Charles Dance

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.

Known For

Game of Thrones

The Crown

Top Gear

Agatha Christie's Marple

Play for Today

The Day of the Jackal

Merlin

The Sandman

All Movies (119)

• The Batman: Part II2027 · as Charles Dent
• Ladies First2026 · as Fred Powell
• The Big Fat Quiz of Telly2026 · as Self - Guest
• Wildcat2025 · as Frasier Mahoney
• Frankenstein2025 · as Leopold Frankenstein
• Creditors2025 · as Gustaf
• Samaná Sunrise2024 · as Noah Blum
• Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters2024 · as Narrator
• The Big Fat Quiz of Telly2024 · as Self
• Rumours2024 · as Edison Wolcott
• The First Omen2024 · as Father Harris
• Savage Waters2023
• Portrait of the Queen2022
• The Hanging Sun2022 · as Jacob
• Lancaster2022 · as Narrator (voice)
• Against the Ice2022 · as Minister Neergaard
• The King's Man2021 · as Kitchener
• The Book Of Vision2021 · as Dr. Johan Anmuth
• The Magic of the Movies: Behind the Scenes of David Fincher's Mank2021 · as Self
• Mank2020 · as William Randolph Hearst
• Master Moley by Royal Invitation2019 · as Mr. James Moley (voice)
• Fanny Lye Deliver'd2019 · as John Lye
• Iron Mask2019 · as Lord Dudley
• Godzilla: King of the Monsters2019 · as Alan Jonah
• Happy New Year, Colin Burstead2018 · as Uncle Bertie
• Johnny English Strikes Again2018 · as Agent Seven
• Spitfire2018 · as Narrator (voice)
• The Muppets Take The O22018 · as Self
• Euphoria2018 · as Mr. Daren
• Wimbledon Official Film 20172017 · as Narrator (voice)
• That Good Night2017 · as The Visitor
• Underworld: Blood Wars2016 · as Thomas
• Ghostbusters2016 · as Harold Fillmore
• Me Before You2016 · as Stephen Traynor
• Pride and Prejudice and Zombies2016 · as Mr. Bennet
• Despite the Falling Snow2016 · as Old Alexander Ivanov
• Instruments of Darkness2015 · as Duncan
• Victor Frankenstein2015 · as Frankenstein
• Woman in Gold2015 · as Sherman
• Child 442015 · as Major Grachev
• Admiral2015 · as King Charles II
• Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience2015 · as Tywin Lannister
• The Imitation Game2014 · as Commander Denniston
• Dracula Untold2014 · as Master Vampire
• Retrospective2014 · as Jonathan Hoyle
• Forbidden Empire2014 · as Lord Dudley
• The Science of Doctor Who2013 · as Self
• Speeches That Shook the World2013 · as Self
• Patrick2013 · as Doctor Roget
• Justin and the Knights of Valour2013 · as Legantir (voice)
• Father's Day2013 · as Don
• The Relics of Buddha2013 · as Narrator (voice)
• The Door2012 · as Thomas Arlington
• The Mapmaker2012 · as Rowan
• St George's Day2012 · as Trenchard
• Midnight's Children2012 · as William Methwold
• Underworld: Awakening2012 · as Thomas
• Your Highness2011 · as King Tallious
• There Be Dragons2011 · as Solono
• Ironclad2011 · as Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury
• The Commuter2010 · as The Traffic Warden
• Paris Connections2010 · as Aleksandr Borinski
• The Clerk's Tale2010 · as Ralph
• Dickens' Secret Lover2008 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• Consenting Adults2007 · as Jack Wolfenden
• The Contractor2007 · as DCS Andrew Windsor
• The 50 Greatest Television Dramas2007 · as Self
• Intervention2007 · as Private Investigator
• Twice Upon a Time2006 · as Battar Master of Ceremonies
• Starter for 102006 · as Michael Harbinson
• Scoop2006 · as Mr. Malcolm
• Titanic: Birth of a Legend2005 · as Narrator (voice)
• Saint John Bosco Mission to Love2004 · as Marchese Clementi
• Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'2003 · as Self (archive footage)
• Swimming Pool2003 · as John Bosload
• Black and White2002 · as Roderic Chamberlain
• The Making of Gosford Park2002 · as Self (uncredited)
• Ali G Indahouse2002 · as Deputy Prime Minister David Carlton
• Gosford Park2001 · as Raymond Stockbridge
• Alien Evolution2001 · as Self / Clemens
• Jurij2001
• Dark Blue World2001 · as Wing Commander Bentley
• The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby2001 · as Ralph Nickleby
• Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes2000 · as Sir Henry Carlyle
• Chrono-Perambulator1999 · as James 'Dougie' Douglas
• Don't Go Breaking My Heart1999 · as Frank
• Hilary and Jackie1998 · as Derek du Pré
• What Rats Won't Do1998 · as Gerald Burton Jr
• The Blood Oranges1997 · as Cyril
• In the Presence of Mine Enemies1997 · as Captain Richter
• Michael Collins1996 · as Soames
• Space Truckers1996 · as Nabel / Macanudo
• Undertow1996 · as Lyle Yates
• The Surgeon1995 · as Dr. Ed Mittlesbay
• Shortcut to Paradise1994 · as Quinn
• China Moon1994 · as Rupert Munro
• Kabloonak1994 · as Robert Flaherty
• Century1993 · as Professor Mandry
• Last Action Hero1993 · as Benedict
• Alien³1992 · as Clemens
• La valle di pietra1992 · as Surveyor
• Goldeneye1989 · as Ian Fleming
• First Born1988 · as Edward Forester
• Out of the Shadows1988 · as Michael Hayden
• Pascali's Island1988 · as Anthony Bowles
• White Mischief1987 · as Josslyn Hay
• Hidden City1987 · as James Richards
• Good Morning, Babylon1987 · as D.W. Griffith
• The Golden Child1986 · as Sardo Numspa
• The McGuffin1986 · as Paul Hatcher
• Plenty1985 · as Raymond Brock
• Rainy Day Women1984 · as John Truman
• Little Eyolf1982 · as Borghejm
• For Your Eyes Only1981 · as Claus
• Fatal Spring1980 · as Siegfried Sassoon
• Dreams of Leaving1980 · as Colin
• A Patriot— · as Dr. Hastings
• The Liar— · as Tickford
• Viy 3: Travel to India—

