Charles Dance
Walter Charles Dance OBE (born 10 October 1946) 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.
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PHOTOS
TV Series
Game of Thrones
8.457
The One Show
4.741
Tales of the Unexpected
6.711
The Professionals
7.489
Bleak House
8.204
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
6.1
The Jewel in the Crown
6.7
Foyle's War
7.898
Trinity
5.8
Fallen Angel
4.5
Going Postal
7.168
Raffles
8
Trial & Retribution
6.769
Play for Today
6.333
Fingersmith
7.266
Rebecca
6.088
Natural World
7.1
Neverland
6.109
Father Brown
6.556
Drama Trails
0
Strike Back
7.5
Secret State
7.058
Would I Lie to You?
7.714
Who Do You Think You Are?
6.729
Childhood's End
6.999
The Phantom of the Opera
7.2
And Then There Were None
7.56
Merlin
7.8
Edward the Seventh
6.9
Deadline Gallipoli
6.2
Moley
6
Rosamunde Pilcher's Shades of Love
3
An Audience with...
5.3
To the Ends of the Earth
6.2
The Flying Doctors
6.333
The Crown
8.206
Out on a Limb
5.3
Savage Kingdom
7.7
Rabbit Hole
7.167
The Great Fire
7.4
Room 101
6.3
The Woman in White
6
The Widow
6.86
The Sandman
7.915
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
5
Testament: The Story of Moses
7.2
Henry VIII
6.882
This England
5.85
Time for Murder
4
The Serpent Queen
7.5
Agatha Christie's Marple
7.737
Rise of Empires: Ottoman
7.471
First Born
6
Screen Two
6.833
The Singapore Grip
5.7
The Little Drummer Girl
7.057
Hang Ups
6.429
Renaissance: The Blood and the Beauty
5.3
Top Gear
7.51
The Day of the Jackal
8.185
Playhouse
7
BBC Play of the Month
5
Jam and Jerusalem
7
Movies
Swimming Pool
6.5
The Golden Child
5.912
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
0
For Your Eyes Only
6.537
Gosford Park
6.831
Twice Upon a Time
5.9
Alien³
6.375
China Moon
6.1
Last Action Hero
6.473
Plenty
5.767
Starter for 10
6.402
White Mischief
6.027
There Be Dragons
5
Dark Blue World
6.924
Your Highness
5.332
Ironclad
6.142
Good Morning, Babylon
6.2
Hilary and Jackie
6.577
Underworld: Awakening
6.329
The Relics of Buddha
0
Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'
7.773
In the Presence of Mine Enemies
4.8
Don't Go Breaking My Heart
4.9
Saint John Bosco Mission to Love
6.8
Goldeneye
6
The Blood Oranges
3.8
St George's Day
4.827
Justin and the Knights of Valour
5.909
Pascali's Island
6.4
The Surgeon
5.4
Master Moley by Royal Invitation
5.8
Alien Evolution
5.891
Consenting Adults
5.7
Shortcut to Paradise
5
Patrick
5
Instruments of Darkness
10
The Hanging Sun
5.6
The Contractor
5.54
Savage Waters
0
Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes
8
Paris Connections
3.3
The Science of Doctor Who
7.344
The Imitation Game
7.993
Space Truckers
5.424
Out of the Shadows
6
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
7.9
Ali G Indahouse
6.067
Little Eyolf
6
Jurij
0
Undertow
5.7
Century
5.333
Dracula Untold
6.443
Titanic: Birth of a Legend
7.6
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
6.161
Admiral
6.46
Woman in Gold
7.296
Lancaster
6.833
Rumours
4.9
Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience
8.618
A Patriot
0
Frankenstein
0
Portrait of the Queen
6
Black and White
5.6
Child 44
6.282
Midnight's Children
5.5
Me Before You
7.93
The McGuffin
6
The Magic of the Movies: Behind the Scenes of David Fincher's Mank
0
The First Omen
6.86
Father's Day
5.5
Despite the Falling Snow
5.7
The Mapmaker
6.5
Underworld: Blood Wars
5.903
Scoop
6.593
Forbidden Empire
5.866
Retrospective
0
Ghostbusters
5.3
Euphoria
6.281
The Clerk's Tale
0
Michael Collins
6.893
Dickens' Secret Lover
0
Iron Mask
6.096
Victor Frankenstein
5.953
Kabloonak
6.7
Amanece en Samaná
5.5
The Commuter
5.5
Dreams of Leaving
7
Hidden City
5.1
Fanny Lye Deliver'd
6.431
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
6.696
That Good Night
6.9
Rosamunde Pilcher: Shades of Love-Family Secret
4
Rosamunde Pilcher: Shades of Love-A Healing Heart
0
Rosamunde Pilcher: Shades of Love-The Scandal
0
Rosamunde Pilcher: Shades of Love-The Reunion
0
First Born
7
The Book of Vision
6.3
Happy New Year, Colin Burstead
6.413
Rainy Day Women
0
Speeches That Shook the World
0
The Door
0
Spitfire
7.173
Johnny English Strikes Again
6.268
Wimbledon Official Film 2017
5.5
The King's Man
6.74
Chrono-Perambulator
0
Mank
6.686
La valle di pietra
6
The Muppets Take The O2
9.5
What Rats Won't Do
5
The Making of 'Gosford Park'
5
The Liar
0
Viy 3: Travel to India
0
Against the Ice
6.782
Intervention
1
Fatal Spring
0
Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters
8.5
Ladies First
0
The Big Fat Quiz of Telly
0