When Hitler Invaded Britain
Movie · as Narrator

Who Do You Think You Are?
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Agatha Christie's Marple
TV · as Septimus Bligh · 1 ep

Saint John Bosco Mission to Love
TV · as Marchese Clementi · 2 eps

Swimming Pool
Movie · as John Bosload

Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'
Movie · as Self (archive footage)

Henry VIII
TV · as Duke of Buckingham · 2 eps
Looking for Victoria
TV · as Charles Greville · 1 ep

Ali G Indahouse
Movie · as Deputy Prime Minister David Carlton

Black and White
Movie · as Roderic Chamberlain

The Making of Gosford Park
Movie · as Self (uncredited)

Foyle's War
TV · as Guy Spencer · 1 ep

Top Gear
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Dan Dare: Pilot of the Future
TV · as Colonel Simon Lasker (voice) · 2 eps

Gosford Park
Movie · as Raymond Stockbridge

Dark Blue World
Movie · as Wing Commander Bentley

Alien Evolution
Movie · as Self / Clemens

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
Movie · as Ralph Nickleby

Jurij
Movie · as K (Padre di Jurij)

Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes
TV · as Sir Henry Carlyle · 1 ep

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
TV · as Ralph Nickleby · 2 eps

Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes
Movie · as Sir Henry Carlyle
Justice in Wonderland
Movie · as Neil Hamilton
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
TV · as Kenneth Crisby · 1 ep

Don't Go Breaking My Heart
Movie · as Frank
Chrono-Perambulator
Movie · as James 'Dougie' Douglas

Hilary and Jackie
Movie · as Derek du Pré

What Rats Won't Do
Movie · as Gerald Burton Jr

In the Presence of Mine Enemies
Movie · as Captain Richter

The Blood Oranges
Movie · as Cyril

Rebecca
TV · as Maxim de Winter · 2 eps

Trial & Retribution
TV · as Greg Harwood · 2 eps

Space Truckers
Movie · as Nabel / Macanudo

Undertow
Movie · as Lyle Yates

Michael Collins
Movie · as Soames

The Surgeon
Movie · as Dr. Ed Mittlesbay

China Moon
Movie · as Rupert Munro

Shortcut to Paradise
Movie · as Quinn

Kabloonak
Movie · as Robert Flaherty

Room 101
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Last Action Hero
Movie · as Benedict

Century
Movie · as Professor Mandry

Alien³
Movie · as Clemens

La valle di pietra
Movie · as Surveyor

The Making of 'Alien³'
Movie · as Self

The Phantom of the Opera
TV · as Erik/The Phantom · 2 eps

Goldeneye
Movie · as Ian Fleming

Pascali's Island
Movie · as Anthony Bowles

Out of the Shadows
Movie · as Michael Hayden

First Born
Movie · as Edward Forester

First Born
TV · as Edward Forester · 3 eps

Mission: Impossible
TV · as Prime Minister · 1 ep

White Mischief
Movie · as Josslyn Hay

Good Morning, Babylon
Movie · as D.W. Griffith

Hidden City
Movie · as James Richards

Out on a Limb
TV · as Gerry Stamford · 2 eps

The Golden Child
Movie · as Sardo Numspa

The McGuffin
Movie · as Paul Hatcher

The Flying Doctors
TV · as Minister · 1 ep

Plenty
Movie · as Raymond Brock

Screen Two
TV · as Paul Hatcher, Professor Mandry · 1 ep

Time for Murder
TV · as James Latimer · 1 ep

Rainy Day Women
Movie · as John Truman

The Jewel in the Crown
TV · as Guy Perron · 5 eps

The Secret Servant
TV · as SAS Major Harry Maxim · 3 eps

Natural World
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Little Eyolf
Movie · as Borghejm

Nancy Astor
TV · as Edward Hartford-Jones · 1 ep

Frost in May
TV · as Reynaud Callaghan · 1 ep

Wogan
TV · as Self · 1 ep

For Your Eyes Only
Movie · as Claus

Very Like a Whale
Movie · as Party Guest

Dreams of Leaving
Movie · as Colin

The Fatal Spring
Movie · as Siegfried Sassoon

Tales of the Unexpected
TV · as Robert Smythe · 1 ep

An Audience with...
TV · as Self · 1 ep

The Professionals
TV · as Parker · 1 ep

Raffles
TV · as Teddy Garland · 1 ep

Edward the Seventh
TV · as Prince Eddy · 2 eps

Playhouse
TV · as Siegfried Sassoon · 1 ep
The Inheritors
TV · as Simon Leadbetter · 1 ep

Father Brown
TV · as Commandant Neil O'Brien · 1 ep
Film '72
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Play for Today
TV · as Captain John Truman, Colin · 1 ep

BBC Play of the Month
TV · as Borghejm · 1 ep

Call My Bluff
TV · as Self · 2 eps









