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
2011
The One Show
2006
The Crown
2016
Play for Today
1970
Top Gear
2002
The Imitation Game
2014
Screen Two
1985
Screen Two
1985
The Day of the Jackal
2024
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
Merlin
2008
BBC Play of the Month
1965
Filmography
Game of Thrones
as Tywin Lannister · 2011
The One Show
as Self · 2006
The Crown
as Lord Mountbatten · 2016
Play for Today
· 1970
Top Gear
as Self · 2002
The Imitation Game
as Commander Denniston · 2014
Screen Two
as Paul Hatcher · 1985
Screen Two
as Professor Mandry · 1985
The Day of the Jackal
as Timothy Winthrop · 2024
Tales of the Unexpected
as Robert Smythe · 1979
Merlin
as Aredian · 2008
BBC Play of the Month
as Borghejm · 1965
Natural World
· 1983
Playhouse
as Siegfried Sassoon · 1974
The Sandman
as Roderick Burgess · 2022
Would I Lie to You?
as Self · 2007
The Professionals
as Parker · 1977
Agatha Christie's Marple
as Septimus Bligh · 2004
The Flying Doctors
as Minister · 1986
Film '72
as Self · 1971
Foyle's War
as Guy Spencer · 2002
An Audience with...
as Self · 1978
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
as Self - Participant · 2011
Strike Back
as Conrad Knox · 2010
Who Do You Think You Are?
as Self · 2004
Frankenstein
as Leopold Frankenstein · 2025
Me Before You
as Stephen Traynor · 2016
The King's Man
as Kitchener · 2021
Room 101
as Self · 1994
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
as Alan Jonah · 2019
Underworld: Blood Wars
as Thomas · 2016
The First Omen
as Father Harris · 2024
Ladies First
as Fred Powell · 2026
Rabbit Hole
as Dr. Ben Wilson · 2023
For Your Eyes Only
as Claus · 1981
Child 44
as Major Grachev · 2015
The Serpent Queen
as Clement VII · 2022
And Then There Were None
as Justice Lawrence Wargrave · 2015
Alien³
as Clemens · 1992
Last Action Hero
as Benedict · 1993
Ghostbusters
as Harold Fillmore · 2016
Underworld: Awakening
as Thomas · 2012
The Little Drummer Girl
as Commander Picton · 2018
Johnny English Strikes Again
as Agent Seven · 2018
Dracula Untold
as Master Vampire · 2014
Savage Kingdom
as Self - Narrator (voice) · 2016
Moley
as Mr. Moley (voice) · 2021
Bleak House
as Mr. Tulkinghorn · 2005
Wildcat
as Frasier Mahoney · 2025
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
· 2000
Rise of Empires: Ottoman
as Self - Narrator (voice) · 2020
Testament: The Story of Moses
as Self - Narrator (voice) · 2024
Fingersmith
as Mr. Chistopher Lilly · 2005
Jam and Jerusalem
as Self · 2006
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
as Mr. Bennet · 2016
Father Brown
as Commandant Neil O'Brien · 1974
The Golden Child
as Sardo Numspa · 1986
Your Highness
as King Tallious · 2011
Iron Mask
as Lord Dudley · 2019
Childhood's End
as Karellen · 2015
Swimming Pool
as John Bosload · 2003
Gosford Park
as Raymond Stockbridge · 2001
The Batman: Part II
as Christopher Dent · 2028
Woman in Gold
as Sherman · 2015
Henry VIII
as Duke of Buckingham · 2003
Justin and the Knights of Valour
as Legantir (voice) · 2013
The Jewel in the Crown
as Guy Perron · 1984
The Widow
as Martin Benson · 2019
Ironclad
as Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury · 2011
Secret State
as John Hodder · 2012
Victor Frankenstein
as Frankenstein · 2015
Trinity
as Dr. Edmund Maltravers · 2009
The Contractor
as DCS Andrew Windsor · 2007
The Singapore Grip
as Mr Webb · 2020
Ali G Indahouse
as Deputy Prime Minister David Carlton · 2002
Neverland
as Dr. Fludd · 2011
Mank
as William Randolph Hearst · 2020
Raffles
· 1977
To the Ends of the Earth
as Sir Henry Somerset · 2005
Against the Ice
as Minister Neergaard · 2022
Going Postal
as Lord Vetinari · 2010
Hang Ups
as Jeremy Pitt · 2018
This England
as Max Hastings · 2022
Deadline Gallipoli
as Sir Ian Hamilton · 2015
The Woman in White
as Frederick Fairlie · 2018
The Great Fire
as Lord Denton · 2014
Rosamunde Pilcher's Shades of Love
as Edmund Aird · 2011
Scoop
as Mr. Malcolm · 2006
Dan Dare: Pilot of the Future
as Colonel Simon Lasker (voice) · 2002
Out on a Limb
as Gerry Stamford · 1987
First Born
as Edward Forester · 1988
Michael Collins
as Soames · 1996
China Moon
as Rupert Munro · 1994
White Mischief
as Josslyn Hay · 1987
Time for Murder
as James Latimer · 1985
Forbidden Empire
as Lord Dudley · 2014
Starter for 10
as Michael Harbinson · 2006
Admiral
as King Charles II · 2015
The Phantom of the Opera
as Erik/The Phantom · 1990
Churchill at War
as Self - Narrator (voice) · 2024
Space Truckers
as Nabel / Macanudo · 1996
Drama Trails
· 2010
Was It Something I Said?