All TV Shows (69)

• Churchill at War2024 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• Renaissance: The Blood and the Beauty2024 · as Old Michaelangelo
• The Day of the Jackal2024 · as Timothy Winthrop
• Testament: The Story of Moses2024 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• Rabbit Hole2023 · as Dr. Ben Wilson
• This England2022 · as Max Hastings
• The Serpent Queen2022 · as Clement VII
• The Sandman2022 · as Roderick Burgess
• Moley2021 · as Mr. Moley (voice)
• The Singapore Grip2020 · as Mr Webb
• Rise of Empires: Ottoman2020 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• The Widow2019 · as Martin Benson
• The Little Drummer Girl2018 · as Commander Picton
• Hang Ups2018 · as Jeremy Pitt
• The Woman in White2018 · as Frederick Fairlie
• Savage Kingdom2016 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• The Crown2016 · as Lord Mountbatten
• And Then There Were None2015 · as Justice Lawrence Wargrave
• Childhood's End2015 · as Karellen
• Deadline Gallipoli2015 · as Sir Ian Hamilton
• The Great Fire2014 · as Lord Denton
• Was It Something I Said?2013 · as Self - Narrator
• Secret State2012 · as John Hodder
• Neverland2011 · as Dr. Fludd
• Celebrity Antiques Road Trip2011 · as Self - Participant
• Rosamunde Pilcher's Shades of Love2011 · as Edmund Aird
• Game of Thrones2011 · as Tywin Lannister
• Drama Trails2010
• Going Postal2010 · as Lord Vetinari
• Strike Back2010 · as Conrad Knox
• Trinity2009 · as Dr. Edmund Maltravers
• Merlin2008 · as Aredian
• Would I Lie to You?2007 · as Self
• Fallen Angel2007 · as David Byfield
• Jam and Jerusalem2006 · as Self
• The One Show2006 · as Self
• Bleak House2005 · as Mr. Tulkinghorn
• To the Ends of the Earth2005 · as Sir Henry Somerset
• Fingersmith2005 · as Mr. Chistopher Lilly
• Last Rights2005 · as Richard Wheeler
• Agatha Christie's Marple2004 · as Septimus Bligh
• Who Do You Think You Are?2004 · as Self
• Looking for Victoria2003 · as Charles Greville
• Henry VIII2003 · as Edward Stafford
• Foyle's War2002 · as Guy Spencer
• Top Gear2002 · as Self
• Dan Dare: Pilot of the Future2002 · as Colonel Simon Lasker (voice)
• Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)2000
• Rebecca1997 · as Maxim de Winter
• Room 1011994 · as Self
• The Phantom of the Opera1990 · as Erik/The Phantom
• First Born1988 · as Edward Forester
• Out on a Limb1987 · as Gerry Stamford
• The Flying Doctors1986 · as Minister
• Time for Murder1985 · as James Latimer
• Screen Two1985 · as Paul Hatcher
• Screen Two1985 · as Professor Mandry
• The Secret Servant1984 · as SAS Major Harry Maxim
• The Jewel in the Crown1984 · as Guy Perron
• Natural World1983
• Tales of the Unexpected1979 · as Robert Smythe
• An Audience with...1978 · as Self
• The Professionals1977 · as Parker
• Raffles1977
• Father Brown1974 · as Commandant Neil O'Brien
• The Inheritors1974 · as Simon Leadbetter
• Playhouse1974 · as Siegfried Sassoon
• Play for Today1970
• BBC Play of the Month1965 · as Borghejm