as Self - Narrator · 2013
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
as Ralph Nickleby · 2001
Hilary and Jackie
as Derek du Pré · 1998
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
as Self · 2007
Euphoria
as Mr. Daren · 2018
Rebecca
as Maxim de Winter · 1997
There Be Dragons
as Solono · 2011
The Secret Servant
as SAS Major Harry Maxim · 1984
Fallen Angel
as David Byfield · 2007
St George's Day
as Trenchard · 2012
Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience
as Tywin Lannister · 2015
The Inheritors
as Simon Leadbetter · 1974
Going Postal 2in1
as Lord Vetinari · 2011
Rumours
as Edison Wolcott · 2024
Saint John Bosco Mission to Love
as Marchese Clementi · 2004
Looking for Victoria
as Charles Greville · 2003
Last Rights
as Richard Wheeler · 2005
Despite the Falling Snow
as Old Alexander Ivanov · 2016
Pascali's Island
as Anthony Bowles · 1988
Fanny Lye Deliver'd
as John Lye · 2019
The Making of Gosford Park
as Self (uncredited) · 2002
Dark Blue World
as Wing Commander Bentley · 2001
Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters
as Narrator · 2024
Good Morning, Babylon
as D.W. Griffith · 1987
The Big Fat Quiz of Telly
as Self - Guest · 2026
Patrick
as Doctor Roget · 2013
Hero
as Charles Reynard · 2018
In the Presence of Mine Enemies
as Captain Richter · 1997
Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'
as Self (archive footage) · 2003
Master Moley by Royal Invitation
as Mr. James Moley (voice) · 2019
What Rats Won't Do
as Gerald Burton Jr · 1998
Happy New Year, Colin Burstead
as Uncle Bertie · 2018
Renaissance: The Blood and the Beauty
as Old Michaelangelo · 2024
The Hanging Sun
as Jacob · 2022
Don't Go Breaking My Heart
as Frank · 1999
Spitfire
as Narrator (voice) · 2018
The Magic of the Movies: Behind the Scenes of David Fincher's Mank
as Self · 2021
The Book Of Vision
as Dr. Johan Anmuth · 2021
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
as Ralph Nickleby · 2001
The Blood Oranges
as Cyril · 1997
The Muppets Take The O2
as Self · 2018
Plenty
as Raymond Brock · 1985
Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes
as Sir Henry Carlyle · 2000
The Surgeon
as Dr. Ed Mittlesbay · 1995
Justice in Wonderland
as Neil Hamilton · 2000
Midnight's Children
as William Methwold · 2012
Black and White
as Roderic Chamberlain · 2002
Speeches That Shook the World
as Self · 2013
Twice Upon a Time
as Battar Master of Ceremonies · 2006
Out of the Shadows
as Michael Hayden · 1988
Goldeneye
as Ian Fleming · 1989
The Mapmaker
as Rowan · 2012
Lancaster
as Narrator (voice) · 2022
The Science of Doctor Who
as Self · 2013
That Good Night
as The Visitor · 2017
Paris Connections
as Aleksandr Borinski · 2010
Rainy Day Women
as John Truman · 1984
Intervention
as Private Investigator · 2007
Hidden City
as James Richards · 1987
La valle di pietra
as Surveyor · 1992
Undertow
as Lyle Yates · 1996
Consenting Adults
as Jack Wolfenden · 2007
Instruments of Darkness
as Duncan · 2015
Titanic: Birth of a Legend
as Narrator (voice) · 2005
Viy 3: Travel to India
Saint John Bosco Mission to Love
as Marchese Clementi · 2004
Wimbledon Official Film 2017
as Narrator (voice) · 2017
Samaná Sunrise
as Noah Blum · 2024
First Born
as Edward Forester · 1988
Alien Evolution
as Self / Clemens · 2001
Retrospective
as Jonathan Hoyle · 2014
Father's Day
as Don · 2013
Shortcut to Paradise
as Quinn · 1994
The Clerk's Tale
as Ralph · 2010
Century
as Professor Mandry · 1993
Little Eyolf
as Borghejm · 1982
Dreams of Leaving
as Colin · 1980
Kabloonak
as Robert Flaherty · 1994
Creditors
as Gustaf · 2025
Portrait of the Queen
· 2022
The McGuffin
as Paul Hatcher · 1986
The Liar
as Tickford
The Door
as Thomas Arlington · 2012
Savage Waters
· 2023
The Commuter
as The Traffic Warden · 2010
Dickens' Secret Lover
as Self - Narrator (voice) · 2008
Fatal Spring
as Siegfried Sassoon · 1980
Chrono-Perambulator
as James 'Dougie' Douglas · 1999
A Patriot
as Dr. Hastings
The Relics of Buddha
as Narrator (voice) · 2013
Jurij
· 2001